saving him (under editing)

prologue

It was around 7 o'clock on a Sunday evening. Taylor looked around the freshly cleaned room that she just finished organizing she sighed and got up off the floor and started working on dinner. About an hour later she heard the front door open she heard laughter and then a loud crash. She walked out of the kitchen and into the front doorway to her foster parents stumbling into the house drunk as usual. Once they saw her they started to yell and ask if the food they demanded before they left was done. Taylor nodded and they pushed past her into the kitchen. Taylor turned around and watched as her foster parents devoured the meal she had just prepared. Her foster father Jeff turned around to see Taylor looking at them eat. He yelled

" what the fuck are you looking at get upstairs and go to bed".

Taylor started to say that she had not eaten dinner yet but then her Foster mother Kim turned around and glared at her with the same look Jeff had. She stopped before a word could escape her mouth and turned around to make her way upstairs to her room. Once Taylor was upstairs she undressed from her raggedy sweatpants and old tank top. She put on an oversized t-shirt to sleep in. She turned off her lights and lay down in bed staring at the ceiling. About 30 minutes later she heard Jeff and Kim stumble into their bedroom. Taylor rolled over as the feeling of hunger made its way into her stomach. She sighed and thought of a way to get food without them knowing she left her room, deciding she would wait until she knew they were asleep and then sneak downstairs and have a cup of noodles or some cereal. She laid awake thinking of her plan until she figured her Jeff and Kim were fully asleep. Taylor stood up from her bed and slowly open her door so that it would not make a noise. And she tiptoed through the hallway she stopped standing in front of Jeff and Kim's bedroom door and listen quietly to see if she heard anything. Once she realized they were asleep she continued her mission downstairs and into the kitchen, she thought about turning on the lights but decided against it seeing that it might wake up Jeff and Kim. She quickly made herself a bowl of cereal and ate it. The hunger in her stomach did not go away but it was less agonizing than before. Taylor quickly washed her dish and put it away. She froze as she heard footsteps coming down the steps. the footsteps getting louder as they approached the kitchen. Taylor ducked behind the island before the lights turned on. She heard grunts and shuffling towards the sink and she held her breath. She glanced up slightly and seeing that it was Jeff. She unknowingly let out a sigh, she covered her mouth quickly and shut her eyes tight, she then felt hands grab at her hair and pull her from under the island. She opened her eyes and came face to face with Jeff. He smirked at her as he saw tears come to her eyes, he whispered

" now what are you doing out of bed Taylor ?"

Taylor did not open her mouth to answer and he frowned at her.

" now you know that is past your bedtime right?"

Taylor nodded and Jeff said

" this calls for a punishment."

Taylor cried harder knowing what he meant by " punishment."

She shook her head no and whispered, "please don't."

Jeff's smirk appeared on his face again and he told Taylor to go into the living room and sit down on the couch. Tears roll down Taylor's face faster as she did as she was told. Jeff followed behind her and once she sat down he sat next to her and pulled her closer to him. Taylor held her head down with shame as he started to undress her.

He then told her to lay down. she cried out a little louder and whispered, " please don't do this".

He pushed her down onto the couch and proceeded to take off his clothes. Taylor is fully crying now forgetting that she is supposed to be quiet. she earns a smack to the face from Jeff. He yells

" bitch be quiet or I'll make it much worse."

She silenced her cries then he enters her, she covers her face so she would not have to look at him he removes her hands and kissed her sloppily on the mouth. After a few more strokes he pulls out of her and spills his load on her stomach, she cries and lays there while he gets dressed. Once he is fully clothed he looks at her and says

" clean yourself up and get to bed you have school tomorrow."

He walks back upstairs and into his room and leaves Taylor there crying. Once she gained enough strength to sit up she grabbed her clothes and ran upstairs into her room, she gets in the shower and stands there and cries until the water turned cold and she could not muster up any more tears. She washed her body and put on a new set of pajamas and laid in her small bed. She looks to her window And stares at the night sky

" one more year and I will be out of this place." She closes her eyes and falls into a deep sleep.

It was around 8 o'clock at night once Antonio reached the old warehouse. He got out of his all black Escalade and took off his black leather jacket and left it in the passenger seat.He walked up towards the warehouse and walked into the front door, he straightened out his white t-shirt that he was wearing and pulled up his black jeans so they sat more on his waist. He walked into the center of the warehouse where a man was tied to a chair and was surrounded by four other guys.

Antonio walked up to the guy with the black spiky hair " what happened Zach?"

Zach looked at Antonio and back to the guy in the middle sitting in the chair "Michael here still doesn't have our money."

Antonio's eyes darkened and he looked at the man tied to the chair " Michael I like you as a friend, but we're talking business here... Where is my money?"

Michael looked at Antonio with scared eyes " I- I don't have it yet but I promise I'll get it, Antonio, please."

Antonio shook his head " buddy we've been through this before, I need my money now and you don't have it you're going to have to pay the consequences"

Michael vigorously shook his head and cried, he screamed,

 " please, Antonio have mercy."

Zac handed Antonio a pair of brass knuckles. Antonio looked Michael in the eyes

" mercy is for the weak."

He then began to beat Michael until his face was no longer recognizable. He looked around the group of guys and stuck his hand out towards the blonde one with shoulder length hair. The blond one handed Antonio a pistol.

Michael cried one last time " please Antonio"

Antonio smirked, brought the gun to Michael's head and pulled the trigger. He then handed the gun back to the blond guy.

" clean this up I will be at the house," Antonio said looking at the guys.

The four boys nodded as Antonio walked out of the warehouse. He climbed into his Escalade and drove off to his house. He went inside and went straight to his room. Once inside he closed his door behind him and walked over to his closet. He picked out a pair of gray sweatpants and a white wife beater. He went into the bathroom that was connected to his room, took a shower and got dressed. He climbed into bed and started watching TV, not fully focused on the screen but more on his thoughts, He decide to tomorrow that he was going to go to school. there wasn't really much else to do considering business was good, plus he barely showed up last week. He wouldn't let any of his gang members know it but he truly appreciated education.

Antonio sighed and rolled over onto his side. He looked at the picture on his bedside table, it was his mother, father, himself, and his older brother. His eyes darkened as he looked at the smile on his older brother's face. suddenly full of rage he closed his eyes and let out a loud sigh before opening them again. He then turned off his TV and looked out the window. His breathing became more steady while looking at the stars, he closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.