Mending A Broken Heart

Chapter Thirty-Three

Emily's Pov

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

I groaned and pressed the button on my alarm clock, signaling I had to get ready for work. I rolled out of bed and dragged my feet over to my closet and picked out my clothes.

As I was about to enter the bathroom, I heard my phone ringing. I grabbed it and looked at the caller I.D.

It was Luke. "Hey, Luke," I greeted.

"Hey, Em. I was calling to ask if you wanted to catch a movie tonight and then grab a bite to eat later on?" he replied.

I smiled, knowing he couldn't see how happy I was. "Uh. Yeah sure. What time you want to go?" I asked, suppressing my happiness.

"I'll pick you up around 8:00 if that's good with you." He asked.

"Yeah, sure. See you at eight," I told him.

"Okay, see you then, Em. Love you," I smiled widely.

"Love you too. See you later, " Then the call ended. I sighed in content and continued my daily routine.

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As I was driving, I made a mental note to remember my sketches for my two new clients from work. Although one does have quite the irritating habit of changing her options ever 30 minutes.

Anyway, I happily pulled into my driveway, thinking about my date with Luke. I walked into the house and headed straight to my bedroom.

I took a long soothing shower and got ready for our date. As I sat on my bed, I checked the time. It was 7:50, so I started playing with my phone.

I heard heavy footsteps come from the hallway. Confused, I thought about who that could be. I'm sure I locked the door. I took a step forward, and then the bedroom door flew open.

My eyes widened in shock and fear. Right there in front of me stood a raging mad Zander...

He took a step forward, and I fearfully took a step back. This cycle continued until I realized I had unfortunately backed myself into a wall.

He steps forward and smirks down at me. "You deserve punishment for that prank you pulled the other day," he started. "If you thought you could get away with that, little stunt, then you aren't as clever as you thought you were." He raised his fist, then before I could process anything, his fist came in contact with my cheek.

I yelped in surprise and pain. I placed my hand on the now bruising cheek as a tear fell down my cheek. I quickly got up and tried to run, but he grabbed my foot and yanked me back, causing me to fall, but before I fell, I accidentally knocked over a vase causing it to shatter all over the floor.

Zander then climbed on top of me and started to roughly kiss my neck as I tried but failed to push him off.....

Luke's Pov

I parked my car in front of Emily's house and got out walking over to her door. I raised my fist to knock on the door but realized it was slightly open.

Confused, I walked in and called out, "Emily?!You in here?!"

Then I heard a thump coming from Emily's room. My headshot towards the stairs. Then suddenly I heard a loud crash followed by cries. I darted up the stairs and towards Emily's room.

The closer I got louder, the cries of protests became. I quickly opened the door to find a horrible sight. I saw Emily lying there crying, trying to push off Zander, who was on top of her, roughly kissing her neck.

With rage building up inside of me, I quickly ran over and shoved him off of her. I grabbed his collar and smashed him into the hard floor. Got on top of him and threw punches at his face.

"DON'T YOU EVER TOUCH HER AGAIN!" I yelled between punches.

Realizing I had knocked him out cold, I turned back and found Emily hugging her knees in a corner, rocking herself back and forth sobbing.

I quickly ran over to her, picked her up bridal style, and took her downstairs, and placing her on my lap while sitting on the couch. I rocked her back, bach and forth, shushing her.

"Shhh. Honey, it's ok. I'm right here. You're ok. You're ok," I said in an attempt to comfort her.

She wrapped her arms around my chest and sobbed. I petted her hair while shushing her telling her it was ok and that she was safe. I did this until I realized she was quiet, and her breath had evened out. She fell asleep. I picked her up and carried her to the guest bedroom then placed her on the bed pulling the covers over her shaking body.

I walked out of the guest bedroom and into Emily's room to find Zander still unconscious on the floor, blood running from his nose and his busted lip.

I picked him up, using only his left leg and arm, and carried him out and left on the lawn. I locked the door went back into the guest room, and crawled under the covers, wrapping my arms around Emily. I then found myself drifting off into a deep sleep...