Always Broken (Book 1 and 2)

Chapter 13: I Told You So (Book 2)

Hey, everyone. To start off, I wanna say thanks to all the people who continue to read this book. I appreciate your support. Lots of times, I get direct messages from you guys that just give me encouragement. Thank you. You know what to do if you want a shout out. 😊

Last time on Always in Love...

Anger comes across his face and my father punches me in my mouth. Blood spills from my mouth and I lean down to the ground, coughing up blood. All I feel is pain. Not only physically but also mentally. I knew at that very moment that my father knew I had left to see Sahem. I knew he would be angry but not to this extent. Tears flowed from my eyes and I think back to Sahem's promise.

I will protect you.

"Take this as a warning. Don't lie to me," he says before punching me again and I fall into unconsciousness.

Lorena Eliakim

I got up slowly, very slowly. My father's wrath was short, but the abuse seemed neverending. I felt rage inside of me, it was bottled up deep inside my veins and rooted in my blood. Half of the events that occurred for the last two weeks were not even my fault. It was my father's fault and I was sick of that bastard. He is dead to me and I have lost all respect for him.

I was done crying and no one was going to help me but myself. No one but myself. That man would regret laying his hands on me.

Despite Sahem's fatal attempts to protect me, he has failed. The only person who would be able to protect myself was me not my mother, not Esther, not Sahem and not Maqu. I would have to run away. That was the only solution. I couldn't say goodbye to Sahem because if I did, he would make me stay and he'd be outraged at the events that just took place.

Despite my attempts to hide it, I did harbor angry feelings towards Sahem. I had told him that we were ending things and that we were not going to see each other again. But he insisted that we continue to see each other- that we continue to endanger our lives. If he had just let me go, none of these things would have happened.

I know it was wrong for me to place the blame but I couldn't help myself. There was only so much a person could take before they started to break. I was at my breaking point. I was falling in love with a man who I couldn't have. My father is treating me like a dog at his own whim. My mother is too naive to see past my father. My father is after Sahem to try to kill him. And if things could get any worse, Sahem's father has nothing but hatred in him and seeks to ruin his own son.

I can't take anymore. I'll run away and if they catch me, they catch me. But if I escape, I escape.

I knew what I was doing was stupid but this was the only way I could save everyone and ensure no one got hurt because I couldn't take it anymore.

I knew where I would go already.

I took a carriage so that I could go to Egypt. I heard in the beautiful country, no one could find you. I had admired the country since I was young. It was a beautiful country with pyramids, mountains, valleys and rivers. I had always wanted to see the Nile River. However, as beautiful as the country was, those characteristics are not what attracted me to the city.

Rights. That is what caused me to fall in love with the country. I had heard from foreigners that women were allowed to own land, become political leaders, and even choose who they want to marry in some cases. It was not like the Judea I lived in now and everyone did not live by small life threatening rules. It appealed to me more than any other place.