Counting Stars(Book One/Noel's Story)

Ch. 08: No More Stars

Noel's p.o.v

I gasped as I was awoken from the nightmare that I was having. I was in just my underwear and the sweater Beniyah had thrown at me. At some point I was chained to the wall with just enough space to move about. At least there was a bathroom, but it only consisted of a sink and a single toilet. I don't know how long I've been here. This place had no windows and no direct escape route besides the door in which he always kept locked from the outside. I was scared and it was clear that I was now truly alone. Where had Beniyah taken me? Was Silver okay? Did Eric and Steve at least make it to the hospital? Had someone called the police? All of that should've been heard, we were loud.  Were they okay? What if they were dead? What if Silver was dead? Was my daddy okay? Why was he doing this? Damn it! What day was it? How fucking long had I been here? Was anyone at least looking for us? Our dads would've called looking for us the moment we didn't show for dinner. Or had Joe really thought of everything? Were we doomed to stay here for the rest of our lives?

"Rise and shine princess." my blood ran cold as it drained from my face. Standing in front of me was Matt. He was starked naked and the only thing I could do was shake my head no as tears an down my cheeks. "Oh Noel, I've missed you. The only one that was brave enough to fight back." he laughed. "Please tell me you haven't stopped." Before I knew it he was standing in front of me yanking my head back by my hair. I cried out in pain as the sound was immediately muffled by his dick being shoved down my throat. I cried begging himbto stop as he continued to trust in and out. "Damn this feels better than I remember." he moaned pulling out and spraying his spunk on my face. "Until later princess." he smirked before leaving. I folded into myself as I crawled into a  fetus position.

"Please someone kiill me now." I whispered to myself as tears streamed down my cheeks. The fact that he hadn't used that damn cloth scared me. Usually he'd use it to put me back to sleep for awhile and now nothing. Did that mean he was coming back for more? Was he finally going to rape me again this time? I couldn't handle living through that again. The first time he broke me and I didn't want to be broken again. He said he liked when I fought back, maybe if I stopped fighting back he'd lose interest and leave me be. I just wished he'd let me go or killed me already. Being dead is better than being here chained up like this.

Eric's p.o.v

I groaned as I struggled against the straps holding me down on the hospital bed. What the fuck was they up too? Joe really did his homework and thought everything through. I hated this. I needed to go find Noel and Silver, but I couldn't do shit being strapped to this bed.

"Ahh big brother you're woke again? I trust you'd be calm and let me explain." she smirked. I glared at her. After everything I'd done for her, I can't believe that she'd treat me like this. She knew how I felt about Noel. For the longest she was the only one that knew.

"Explain what Shay? You'd betray me like this and for what? How do you even know Joe?" I spat struggling hard to contain my rage.

"We needed the money." she sighed.

"Money for what? You and mom may have forgotten about me, but I never forgot about yall. I give at least five thousand dollars in cash every month. I leave in the mailbox in an evenlope with your name on. What more can you possibly need?"

"I never see any of it Eric. Look, I know what you did to protect me from Step-father and I'm honestly thankful; because of you I can live a normal life without constantly looking over my shoulder and it's all thanks to you. However, mother can't see the prick for what he is and continues to pay for lawyers we can no longer afford. It doesn't help that he keeps killing prisoners so his sentence his being extended. Mother thinks he's innocent. So I need the money big brother. I need it so that I can get away." she sighed a single tear down sliding down her cheeks.

"Why the hell didn't you just come to me Shay? You know I'd give you any fucking thing you wanted. Instead of asking me, you decide to help Joe kidnap the only girl I've ever learned to love. Do you know what could be happening to them right now? Do you know who Joe wanted them for? The very thing I protected you from is the same thing that can be happening to them right now. It's been two fucking weeks Shay. THEY CAN BE DEAD! Why?!"

"I will do anything to protect my family and seeing as you are all I have left I won't let anything happen to you. He threatened to kill you Eric! I couldn't let that happen." she spat tears streaming down her cheeks. I hated seeing her cry, but I couldn't bring myself to care right now. This was still the wrong way to go about it whatever the reason was. Protecting me and getting paid for it didn't sound too convincing.

"What do you think will happen to me if something happens to Noel? How do you think I will react if she never comes back? Did you think about that or was the money all you thought about? Instead of just calling me or texting me and warning me you decided to help them hurt her. How can I forgive you?"

"The same way that I forgive every time I learn that no one knows about me Eric. Are you ashamed of me because I got pregnant young? Or are you ashamed that you didn't protect me as well as you thought you did." We stared at each other both of us with tears in our eyes. I sighed. She was right. I did hide her. I hid her so that I could do now what I couldn't do then. I couldn't let anyone hurt her like that again. "I needed you when I had a miscarriage and Eric and you weren't there."

"That baby was an abomination Shay." I spat. "You couldn't carry Step-fathers baby Shay and you know it."

"I still needed my brother Eric. No matter how much you disagreed with my choice to keep it. Besides the sex was consensual." her eyes held no shame as I stared at her. I couldn't deal with this right now. I had to worry about Noel.

Noel's p.o.v

I jumped up startled as the sounds of the chain resonanted throughout the room. Why was he coming back? How long had I been laying here? Had he always came back this soon and I just didn't notice because of that damn cloth. My eyes widen seeing who it was.

"Oh princess you look terrified." Laughed Beniyah as hr walked in starked naked.

"W-what... What are you doing here?" I stuttered.

"You see it was freshman year and there was this girl that I noticed. I thought she was shy and really didn't understand just how pretty she was. So I approached her and she completely blew me off...IN FRONT OF EVERYONE. Now I'm not used to being rejected, but it was fine. It was fine until I found out she was willingly fucking my cousin damn near every weekend. So I made her life hell." He laughed evilly. I couldn't tell ifnhe actually found his actions funny or not, but I didn't remember a damn thing he was talking about. "So tell me Noel what did Matt have that I didn't?"

"Neither of you ever had my consent." I spat. Even with fear coursing through my veins and out my pores I had to let them know this wasn't right. I wanted none of this. Before I knew it the back of Beniyah's hand was coming across my face. I cried as blood pooled out of my mouth.

"You know my cousin told me everything. So now I'll take what he hadn't seeing as he's too busy right now to do it himself." That caught my attention. That could only mean one thing and since this idiot left the door open it may help. Standing up on wobbly legs I hobbled towards the door.

"Silver! Silver help me! Please...please help!" I cried as Beniyah grabbed me and threw me across the bed on my stomach. "Silver! Silver!" I yelled as he ripped my underwear and pushed into my ass. "Nooooo! Owwww! Stop it! Stop it!" I cried trying to fight him. He only laughed as he continued to thrust into me only getting harder. "Silver. Silver help me." I whispered my voice cracking as all I could do was cry. Why was this happening to us again? Why?