The Price Of Freedom

Chapter 4: Late

I wake up to a faint beeping noise and a painfull headache. Nothing makes sense and someone is really hurting my hand.

I open my eyes and immediately regret it when I'm blinded by the light. I close my eyes and open them again until it's not so bright anymore.

I look around and can't seem to figure out where I am or what happened.. I know I'm not in the hospital because the walls aren't white, they're a pale blue, and it doesnt reak of medicine and chemicals.

I look to my left and notice that Hunter is fast asleep on the chair next to my bed, along with Zoey, Kate, and Courtney on the chairs on the wall opposite my bed.

I am beyond confused right now and I'm only more confused when I realize I'm still in my gym clothes. My arm starts to itch ans I notice there's a needle on the inside of my elbow. I go to pull it out and immediately bend over in pain.

I try to be quiet but apparently I'm not and I wake hunter up. As soon as he notices I'm awake he runs out of the room.

Wow, nice to see you too. Ignoring the pain, i rip the needle out of my arm, heading out of the room trying, and failing, to find a way out of here.

I grab the wall as I start to feel a little dizzy but continue walking. I jump a little as someone suddenly  yells, "Chloe what are you doing?!" I put a hand on my head as I look to my left to see hunter running over to me with the...nurse?

"I'm leaving. What does it look like I'm doing?" I bite back. He looks at me shocked before he sighs and picks me up bridal style. "What are you doing, put me down!"

"No chloe. You can't leave."

"Why not?"

"Because you just collapsed running laps in gym and didn't wake up for 6 hours!" Was is really that long?

"So? The doesn't mean I can't leave. I'm fine."

"Your not fine Chloe. Just let us help you." He says as he places me back on the bed and the nurse puts the needle back in my arm.

I noticed that Zoey, Kate, and Courtney are awake and I glare at them along with hunter. "I told you I'm fine."

"No your not. I'm no doctor but I am qualified in the field of medicine and you are definitely very injured and malnurished. I don't even know how your alive right now." The nurse pipes in.

"You don't know anything so just stay out of my life. All of you."

"Please just let me help you. I tried calling one of your parents but no one answered." That's because it's not a real phone number dumbass. Realization crosses my face and I start to panic.

"Fuck!" I yell as I get up and sprint out of the room, no doubt leaving all of them confused.

I run all the way home not caring about the pain or the bad feeling I have in my stomach.

When I get to the door and walk in I see my father standing there waiting for me. I stop dead in my tracks and just stare at him, reconizing the anger swirling in his eyes but also seeing an unfamiliar glint mixed in there.

A murderous glint.

I gulp as he slowly starts to walk towards me, our steps in sync.. The closer he gets the farther i back away from him.

When he reaches me he speaks in a sickly sweet voice, it makes the hair on the back of my neck go up. "Where we're you sweetie? I was beginning to worry." Then he delivers a punch straight to my stomach.

I double over in pain but that doesn't stop him."You shouldn't wonder around at night, it's dangerous." He says before kicking me in the ribs sending me to the floor right outside the kitchen.

It's not any less dangerous in here I think to myself before he pulls me up by my hair and throws me against the wall in the kitchen, finally stopping the whole nice father act. "I TOLD YOU TO BE HOME BY 3 O'CLOCK! WHERE THE FUCK WERE YOU, YOU WORTHLESS WHORE!"

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. I passed out in gym and I ju-"

"YOU PASSED OUT IN GYM! DID PEOPLE SEE? FUCKING BITCH! THEY BETTER NOT FIGURE ANYTHING OUT, I DON'T NEED ANY ONE POKING AROUND IN MY LIFE, ESPECIALLY COPS!" He says before plastering a sinister smile on his face. "Maybe I should discipline you. After all that's what parent do, right?" He walks closer as I crawl back.

If all the abuse wasnt discipline, i dont want to know what is.

"Please daddy, stop." He ignored me and when my back hit the wall I knew there was no escape.

Once he reaches me he punched me right in the face. I was shocked because he usually avoided the face so people wouldn't notice. Apparently he didn't care because he kept delivering punches and kicks anywhere he could reach.

After awhile, I began to feel numb. He picked me up by my shirt and pushed me against the wall. "It should of been you." He whispered with so much venom it felt like a slap to the face. "Get out of my house and don't come back till morning bitch." He said before throwing me out the door and making my head hit the concrete.

I knew I was bleeding but I didn't care. I just got up and stumbled to the woods near my house. It was my only sanctuary away from that monster.

After I walking for a while I began to feel dizzy and tired. It got so bad that I couldn't go any farther.

I collapsed near an old willow tree and my eyes began to droop.

Before I fell asleep though, I could of sworn I saw someone walking through the trees but ignored it.

That is until they noticed me and i could of sworn they said my name but I couldn't be sure because I fell asleep before I could see who it was running towards me.

I know I know. It took me forever to update this chapter and I'm really sorry just got a little writers block. I'll try and update sooner this time.

Thx

~Kaitlyn~

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