Bad things only happen

5

No one's pov

Gale just watched Lily sleep peacefully, she was very beautiful as her hair curls scattered all over her face. She wished her life was as peaceful as she slept.

She had held her hand for over an hour while she slept.

She heard her phone beep on the table beside Lily's bed. She took a glance. A message spread on the lock screen of her phone.

Sis I'm arriving today. My flight is in 20 minutes. Can't wait to see you.

She smiled. Her most favourite person was coming back from Germany, Collin. He was her older brother and he was more American than she was because he took after their father. She took after their Korean mother. Collin lived with their dad and Gale stayed with their mum but they come over to their dad's once every two weeks. So they were really a happy family. At least they were until two years ago. When their mum died.

"Gale, water" She heard Lily say quietly with her eyes weakly and half opened.

"Ok" She stood up abruptly and she rushed to the water dispenser just at the corner of the room and she poured some water into some plastic cup she found just on the table beside the dispenser.

She rushed back to Lily's bed and she dropped the water on the table beside her.

"Let me help you up" Gale sat on Lily's hospital bed and lifted her upper body to rest on her's. She picked up the cup with water and lifted it to Lily's mouth slowly.

After she downed all of it, Gale reached for the side of her bed to the button that is used to raise the top part of the bed to a Fowler's position.

She pressed the button gently until she was satisfied with the position of the bed. Gale then gently put Lily back to a sitting position.

"Thank you" Lily muttered showing a weak smile.

Gale then returned the cup she used to fetch water to it's original position.

"How're you feeling now" Gale returned to her sitting position beside Lily.

"Like shit, though it's like a normal feeling now cause I always feel like shit"

"Come on now, your face is all better" Gale put her hands on each side of Lily's Cheek and shook them till Lily started laughing.

"Stop it, it hurts" Lily pouted as she reduced her laughs to a gentle smile.

"Why were you smiling when you received a text on your phone earlier"

Lily shot Gale a naughty look.
"Boyfriend?"

Gale smiled "He's the person I like most in the world"

Lily scoffed and she rolled her eyes.

"I know what you're thinking but he's my brother. He's coming back to town today"

Lily nodded her head approvingly while Gale raised her eyebrows.
"You want me to tell you about him, he's single you know."

Lily scrunched her face together.
"No, I'll pass"

"Don't tell me you've never had a boyfriend, dated someone you love"

Lily closed her eyes and scrunched her face as if remembering something painful..
"Love?.....I have nothing but disgust for men and boys except my dead dad. They are just so disgusting."

Gale smiled sadly. "You think they are disgusting because of what his your uncle has done to you"

Lily scoffed and looked at Gale's face. "Not only my uncle and his son too."

***Flashback*****

It's being several days since my uncle had been coming into my room, even when his wife was at home and he defiled me every single time.

Then one night, my uncle and his wife had gone to one place that i couldn't make out when they were talking about it. I was glad that they were going to spend the night out.

I was on my bed trying to think of a way out of that shit hole. Suddenly, a thought struck my head.

Attorney Steve.

He was the only person I could trust. Immediately, I sprung up from my bed heading for the door. I couldn't even thing of packing anything because I just wanted to escape so bad.

As I rushed down the stairs, a voice stopped me. " Where are you going."

I had forgotten he was around. He is Steve's son Roode. He was in highschool. I don't really know much about him because he doesn't talk to me and he minds his business.

I turned around as I heard his voice. He was standing at the entrance of his room, a few feet from mine.

I gathered some courage. "I need to leave this place Roode. Please help me."

He smiled and he started to walk slowly down the steps. He stood just in front of me, he was much taller than me so he crouched to my height.

He smiled. "You wanna leave?"

I nodded slowly.

He smiled more widely this time. "I thought you liked staying here." I ran his hand down my hair slowly.

"I know as much of a slut you are, you are fucking my dad right? I see him sneak into your room almost everyday and I hear him grunt whenever I listened at the door of your room"

I gasped and I couldn't find the correct words to say. I just shook my head.

Roode tucked my hair behind my ear and he ran his fingers across the side of my face to my neck. It felt as if bugs were sliding down my body. I slapped his hand away.

He smiled again but this time more wickedly. "What? You can be a slut for my dad but you can't be for me?"

Tears started welling in my eyes. "You know your dad forced me. Please just let me go"

"I don't care about him forcing you to anything alright. You know what you are going to do now. We are going to my room now. Let me see what my dad enjoys so much enough to make him come to your room every night"

I took a step back. Tears were pouring down my face now. "Please not you again, don't do this to me"

He stood to his full height and he shook his head. Suddenly, he sprung at me and he carried me on his shoulder but i held on something so tightly as he also dragged me. I was afraid that I would be halved into two.

Suddenly, he stopped dragging and he dropped me down. He turned and he walked up the stairs. He stopped midway and he turned to face me.

"You know what, you got a deal. It's either you walk through that door and I will tell mum what you have been doing and I will tell her you started everything and you know what?"

He paused for few seconds.

"She's going to believe me. That or you carry yourself up this stairs and walk yourself to my room and everything stays hidden from my mom and you will never talk about leaving also. Your choice."

With that he turned and he continued climbing up the stairs. I watched him until he entered his room.

I threw myself to the floor and I cried my eyes out. I needed to decide. After staying like that for ten minutes, I wiped my face. I had made my decision. I inserted my hands into the front pocket of my jean trousers and I brought out the paper containing my only hope.

I just had to hold on until I'm eighteen because I didn't have the courage to kill myself. I put the paper back into my pocket and I started climbing up the stairs slowly, sobbing.

When I got to the entrance of Roode's room, I took a deep sigh and I opened the door, entered the room and closed the door behind me.