Matt stares at me with his mouth hanging open when I finish my story. After a few seconds he snaps out of it and pulls me into his lap, holding my tight.
"I will never let anything like that happen to you again!"
"Thanks, it means so much. I'm just glad that the police finally figured out where he was taking all of those kids, and saved me at the last second. The whole time I was there I was just hoping that they would find us and that we would at least get a proper burial, instead of sitting there to rot."
"What happened to Mike?"
"He's in prison on death row."
"Oh my god."
"Yeah..." I say looking up into his bright
After that he drops the whole conversation and just holds me close.
"When do you want to go get your stuff from your house?"
"We can go now if you want... It doesn't really matter to me."
With that, we go back to my house and get my things. My mom stays in her room the whole time and doesn't speak to either of us. After we get almost all of my things we head back to Matt's house.
When we get there he leads me to the guest bedroom that is right next to my room and helps my unpack my things into the closet in there. When we finally finish it is almost 11 PM, so we decide to call it a night and we go to sleep in our separate rooms.
A few hours later I awake screaming, with huge tears streaking their way down my face. I had had the dream about the second night that I was in that hell hole. I was remembering the men "doodling" all over my body. They had "drawn" everything from smiley faces to penises and everything in between all over my skin. I remember sobbing and sobbing until the pain was too much and I passed out. That is when I woke up.
I pull my legs up and hug them to my chest, trying to stop my whimpering. Matt comes running into the room and jumps on the bed with me and hold me while I calm down. I bury my face into the crook of his neck, just breathing him in.
After I calm down and stop crying, Matt gets up and scoops me into his arms bridal style and carries me into his room. He gently lays me down on the bed and I slip under the covers while he gets in next to me. My back is to his chest and he puts his head right nest to the back of my neck. His breathing calms me down even more and I pull him even closer to me.
"Try to get some more sleep princess."
And with that, I'm out.
