Secrets

Chapter 21

*Griffin’s POV*
Everyone else stayed in the room, Trying to figure out who was telling Kelly when she woke up.

“I’ll do it,” Maddie said.
“Mad, you don’t have to.” Mike said.
“I went through it with her, She’ll open up to me and Griffin for now. That’s all. It has to be me.” I nodded.
“Then get some sleep.” I said, everyone else left, leaving me with Kelly.

I stayed up the rest of the night, making sure Kelly didn’t have another nightmare. I heard a light knock on the door, the door opened, revealing Isabelle.
“Good morning,” she said, walking over to my side of the bed.
“Good morning. Did you sleep well?” I asked, wanting to know if she woke up last night.
“Yeah, papa’s making breakfast.” She said, giving me a hug.
“Okay, can you go tell him thank you.” I said, kissing her head. When she left, I decided to wake Kelly up.

“Kelly… Kelly...” I said, slightly shaking her. She started to stir, I grabbed her medicine, knowing she’d be in pain. Her eyes fluttered open, she smiled a little. She sat up a bit, wincing as well.

*Kelly’s POV*
I woke up, thanks to Griffin shaking me. I hardly remembered last night.

“You hungry, your dad made breakfast?” He asked, kissing my head.
“Yeah.” I said, quietly. I kept my gaze at his hands, worried he’d hit me. He wouldn’t do that, right? I thought to myself. Why was I scared of him?

He nodded, leaving the room. Soon, coming back in with two plates of food. We ate our food in silence, I didn’t really want to talk.  We had a chill day, I sat in the room all day since I couldn’t walk.

“Maddie wanted to talk to you, is that Okay?” Griffin asked, coming back into the room. He was making lunch for everyone. I nodded, he left to go get her. She came in a few seconds later, shutting the door.

“Hey Kelly, how are you feeling?” she said, sitting on the bed.
“I d-don’t know.” I said quietly. I saw her give a small nod.
“Did you sleep well?” I tensed up a bit.
“I- yeah.”

*Maddie’s POV*
I didn’t want to have this conversation with Kelly. But it needed to be done. She seemed hesitant when I asked if she slept well. But I also know that, in her mind she thinks she has to hide everything. I hated her feeling this way. I just wish she could see how much progress she has made, with Jayden, Antonio, Penn, Mark, Jason, Dr. Holt, mawher, lovejoy, ruth, losing her baby, Isabelle being kidnapped, being abused by Jason, finding the courage to leave him. Having a child at 10, she’s pround Isabelle’s her daughter but people think she had sex at 10 when really she was raped because of me. She lost her one true love, even though she doesn’t believe in that.

“Kelly, you know you don’t have to lie, right?”
“Yeah.”
“You hesitated when you answered. Did you have a nightmare?” I asked, she tensed up again. I know she hates talking about this stuff. We all do, but it needs to be told. She became scared, unsure if she could tell me.

“You can tell me.” I said in a gentle voice, letting her know it’s safe. She told me about the nightmares, even though I already knew but still. She sounded so broken, and she didn’t even know it really happened. I held her while she cried, knowing she would break down once I told her.

“Kelly…”
“Yeah?” I took a breath in.
“The… nightmares. They-they weren’t fake.”
“What do you mean?” she asked, pulling away.
“That actually happened.”
“What- why did you tell me, or why didn’t anyone tell me?” She said getting angry.
“Kelly calm down…” I said.
“What else happened?”
“Kelly..”
“What else happened?”
“I have to get the others. I can’t say all of this on my own.” I walked out of the room.

“What is it?” Griffin asked.
“It’s Kelly. She wants to know what else happened… all of it.”
“She doesn't need that much stress.” Griffin said, standing up.
“I know, but you know Kelly. If she wants to know something, she’ll find out.”
“Fine. Take it slow.”