Drawing Voices

No Chapter Twenty

 Still Lola's P.O.V

She moved herself away to reveal an unrecognizable Ralph but a recognizable someone else sitting on a chair with his back to me. 

I gasped in the unclean air and walked backwards on my past footsteps.

The walls caved in as Ralph's head turned around slowly with his matted hair tucked behind his ears, his eyes bold and boring looking that matched his dry chapped lips stared into my eyes. Knowing exactly what reaction he was expecting to from me. The sensation that was pounding through my own body was indescribable as the blanked faces from my so called ‘friends,’ just stared at the uncontrollable tears streaming down my face. My body full of anxiety.

How was I so clueless?

How did I not know?

How has he changed so quickly?

My face began to burn as each tear streamed down my cheek, feeling like a piece of skin was getting ripped apart each time a tear drop ran down. I grabbed onto the side of the door, my fingernails digging into the wooden frame as the tears tumbled down, not enabling me to forget the intense pain I was in as I tried so hard to hold in the anger that lurked inside of me.

Then

My mind snapped. Just like that.

I just froze with no tears anymore a change in my attitude and no one did anything. They all stared; still frozen themselves.

I was distort one minute and not the next; just staring at Ralph who sat on his chair with a clown like grin.

"How could I? Not me you? I? What? I? Don’t?" I stuttered completely forgotten and lost.

"It's all been planned for many years now. You just happened to have moved the goalposts quicker." Ralph said stoking his beard that had grown on his face. (Just like those old times.)

At the mention of 'goal' Woody unfroze bringing himself to reality. "Dan mate. Do something!" Woody said easing himself backwards as Ralph lifted himself from his throne (wooden chair) and moved closer towards my tensed up body.

Dan walked up to Ralph and touched his shoulder with the palm of his hands pushing him back carefully. "Ralph please don’t." Dan said taking in a deep sigh but avoiding eye contact with anyone especially me.

My heart beat increased. Dan knew all along didn’t he?  I took a deep breath in and cried, "Did you know that Ralph was the guy who raped me Dan?" I said with hatred in my eyes as I stared at the man who I once loved and who I thought loved me.

*~*~*Oblivion (forgotten) *~*~*