Taraji And Terrence: The Secret

Trust Issues...

Taraji POV

When i woke up i was surrounded by bright lights...and all i heard were voices like "we need more IV! we won't lose you...don't you quit on us!"
And "she's losing too much blood...who would do something like this" i only partially saw a woman rolling me in a hospitol bed. "I need terrence" i said breathlessly. "She's up..oh thank god she's up...we thought we lost her...it's a miracle you survived that!" said the woman to me. I could hardly hear her. I looked down and saw my entire stomach wrapped in bandages..with a big red dark stain in the middle. It was aching so badly. I saw bruises and scratches all on my legs...and on my arms too. I could hardly see because my eyes seemed to be swollen shut and my mouth hurt. What happened to me? "Where's terrence" i asked panicking. "I need him!" i started to panic..i could hardly see and didnt know where i was. "She's in shock!....give her the shot to calm her! Shouted the woman. I felt a small pain in my arm. And i felt a little woozy and Thats all i remember before i blacked out again....

Terrence POV

"I need her!....i need to see her!" i yelled with my face in my hands as i cried. We were on the private jet going home to see taraji. "Relax terrence...it's ok...we'll get there" assured breyshere. "No! We need to be there...Now. I need her...im such an idiot for leaving her alone with that man...!" i yelled. "What man?" asked jussie. "With my so called college best friend derrick oliver. I invited him over for dinner..but when i had to fly to vegas..he said his car broke down. So i insisted on him staying with taraji while i was gone...but now something happened and i can't find out...she wasn't texting me or calling me." i answerd him. "Derrick oliver!?" they all snapped. "You better hope she wasn't killed, terrence" lee said to me. I charged at him throwing fists...but jussie and breyshere held me back. "Chill man chill...im sorry but im serious!" lee shouted. "Why would you say some shit like that!" i snapped at him. "Because terrence..we all know about him...im surprised she never told you.." jussie said. "Told me what about him?" i asked curiously. "He was her ex...her abusive ex...he used to hurt her bad man..real bad. Im sure she was acting weird in front of you while he was at your house..like not showing you affection. But yea man...he's terrible..she used to come to my house in the middle of the night crying and limping. I guess she didnt tell you because she figured you wouldn't believe her. She's so fragile and sweet and it's a shame that anyone would do that to her." Jussie said. I almost cried...hell i did cry. "Oh no...im the worst man ever...i trapped her there." i cried out. "It's ok man..we'll get that bastard once and for all! Said breyshere. "Oh trust me we're getting him!" i said....

Taraji POV

When i woke back up i was in a hospital bed...the room was dim and there was a woman next to me. "Hi..how are you feeling...do you remember what happened?" she asked me. "No..i have no idea..." i sat up and tried to stand. I yelled in pain and fell back down again. "No no no..no getting up for you..not until you recover." said the woman smiling at me. "W-what happened to me?..i can't remember a thing." i said to her. "Oh don't worry its the stuff in the shot we gave you to calm you down...it takes away your memory for a bit..but it will return slowly." she assured me. "But we found you because a neighbor said they heard a loud yell of "stop!" and "please no!"...then they said they saw a mysterious man leaving shortly after who wasn't the man who was usually there with you. They immediately called us..and when we got there it was horrible..we thought you were dead. You were there laying in a pool of blood with a knife straight through you..with a man on the phone yelling saying he was coming home. It was a truly gruesome scene..it's a miracle you survived." she said smiling at me. "Thank you..im glad im alive too" i said sighing. "The man you said was on the phone is my boyfriend terrence..i need to call him" i said. "Of course..but your hands are too injured to hold it...mind if i repeat the message?" she asked me. "Yea..that's fine..thank you." i said. I gave her the number and he answered immediately. "Hello?" he asked panicked. I hated hearing my baby like that..i wish i could hold the phone..but my hands were bandaged and purple. "Hello is this terrence? I am nurse holloway here at maroon hospital with taraji...she is in critical condition after a brutal incident" the woman said. "What!..im on my way to her right now!...im taking her straight home!" he shouted. It sounded like he was crying. I hated that and i shed a tear too. "Well about that sir...she's in really bad condition...she'll have to be here for at least 2 weeks..." said the woman. "But you're free to stay in here with her as long as you want" she said. All i heard was him breaking down crying. I was still afraid of men now...i just feel like im gonna get hit again..i hope it's not like that with terrence. I started to panic..what if he was pretending to care?...what if he's gonna do the same. I was a little light headed and delusional already i think..i know the nurse said i lost lots and lots of blood. The woman hung up the phone. "He said he's a couple minutes away..im sure he can't wait to see you" she said with a smile. "But until then we can practice you gathering your stregnth again" she said as she helped me up. I held on to the bed as she went and came with crutches. My legs were all bandaged too..my whole body was messed up. I grabbed for the crutches and almost fell..gladly the woman caught me. I had practiced walking with crutches..by walking around the hospitol a bit. It helped..but it did hurt my arms..since they were bruised too. I just started crying...i was a mess. I was too afraid of anyone now....anyone who walked by me i flinched expecting to be hit...i would be afraid of anyone who spoke to me..i was even afraid of terrence now..i instantly sat up and thought about if i was going to be hit by him too...i lost my trust. I figured he was lying to me too. I was walking down on the main floor when i saw the hospitol entrance door open and there came terrence, lee, jussie, and breyshere all running for me. I remeber derrick doing that to me to run up and punch me. "Taraji!" they all yelled running for me. I panicked and tried to run away..even though i was in crutches. Terrence inched towards me more. I backed away more from him, afraid. He raised his arm up to give me a hug. I ran from him flinching with the crutches and yelled "please terrence please don't hurt me!" he looked confused and so did the others. "What?..baby...It's me...you know i wouldn't hurt you" he said..but i didnt believe him. "C'mon lets get you back up to the room" the nurse said taking me back up to the floor while the others followed. I just flinched when each one reached their arm out to help me. I was too afraid of anyone now. When we got up to the room i was back in my bed. Everyone stood around me. "Taraji..it's us...we would never hurt you and you know that" jussie said reaching his arm out. I hid under the covers and balled up...i didn't want to be beaten Anymore. He moved away hurt. I didn't trust him anymore. Lee reached for my hand...but i didn't want him to slap me..so i screamed. "Im sorry please don't hit me!" i shouted and i yanked my hand away. I balled up and started crying..i was in so much emotional and physical pain..i was completely destroyed. "She looks...terrible....like she's been traumatized" said terrence. "What happened to her?" he asked. "She's- She's been brutally beaten...and also stabbed in her stomach..as you can see by the huge red stain..it's a miracle she survived." the nurse said. Everyone gasped. "Oh my.." said terrence tearing up kneeling down at the side of my bed. I moved away from him with tears in my eyes. He just moved away and balled up. "It's going to take a while for her to get back to her old self again...she's fallen into depression...she hasnt been eating...thankfully we have some excersizes for the patients to help them recuperate snd return to their old selves again" said the nurse. "Awe baby.." said terrence sighing. "Hey can yall give us a minute alone...i haven't seen my woman in forever" asked terrence. "No no please no...please don't leave me alone with him he'll kill me please!" i cried out climbing out of bed running to hide behind the nurse. I was still weak so i ended up falling. Terrence ran to come help me up. I screamed and balled up putting my hands up to surrender. He backed away crying. "She'll be alright...you just have to earn her trust again...tomorrow She'll be starting her first excersize for her muscles." said the nurse helping me up. "You are free to stay as long as you like..but be sure not to come towards or say anything something too quick and unprepared..she's really fragile now" said the nurse. Terrence nodded. The rest of the guys were in the hallway which i was thankfull for. "Now she needs some rest...you're free to stay with her tonight..but remember what i said." said the nurse. Terrence smiled at me. But i hid again. He had a sad look on his face. "Ok...thank you" terrence said to the nurse. She helped me back into bed. "Now good night...and taraji your in good hands..everything's fine" she said kissing me on the forehead. Then she walked out and closed the door behind her. It was now me and terrence. Alone. "Please don't be afraid taraji...please..i would never hurt you" he bent down to kiss me. I just balled up starting to cry. He sighed. "Fine...i understand you're not healed yet" said terrence. "Don't hurt me terrence..im sorry for whatever i did" i yelled. He went on the other side and got in the bed with me. I tried to get up and run but he gently pulled me down back into the bed. "Ow...no no please" i screamed. "Shh baby its ok...you never did anything thing...i wanna take care of you...and im sorry i wasn't there while you were alone with that man.." terrence said tearing up. "Please let me see what this man has done to you" terrence asked. "No please!" i begged him. "Please...i promise i won't do anything but look" terrence pleaded sitting up helping me to sit up. He gently lifted up my shirt. He saw loads of bruises and a big red stain covered in bandages over my stomach. I panicked. "Oh my God..." terrence gasped. He gently rubbed his fingers along my bruises on my body and face. He gently leaned in and kissed one of them. I yelped in pain trying to pull away. "Shh..relax..i wanna kiss it and make it better..i promise, it's all i have left to do.." he said smiling at me. I didn't smile back..i was scared so i just did what he said to keep from getting hit. He put my shirt down And laid me down laying next to me. He wrapped his arms around me...i just cried..i cried and cried. I couldn't take it anymore. I balled up on one side of the bed. Terrence tried to hug me but i started to panic and he stopped. I just cried and cried. I don't think I'll ever be the same again....

TBC...