Chapter 9- I Can't Live With Myself, So Stay With Me Tonight

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Kellin's POV

I remember that night. I remember what  Gerard did to me. That's the problem. I can't forget it. The memories were tearing me up inside, ripping me to pieces but rendering me unable to cry out in pain. They cut me open, and rubbing salt in the wound whenever I saw them since then. They made me filthy.

I remember the night I did it. I came home and Gerard would stroke my thigh under the table at the restaurant, silently daring me to object. I remember when I got home that night, I couldn't take it anymore. The fear, the pain, the memories. My mind was just a black hole now. I had gone completely numb. My life wasn't my own anymore. My body wasn't my own. I was tormented by memories and pain and fear.

I remember getting home and locking myself in the bathroom.

I remember pulling out the razor I had saved for this exact moment. It was strong, attached to a steel handle for leverage.

I remember pressing the blade deep into my neck.

I remember the blood.

I don't remember the pain.

I remember waking up in a soft bed under blinding white lights.

I remember Vic's face as he saw me for the first time.

I remember how sweet his voice was.

I remember how he cried when he sang to me.

I remember every single line of that song.

I remember the taste of his lips on mine.

I remember how it felt like fireworks.

I remember seeing Gerard's face in the window watching us as Vic pulled away.  

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