The Untold Stories of Havensborough

Chapter Three

After school I walked outside where the buses run. Of course I missed the bus...again. I see Cayden sitting at the tables. I walk over to him and sit down with him. I can tell something is bothering him. "What's wrong?" I ask him. "Nothing" He replies as he gets up and walks away. I thought about going after him but when he's in one of his moods he's kind of a jerk. I stay seated at the tables. Adam and Derrek come walking towards me. "Why are you sitting here? You're usually already gone by now" Derrek asks. I explained to them that I don't have my car. "We can give you a ride if you want" Derrek suggests. I thanked him and agreed to let them take me home. Adam and Derrek are really good friends. Derrek got kicked out of his house by his parents and Adam's family took him in. They dropped me off and I thanked them again. I walked inside and saw Aunt Stasha slapping Noah. I ran over to her and pushed her out of the way. "You can slap me and hit me all you want but you will not lay a hand on my brother!" I yelled at her. She grabs my arm forces me downstairs in the basement. She turns the light on and shuts the door and locks it. The bitch locked me in the basement. I tried everything to get that door to budge open but it wasn't enough. I lay down on the couch that was in the corner of the basement. A few hours later the door opens up. Aunt Stasha opens the door and shuts it behind her. She walks over to me and tells me to take my clothes off. I say no and she slaps me again. "Do as your told Red leave your under clothes on" She yells. So I do it. She takes out this long black belt and started hitting me with it till I was bleeding. I passed out. I don't know how long I was out for. The door opens again. "Here's your breakfast" Aunt Stasha says as she sits the plate down on the table. "You're not getting out today" She adds when she walks out the door and locks it again. I begin to cry. A few hours later she comes back again to beat me with the belt. I pass out again. I wake up to some weird noises upstairs. "Where is she!" Someone yells. I can hear my brother tell them that Aunt Stasha locked me in the basement. I hear them as they run down the stairs. "Raelynn!" He yells. It's Cayden. I open my mouth to yell back but nothing comes out. He begins to kick the door. Some moments later the door flies open. Cayden runs over to me. He starts crying. I have never seen him cry. He picks me up and takes me upstairs. He puts me into his car. "Noah" I say very softly. He runs back into the house and comes back with Noah. They get into the car and we leave.