Cryptic Secrets

Chapter 4

We walked in to find John and Naomi on his bed making out.

"JOHN!!!! NAOMI!!!!!" Natalie and I shouted.

They turned around and stop.

"What are you doing?!?!?" we shouted again. We were infuriated. How could they do that. Naomi raced out the room with Natalie following close behind. John just sat on the bed with a smirk on his face.

"How could you do that?" I said infuriated.

"GET OFF MY BACK!!!" he yelled back at me.

"No John not this time!!!" I said back. In a split second, John was off the bed holding me against the wall by the throat.

"YOU DON'T TELL ME HOW TO RUN MY LIFE!!!" he screamed. Gasping for air I managed a weak scream. Natalie must have heard me because she came running into the room.

"JOHN!!!! Stop you are going kill her!!!!" Natalie yelled at John.

"Why? She gave me advice of how to run my life so I'll give her advice to end it all." he shouted back.

"Let Her GO!!!" she yelled. Finally, he dropped me to the ground and ran off.

"Are you okay??" Natalie asked worried. She froze staring at me.

"What?" I asked with concern.

"Your........neck. It's purple and black." She said in horror.

"Natalie, you can't tell anyone what happened." I whispered.

"But.....okay." she said. She helped me back to my bedroom. Natalie and Naomi were staying the night, but we were all sleeping in my room so nothing would happen.

I awoke to the smell of pancakes and bacon. Natalie had found something to cook in the kitchen, which surprised me. John and Naomi were sitting at the table drinking a glass of oj. John and Naomi both looked at me. John just rolled his eyes, but Naomi covered her mouth in shock.

"What happened to you, Veronica?" Naomi asked with worry in her eyes.

"I slipped in the tub." I said lying through my teeth.

After breakfast, Natalie and Naomi left leaving just John and I in the house alone. I was scared that something would happen again to me, but by the time it was 10 pm nothing had happened. I fell asleep reading a book half-hearted and thinking about Naomi and John.

Today was Sunday usually Natalie and I would go on a shopping trip, but after what happened last night, there was no way that was going to happen. All day I lounged in my room watching tv and reading. I was laying against the wall in silence when I heard John on the phone.

"Hey babe. Your sister is pissing me off." John said.

"Sorry she has been in a mood all week." Naomi apologized. "What happened to Veronica's neck?" she asked.

"I don't know I think her boyfriend hit her." John said lying.

"Oh. Love you baby night!" Naomi signed out.

"Love you too night." John signed out too.

   In shock, I crawled to my bed and fell asleep.