Always and Forever, remember?

Chapter 9

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Lexi's POV

I froze. My bag slipped out of my hands and so did my phone.

"Hmm....surprised, are we?" My father said in a sickeningly sweet voice.

He started walking towards me and on instinct I took a few steps back. But that didn't stop him from moving closer.

Two more steps and I felt my back hit the wall. He was standing impossibly close now.

"Don't touch me."I managed to choke out.

"Don't worry, sweet pea, I'm not gonna hurt you."he said and then raised his hand to trail his fingers along my cheek.

I could feel the tears continuously rolling down my cheeks. I tried pushing him away but that only resulted in him slapping me.

"Don't touch me!" I shouted as the tears kept rolling down my cheeks.

"Shut up, you b**ch!" He yelled and that's when I heard the door open.

Within seconds, Jake pulled my father off me and started punching him again and again. While crying, I went over and tried to stop Jake from hitting my father so much. I didn't want him getting into trouble.

"Jake!" I shouted. I could feel something warm rolling down the side of my cheek and I'm sure it was blood from when my father slapped me but I could care less about that now.

"Jake, stop!" I yelled once again.

This time, he stopped. He looked at me and I could see the anger in his eyes. He turned to my father again and raised his hand to hit him but I stopped him.

"What part of 'You are not to see her or come close to us again ' do you not understand?!" He shouted angrily to my father.

And my father just lay on the floor giving me that sickeningly sweet smile again. I looked away and felt the tears forming in my eyes. It was not long before they spilt over.

I heard some noises, so turned to look at Jake and saw that he was dragging my father out of the house.

"You are never to come back here again!" He shouted before slamming the door shut.

"You know that's not gonna happen, kid." Peter(my father) shouted and laughed. It was not until I heard the car pull out of our driveway did I let myself breathe.

Immediately Jake came and knelt in front of me.

"Lexi! Lexi, are you alright? Did he hurt you? "He kept repeating over and over as he held my face in his hands. "Lexi,say something."

I looked into his worried eyes and brokedown again. He pulled me into his arms and started rocking me. I let my tears flow freely.

After some calming words from Jake, I stopped crying. He helped me up and took me to my bedroom. As soon as I was seated he went down to bring my stuff. I was sitting on my bed with my knees pulled up to my chest when he came back.

"Do you want something to eat?" He asked me softly.

I shook my head and said," I just want to sleep. And if you don't mind, could you please get me a glass of water?"

"Sure."he said.

He went out of my room and I took that time to go and wipe off the blood from my face. I was worried that Jake would see it. Before I could go out of the bathroom, I heard Jake enter the room. And of course, he saw the cut. I saw his eyes harden and his jaw clench but he couldn't really do anything about it. So he just placed the water on my bedside table and planted a kiss on my forehead.