The Abused

Chapter 7

People were right when they say that your life flashes before your eyes as your about to die. That's what happened to me but it wasn't as happy as I thought it was.

"Caterina please wake up." I heard a deep voice say. "This is all your fault! I told you not to rape her when she was bedridden but you never fucking listen to me!"

"Felix. You know your place don't push me." Alfredo. I shivered.

"She's awake." Felix whispered. "Come on Caterina please open your eyes." I slowly opened my eyes to see a pair of blue ones looking back at me. I could tell that Felix hadn't been sleeping because there were bags underneath his eyes. It looked like he had been crying to.

"Leave me alone with her." Alfredo growled.

"No. Not ever again. She is under my care now Alfredo. The doctor said she cannot be left alone anymore. And I'm the only one that she trusts." Felix spat.

"Fine. Move so I can talk to her." Felix mumbled something in Italian and got up off the bed. Alfredo say next to me and I flinched away from him.

"Precious why would you do this to yourself?"

"To.....get.... away...." I could barely speak.

"Away from me? You will never leave. Do you understand me?" He grabbed my wrist and I cried out in pain and struggled away from him. I fell off the bed and stumbled to the bathroom. I locked the door. This wasn't Alfredo's room I knew his room. And this wasn't my room either. This must be Felix's room.

"Precious open this door or there will be immense pain to come for you." Alfredo said behind the door.

"Alfredo leave my room." Felix said. I heard Alfredo say something back but I could understand him. Then a door slammed shut. "Caterina please open the door. It's just me and you." I opened the door and finally took in what I saw.

He was so tired I could tell that by his body language. His eyes were red and he was in joggers and a wife beater. How long had I been asleep?

"How long?" I asked him.

"Almost two weeks." He mumbled back.

"You need sleep." I grabbed his wrist and started walking to the bed but before I made it there my legs gave out.

"Come beauty." Felix picked me up bridal style and laid me on the bed. He started to walk away but grabbed his hand.

"Please.... don't.... leave..." I said. I looked at him with pleading eyes.

"Never again." He said as he laid down next to me.

Three weeks later

"Felix!" I heard Alfredo yell from down the hallway.

"Ugh. Why is he so mad all the time?" I asked Felix.

"He's just an angry man I guess." Felix shrugged his shoulders and put down his translation book. He was teaching me how to speak Italian. "I must go I will be back. Please don't do anything." He gave me weak smile and walked out of my room.

Ever since the incident Felix has never left my side.  He finally let me go back into my room but not without searching my room for anything sharp. He fixed my door because he broke it trying to get to me. I looked down at my wrists and saw the scars from when I cut my wrists.

This is why I needed to leave this house. Felix said he would talk to me more when Alfredo went on his usual "vacation." He said it was tomorrow but Alfredo hasn't even started packing.

My door opened and Alfredo walked inside.

"I've been thinking a lot precious. I want you to come with me to Italy." He smiled at me like I was going to automatically say yes. Felix came up behind him and nodded at me over his shoulder.

"I would love to come with you to Italy. I've always wanted to go to Rome." I smiled back at him. I was lying straight through my teeth.

"And that my girl is right where we are going. Felix will help you pack. We leave tomorrow at five in the moring." And with that he walked out of my room. I let out the breath I didn't know I was holding.

"I thought he was going alone?" I asked Felix.

"He was supposed to but he doesn't trust me alone with you because he thinks that I am in love with you." He said in a thick Russian accent. Whenever he was mad or frustrated his accent was more prominent. But he kept it under control when he was around Alfredo because one slip and he could be shot.

"Great so now I'm going to have to spend more time with him when I don't want to. Oh wait. I'm okay now. All healed up so he'll probably rape me again. This is great." I said sarcastically.

"Caterina. I promised you that I would get you out of here and that is what I'm going to do. It may take me some time but I will get you out. Even if I have to give my life for it." He looked me in the eyes and I could tell that he meant every word he said.

I sighed. "Alright. Let's go to Italy."

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