What Goes Around, Comes Around

Chapter 16- What Goes Around, Comes Around

You've got to do whatever it takes to protect the ones you love.

Isaiah

"Tonight we let you rest, my Princess. But tomorrow? I'll have you wishing you were never born into that fucked up family," he hissed as he ran his fingers across her cheek, down her neck and across her collarbone. I tightened the knife behind my back and waited for him to try something else, but he didn't.

My Uncle might beat the hell out of me, but he'd never have them kill me because at the end of the day I'm still his family. But Adrianna? They don't give a damn about her. They hate her entire existence.

"Ade, what the hell?" I asked once he was gone. "How are you here? Why are you here?"

I was about to move towards her but stopped because the door opened again. Her eyes widened in fear as one of his men came towards her and roughly grabbed her wrist. She winced in pain as he wrapped the rope around her wrist and tied it.

"Is that necessary?" I asked. "Look at her. What the hell could she possibly do?"

"You shutup before I get your Uncle!"

"Get him! You think I'm scared of him or something? Y'all are literally manhandling a girl that's smaller than half your size. Does that make you feel like a man when you do that?"

"Watch it Isaiah-"

"I really hope her Dad kills every single last one of y'all bitch asses when he comes," I mumbled in anger.

"That was your last strike," he threatened releasing her to turn to me. I stood up and squared my shoulders, waiting on him to hit me. I'm not as small as I was two weeks ago. All I've been doing is getting my strength back up so I could defend myself in times like this.

Right now I was just talking shit out the mouth to get the attention off Adrianna.

"What are you doing, protecting her?" he asked with a laugh. "You can try that all you want, but tomorrow when I come back to take care of her little pretty ass, I'll make you watch."

"You're a sick fuck."

Before he even knew what was happening, my fist was flying towards his face. My hit landed directly on his nose and I watched in satisfaction as blood pooled out his nostrils.

"Boss come get your damn nephew before I kill him!" he exclaimed sending me a murderous glare. While I heard footsteps running down the steps, I looked at Adrianna briefly to see she had her head down in her hands.

"What's the problem?!"

"You need to learn to control this boy!" I watched my Uncle as he looked back and forth from his workers' bloody nose, to my busted knuckles.

"You did this?" he asked, and I didn't answer because clearly he already knew I did. And because he did, I already knew what was coming.

I closed my eyes and flexed my core to prepare myself for the hit. His fist came flying into my stomach so hard I tasted blood in my mouth as I coughed.

"Stay in your damn lane, do you hear me?" I heard him say but I was too busy bent over clutching my stomach to reply. "Do you hear me?" he snapped grabbing my jaw and I nodded so he could hurry up and let go. "You trying to protect this girl is going to get you fucking killed."

With that they left and slammed the door behind them. It took me awhile to be able to stand up straight again, but when I did I looked down to see Ade already looking up at me.

"You didn't have to do that," she told me quietly with sad eyes.

"Better me than you, right?" I replied with a dry chuckle. She scooter over and I took the hint to sit down next to her, hissing on my way down. "You gonna tell me what happened?"