Suicidal // Austin Mahone {DISCONTINUED}

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"I TOLD YOU TO CLEAN UP!" my dad yells at me. I know what's coming next so I brace for the impact.

"slut," he hisses, right before slapping me across the cheek. Hard. My eyes water up. Even though he slaps me almost every day, I can never prepare for the pain this much.

"Is that a tear?" His voice is so deadly, dripping with venom. Shit.

"N-no sir," I whimper, desperately trying to get rid of any evidence. It doesn't work.

He takes off his belt and curls it around his knuckles.

"Sit!" My dad's loud voice bellows. Instinctively, I sit down in the chair.

With one flick of his wrist, the belt snaps back and hits me. Naturally, I scream.

This goes on for a good 10 minutes.

After what feels like an eternity, my wretched father instructs me to head upstairs and clean myself up. I do.

When I'm out of his eyesight, I run to Alex's room.

Shutting the door quickly, I run to his bed, tears rushing down my cheeks.

I see him, sleeping peacefully. I don't want to disturb him, so I gently lay down next to him and wrap my arms around him, sobbing quietly.

He stirs and turns around, opening his eyes. As soon as he sees me, he sits up. Taking in my appearance, his eyes grow wider. He immediately wraps me up in his strong arms, and for a minute I forget about what happened downstairs. But then I remember.

A sob jolts my body and Alex hugs me tighter. I notice a few tears at the corners of his eyes.

"Again?" He whispers, so soft that I can barely hear it.

I nod, not being able to do anything else. This makes him sob and squeeze me even harder, if that was possible.

"I'm sorry, Laney. I'm so so sorry. God you don't know how much I hate him. One day, I promise you that I'm going to buy a house for us to live in. Then you'll never have to go through that again. Just you wait, Laney. Just you wait."

He was the best brother in the entire world. No brother could have been any better than Alex Constancio.

He kisses my temple and whispers "I love you Laney."

I smile before whispering back "I love you too Alex," and drifting into a dreamless sleep.