The Tainted Rose

Chapter twenty

Sometimes we have to put our big pants on and do the right thing. We need to right our wrongs.

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Even if it costs me my life I won't keep pretending to be who I'm not. I will not follow Damien any more.

"Evan, man come on, if we go through with this we will end up in jail and our lives will go down the toilet help me stop Damien, we still got time."

"If you keep this up Jaylen, I will hurt you and if you even think about calling the cops who knows what I will do."

I caused Ashley pain when everything she ever did was give me a hand when everyone, especially these two idiots, gave me a hard time. She was always nice to me and I brought this upon her by helping them. THIS STOPS NOW!

"Hey Evan I think that the girls where coming this way right now, they said something about not wanting to be lookout and wanting to humiliate Ashley too."

"What? Why didn't you stop them you ass."

"They never listen to me, I tried telling them that we needed them there, but they just ignored me. You should try talking to them."

Evan grunted and rolled his eyes, but immediately went to "stop" them. Now that I deceived him I can help Ashley. I barged into the room and the first thing I saw was Damien with his pants down and dick out. He was about to rape Ashley.

"Ashley!?"

"What the fuck are you doing here Jaylen? Get out now!"

"Get off her you fucking jerk, I won't let you control my life any more." Immediately I rushed towards him and knocked him down, it was surprisingly easy due to the facts that having his pants down didn't give him the freedom to move his feet well. He fell on his back and I started yelling, "Ashley come on, I know you're still conscious, get up and let's get out of here."

I saw her slowly getting up to a sitting position and I noticed a bruise on her, one that I didn't notice earlier and that meant that he hurt her while they were in here.

"You bastard, you hit her again?" I tried to hit him while he was getting up, but he grabbed my hand, pulled me toward him and turned me around. He started choking me and even though I should have worried about that, it bothered me the fact that his meat that was more like a little sausage, was touching my thigh. I was still losing my breath because his grip was really strong when Ashley kicked him in directly in the balls and he fell to the floor in pain. With one hand he was holding his sack, while the other was holding his upper body separated from the floor. I took the advantage and punched him in the head as hard as I could. I turned towards Ashley and helped her get out of the cabin. As we where about to exit through the door, we heard Evan and the girls and they didn't sound happy, I overheard Evan saying he was going to kill me, which I hope he was exaggerating but still.

"Let's go through the back door." I whispered to Ashley who was crouching beside me. She nodded and we started making our way to the back exit as stealthy as possible.

Exiting the back door, we heard Damien yelling from the top of his lungs, "Get them! They can't be too far away and the little whore wasn't in the best condition to be running."

The darkness of the night was in our favor since it made it easier to hide in the woods while we came up with a plan to get away from them or call for help. The only thing that provided a little light to navigate through the woods was the moon.

"Ashely? Are you ok? How do you feel?" I kneeled beside her, while she tried to calm herself.

"I... I'm fine I guess. A little dizzy, but I think I can manage." Her voice was a little shaky and I could tell that she was more scared than I was at the moment.

"We will be ok, we will get out of here and I'm going to make it up to you I promise. I'm so sorry for everything I did and the pain I caused you Ashley.

I noticed that she relaxed a little when I said that, which made me feel a little better.

"Look, I was a total ass and everything I did to you is unforgivable, but I swear I will make it right."

"Jaylen, don't worry, you saved me from what was going to be the worst memory of my life and something that was going to leave me scarred for life. You are pardoned and I thank you from the bottom of my heart." She hugged me and I let out a few tears of joy, because even when I was a jerk she forgave me and treated me like always.

Suddenly a branch snapped and footsteps could be heard close by.

"Ashley let's get moving!" I whispered turning my face to the dark woods behind us and seeing some flashes.

"Come out you two, I know you can't have gotten too far and when we find you, you will regret everything." Damien threatened.

We started making our way up north from the cabin, towards the lake. I had one of Ashley's arm wrapped around my neck, as I helped her move. For a split second I looked back to see if they were still giving chase and the lights seemed closer than before so I stopped with Ashley and told her to keep on going, that she would eventually find the road and that it would lead to the city.

"No, I'm not leaving you alone with them Jaylen." She seemed serious, but it meant more for me her safety since I was the one who caused everything.

"Ashley go!" I barked, while pushing her to the side. I'll hold them up for as long as I can, it won't be much time, but keep going and do not look back.