Broken

Chapter 3: The Truth

~Arielle's POV~

I was running from my dad, it was no use no matter where I went he was always one step ahead of me. I was holding Bella in my arms, she was sobbing. I kept trying to tell her everything was going to be okay but, I couldn't even convince myself it was going to be. Then he grabbed her, snatched her right out of my hands. I was screaming BELLA BELLA BELLA!

Then I felt someone shaking me, I woke up out of my nightmare. There was a scared Wes looking at me. "Are you okay? What happened?" "I was having a nightmare.."

I could feel the tears pricking up in my eyes. "Baby what was it about?" Every time he said babe, or baby I felt butterflies. It was a great feeling, it made me feel important.

"It was about...my dad...He took Bella from me.." Wes didn't know anything about my past other than that my mom passed away four years ago. He had no idea that my dad was an alcoholic/ drug dealer.

"Why, why was he taking her?" Should I tell him the truth? I can trust him..right? Maybe I need to stop shutting people out and start letting them in.

I took a deep breathe and said, "He was trying to hurt her...and me." He looked at me, confused, I could see the fear in his eyes. "Why would he want to hurt you?" "Because, he's a...Wes if I tell you this please don't treat me different or look at me different okay?"

"I would never do that! Just tell me.." "He's a drug dealer, and an angry drunk. That's why I came to your house last night. He was drunk, he called me a bunch of names..." I stopped because, now I was bawling.

He grabbed me and pulled me into his chest. "Have you told the police?" I pulled away and looked up into his eyes, "Don't you understand? I can't... They would make Bella and I go to deprecate foster homes...I can't abandon her I'm the only family she has.."

He pulled me back into his chest as I sobbed. I was so done with everything, once I turned eighteen and graduated high school I was getting the hell out of here.

For the time being I needed to stay strong for Bella. She didn't need to see me cry, I had to be happy with her. Wes looked down at me and said, "He never will hurt you or Bella again, not if I'm around..." "But, we have to go home. Then he will be there, and I don't know what he will do, I'm just-" "No you can stay with me, he won't hurt you anymore."

This made me feel ten times better. The thought of someone caring about me made my heart happy, maybe there wa actually hope? "Thank you so much Wes but, how will your mom feel about this?"

"I will deal with her. Don't worry babe it's okay." I giggled, "You give me butterflies every time you say that." "Oh really, and why is that?" "Well because, all my exs and guys I have like were assholes, they treated me horribly.."

"How could someone possibly treat you bad, you are so amazing and sweet." He grabbed my chin and pulled my face up to his, he wiped my tears away. "We should go back to sleep." "Yes we should." Neither of us moved, we just sat there staring into each other's eyes.

He leaned in and kissed my forehead. He fell back into his spot, I fell in next to him, he put the covers on me. I nuzzled into his chest, "Night babe." He said I could feel him smiling.

I know I had only known him for a few hours but, I felt complete with him. Maybe everything would be okay after all. Finally it drifted off to sleep and this time I didn't have another bad dream.

Hi Guys! This chapter was kind of short, sorry about that. I hate when I have dreams where I feel trapped or I feel like it is real. This chapter was pretty easy to write because, I have bad dreams too unfortunately. Anywasy please keep reading, thanks love you all! Kenzie <3