The Secret

To Safety

I flinch at this because just wow.

"i thought you dont like me, that we aren't friends" i say looking at him again with a smirk.

"We won't have to talk you'll ride with me to and from school and that's it" he said looking away.

Just then the door open and dad is standing there with mom and adam behind him. Dad walks in and steps between me and colby and i start to shake.

"Well i see you are patched up your mother has a shirt for you please put it on then we'll head home." he says as mom places something by my leg.

"I'm sorry sir but i cannot allow that" a voice comes to the door we all look to see two police woman and a policeman.

"We need to speak with everyone and her and the young man that brought her here alone" one of the female officers comes closer while speaking.

The male officer takes mom,dad and adam out of the room one female sits next to colby and the other walks up to the side of me with a camera.

"Annabelle would it be okay for me to photograph you wounds?" i nodded and the gently lifted the sheet and places it on my bum and gasps.

She takes a few photos and then helps me sit up and pull my top on blocking cobly's view so he doesn't see my shirtless chest.

"Alright annabelle i want you to tell me everything from the beginning" one officer says. I look at colby and he nods.

"Well you see my family always has um ... hurt me *cough* but more recently it started at school adam had said some unkind things in class and so i went to my privet place on the roof and he showed up and i saw that he had beaten up colby and i distracted him because he chose to poke fun at me and colby tackled adam but they were close to the edge so i tried to stop them and adam stood and pushed me off the roof, after that i was at home and i was making tea and adam threw boiling water on my back causing the burns i had fought back and ran to my room, he busted down my door and raped me-" i was in the middle of talking when colby shot up out of his seat.

"He did what" he screams. The officer made him sit down and be quiet.

"After that colby came to give me school work and my dad had snapped about it and beat me with his belt then forced me to call colby witch is when colby offered to come get me and i guess dad could read it on my face or he was planning it all along and started beating me again while i was still on the phone with colby, colby then hung up and dad kept hitting me till there was a banging on the door i knew it was colby so i left my crutches and tried my best to run to the front door and fell down the stairs then we ran to the car and drove here." i finish the cop next to me was writing all this and the other one has been recording it on a voice recorder.

"Well annabelle we are going to take them all into custody and we will take you back to their house to get your things do u have a place you could stay" one officer asked.

"She's going to be staying in my family's guest house" colby spoke up and she nodded.

We stood and i signed my papers as we walked out of the hospital i saw them putting my family into police car.

"Annabelle why would you lie about us like this we didn't do this tell them the truth" my dad shouted as they put him in the car.

Me and colby get in his car and follow the woman officers. The drive was quiet we didn't talk the whole way. We finally reached my house at about 3:00 am dinner was on the stove cold and adams bedroom tv was still on.

"Alright annabelle grab your things whatever is yours in this house i want packed cause your never coming back" colby said as he sat on the couch.

I slowly climbed the stairs and walked into to my room, i gasp and fall to my knees, my room was torn apart my things thrown everywhere the bathroom door and wall and floor were covered in blood my desk drawers were torn out and thrown across the room.

It's at this point that i noticed that colby and the officers were standing behind me and colby was repeating my name.

"Huh" i say looking at him.

"I asked if you are okay" he said crouching down next to me.

"They tore my room to shreds" i say crawling to the folded up note on the floor picking it up and placing it in my pocket.

I grab my suitcases from under my bed and go over to my dresser, i start packing up my clothes and beauty products.

I then go to the bathroom but freeze at the door, i feel hot tears streaming down my face.

"Annabelle how about you let me go do the bathroom hunny" one of the officers said turning me away from the bathroom and sitting me on my bed.

Colby took my bag and went to my closet taking things out and packing them as one officer picked up the mess and the other went to the bathroom packing my toiletries.

I sit here looking at my hands till i see colby's shoes in front of me, i look up and see him holding out a hand to me.

I take his hand and he leads me down the stairs.

"Is anything in this room yours?" he asks pointing to the kitchen, i shake my head and he leads me to the next room.

We did this room to room till the whole house was empty of my belongings.

Both cars were packed full trunks and back seats, we were back in the car when i spoke for the first time since my bedroom.

"Colby?" i ask.

"Yes annabelle?" he says mockingly.

"Why are you helping me?" i say looking away afraid to see his face.

"Because in my family's line of work i see this alot and the last time i had become friends with a abused teen and sadly their life was taken one night after i had dinner with their family due to a really bad beating and i don't think i could handle seeing that happen again." he said staring straight ahead at the road.

This time we were leading the way and the officers were following us, the rest of the ride was silent.