jackson imagines | book 1

Waiting to exhale~7

Imana's pov

I just got discharged from the hospital, I'm at home. Daddy didn't even stay to make sure i was ok and comfortable. That's fine. The only time i get to breath is when i'm alone.

I stumble to the bathroom seeing that they cleaned up the blood on the floor.

I pull down my underwear seeing old blood stains in my underwear.

What is this? I've heard about stuff like his at school but i don't know what it is. Why is it coming out of my private area. Stephanie doesn't really talk about it either. It's not coming out no more. But why did it? Am i dying?

I take a shower washing off all the dirt from yesterday. Feeling relieved once i get the touch of my father off of me.

I wash my hair, feeling my curls get damp and stick to my neck.

I hear a knock come from the front door. It's kinda early.

I put on my robe and make my way to door.

I open it and it's michael and his brother marlon along with stephanie.

I hug them crying, i just needed comfort like this. They are the only people i know that care about me.

"come in" i frantically pull them inside my apartment.

"are you ok"? stephanie asked hugging me again.

"what happened when you left"? michael asked.

"well um, when we came home he beat me , again", i hold back my tears, " and when we went to the hospital he told me to never tell anyone what happened" they all hug me again.

"imana, you HAVE to leave , you can't stay here and let him do this stuff to you".

"WHERE am i gonna go stephanie? huh? nobody in this town will take me in, because they think that i'm just some slut that walks around doing god knows what"! i walk to my room angrily shutting the door.

I hear talking then it stops, " imana, you can stay with mike and marlon" stephanie comes in my room shutting the door.

"Steph , i can't stay with them, my dad will hunt me down".

"just think it over ok? for now just come with us to their house and will sort everything out" she smiles.

"ok" i wipe my tears, she helps me find my clothes and we leave out to go to their house.

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"stephanie"? i ask her as we sit out by the pool at mikes house.

"yeah"? she smiles at me.

"i feel so embarrassed but, i had blood coming out of my area last night, am i dying"?

She chuckled a bit, " no mana, you had your period, it normal and you should be fine, ok"? she smiles rubbing my back.

"ok".

"what's a period"? we hear a little voice behind us causing us to jump.

It's a little girl she looks like michaels little sister, "it's something you get when you get older" i smile back at her.

"what's that like"? she smiles

"well-, " janet! go back in the house and play with randy"! michael shoos her away.

"you never let me talk to your friends"! janet crosses her arms and runs back into the house.

"don't worry about her she's just, janet" he shrugs.

"i'm gonna go and find marlon, y'all two can talk" she leaves smiling.

I already know she just wants us to already be in a relationship.

"are you ok"? he ask sitting next to me.

"um, yeah, i'm just tired, that's all".

"if your sleepy, we can go to my room and you can sleep there" he points to the door.

"no, that's not what i meant, i mean i'm tired of my father, i'm emotionally tired" i facepalm.

"oh, imana i'm sorry, how long has it been happening"? he asked touching my arm.

"As long as i can remember, after my mother died, my father started acting weird and of course the kids at the school started to talk, he just kept drinking, the more he drank the more i suffered, first it just started with pushes and stuff, tripping and extra beatings , to him actually hitting me with his fist" i could tell he was starting to get mad, just by the way his face started to turn red.

"imana i'm sorry, that happened to you, if you want you can stay here"?

"michael, no , if he comes after you it'll be worse, i'll get more beatings".

"ok, we'll work something out , but for now stay here, we've already came up with a plan for you, ok"?

"o-ok".

"it's getting pretty dark, do you want dinner"? he asked smiling.

"sure"

"alright, let's go" he pulls my arm helping me up.

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