Ultimate Sacrifice (Book 2)

Chapter 16: You're a Beast!!!

"So you're telling me that that nigga almost raped you?!!" He yelled as we entered the room.

"Yeah...." I trailed off as I had a tear shed down my face.

"Why didn't you tell me?" He groaned.

"Ray, a guy almost raping me doesn't come up in conversation EVER!" I snarked.

"Watch your tone, Lucky!" He clenched his jaw.

"Watch my tone? WATCH MY TONE?!?!!" I roared. "You are not my father! I don't need to watch my tone. You're my boyfriend! You're 15 and I'm 14. You're only older than me by a year. You don't have to get angry at me just because I didn't tell you that. Why would me being at the facility come up in conversation?! Excuse me but I'm going back downstairs!" 

I was so over this conversation. Why did we have to speak privately. We took care of all of this downstairs. Why is he getting angry? It's in the PAST!!! I got over it so should he. 

"You aren't going anywhere! You're staying HERE!" Ray dragged me back.

"No I'm not! I'm---" I got cut off by a stinging sensation of my cheek. Maybe it was something else but then I look down at his hand raised, his jaw clenched, and him breathing heavily. 

He slapped me. Rayan De'Quann Lopez just slapped me. He put me up to a wall and he held my wrist tight. As if slapping me wasn't enough! He's talking about guys touching me inappropriately but he's hitting me. 

"You're gonna learn some fucking manners!" He gritted his teeth. 

"So you hitting me is okay but guys at the facility raping me isn't? You suck, Ray!" I spat. He squeezed my wrists tighter.

"Ray, you're fucking hurting me!!!" I yelped as a tear came out of my eye.

I can't believe that he slapped me. It's the facility all over again. When he saw what he was doing, he stopped and then walked over the bed and he just sat in there. He was sobbing. I just was in the corner just watching. What the heck is going on?!!? Should I just leave?

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry." He croaked. 

I looked at the promise ring he gave me today and then I remembered what he said before giving it to me. He promised to never hurt me. I guess it's easy to promise something but it's hard to actually keep and follow through with that promise. Should I forgive him? Well he didn't hit me that hard. I mean I've been hit worse and he was blinded by fury. Eh.... He still hit me and he still hurt me. Hitting women is unacceptable and if they do it once, nine times out of ten they will do it again....again......and again. I don't want to take that chance. He was still sobbing. I'll just forgive him. I love him too much. Isn't that what many women in abusive relationships say when they try to give a reason to stay. If he hits me again, I swear to myself and on my parents' grave that I will leave him. I walk over to him and sit down next to him.

"Ray?"

"Lucky? I thought you left me." He sniffed.

"I was actually thinking of leaving you. You hit me, a female! Do you know what you were acting like?! A BEAST!"

"Then why didn't you leave then?!" He argued. 

I sighed. "I could never leave you. You see this promise ring? You gave it to me and you were sincere about what you said. No matter what you do, I'll never stop loving you."

"I'm really sorry. It was just that I was angry that those guys touched you and you never told me that this happened. I was afraid that you're always gonna keep secrets from me."