We'll Protect You

Chapter 21

-1 Week Later-

Amanda's Pov:

Jordan's taking me to my dad's funeral, so I wore a black dress with some flats, and I have a little bit of make up on. "Evan is expecting you, so try not to talk to them to much, because we're leaving when you're done." He tells me and I nod, so he parks in a empty parking space, and I get out of the car.

I took a deep breath and head towards the grave site, but when I get half way. "Amanda?" I looked beside me and it was officer Sanchez. "When did you cut your hair?" He asked me.

"Last week." I said and he nods, while escorting me to my dad's grave, but when we get there. The guys stood up and gave me a death glare, but I ignore them and kept on walking, and then tears started falling down my face.

"Be strong Amanda." He tell me and I nod, so I stood in front of the coffin, and when I looked down at him.

"I'm so sorry." I cried and leaned over him to kiss his forehead. "I will always love you papa bear." I said and set the flowers down next to him.

"Amanda will now say a few words for her father." The priest said and I turned to look in front of everyone.

"I know my dad did horrible things to me, after my mom, brother and sister died from an illness, and then blamed me for their death. He wasn't like that before, because he was always caring, and tried his best to keep all of us safe." I started and more tears begin to fall down my face. "Then we moved here to forget everything, but the things he did to me were getting worse, until I meet my teachers, and they wanted to help me. I told them not to get involved, but they kept pushing, and then one night." I looked up at Evan and he nods. "I tried ending my life, so that I can make my dad happy, because I was a failure, and wanted to end the pain." I cried and tried wiping the tears from my face, but more tears kept falling.

"Take a seat Amanda." Officer Sanchez said and I shook my head.

"I want to thank my teachers for saving my life, because without them. I wouldn't be here today." I said and then turned back to my dad. "No matter what he did to me. I will still love him with all of my heart." I finished and closed his casket.

"Thank you Amanda." The priest thanked me and I nod. "Mr.Fong? Will you please have your friends lower the casket?" He asked him and I stepped away from the casket.

"Yes sir." Evan said and the guys surrounded his casket, but I backed away from them, and watched them lower my dad in the ground. Once they were done, they backed away and looked back at me, so I walked over to them, and then looked down.

"Goodbye dad. I love you." I said and took the picture of me and him out from my pocket. I looked at it one last time and threw it in the hole. Then they started putting the dirt in, so I wiped the tears from my face, and walked back to the car.

"Amanda!" Tyler called out to me, so I stopped and looked back at him, and the rest of them followed behind him. "Why are you leaving?" He asked me with an attitude.

"I have somewhere to be." I tell him and he scoff.

"Yeah right." He said and then stood in front of me. "You're probably going to fuck Jordan afterwards." He tells me and I growled.

"I wouldn't be fucking talking fuck boy!" I yelled at him and his eyes widen.

"Why you little bitch?!" He yelled at me and grabbed me by my dress, so I scratched him with my nails, across his face, and he punches me in the face.

"Tyler?!" Evan shouts and they pulled him off of me. "Take him to the car." He tells them and felt something run down my nose. I can tell it was blood, because of the smell.

"We should have let you died, instead of your father!" Tyler shouts and I clenched my fists.

"Stop Tyler!" Craig yelled at him and Evan hands me a napkin.

"I'm leaving." I said and walked away from him. "Don't bother protecting me anymore, because this will be the last time you will see me." I tell him and got in the car.

"Whoa. What happened to your nose?" Jordan asked me and I growled. "Okay, never mind then." He said and drove off.

|Time Lapse|

"Now boarding to Denver, Colorado." The lady on the intercom said, so  we grabbed all of our stuff, and went to the gate. We handed the lady our tickets and then got in the plane. Then we put our stuff above our seats, and then waited for them to take off.

"Are you okay Amanda?" Jordan asked me and I looked at him. "Look, I know me and Evan don't get along, but we use to and something happened between us, so-" I cut him off.

"I don't even care anymore." I tell him and he chuckled. "Besides, this is a new beginning for me, and I don't want to ruin it." I said and he nods.

"Ladies and gentlemen? We are about to take off, so please fasten your seat belts, and enjoy the ride." The lady said, so we buckled our seat belts, and we took off.

"I'm sorry Evan, but you and the guys can't protect me anymore, so I wish y'all the best and good luck without me."