Falling for the bad one

Chapter 6: Broken

I was shocked when I saw my dad. I haven't seen him in 6 years. When I was 11 years old he left home.

I was so happy once he left because my father was always drunk around me and he left some scars behind that would haunt me forever.

Nobody knew about it and I was always afraid when mom would leave me alone with him. He wouldn't drink in front of my mom and Austin, but he would always drink around me.

Austin would be going to soccer camp or stay over with a friend while mom would work overnight sometimes.

The first time he hit me I was 8 years old. After that he kept on bruising me until the neighbours had heard me screaming for help.

He got 8 years in prison. After he left we were in a bad financial state for a long time until my mom found a stable job.

I didn't know how to feel when I saw him. I was feeling a lot of emotions. I was angry, sad and scared. But my anger was overpowering the rest.

I marched over to him and slapped him across the face. " How dare you come after all these years." I screamed loudly.

I saw my brother still looking shocked and angry when he saw him.

I looked behind my father and saw my mom silently crying. "Did you let him in."
I whispered as tears ran freely on my face. 

"I opened the door and he marched right in." She whispered.

I looked back at my father and yelled "You broke me. You almost killed me. Leave!"

The last time we were alone he was planning to kill me and make it look like an accident. Thank god the neighbours heard my screams and called the police.

I still don't know why he did it.

I kept on hitting his chest until Austin picked me up and pulled me in his arms for a hug.

"No let me hurt him like he hurt me." I kept trashing around. After a few minutes I calmed down and kept silently sobbing and muttering "Why?"

Out the corner of my eye I saw my mother on the ground hugging her knees and crying.

I wiped my tears away and left my brothers embrace and went to my 'father' and asked with a stern face: "Why are you here?"

He looked at me with glassy eyes and said: "I want to make things right again. I want us to be a family like we used to be."

I humorlessly laughed and looked him in the eye and said: "You were a drunk and abused me till I collapsed on the ground and you didn't think when you left I was in a depression and traumatized and mom almost gave up on life, because she believed it was her fault. And you think you can come here and make everything right again. What did you expect that we were going to forgive you and be a happy family." I scoffed.

"I've been sober for years now. I've changed" he smiled at me. I looked at him with disgust.

Before I could speak Austin spoke first "We don't want you here and we sure as hell don't need you. You know your way out. Leave!" He yelled furious.

I pulled my mom into her room and kept on calming her down. "Go to sleep mom. We'll fix this." I laid her on her bed and tucked her in. I kissed to top of her head and closed the door on my way out.

"Did he leave?" I asked Austin. "Yeah and I hope he won't come back." I nodded and mumbled " I'll check on Conner."

He nodded and made his way to his room. "Wait." I said quickly.
"Yeah?"
"I love you bro."
He smiled sweetly at me and said: "Love you too sis."

I went to Conner's room and saw him sleeping. Thank god he's a heavy sleeper.

I went to my room and kept on thinking about the past till sleep came over me.

•••next morning•••

I woke up and ran to the bathroom so my brother wasn't going first. I gasped when I looked in the mirror.

I was crying the whole night and kept on remembering the past.

I saw a broken girl with nasty scars that hides a painful past. I forced a smile on my face.

I brushed my teeth and straightened my hair and noticed that I slept in my jeans and top.

I went in my room and quickly changed into a black basic hoodie with my blue high waisted jeans and wore my black vans.

I didn't have any time to eat so I left the house without saying goodbye. I noticed Katie's car in front of my house and went in.
"Hey." I said with a forced a smile.

She frowned at me and asked "what's wrong?"

I waved her of and said "Nothing." with a fake smile.

She knew I wasn't going to tell her and left the topic behind. I love her for that. She started talking about a guy she met in the mall. I just kept answering quietly to her whenever she asked a question.

We arrived at school after 10 minutes. We only had 5 minutes left and we separated after saying goodbye to each other.

I was early to class and sat in the back by the window and made sure to put my bag in the seat next to me so no one could sit next to me.

People were coming in class and I just kept looking outside. I heard a noise beside me and didn't bother to look. I heard a familiar voice talking, but I was too lost in my thoughts to care and notice.

After a few minutes something touched my arm. I flinched and looked to my right and saw Luke frowning at me.

I sighed in relief and stuttered: "W-what d-do you want?"

"Why did you flinch."

"I didn't."

"Tell.Me." He said with a clenched jaw. I shook my head no and looked down at my paper. I kept on doing my exercises and I could feel his eyes on me.

He leaned over and whispered close against my ear. "We'll talk later." 

What will Ivory say to Luke?
Will her father stay away or will he come back?
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Lots of love
-S.J