House Of Horrors

Chapter 3

I wake up on the floor, my body completely exposed. Emily is also awake and naked, sobbing in the corner. I crawl over to her and she looks up at me.
"A-Alex..." She sobs "I'm s-so s-sorry...I didn't mean..f-for you...."
"Sshh" I say, hugging her "it's okay, calm down." I whisper to her before I notice that I'm crying too.
"Why did you follow me?!" She screeches at me  "it's my fault you got hurt!!" She starts to claw at her arms, her small body shaking. I grab her hands and force her to look at me.
"Emily, none of this is your fault. You didn't make him do anything.....how long has he been hurting you?" I whisper.
"Too long...ever since he married my mother..." I look at her, shocked. Jeff and Maria have been married for over a year.
"W-why didn't you tell m-me?" My voice cracks "I could have helped you..."
She looks away from me, her hazel eyes shinning with tears.
"No one could have helped me. I went to the police the first time he..." Her voice fades and she wipes a tear from her eye. "They didn't care, Jeff is friends with the police chief, they play poker every Thursday....Jeff doesn't bet with money, he bets with me and my mother...." I stare at her, shocked.
"How many men have done this to you?" My voice hard.
"Too many to count, Jeff pimps my mother and I out to his friends....she enjoys it..." She cries, hugging herself tightly. That's when I notice her scars. Cigarette burns, cuts, some fresh, others scarred over.
"Emily!! What happened to you?!"
"I-I...uh.."
"Did you...did he?!"
"He burns me with his cigarettes, and his friends like to cut me with knifes....I cut myself...I-I'm sorry, Alex..." She whispers, trying to cover her arms. I sit back, tears welling in my eyes.
"Don't be sorry, this isn't your fault." I pause, thinking, "we have to get you help."
"What help?! No one will believe us! The police are part of it so they won't help. What can you do?" She whispers "and what about you? He raped you too!"
"I don't care what he did to me. What he is doing to you is what I am worried about."
"Still what can we do?" She says sarcastically.
"Let's run away."I say quickly. She laughs for a few seconds until she realizes I'm serious.
"Alex, we can't run away! We would never survive on our own."
"Yes we can, we can get supplies from my house and go into the woods. We can drive all the way to Arkansas." I exclaim, searching her eyes for a sign of hope, something I haven't seen from her in awhile.
".....well....maybe we could try....but Je-"
"I don't give a damn about Jeff. I'll fucking shoot him if he ever hurts you again. We are getting you away from here." She is quiet for a a few seconds, thinking.
"Okay, fine. Let's do it." She says, standing up "wait, what about your parents?"
"They are in L.A. Because they are hosting some video game convention, they hardly notice me anyways." I say, grabbing my clothes. We get dressed and leave Jeff's room.
We hurry and pack her things and climb through the window I broke and put them in my jeep. We climb back through and go into the kitchen. Jeff is sitting at the table with his coffee and reading the newspaper when we come in. He looks up at us and grins.
"Good morning girls, sleep well?" He says, cocking his head.
"Fine, daddy." Emily says sheepishly, I stay silent but she nudges me.
"I slept great, Mr. Easley, thanks." I say, trying not to shout.
He stands and starts towards me. "That's great...now tell me, have you learned your lesson?"
"Yes sir," I say, squaring up to him. He smiles and lays his hand on my shoulder, caressing my arm with the other.
"You know, Alexis, I very much enjoyed your company last night." He says, moving his hand down to my breast. I try not to flinch when he squeezes me.
"I hope your head is feeling better. You just wouldn't stop squirming." He whispers in my ear. I hear Emily whimper. Jeff continues to squeeze my breast but slides his other hand down to my privates. I close my eyes tightly as he pushes his hand down my pants.
"Father," Emily interrupts him, "can I go to Alex's house today? Her parents are out of town."
"Of course, darling." He says, still violating me, I whimper as he slides his fingers into my underwear and starts fingering me. I start to shake but he holds me tighter, getting rough. I cry out and he stops, I fall to the ground.
"Bastard!!" I hiss at him. He just smiles and sits back down to his coffee.
Emily grabs my hand and pulls me out the front door. Once outside she pulls me into a hug. I pull away and wipe the tears from my eyes and start walking to my jeep.
"Alexis?!" She yells at me, I pause and turn towards her, she never calls me Alexis. "How can you be fine with this?! You were just molested but you walk away like nothing happened!"
"I don't care what he did to me!! He does this to you every God damned day!!" I am unable to hold my tears in anymore and I break down, my shoulders racking with sobs. Emily comes to me and hugs me, we stand like that for awhile and then make our way to the jeep and drive to my house.
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