Wild Space

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In between the commotion and plotting ideas to free myself from the fight, I never realized that someone has plunged in a knife into my side. Fortunately, it only scraped an inch deep, sparing me from difficulty.

Finally, after what felt like hours, I got up and removed my smelly clothes and got into the shower. Turned on the coldest stream and hissed in pain loving the freezing water. I have heard people taking hot showers, but I prefer cold; colder the merrier. The emotional pain may have numbed me, since, only when the water turned out bloody, did I realize that I was wounded somewhere. It was on my ride side, just under the ribs.

I wondered if it would have been poisoned. Then it's going to be a big problem. Anyway, I popped in some painkiller plus antibiotic to save me from infection and the pain I am sure that will bug me after I come to my senses.

It must have been hours since I got in the bathroom. When I got out, Tom was sitting in my bed with his head drooped low. I ignored him, and pat dried my hair as if he wasn't even there in my room. In midst of all the drama, I forgot to pat dry myself which resulted in dampening night shirt. Irritated, I changed my shirt and went straight to the bed. He looked at me, didn't say a word but got up to tuck me in. Somehow that simple gesture broke me. None of my parents ever did that to me, nor did they kiss me goodnight.

When the tears were brimming, I turned away from him.

"You know, I will never lie to pumpkin. And you only have to wait for two more weeks when you will get to know about it all by yourself."

That got my attention. What did he mean I will get to know all about it myself?

"What?" I propped on my elbows and asked him.

"Please, trust me and knock off this emotional drama, Ms.Drama queen; you will find it all when the time's right. Now, it is not safe for you to know about it."

I sighed. "I am sick of this. Why isn't it right for me?" I lay back down, facing my back towards him.

"It's three in the morning pumpkin, don't you have class tomorrow."

"I will skip." I tried to sound as if I was damn sleepy.

"Dear, you know Sam won't allow that."

"Well, he can suck himself."

"Don't talk like that."

"I'm done with being the good ass fuc*" I rolled down in mattress so that I was sleeping on my torso.

"Honey..." his soft pleading voice made me wants to hug him tight and show that I was just being a brat. But;

"If that's all, you may leave. I need to catch some sleep." I said and rolled once again, irritated in finding no comfortable position to sleep. That aided my blanket to skid down to my knees. I looked at him, and then prepared to pull the mattress back. I was instantly drawn to him, seeing that he was frozen midway; moreover, he had lost all the color on his face. I sat straight.

"What's the matter, uncle?"

"You are bleeding." And his eyes glazed. What the... he is crying. I looked into my side where he was staring at. I cursed under my breath since there it was; a big patch of blood staining my shirt.

"How did this happened pumpkin?"

"I... before you came with Shaun, there were two guys who wanted to take me, beat me or whatever, I don't know... it must have been them."

"Oh my God... oh my..."

"Uncle, relax... it's fine..."

He was almost in the doorway to get the first aid when he peeked out and boomed "It's not."