HIDDEN (Hide Or Die)

Chapter 23

ALBERT'S P.O.V.

School or better still, hell! I despised that place with every fiber of my being.

'ALBERT MERCURY HIGH' It is known to be the pride and joy of my parents, their uncontestable love, their one true achievement; I remember once upon a time I was also the love of their life but well, that wasn't the case anymore.

One stupid mistake was all it took, one very idiotic decision, and automatically, I became a thing of shame and ridicule to my once-beloved parents. Their love for me had suddenly vanished like it had never been in existence.

They put up a front in the eyes of everyone else but at home, the case was different. It wasn't that bad at first, the hated me quite alright but at least I still had a roof over my head. It didn't last very long though; my very stupid self had to come and ruin it completely. once again, I did the unthinkable, a mistake I knew I would always live to regrate for the rest of my life, and this time, it was in front of the entire school.

The bubble that had held us together completely broke. Mum left dad, or will I say, they got divorced which was entirely on me. It changed everything for the worse. My life became nothing but a living hell. No one cared anymore, there was no more pretense, I was finally on my own.

Everything fell apart. My home was no longer a safe haven and school?- let's just say it got a million times worse than before.

I was foolish, a Complete Idiot! I should have held it in, I should have kept my big mouth shut. I shouldn't have allowed him talk me into coming out to my parents or the school for that matter; it was late now, there was no point crying over spilled milk. I lost everything. No boyfriend, no parents, and absolutely no friends.

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She saw them drag me away, mum saw them drag me away. I called to her several times but she did absolutely nothing to stop them, she just allowed them take me away.

I pulled my knees up to my chest and hugged it tightly as I sat on the dirty ground under an oak tree in a very unfamiliar part of the woods completely alone and scared to death.

They weren't going to come, no one was going to come to my rescue; why would they? I was the one that messed-up their perfectly good life.

I sobbed into my knees, how I wish aunt Lillian was here. She had always been my rock; my mother, father, and best friend. She was the only person that made my shitty life seem less miserable but then she also decided to walk out of my life as well. She quit her job at the school, left our home, and moved to California to stay with her stepbrother, my uncle Vincent. She left me all alone, she took her canopy away from me, exposing my already damaged life to the wolves for them to do as they pleased. How cruel was she? what did I ever do to her or any other person for that matter to deserve such harsh punishments that were unremorsefully bestowed upon me?

I cried uncontrollably as I remembered him, Julian, the love of my life, and the reason why I was currently in this situation. Why was he so cruel? I loved him with all my heart, I never wanted anything more than his happiness; why did he have to let his friends rape me? Why did he also join them to do such a wicked act to me? What did I ever do to him?

All I ever wanted to do since I met Julian was to please him in every way. I threw countless parties on his command just so he would like me, even when I knew those parties would end me millions of punishments as a reward but it never bothered me as long as he was happy. I gave him my all but he refused to see it; instead, he decided it was proper to punish me for making friends with Kyle. He punished me for letting Kyle bring a bit of happiness into my depressed life,  how was this so-called punishment fair?