The Stepbrother (UPDATED)

🔪 Chapter 24: Runaway (UPDATED)

Edited on: 09/21/2021

Updated on: 07/12/2023

Please Read! Trigger Warning: Mention of Rape, form of physical abuse, serious injury, and imagery of self-harm scars

This chapter contains mention of rape, form of physical abuse, serious injury, and imagery of self-harm scars that may be upsetting for some readers. Please proceed at your own risk or you can skip to the next chapter.

Aurora's POV

Two days have passed and I'm still not going back to school. I woke up very early and it's still a bit dark outside. I head towards the kitchen and decided to make some coffee. I may be pregnant but I don't even care about the baby. I grab the empty kettle and filled it with water. Then I put it back into the base, plug it on, and press the button so it can start boiling the water.

I turn around and I flinched and froze. Shit, Steven's awake.

I just ignore him and head off to the dining room and sit down. Then I can feel his presence behind me. He puts his hands on my shoulders and slowly drags them to my hands. I push his hands away and get up from my seat. But then he grabbed my wrist and forcefully drag me to the wall as my back and head hit the wall hard.

"Ignoring me again, huh?" He spoke and place his hands on either side of the wall, trapping me. I raise my hand up to slap him but he grabs my wrist again before I get the chance to slap him. He's fast and he starts to squeeze my wrist and I gritted my teeth.

"Let me go, you fucking psychotic bastard!" I shouted, but not too loud. Then he grabs a fistful amount of hair and pushes my head backward, hitting my head against the wall in the process as I groan in pain.

"What the fuck is wrong with you?!" He spoke once again and he drags me back to the kitchen with a lot of force. I tried to pry his hand off but he continues to squeeze my wrist really tight as if it was about to break.

He grabs the kettle in one hand and my wrist in the other. He drags me again to the sink and places my hand on the edge of the dark marbled sink hard as I can feel the intensity of pain and grit my teeth.

"Looks like all of those punishments were not good enough to teach you a lesson... let's see if this really teaches you a fucking lesson." He said then he pours the hot water on my hand and I scream in pain.

"Ah! Fuck! Steven stop! It hurts!" I scream and I saw my hand shaking and it was starting to turn red and the pain is agonizing. He quickly puts the kettle aside and we can hear our parents going down the stairs.

"Aurora?!" My Mom called out then Steven lift me up and put me on top of the counter before holding out my burned hand with one hand and holding the back of my neck with the other.

"One word and you know what's going to happen next," Steven whispered, letting go of one of his hands from the back of my neck and I started to cry.

"Aurora?!" Mom and Mr. Anderson came in as Steven started to act like a different person.

His dark eyes shifted, furrowed his eyebrows, and put on a fake worried look on his face.

Mom and Mr. Anderson stand in front of us and Mom's face quickly shifts to a worried face.

"Oh my God, what happened?!" Mom asked Steven as she slowly took my hand.

She told Steven to lift me off the counter and we quickly walk towards the sink.

"I'll get the first aid kit," Mr. Anderson said before rushing off to the cabinets to look for a first aid kit. Mom quickly turns on the faucet and cool water starts pouring on my burnt hand.