Effugium

Chapter 2

Time seems to freeze as the masculine silhouette enters the room,his hand reaches above my head and flicks on the light switch and that bright blue light fills the room once again.He takes a few steps back with that sickening smile etched on his face,the acrid smell of alcohol and nicotine that follows him invades my nostrils and a series of cough come short after.

I quickly calm myself as I divert my attention to everything but the person in front of me.I should scream but I have tried before I should try and run but I know I would not make it far.I keep my expression neutral but internally my mind races with the outcomes of this confrontation I know nothing good will come from it.Different emotions come and go but fear seems the most prominent,I sit there like a soldier waiting for a bomb to go off.

Then it happens,as he crouches down to my level,our eyes connect and my mind finally settles on one thing numbness.

As I stare into the inky,onyx eyes of the man that I thought would protect my sister and I.....I feel nothing because now he is the thing that plagues my nightmares.

When he grabs my hair and roughly hauls me up I only remember the oath he took to protect and make us happy...the lie that started this hell. Betrayal is the best thing I can find to describe the way I feel in my heart as he drags me out of the bathroom and into the hall.

Here we go..

I give myself a mental countdown trying to prepare for what I know is about to come next but no amount of brain power can stop the tears that fall as the first slap connects my face.They continue to fall as the hits,turn into punches and he screams the words that always crush me, "ITS ALL YOUR FAULT",I do not respond, I sit there numbly and take all the hits and blows because I have learnt from past mistakes.

My tears flow harder until they stop.Until I have nothing left in me to cry,I watch as the wall and floor fill with splashes of crimson red.That numbness
the one where you feel like your floating consumes me and a sad smile spreads across my face I know one more hit and I pass out.This exactly what happens as one finally hit land at my temple.

Dark spots invade my vision and soon after a peaceful yet eerie darkness overcomes me and I fall unconscious in my own personal hell.