dazed cafe | fillie

1.2

a/n: this book is ending soon :( but I'm going to be writing another after this, so be on the lookout :)

millie

"mills, you can tell me, it's okay. I won't judge you. I promise."

I nod in agreement and look deeply into his eyes.

"My da-"

"Millie, what the fuck is going on here! Why is there a boy here, more specifically in your bed!" My father shouts bursting through the door.

"Dad! Get out leave us alone! We're not doing anything!" I shout back.

"You. Out, now." My father points at Finn.

Finn gets up and leaves waving back at me.

"I can't believe you did that! We weren't even doing anything! We were just talking!" I shout at my father.

Instead of responding he raised his fists at me and hits my eye.

He throws me off of my bed, my head hitting against the wall.

When I was younger, my father used to get frustrated with work and come home and drink lots of beer.

Sometimes it had got so out of hand he would push my mom against the wall and punch her multiple times, my five year old self would run over and try to push him off but he would just hit me too.

But he got help and there was no more alcohol since then and no hitting.

But then I remembered the morning of Finn and I's date.

My mother's face was beaten up.

My father is always out of town.

And he is hitting me right now.

And slapping,

And kicking.

"Dad stop! You're hurting me!" I cry trying to push him off but he doesn't stop.

I lay against my wall and cry in pain.

Why me ?

Why was I always getting hurt?

I slowly pick up my phone and dial Finn's number.

"Millie! Are you okay?! I heard screaming as I was leaving."

"Finn."

The phone falls out of my hand and I lay on the cold wooden floor, crying.

"Millie! Millie are you there?!" I hear Finn scream through the phone.

I try to grab the phone but I'm too weak.

"I'm coming back now! Please be safe!"

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About ten minutes later I hear screaming and yelling downstairs.