Ms. Popular's Secret

Chapter 7

"Wait. What.Please tell me you're joking."

"No Officer Watson is my father his name is Marcus."

"I-I shouldn't have told you that if I knew he was your father. P-please don't tell him."

"Don't worry I won't. I hate him just as much as you."

"Why do you hate him?" Dylan questioned.

"I'll explain everything." I took a deep breathe ". It all started when I was 9 years old. My mother and father were very happy I had the perfect family or so I thought. After a while my mother started going to work and coming back weeks and sometimes months later. One night when my mother was away my father hit me because I threw a vase down. I understood why he did it so I wasn't mad. Over the past seven years my father has been beating me and-"

"Oh my I'm sorry Jill. I didn't know it was so bad."Dylan said.

"Please let me finish." He nodded and I continued." He's been beating me for the past seven years until recently he raped me." Tears started streaming down my face. "I came home from school and I was happy when I didn't see his vehicle because I thought I would escape a beating but when I entered the door he was there. He was being so nice to me and I was confused as to why. He started kissing my neck and when he unbuckled his pants that's when i knew what was about to happen. This morning before I went to school he tried to rape me again but I hit him in the head with a bottle.The nail prints you saw on my hand was from where he grabbed me earlier. I know I'll be in trouble when I go home."

"You don't have to go home tonight. You can stay here with me."

"No I can't he'll find me. H-h-he might track my phone."

"Come on Jill he won't do that and besides we can hide your phone somewhere far and go for it in the morning." That offer sounded very good but I couldn't I'm scared that Marcus will find me and he'll punish us both. I checked the time and I realized it was already 6pm.

"It's late I have to go." He grabbed my hand gently and he looked me in the eyes and he begged me to stay. I really wanted to but I couldn't. After about 10 minutes of convincing me I decided to stay. Dylan and I talked for a while and he told me that he wanted to show me something. We went down the ladder of the tree house and we walked for a few minutes and what I saw amazed me. It was a waterfall. Saying that the waterfall was beautiful would be an understament.

"Do you like it?"

"Like it. Are you kidding me I love it how'd you find this place and how did you build such an awesome tree house. I'm curious."

"After my mom started abusing me I needed an escape so I went to the woods for a walk one day. Nature always seem to relax me. I came across what looked like a tree house. I decided to fix it. It had an old sofa bed and a mini fridge. I just fixed the sofa bed and I did some electrical work on the fridge. I also did some painting on the inside and outside.In geography class the Ms. Daniel gave us a map of the forest and I saw on the map that there was a waterfall. I didn't know if was true but I followed the map and I found it. It's kind of like my safe space.I don't stay here all the time because I don't want my mother to get suspicious."

I gave Dylan a hug "You've been through so much. Thank you for sharing your safe space with me."

"You've been through a lot too. You're beautiful and strong and I admire you."I smiled and it wasn't one of those fake smiles that I've learnt to give. This one was genuine.

"Can we be friends. I mean it seems like we both need each other since we go through so much no one knows about. I mean you don't have to be my friend if y-y-you don't w-w-want too."

Dylan chuckled. "Ill be your friend Jill. Shall we go for a swim friend."

"I don't have a bathing suit or anything."

"You can swim in your underwear or your clothes. I have a few clothes back in the tree house I think it should fit."

I removed my clothes and I swam in my underwear. Even though i had bruises and scars on my body i felt comfortable around Dylan and I didn't care. Dylan removed his also. I saw he had a few scars on his body as well but not as many as me. But I must admit, for a nerd I must say he was really cute. He had brown eyes, chestnut hair and freckles.He also had dimples. We stayed in the water swimming and getting to know each other some more. He wasn't a bad person he was actually really kind and soft hearted. After our swim we went back to the tree house. Dylan gave me two slices of bread and a Dr. Pepper to eat for dinner since there wasn't much food and I went to get some sleep. I woke up in the middle of the night shaking and crying.

"Jill what's wrong? You're shaking." I couldn't answer. Dylan wrapped his arms around me so I could calm down. After a while I felt calm and I fell asleep soundly in Dylan's arms.

The next morning I woke up and I realized it was almost 7am. It was Saturday but I know Marcus would be angry if he knew I didn't come home last night. I quietly got out of Dylan's arms and I placed a kiss on his forehead. I hurried to where I packed my car and I drove back to hell. When I got there I knew I would be in trouble. I stayed outside for a few minutes and I slowly opened the door. Marcus was asleep on the chair. Thank god I thought to myself. I quietly walked up the stairs to my room. As I was about to open my bedroom door I felt a hand grabbing my hair. Oh no.

"WHERE WERE YOU LAST NIGHT YOU STUPID HOE!!! Marcus shouted.

"I was out." I said in between sobs.

"Out where you bitch? I know you were screwing some guy. You're even wearing his clothes. I didn't forget what you did to me yesterday morning. I'll make you pay. Go to your room and undress yourself. Do it or else you'll regret it." He pushed me so that I would hit my head against my bedroom door and he went to his room. I quickly ran to my room and I locked the door. A few minutes later I heard Marcus banging on my bedroom door.

"OPEN THE DOOR HOE!!!" Marcus shouted. I ignored him and I went to hide under my bed. He kept on banging the door and screaming and cursing at me. After a few minutes the banging stopped. I was relieved so I came out of hiding. I heard a gunshot and I froze. Marcus shot my door and it fell and now he's pointing the gun towards me. This is it I thought. I'm going to die. He grabbed me by my hair and he threw me onto the bed. He handcuffed my hands onto the bedpost and he forcefully removed Dylan's clothes off me. I screamed and I tried to kick him but he was to strong. He left me on the bed naked and went to his room only to come back with a rope and a whip. He tied my legs and he began lashing me with the whip. Stroke after stroke my body started getting weaker and my tears started falling stronger.

"P-p-please stop I'm sorry." I begged.

"Sorry doesn't cut it stupid child. You're the reason why your mother keeps on living. I wish you could just leave my life." He kept on whipping me harder and harder.

"P-please stop I'll get out of your life just P-please stop hitting me."

"I cannot let you leave. I need you as my toy and I need you to keep my job. If you try to escape or leave me I'll kill you Jill. See it rhymes kill Jill kill Jill. Oh it would be such a thrill to just kill Jill."he started laughing like a maniac.

He continued whipping me making sure every part of my body had bruises. He suddenly stopped. I thought he was finally done and I let out a sigh.

He smirked."You thought I was done baby girl. The fun is just beginning." I knew what was about to happen as he forced himself into me.