The Depressing Truth ~Prinxiety Angst~

7. The Escape

⚠TRIGGER WARNINGS⚠ Mention of Previous Abuse. I think that's all, if I missed something please tell me

When I wake up, I’m in my room. I attempt to sit up and look around, but collapse almost immediately due to a pain in my back. I groan and lay back down.

“Hey Virgil. You’re finally up!” I heard someone say.

“April. Quiet down.” I heard Ryan say. “Don’t try to sit up, you’ll just hurt your back more.”

“What happened after I blacked out? How long was I out?” I asked, still slightly disoriented.

“You’ve been out for about two hours. And after he finished beating you, he grabbed his car keys and said he was going to the bar,” Ryan said.

“Ok. Help me sit up,” I said.

“Virgil no! You're just going to hurt your back more!” Ryan exclaimed.

“Ryan, help me sit up, so I don’t injure it more.”

“Ugh fine. No complaining about it though.”

“Ok whatever. Now help me already.”

“Fine.” He helps me sit up.

Once I’m sitting up, I asked Ryan when our father left.

“He left about an hour ago, why?” He asked, confused.

“Because, we might be getting out of here. What time is it?”

“It’s about 7:30. And what do you mean we might be getting out of here?” April said.

“Hand me my phone.” Ryan hurried to do so, while April stayed sitting next to me. 

Once Ryan hands me my phone, I scroll through my contacts until I find Roman’s. “Before I do this, I have to ask you guys. We might be able to get out of here, but we would have to go stay with Roman, the guy that gave us a ride, for a bit. Is that ok with you two?” I ask, knowing that this isn’t only my decision to make.

“If we stay with him, would daddy hurt you guys anymore?” April asked. 

“No, We’d all be safe,” I respond.

“Then yeah,” she said.

“Ryan?” I asked for his thoughts on it.

“You trust him right? He wouldn’t do anything to hurt us?” He asked.

“I trust him with my life. I don’t think he would do anything to hurt us. If I had a single doubt about that, I wouldn’t let him anywhere near you two. And if something does happen, neither of you will end up hurt.”

"But will you end up hurt?" Ryan asked.

"If something does happen, i will do everything to protect you two. But I trust Roman with my life and have no doubt that he will never do anything to hurt us."

“If you honestly trust him, then yeah, let’s do it.” Ryan said.

“Ok. I’ll text him now.” I text Roman saying “Is your offer that me and my siblings can stay with you still standing?”

Almost instantly I got a reply that said “Yeah, why?”

I text him back “Because I think I need to take you up on it.”

“Ok, do you want me to come pick you guys up?” he replied.

I looked up at April and Ryan and said, “He said that we can come stay, final choice, are we going or not? If we do, he can come pick us up.”

Ryan and April both say “We’re going,” at the same time.

“Ok then. Go pack a bag of everything you’re going to need for about a week.”

They run off and I text Roman back “Yeah. when can you be here?”

He replied “10 minutes.”

“Got it.”

I tried to get up to pack my own bag, but winced and fell back down due to the pain in my back. I shout out, “Hey Ryan, when you’re done packing, could you help me pack a bag?”

He shouts back “Yeah. One second”

Ryan walks in and said “What do you want packed?”

“Pack 3 pairs of jeans, 3 T-shirts, my binder, 3 pairs of boxers, and any money you find on my dresser,” I said.

“Ok. Anything else?”

“Yeah. 3 pairs of socks, my tooth brush from the bathroom, and then hand me the bracelet that you and April made me for my birthday last year.” He runs out to grab my toothbrush.

When he got back, he asked “Is that it?”

“Yeah. Wait no, grab my comb and phone charger.”

“Got it. Is that everything?”

“Grab my backpack too, but then that’s it.”

“Got it.”

“Ok, can you go help April pack, and then bring her, her stuff, and your stuff in here? And make sure you both grab your backpacks.”

“Got it. I’ll be right back.” He walks out to go help April.

About two minutes later, they both walk in with all their stuff and sit down. “So when Roman gets here, I can ask him to come in and help you guys with your stuff, or I can tell him to wait outside for you guys to come out,” I said.

“We can get the stuff, including yours, if he can come in and get you out to his car,” Ryan said. 

“Ok. I’ll tell him.” I text Roman saying “Could you come in and help me get to the car when you get here?”

He replied almost instantly. “Yeah, and I just pulled up.”

I texted back “Ok, Ryan and April will be coming down in just a second,” and then said out loud “Roman’s here, so you two can head out. Ryan, when you see him, tell him where my room is.”

“It’s ok. I already found it,” Roman said from the doorway.

“Ok then, can you two go out to his car?”

They both said “Yeah” simultaneously.

They walked out, and Roman turned to me and asked “Ok, what stuff do you have?”

“Ryan and April grabbed it. I just need help getting to the car.”

“Ok. Where are you injured?” 

“My entire back.”

“Got it. Can you stand?”

“By myself, no. I think I can with help.”

“Ok then.” He walks over and offers his hand to try and help ne stand up. I grabbed his hand, and slowly stood up. “Ok. Let’s try walking now.”

We start walking, but I collapse after a few steps. “Walking isn’t going to happen,” I say.

“Ok then. Can I carry you?” he asked.

“Yeah.”

“Ok. sorry if this hurts, but there’s no way I can carry you without touching your back.”

“Ok. Come on. Let's go.”

He lifts me up. I wince in pain when he touches my back. “Sorry.”

“It’s fine Roman. Let’s just get to your car.”

He carries me to the car, opens the passenger side door, and gets me inside, and then walks around to the drivers side and gets in. He starts the car and drives off towards his house.