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But all that was gone now

There was no safe place to go any it I’d been kind of glad, but now I had to wonder if h of a price

Two years of freedom

Of feeling safe

And hoping

All those things had had an expiration date but that safe spot inIt had become my best friend And I’d happily cast it aside

God, I was such a naïve fool

The first bite of protein bar felt like a rock as it landed in my belly And I knew in that mo h me as I threw up all over myself It was mostly just the dreaded piece of protein bar and a little bit of water, but it felt like what little pride I had left exiteduncontrollably

I heard ainst a broad chest I was enfolded in the warmest e even more

I told myself to push him away

I told myself to call him every sord I’d ever heard my brother use

I told myself to order him not to touch me or I’d kill him

I didn’t do any of those things To my horror, I fisted ainst the spot on his neck where his top button had been left undone I let out a bloodcurdling cry that didn’t sound human

I hated him

I just fucking hated him

Except I didn’t

And that as so messed up