I hear a soft whimper and I immediately got up. "Erick?" I ask and he opens his eyes and looks at me. "¡Hola! Has estado inconsciente desde ayer. No pude evitarlo pero pensé que era mi culpa ... perdóname por eso ..." ("hey, you've been unconscious since yesterday, I couldn't help but thinking it was my fault... Forgive me for that...") I say and he lightly smiles. "disculpa aceptada" ("apology accepted ") he says and moves a piece of hair off my face gently.
"I need you to call Joel k?" he asks and I immediately go to call him. "Erick! Oh my goodness you are okay" he says and Erick grabs his arm and tries to turn around on the bed. "what is it bro?" he asks and suddenly Erick lifts up his shirt and exposes a bunch of whip marks. "oh my god" I say and run out of the room to the girls' room.
"Azul! What is it?" Layla and Tef run to me. "Erick h-h-he is-" "did he hurt you?" Tef asks "no, never. But he is hurt" I slip out "what happened to him?" Layla asks "the b-boss probably punished him yesterday for not punishing me... All of his back is full of whip marks" I say and they look at each other sadly. "this is how things work here fortunately..." Tef says. "but she is in love... Can you blame her for hurting?" Layla says.
"I don't care! And I'm also not in love with Erick. But he had my back since day one... He was supposed to punish me cause I can't keep my mouth shut and he paid the price instead." I say and the look at me with sadness in their eyes. " I might give the impression of a careless person who doesn't give a shit but I do care. I care for people who care for me and he cares!!" I cry.
"were really sorry Azul... But it isn't the first time you'll see something like that happen here..." Tef says and hugs me.
I go back to my room to see Erick laying there. "hola Bonita" he says and I wipe the tear away from my face. "why are you crying?" he asks. I sit beside him and smile softly. "I'm just really glad you're here" I say and smile lightly.
"wanna talk about what happened yesterday?" he asks and take my hand into his. "not really" I say. "please... I know you want to." he says and pulls my hand into his chest. "nothing... It's just that she... Never told me she had a boyfriend, she never told me she had sex with him... She was my best friend and I just let them take her.." I say as a tear finds its way down my cheek. "you didn't 'let them', I did. Because I know the big boss. If you would've insisted, he might have killed you too just for fun." he explains and wipes my tear away. "how can someone care for me that much? I'm a terrible person you know." I say and laugh at the situation. "you are not a terrible person. You are just extremely sarcastic. It's fine" he says and smiles. "Why did you do that?" I ask and he got confused. "why didn't you punish me if you know he will punish you?" I explain. "some people are worth getting whipped for" he says and looks into my eyes. He sits on the bed and looks at me.
" I don't know if we can tie our souls. But I really really like you." he says and puts his hand on my cheek. He gets close to me "Erick i-I'm sorry...I can't do that" I say and I run out the room.
I run to the girls' room again and sit with them. "Erick tried to kiss me" I say and the smile "and? How was it?" Layla asks "I said 'tried'... I chickened away" I say " it's my first kiss..." I add "listen. You will have to kiss him at some point if you want it or not, big boss chose you. You belong to this place as long as the big boss wants you to be" Melody says.
" I like Erick. He's been so nice to me since the beginning. But I cannot give my first kiss to a person I met a few days ago. I know nothing about him" I say "Zab kissed me after two days... I didn't have many choices" Tef say and put her hand on my shoulder "listen. If you want to wait, wait. But if the big boss will come here and decided to go crazy, you won't have much choice" she says" go crazy like killing my sister?" I ask "going crazy like give him an order to have sex with you or hurt you just like that for no reason" she says. "They took my sister. They broke my spirit. What else can they take from me?" I say "They can take Erick" she says.
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