Chapter 7

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Riley's POV

"I need a smoke." Josh says as he finally stops hitting me. He leaves the apartment. I crawl up from the floor, and limp to the bathroom.

I was in my usual mess after Josh does something like this. My hair was a mess, my lip bleeding, bruises everywhere. I was just a mess. I start to wash off the blood. My phone starts ringing. I check the caller ID. James. Ignore. I continue trying to clean myself up, but he keeps calling me. Finally, I decide to pick up.

"What?" I snap into the phone.

"Riley! Oh my God! I-"

"James, don't talk to me! I can't believe you watched him drag me out of the studio knowing what he was going to do to me, watched him slap me in the car, and than let him beat me up again in the apartment!"

"I know Riley, that was a really stupid thing to do and you don't realize how absolutely sorry I am!" He pleads.

"No James." I say and hang up the phone. I stare at my phone for awhile, than at my harsh reflection in the mirror, and start crying again.

I hear Josh come back in. I walk out of the bathroom.

"Well, aren't you going to make supper?!" He demands. I nod and start cooking. I set two platefulls of food down.

"Why two? Your already fat as it is, and I never had supper last night after you left me here to starve!" He takes my food and scrapes it on to his plate. I sit on the couch. It was bad enough that I was beaten, now I'm being starved. I take out my phone. I had seven missed calls, all from James, and twenty texts, all from James.

JAMES-Riley I'm sorry!

JAMES-Riley please answer back!

JAMES-Riley?

JAMES-Riles?

JAMES-Come on Riley answer!

JAMES-Please call me!

JAMES-Please Riley!

JAMES-Please Riles I want to talk to you!

JAMES-I just want to hear you please call me!

JAMES-I'm so sorry Riles I know I'm a jerk and I know what I did was stupid!

JAMES-Answer me Riles!

JAMES-Answer

JAMES-Answer!

JAMES-Please answer!

JAMES-Riles please

JAMES-Riley please answer me!"l

JAMES-All I want to do is talk to you answer me!

JAMES-Please Riles!

JAMES-Riley

JAMES-I love you

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