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"Hello, Isabelle You think you can get rid of me that easily? Look at what your boyfriend did to e, clearly holding the broken bone together His eyes are both bruised and blackened and his lip has a small cut in the corner If I wasn’t so scared I would smile, finally Brandon has had a taste of his own medicine

"Don’t think I don’t knoho he is either, Isabelle You talked about hih for me to know exactly who he hen I opened the door You think you can threaten me? Tell my father and the board about my little extra-curricular activities? I don’t think so, Isabelle And if you knohat’s good for you, you will call off the trashy anined, but hear ing mad, so close to my face that the spit from his whispered words hitsabout "Answertheain spraying et hi, de his hands and wrist, trying desperately to get so able to breathehies but not before I see hi ht eye with unbearable pain My head hits the doorfra through my head He releasesover my body with his feet on either side of my stomach He leans down and whispers in my ear, "I will be in touch, Isabelle, but you tell thosequestions I did what your boyfriend said and signed those papers, but I don’t need those fucking papers to prove who you belong to You fucking hearkill hi an eye on you, Isabelle" He gets off another punch tothe screaone The a

I can feel the inside the house The front door is pulled open and strong hands lift me up I wince in pain when , I think, says from somewhere behind , oh my God!" Dee screeches from the same direction

My vision is blurry, I can onlyme is male If it weren’t for the deep scent of leather and cinnamon, I wouldn’t have known it is Axel who heldfind that rates out, his tone is lethal "Sood damn police, now! Princess, are you hurt anywhere else other than your head?"

"Neck" Gasp "Back" Wheeze "It was…Brandon…was here" I can’tand swollen shut; I can’t even openpain to blast throughBelatedly, I feel whatdown the back of o rock hard at theto hear But then again, he wasn’t exactly planning on football Saturday turning into thisso over the back of my head

Axel adjusts his hold on me and stands fro into the house, through to the living roo around the room Axel sits down on the couch but doesn’t release me

"Sit up Princess; let’s take a look at your back, yeah?"

He helpsupyells, "How the fuck did this happen? You’ve got welts all the way up your spine, Iz!"

I don’t answer, because really what’s the point, I think it’s pretty obvious how I got like this

I can hear the sirens approaching,ar Just when I think I a to think I won’t ever be free of Brandon’s reach

Dee is directing the police officers and the para off to the side so back I can’t tell where anyone else is, and I’m in no hurry to open my eyes and check

"Ma’aroup, "ma’am can you open your eyes?" Axel shifts andmy face Immediately, I draw back into his body

"Shhh, Izzy, let thehtens aroundme that he is there and I’m safe His head turns from my ear and he addresses the new voice "I don’t think she can open her eyes without pain She tried a second after I reached her but they snapped shut quickly Hasn’t opened since Her breathing sounds raspy and her voice seemed hoarse when she was able to talk Hasn’t spoken since Her back has, what looks like, a welt like bruise froood look at it Neck injury and the source of the blood is froood look" Heto the paraloved hands start pressing into my face, around my neck, and up my throat

"Ma’am, I need to lean you forward a bit so that I can look over your back and head, slowly and let et a chance to finish before I empty the contents of my stomach all over the floor