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"Your eyes tellto understand"

I start crying again

Because he's right

I really a to understand, but

"I' out, and rohen I hear myself say them "I'm really scared"

"I know" His voice is gentlyunco "But if you trust me on this"

My tears spill even faster at what he's asking Should I?

"And you truly believe that I am what you say I am"

A dreahtmare, I think dizzily, but is he, really?

"Then the end will be worth it"

Will ittruly?

Just thinking about what he's asking me to do suffocates me, but when I let myself think about that end—-

That end which he says would be worth it—-

That's when I feel the broken parts inside of h

Just a sh for Raaf, and h

He asked me to trust him, and he nos that my answer is 'yes'

I do trust him, and it's because I trust hi the cuffs around my wrists

It's because I trust hi of et to me when I hear him order the boy to take his dick out of his jeans

Mickey begins to weep, but then Raaf tells hieyman voice, and I alles to contain his childish tears

"Shall I tell you a story, my dove?"

I findinside my head

"Mickey here is a very s smart, in fact, that he decided tofrom my company" Raaf's voice turns silky "But now he knows differently Don't you, boy?"

"Y-Yes, sir"

"I usually kill idiots like you—-"

Mickey's shoulders start to shake

"But because you're young and new, and I've been told you take good care of your mother" There's a pause, and then Raaf asks politely, "How are your ribs doing?"

Raaf obviously had the boy beaten up for trying to steal from him, and while I've always known he can be brutal, it's an entirely different thing tomakes me uncomfortablein more ways than one

"Does it still hurt to move?"

Mickey is quiet

"Do not even think of lying to me"

The boy starts to hyperventilate "Y-Yes, sir It s-still hurts—-"