Can love save a life? (Mc romance)

12 - I Won't Let Him Take You

Xavier watched as Brooke held her knees to her chest, hiding her head.

Her body shook violently, he didn't need to get close to know she was breaking and he had to tread carefully.

Taking slow steps towards her, he placed his arm around Brooke, the touch was unexpected and made her flinch, without realising she started lashing out at whoever it was that touched her.

Until she was pulled into the strong arms that just held her whilst she lashed out.

"Hey" Xavier said softly "bumble it's only me, I've got you you are safe"

He kept whispering the same words until Brooke had calmed down, her breathing was still erratic but she had stopped trying to kill him.

She didn't know how long he just held her but he didn't let go until her breathing had calmed  

"I saw the text" Xavier whispered against Brooke's hair "I promise I won't let him take you"

Brooke was now curled up on Xavier's lap, he wouldn't let her go, he needed to make her feel safe and protected but also he needed to stay calm himself.

This wasn't the time for him to flip out and go on a killing spree. As they sat in silence with Alex, Craig and James watching from a distance, Brooke was fighting an internal battle of telling them everything that the bastard did to her.

Yes it would be painful but how could they protect her if they didn't know the past.

"It's time" Brooke whispered trying not to let her voice crack. "No matter how painful you need to know"

"I'm right here baby" Xavier whispered.

"As you know Tom was who took me thirteen years ago. He had always said he was waiting for the right time to strike" Brooke said, keeping her eyes trained on her thumb ring as she fiddled with it. "He had a major obsession with me and was watching me for a while before he took me."

Taking a deep breath Brooke looked up at Xavier, you had his jaw clenched trying to contain his anger. Looking around everyone was holding back for Brooke.

"I was kept in a six by six cell, no windows, no bathroom just a bucket, a thin mattress and a tattered blanket. I was his play thing, kept in my cell until he was bored, angry or drunk" Brooke whispered as hot tears rolled down her cheeks. "I wasn't allowed to eat because he didn't want me getting too fat"

Brooke felt Xavier's tighten around her, letting her know he was right here and she was safe.

"The abuse wasn't too bad at the start, for the first three years I was a slave, but when I turned eleven things got physical. I became the club's punching bag. I had grown men taking their anger out on a weak girl. I couldn't fight back or protect myself" Brooke sobbed leaning into Xavier for support.

"It's okay, Bumble" Xavier whispered, kissing the top of her head.

"After I got my first period things got worse. Tom would beat the shit out of me until I was at the point of passing out" She said squeezing her eyes closed trying to let the next words come out of her mouth.  "then he, he"

She could say it, it made her feel sick.

"It's okay sweetheart, we aren't going to make you say it" Her dad said, his voice full of sadness and anger and he ran his fingers through his little girls hair. 

"I became his play thing after that, at first he would have his way and then toss me back into my cell but then the abuse got worse. If I disobeyed him, he would cut me. I didn't even have to do anything wrong and he would still cut me" Brooke sobbed gripping into Xavier's shirt for dear life. "My body is covered in scars from his abuse, even though I covered most of the scars with tattoos I know they are still there, and the ones in my arms and back are there for the world to see"

"Oh Bee" Alex said softly.

"I was only there for five years but it was the worst time of my life. The final straw for him was when he found out he got me pregnant" Brooke said taking a deep breath " I lost the baby due to how malnourished I was and from the abuse. But I was grateful for that. I didn't want to bring a monster's child into the world. But when he found out I lost the baby he set my cell on fire after he drugged me. When I woke up I was in the care of the social workers"

"Fucking hell baby" her dad said opening his arms for her, letting her crawl into his lap like she did when she was five. "You went through some shit and I'm sorry, I'm sorry I didn't do more to find you"

Brooke didn't know what to say, so she whimpered, hiding her face in her fathers chest. Xavier's blood boiled, along with everyone else's. They needed to make this bastard pay.

"Dad, you need to call church ASAP" Xavier said through clenched teeth as he walked over to his dad, trying not to lose control.

"Too fucking right I do" Alex said running his hands through his hair before sending a text to the rest of the club.