Kidnapped By The Broken

CHAPTER 3

"Hey, Hannah. Hannah, please wake up." The sounds of someone sobbing woke me up.

I tried to move, but my whole body was stiff with pain. I tried opening my eyes slowly. First, it was a blur. Later, i tried to focus more. The more i got conscious, the more pain i felt in my body.

"Hey, Hannah. Oh god! I was so scared, sis." Sopia was next to me sobbing. I tried to adjust my eyes and figure out where i was. The moment i started to move slowly, my abdomen began to hurt. I let out a low wimp. My throat felt dry, and my eyes hurt. Every part hurt, and tears fell for my eyes.

"I'm so sorry, Hannah. I should have come down. I was a coward. I'm so freaking sorry." She pleaded to me.

I had to get up and be strong at least for my Sopia. I didn't want her to be sad, and i didn't want to blame herself. After all that she has been through for her age, she didn't deserve this life. I looked at her and gave her a smile.

"Hey, i am okay. Don't worry." I forced every word out of my mouth without making any hurtful sounds. I kept that smile on my face for her. Slowly, bitting my inner cheek, i tried to get up. Every muscle in my body said me to lay down, but i had to get up and be strong.

So i got up holding the kitchen counter, and on the other hand, i held my abdomen tight. In an instant, i knew i would have a huge bruise and maybe a cracked bone. Holding the counter, i took air little by little into my lungs. When i was positive, i could take clear breaths. i looked at Sopia, who was on my right side, tears flowing over her cheek.

Sopia resembles my mom. She has those kind ocean blue eyes just like me and mom. Her lips and golden brown hair were just like mom. While i had my dads bronde hair. I also had a birth mark in my neck just near my collar bone, which i got it from dad. I could never forget my mom as i see her every day in Sopia.

Times like this are when i miss mom. But i should not feel like that to the women who betrayed us and abundant us.

"Sopi, get me some water, please."

After taking gulps of the water, by the way it hurt in every gulp i took, i looked around the house to see if dad was home.

"He is gone, Hannah." Sopia made me relax.

"Did he hurt you, Sopia?" I asked her in panick.

She just stared at me with so much guilt and emotion. "You get beat to death and wake up from your death bed, and the first thing you ask me is if im ok." A tear fell from her eye. "What am i going to do with u, Hannah?" She came and gave me a hug. I winced at the contact of her hand around my arms. She quickly pulled away and told a 'sorry'.

She put my right hand around her neck and led me to our room. In there, she placed me in my bed and took out the first aid box for me. I stopped her.

"Hey, it's ok. I'll do it. You know that i don't like you seeing this right." She nodded her head. "Did you have breakfast?" She shook her head, saying no. "Ok, wait, I'll come and make breakfast."

"No, Hannah! You sit here, aid yourself, and rest. I'm making breakfast." She ordered me. She acts like a grown-up. I let out a small chuckle, which hurt my abdomen, so it came out as a grimace.

"So now my baby sister is all grown up, huh?" I teased her.

She folded her arms, "Hannah, Im serious. Take care of yourself for once, please. Let me take care of you for once. You always take care of me first. For once look after you please." She asked with pleading eyes.

I signed. "Fine mom. I'll do as you say." I mocked her and gave her a loving smile.

"I love you, Hannah. I love you a lot. So please take care of yourself. If not for you at least do it for me." Sopia is all grown up. I looked at my little sister with adoration.

"Ok, Sopi. Now go go. I wanne TAKE CARE of myself." I poked my tongue out at her. She poked hers back at me and went out.

I signed and got up for a shower. I needed that after all this. I stip down my clothes and get under the shower. The hot water ran down my body, and my body relaxed a little.

After the shower, i wrapped my towel around me and stood in front of the mirror. I had rosey pale skin, mom had pale white skin, and dad was tan. Sopia had mom's skin ton. I was different from them. Mom used to say that i looked like my grandmom.

I came out of the bathroom. And i dropped my towel and looked at myself in the mirror. I had purple and blue bruises everywhere, my arms, my right hip, and there was a palm sized bruise on the left side in my abdomen along with two more just below my breast. I look awful, disgusting, and really ugle. I slowly moved my hand along the bigger bruise in my abdomen, and the light touch still made me wince in pain. The memory of yesterday came back. The ugly truth was that i had to do this to keep Sopia out of him.

One day last month, dad came home drunk. Me and Sopia were listening to music and dancing. The moment i smelled alcohol i knew that dad was here, so i quickly sent Sopia to our room. I turned around to look at him, but he was already having an intense stare on me. I slowly moved to the kitchen to make food for him. He came in and grabbed me forcefully and started to kiss me all over my neck. I pushed him, screamed, and tried hard to escape. What he was doing was wrong. I was his daughter. I smelled alcohol all over him. And then i couldn't take more. I slapped me hard. He moved back and cleared his vission. When he realised what he did. There was guilt in his eyes for a second, but it was replaced by disgust. He gave me a hard slap and went away.
After that incident, i didn't even want Sopia's sight on him. I was too disgusted and scared of him.

Grabing the bandage from the bed and wrapping it around my lower abdomen where the palm sized bruise was. Then i applied some cream all over my other bruises. I wore a grey gym pant and a black and grey hoodie under it i wored a white t-shirt. The clothes cover all my pain. Thank god i didn't have any bruises on my face. So now i looked like a normal girl. I put a smile on my face, looking at myself in the mirror, and said to myself that everything would be ok.

When i came down, Sopia was ready with breakfast. We both sat and ate our breakfast in silence.

"Dad said that he would not be home for 2 days before leaving." Sopia informed me.

"Mmm...." i wonder where he went. He never said to us where he goes? what does he do? It never bothered me, though, because all i wanted was him to leave us alone. "So, do you have any planes for the week?"

"Not really. But Shasha's parents are leaving so she kind of asked me to come stay with her." She informed me.

"Mmm.... So, how long are her parents gone?" I asked her

"I'm not leaving you alone like this."

"Just tell me Sopia."

"Like 2 and a half weeks." She whispered.

I like that my sister cared for me. But i want her to be happy too.
"Sopia, listen well, ok. I want you to go and stay at your friend's house. I want you to be safe and happy. Do you understand?" I asked her.

"But i don't want to leave you alone, Hannah."

"You can stay today with me and take care of me all you want, Sopi. And you can go to Shasha's house tomorrow. Agreed?"

She gave me a smile and nodded her head.

We spent the rest of the day talking, playing, singing, and dancing (which only Sopia did as i couldn't). We watched recipies online and made food to eat too.

Although i was doing all this to protect Sopia, in my heart, i knew i should take her away from this hell. I want her to have a normal life. With that thought, we both cuddled in one bed and drifted off to sleep.

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Hi Buddies,

I know how abusing feels like. It's really hard to have a sane mind if u r being abused harshly.

But what i have learnt is not to give up on life and still try to live a part of happiness even if ur whole life is hell.

With love Krish. 😘