I belong to a stranger (PUBLISHING) Belong Book 1 - Unedited

Chapter 37 - For-evers and For-nevers

 

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Chapter 37 - For-evers and For-nevers

There is something about a few moments in your life, where your life completely changes around. Like a few moments ago it was you in your life and then suddenly everything changes. This felt like one of those moments. I felt the world around me fleeing and running and here I was in a stand still.

Had I heard what I thought I heard?

Things begin to lose any sense they have at such moments. You see memories shattering right in front of your eyes and that is what hurts. But your mind is still numb because it is all too much information for it to process.

There I stood, I realized I couldn't feel my own hands anymore. My eyes on their own accord when down to look whether those hands had any more life in them or had someone cut them off. Did any part of my body have any more life in them?

Someone shook my shoulder hard, someone kept saying, "I am so sorry" but nothing was getting inside my head. Yes there was life. I was just standing there, I didn't even know where waiting for this to pass. Someone kept saying stuff, stuff that didn't make sense anymore, but the voice wouldn't stop.

"It was the night at the party when you passed out? We took you back to house and he made a move on me! I didn't want it but I was drunk too and I couldn't stop him. You know how big and strong he is. I didn't want to tell this to you, but the guilt was just eating me up..." someone sobbed

"He just kept pushing and he put me against the wall and kissed me. I tried telling him no but I was drunk. You can understand that right? I was really drunk"

"It didn't mean anything Roe, Please can you forgive me! Please!"

"He said about how you would never find out, and he does this often. How he finds me hot and you are nothing but just an annoyance to him. He said things about how he is going to get rid of you as soon as he could"

"I didn't want to tell you, but you deserved to know. I came here to see how you were doing but I couldn't stay quite any longer when I realized that you really had begun to depend on him. He is not worth it!"

"It wasn't my fault..."

It wasn't real.

Out of body experience? That was what I was feeling right now. Maybe this was one of those moments that just changes my life around, or maybe I was just dreaming. I just didn't know anymore.

"Rose!" a hand came and jerked me back to reality hard. The fingers would leave a mark where it had touched me. Slowly my eyes began zooming back to reality. Coming back to where I was. It looked like some sort of washroom. I was standing next to the sink, and the girl in front of me was Brittany.

Brittanyyy...

"I didn't mean any..."

Sting...

And just like that, the entire bathroom rung the sound of a slap. This body of mine had raised its right hand to leave a harsh imprint on Brittany's cheeks. My entire body began shaking in anger and resentment. Those moments when my father warned me against her, came crashing back to me.

Her hair flipped on her face from the effect of that slap. Her hands came to cover her cheek. Slowly, like we were in some horrid movie she turned to look back at me. Hatred that was quickly masked by apology she pulled out her hand and tried to touch mine. And just like that, another slap landed on her face.