exonerate | a jonah marais x reader story

~ 1 ~

^maggie lindemann will portray you aha
y/n (your name)

~ y o u r  p o v ~
i escaped. while he was distracted i climbed out of the window and into some bushes. i run out of the yard as fast as i can and as far as i can.

i try to find a place to run into. i am not familiar with this area. all i saw were fields upon fields, but then i see a walmart in the middle of nowhere.

i run into the walmart, it's almost empty. i go into the bathroom and check if anyone is in any of the stalls. i see that the coast is clear. i lock myself inside. i look into the mirror and see my arms and legs scattered with bruises. every inch of my arms and my legs covered.

i also notice my black eye, when he hit me in the head with the baseball bat.

i can't cover it up with anything. i have no sweater, no change of clothes. nothing. i feel all alone in this world. i have no where to go, no where to hide, no money, nothing.

i go into a corner of the store where i barely saw anyone go into. the hardware section. i sit down in a corner, burying my face into my hands and legs. the tears start flowing.

my boyfriend was never abusive until he started drinking. he started to hit me when he was drunk. i thought i loved him i really did. now all he does is go party and hook up with other girls. when he comes home drunk he starts to beat me up with a baseball bat because 'i'm not good enough' sooner or later i started to believe it. my family or friends has not been able to find me. it sucks it really does.

i hear footsteps coming. i stand up and wipe my tears away. my cheeks and eyes feel puffy and they are definitely red. after that i just start to cry more. a tall young guy comes up to me. he has messy brown hair, but a cute-kind-of-messy.

he sees me as i try to hide my face. i walk away. i think he saw me cry though.

"hey, come back!" he try's to catch up to me.

i sniffle and run away, my legs sore and tired. as i get slower and slower he catches up to me.

"what's wrong beautiful?" he asks in cute, calming voice.

"nothing" i say as i try to wipe away my tears.

"well clearly something is up if you are crying inside of a walmart, in the hardware section." he chuckles.

i fake giggle, "yeah i guess so"

"so what could of possibly happened to a beautiful girl like you?" he asks touching my shoulder.

i try too look away from him, hiding my black eye. "well, i... um... got pushed on the sidewalk."

"i don't believe it." he says limiting up my chin with his hand.

"you must have gotten hurt really badly, tell me what really happened. i promise i won't hurt you."

"my boyfri- fri" i pause. "h-he is ab-busive" i say on the verge of tears.

"omg! why would anyone want to hurt you like this. do you want me to bring you to a police station?" he asks

"i can't let you do that otherwise he would kill me" i say, frightened.

"would you like to come to my house. we can keep you at our place for as long as you want." he says with a worried look on his face.

"no. i can't accept your offer. my boyfriend will look for me and if he finds me at someone else's house he will kill you and me."

"he won't find you, and if he does he will have to face 5 other guys as well." he says with a stern look on his face.

"please let me take you to safety." he says.

" i don't know, i don't want you to get hurt." i whisper to him.

"and i don't want you to get hurt." he whispers

"fine, only if you want! i don't want any trouble" i say scared to death

"don't worry, i won't harm you."

"by the way, what's your name? i didn't catch it," he says.

"y/n" i say.

"wow, what a beautiful name for a beautiful girl," he flirts

"i'm jonah by the way," he smiles at me

we walk out of walmart and go inside his car.

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