Living Next Door To The Dolan Twins

Chapter 7: The Past

Two Hours Earlier

Em's P.O.V

I wake up to the sound of someone pounding at my front door. I sit up and rub my eyes then jump as the pounding gets louder. I get out of bed and slip on my vans and a sweatshirt. As I walk down the hallway through my apartment, the pounding gets louder and louder. I got scared so I grabbed a knife for protection. I look through the peephole on the door.

My stomach drops. It's my dad.

The last time I saw him was the night my mom had committed suicide. He blamed me for it and beat until the cops arrived, taking him away.

My thoughts stop as he yelled. "I know your in there, so get out here you little bitch!"

I ran towards my room and grabbed my phone and started to dial 911. It began to ring until the operator picked up.

"911 what's your emergency?" A woman's voice asked.

"My dad is trying to break into my house!" I whisper yell into the phone.

She then said something else but I couldn't hear over the sound of the door being busted open. I ran down the hall, him following. I ran into my room, but before I could slam the door his hands stopped it.

He then grabbed me by the hair and dragged me down the hallway. I then realized that the knife was still in my hand. I swung my hand trying to stab it into his back but his hand caught mine. He then took the knife from me.

"Do you honestly think you deserve to live after what you did?!" He screamed at me.

I started to cry but then his hand made its way hitting it across my face causing me to fall on the ground.

"It's all your fault, you little self centered bitch!" He yelled even louder.

He then just started beating me.

I spent the next to hours being beaten and tortured until some knocked on the door. Since I was right next to it I opened it before they could knock a second time.

There stood the guy I wanted to be there the most right now.

Grayson.

He looked at me and tried to pull me too him, but then I felt two hands grip around my throats and pull me back then slamming the door.

I screamed for help. There was loud banging on the door until my dad opened it and charged towards Grayson, but before he could do anything, Grayson had beat him to the first punch.

The next the I knew, Grayson was beating my dad, until Ethan ran through the door and pulled him off followed by Christian.

"GRAYSON! HE'S HAD ENOUGH! LET THE POLICE HANDLE IT!" Ethan yelled trying to hold Grayson back.

Grayson was just trying to fight his way through to get to my dad, until he looked at me.

I then realized that I felt lightheaded. Then everything went black.

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3 hours later

Grayson's P.O.V

It has been 3 hours since Em had fainted and we brought her to the hospital. We were in the lobby waiting to see how she was. The police had already arrived at the apartment to arrest that man. I hated him so much for hurting her. I've never been so angry in my life. I will never let anyone touch her again. Even if it kills me.

Em's P.O.V

I wake up in a room that I'm not familiar with. The whole top half of my body ached. I try to move my legs, but I can't feel them. I then realize that I'm in a hospital bed. I look over and see Grayson asleep in a chair next to me. I don't want to wake so I just try to make myself comfortable in bed. Then when I moved my arm I caused the remote to the TV to fall off the night stand next to the bed. Well so much for not trying to wake Grayson up.

He slowly opens his eyes setting them on me. He widens them then stands up as fast as possible.

"Your awake!" He says cheerfully.

"What happened?" I asked.

He opened his mouth but before he could answer someone said "You've been paralyzed from the waste down." It was the doctor standing in the doorway.

"You were stabbed in your back triggering your nerve, and causing you to loose all the feeling in your legs." He said making his way in.

"Well, can this be fixed?" I said tearing up.

"It will take quit a bit of physical therapy and training but with it you should be back on your feet within a year or less." He proceeded.

"Ok, thank you." I say to the doctor as he made his way out.

"Why did this happen? Why me?" I ask myself sobbing.

"It's going to be ok, Em." Grayson said moving towards me. "I promise." He said while sitting down next to me then wiping the tears off my face with his thumb.

He makes me so happy. He gives me hope. But hope can't change the past.

A/N
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Sorry for cliff hanger in the last chapter, but here you go. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Thx for ready💕💕
~Liz