The Loner

Chapter 16- Worthless

Chapter 16- Worthless

Lauren's POV.

"I'm not scared of you." A male and drunken voice said.

I recognised the voice, but hoped to never hear it again. But I knew that I had to sooner or later. And life picked out this moment. Great.

Zayn stood in front of me and put a hand in front of me to keep me behind him. Part of me felt safer behind him, but other part of me didn't wanted to drag him into my mess. He can get hurt and it will be my fault.

"Why are you?" I say with a shaky voice.

"I have to do something that I should have done ten fucking years ago." He muttered. He takes a few steps closer each word and Zayn steps back each time, keeping the same distance between us and my dad.

"Don't come closer." Zayn warns my dad, but he doesn't listen. He never does.

Finally he got to a spot where the lamppost would allow me to see my dad in front of the shadows, instead of behind them. His face had some scars on it, scars that may have been caused by plants. Is he running away from the police? The police is looking for him for a few days now and it amazes me that a drunk person like him hasn't been caught yet.

"You." He says pointing his finger as me. His finger is shaking, like his whole body. He has drank too much this time. How can his body even handle it?

"You have been nothing but trash to me." My dad spits out. "I never should have kidnapped you. That day at the airport Katie couldn't stop admiring you. She always wanted a little fucking baby, no matter what I said. She wanted you and died a few years later expecting me to take care of you? Ha. Not in a million years." He laughed of his shoulder.

While he was laughing, I couldn't help but get scared and my mind still not able to process whatever he was saying right now.

"I should have killed you, just like I killed her that day. She wasn't worth it and you never will be." He says and memories of the day my mother died come back again. How she died because of my dad, because of the man just a few feet a few from me.

"Do you hear what you're saying?" I ask him, feeling the tears that are rolling down my cheeks. I wipe them of quickly.

I need to stay strong and be brave. I don't have to show him that I am vulnerable, he doesn't care about that. He is part of a gang, he is drunk and almost killed me many times. So do I believe that this will go smooth right now? Hell no.

"Katie fucked up my life. The day I laid my eyes on her. She wanted so many things and you being one of those things." He says dropping the bottle with the alcohol in it. he slides his hand in his back and struggles, but within a few second he shows the gun in his hand.

"Now she is gone, you need to be gone too." He says with his hands shaking along with the gun in his big dirty hands.

"Dad please put that gun down. You don't know what you're doi-" before I could finish he shot a bullet in the sky.

"Don't even call me dad! I am not your dad you fucking worthless shit!" He shouts as the gun is pointed back to me.

Zayn pushes me behind him as he takes steps back slowly so my dad wouldn't notice.

"You will be gone in a matter of time, just like Katie." My dad says trough his teeth.

"Lauren. I need you to run." Zayn suddenly whispers.

"Sir, please calm down." Zayn tries to say as my dad gets angrier each second.

"Who the hell are you? Are you seriously going to protect a worthless bitch like her?" My dad spits out pointing with his gun at me and even convincing me that I am worthless with the way he talks.