Saving Belle

Chapter 10

Kyla's POV

          Luca starts throwing punch after punch directed at Eric, not missing his target once. Everyone is screaming and soon two more cops come running in. The four cops and Nathan separate the two boys. Eric is covered in blood and his eye looks almost swollen shut. Luca has a small bruise forming on his jaw but by the anger in his face and the screaming I can tell that he wasn't fazed one bit.

          Luca is screaming, "You hurt my sister! You were supposed to be her family you pig! How could you fucking rape a sixteen year old?! She is practically still a baby! You hurt a little girl!" By this point it took Nathan, Mr Clark and another male cop to hold Luca back. Eric is currently laying on the ground, handcuffed, with a male cop pressing his knee into Eric's shoulder so he can't get up. Eric looks pissed.

           Luca is slammed onto the couch and held down by the cops. Jessie is standing near the door in complete shock and my foster parents are cowering in the corner. I am standing, almost in the middle of the room, holding my arms tight to my chest and trying not to pass out. At this point I am sobbing. I didn't want anyone to get hurt.

          Suddenly Eric smiles widely and starts laughing. Luca stops screaming and stares down at Eric like he is insane, well Eric is insane. My foster brother continues laughing before he says, "Why would a rape Kyla when she wanted it?" Then he look over at me and stares directly into my eyes, it feels as though my heart stopped beating. "You loved every second of it didn't you my beautiful baby girl?"

          My crying gets harder then Eric yelled, "You ungrateful bitch! Tell them how much you loved me fucking you! You begged me for it!" He forced me to beg, "You asked me for more!" He forced me to ask for more, "Baby girl tell them!"

          I don't respond and he gets angrier, "TELL THEM KYLA!"

           I flinch and back away. Nathan sees this and lets go of Luca to come stand in front of me, "Please take this piece of shit to the holding cells. Now!"

          The cops pull Eric out of the room, him kicking and screaming the whole way out for me to tell them the truth. Margo and Thomas look lost, they don't know what to do. The cops turn toward them and take a hold of their arms and guide them out of the room as well.

          When the Lances are out of the room and the door is shut everyone goes silent. Ms. Penny comes over and leads me to a seat and I sit down and curl into a ball. They know the truth now, I feel so dirty. Now they are going to make me tell them everything. I feel as if there is a lump in my throat. I'm not ready to say all of this out loud, now I have to tell them or Eric will escape and kill me.

           Luca lets out a huge breath and covers his face before screaming into his hands. This makes me gasp slightly and curl into myself tighter. Jessie and Nathan sit down on the couch across from me and hold hands. I can see they are both shaking.

          Ms. Penny says in a soft tone, "Belle. I need you to tell me and Mr. Clark what happened. We need you to tell us everything. Take your time. We can stop for breaks whenever you need and we can get you anything you want." She grabs a water bottle from the mini-fridge in the corner, hands it to me and sits next to me.

          I take slow, deep breaths between sips of water. By the time I am half way done the bottle, I have calmed down enough to speak again. Penny notices and nods her head encouraging me to start my story.

           I speak at barely a whisper, "He rapes me. He makes me beg him. I can't get away from it. A-any time I tried to fight him, h-he would just make things worse." I had to stop. I barely told them anything and I am starting to cry again. God why am I so pathetic. 

           Penny asks, "When was the first time this happened to you?" 

          I take a deep breath, "The first time he raped me or the first time he touched me?"

          Luca's foot is tapping a mile a minute, he is trying his best to stay calm. I can tell Jessie and Nathan are trying to do the same. 

           Penny says, "Both hun. Take your time."

          I nod, "My fourteenth birthday, Eric tried to kiss me. That was also the first time that Thomas punished me. I couldn't walk for days after that punishment. The first time Eric raped me was a few days after the punishment." I take a pause and shakily sip at the water, "Because of how bad Thomas hurt me I couldn't walk. Eric used that against me. H-he came into my room that night. I was so weak, I couldn't fight him. He r-raped me and kept hitting me. It was one of the worst pains I ever felt. O-over the years it got worse. It got to the point i-it was every night."

           Jessie speaks up, "Belle. W-why didn't you try to get help?" 

          I look down at my hands, "No one would've believed me. Eric reminded me all the time. I'm just a worthless foster kid that no one wanted. Eric said he was the only person that would ever love me."

          Penny sighs softly, "Can you tell me what happened that made you need the surgery?"

          "He...he finished like normal. But it was different. It was morning, he never touched me like that in the morning. It was always at night or the middle of the night. When he was done he held me in his arms for a few minutes...before he flipped me over a-and raped me back there. I started screaming because I knew that pain would be a lot worse than before. He hit me a few times in the head and I got knocked out. When I woke up Eric told me I needed to go get beer for Thomas. That's when the cops thought I was drunk and took me here."

          Mr. Clark spoke up, "Okay I think that is enough for now honey. You have been through hell tonight. Why don't you and your family go home so you can rest? We can continue this another day."

          I look up in a panic, "W-what happens to the Lances?"

          He smiles softly at me, "Don't worry. They will never see the light of day after this. They wont ever be able to hurt someone ever again, I can promise you that."

           Don't make promises you can't keep.