Damaged

Part 22

Tobin's PoV

"A few hours ago?" She asked me.

"Yeah after you ran off Alex tried to leave too, but I couldn't let her do that. This was the only real chance I was going to get to finally get some answers. "

"And she just gave them to you?"

"Yeah she finally explained everything that happened between us."

"And what did happened?"
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I paused for a second deciding which girl I should chase after. I know I really fucked up with Chris, and I know I need to apologize for how I acted and what I said, but I couldn't pass up this opportunity to get the answers I need. "Alex, wait you can't just leave now." I chased after her managing to grab her hand stopping her from walking out the door.

"Please just let me go Tobin." She pleaded with me, without turning around to look at me.

"No Alex, I deserve answers and you know it."

"I can't Tobin."

"That's bullshit Alex. You should have talked to me. You took everything away from me with no explanation. Why?" She finally turned around to look at me.

"I didn't mean to." She whispered out.

"You didn't mean to ruin my life? You told people I raped you Alex. What did you think was going to happen?" I asked her outraged at her answer.

"I didn't know what to do Tobin. Allie came to my house and she saw my room and she saw my face and she wouldn't stop asking questions." She mumbled out quickly.

"What do you mean she saw your face? What was wrong with your face?" I asked bewildered at what she was talking about.

"After my dad threw you out he stormed back into my room. I tried to leave. I tried to go to you, but he wouldn't let me. I was scared and I hoped you would come back and get me. He went on a rampage throwing stuff, breaking whatever he could his hands on. And when that wasn't enough he...he hit me."

"He hit you?" I asked out in disbelief. She nodded her head and tears were streaming down her face now.

"I have never seen him so angry before, even after he hit me once he wasn't happy. He just kept hitting me, and asking me how I could do something so disgusting. He didn't stop until I passed out." She sobbed out the story to me.

I couldn't help, but go and try and comfort her. I put my arms around her and she immediately wrapped her body around me and kept crying. And her being in my arms like this reminded me of all the other times I have done exactly this, holding her, telling her how much I love her, telling her I will always protect her. "I tried to get back to you Alex I swear, but I couldn't get in. I should have tried harder, I shouldn't haven given up so quickly, I saw how angry he was. I'm sorry that that happened to you, I'm sorry I wasn't there to protect you."

"It's okay Tobin, I don't blame you for the way my dad reacted."She admitted.

"Then why did you do it, Alex, if you didn't balme me for what your dad did why did you tell Allie I raped you?" I asked way more calm then I was before, but I still needed to know why.

"After my dad hit me he threatened me saying that if I ever told anybody about what he did or if he ever saw me with you again he would kill you Tobin. And after what he just did to me, I believed him. So I was going to just stay home for a few days and wait for the bruising to go away, and I wasn't going to talk to you until I went back to school and then I was going to break up with you, but then Allie came. And she wouldn't leave, and I had to tell her something, but it couldn't be the truth. I also didn't want to put her in any danger, but I didn't know what to do, I couldn't come up with an explanation as to why I was this beat up. And she just kept asking questions until finally I just started to tell her how the day started. I told her you came over and we had a great day together and then.... it hit me.... I knew how much you loved me and even if I came up with an excuse right then and there as to why my face looked like that and got Allie to believe it, I didn't know how I was going to get you to stay away from me. And so I knew what I had to do.......I knew about North Carolina Tobin."