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Chapter 11.

Alida's POV

"Okay Ms. Santos, I want you to start from the beginning of when the abuse started." There was two cops with me in a interrogation room. I felt like I was in a crime TV show or something, it was kinda cool.

"It was my 12th birthday, my mom died two years earlier-"

"How did your mother die?"

"She was on her way to pick me up from school, the doctor said she had a heart attack while driving which caused her to crash the car. She was perfectly healthy so it was weird she randomly had a heart attack." I swallowed back a ball that was forming in my throat. I've never told anyone about my moms death and now I'm telling it to strangers who is supposed to help me.

"Your mother might have looked healthy, but her arteries probably weren't which is common to miss. That's what probably caused her heart attack." I nodded my head.

"On my birthday, my dad picked me up from school as usual and we went to eat then back to the house to watch movies together." I took a breath. "I fell asleep while watching the movie. I woke up from the sound of glass breaking so I went to go check where the noise came from, my dad was in the kitchen and he dropped a beer bottle. There was a couple on the counter that was already finished. I asked if he was okay and he started yelling at me, blaming me for my mother's death. He grabbed my arm hard, it was my first bruise by him. From there the abuse got worse, sober and drunk."

"Do you have any pictures, or bruises still on your body to prove that he has been abusing you?" I looked at both of the cops. I lifted my shirt to show the fading bruise from my father. They came closer to check the bruise out more.

"That definitely looks like a boot caused that bruise."

"I have more on my arms." The lady nodded and backed up allowing me to put my shirt back down. The other cop wrote something down on a piece of paper.

"Okay Ms. Santos we are going to have you checked by a doctor and look for handprints to see if they match your fathers." I nodded and followed them out the room to the exam room where I waited for the doctor to come in. I heard a door close and saw the doctor smile at me.

"Alright Ms. Santos, I'm going to have to ask you to take your clothes off so I can check for prints and bruises." This is going to be a long night.

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Alex's POV

"Please mom you gotta help her." I was on the phone with my mom. I told her everything from when I found out about the abuse to what happened today. I heard a sigh from the other side of the phone.

"Okay I'll do it. She deserves a better life. I'll be home tomorrow morning. I'll take care of whatever I need to so I can take her in." I did a little dance happy that Alida will finally be free from her old life. I heard a knock on the door so I went to go open it. It was Ash and Logan, I may or may not have called them after Alida left because I didn't want to be alone.

"If you missed us that much you could've just told us." Ash said as she walked in.

"Where's Alida?" Logan asked. I let out a sigh.

"I need to tell you guys something."
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"So you're tell me, that Alida was going through that this whole time and we didn't know?" I nodded. They both looked at me with disbelief.

"Why didn't you tell us?" Logan asked.

"She didn't want anyone to know. I only found out because I left my phone with her when I dropped her home and when I went back to get it, I heard a scream so I ran inside since the door was unlocked and Alida was passed out on the floor, she had a deep cut on her head so I took her to the hospital. I made her tell me what was going on. After I heard what her father had been doing to her I refused to let her go back home but she could stay forever so when I dropped her home she got beat so bad that her ribs were broken. That's when I decided to take her out that house, it wasn't easy though. I took a beating from her father, mainly because I couldn't keep my mouth shut." I took a breath after saying all of that.