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time, I’m
afraid to know the truth because I might act on my anger… Dad was
right not to let me go back to Mom’s….”
“Did you… did you tell her…?” I faltered,
darting my gaze between him and the curb repeatedly.
“Arianna…” he started and my gaze fixed on
the lines in the cement.
“She didn’t believe you… she doesn’t…
believe me…” I whispered, biting hard on my lip to keep myself from
crying.
“It doesn’t matter what she thinks,” he
insisted, pulling me into his arms and hugging me tightly to him,
“It doesn’t matter, Arianna… she’s selfish… you know that… she
doesn’t want to lose her precious boyfriend….”
“She doesn’t believe me,” I whimpered,
shaking my head back and forth against his shirt, “She’d believe
some guy that’s been in her life for a couple of months over the
daughter that she raised?! I get that I’m not her flesh and blood,
but….”
“She’s a bitch, Anna…” Austin hissed beneath
his breath, but I gasped and backed away from him to look up into
his eyes and he chuckled distantly. “Sorry… but I can’t stand her
sometimes… and she is my flesh and blood.”
“It’s time to go,” Detective Gaines clearly
recited, allowing plenty of time for Austin to step further away
from me before she started towards her personal, unmarked car.
“We’ll meet back up at the hospital after her exam.”
Austin lightly hugged me again before
smiling faintly and heading off to his car while the detective and
I climbed into hers. She passed a bottle to me while she pulled out
of the parking lot and I flipped it over to read: makeup
remover.
“There’s napkins in the door,” she directed
and I pulled one out before squeezing some of the liquid onto it.
“Arianna… it’s not your fault… nothing that happened is your fault…
and despite the fact that you should’ve immediately reported the
incident to the police, I think you handled it better than I’ve
ever seen anyone handle it… but you should’ve reported it… and that
second almost-incident never would’ve happened.”
I silently, and carefully, wiped the makeup
off of my face, which was still quite sore; it had just become a
pain I was nearly used to feeling. I had almost all of the makeup
off when we stopped at a red light and Detective Gaines gasped in
shock.
“How much longer til we reach the hospital?”
I mumbled and she repeatedly blinked her eyes before refocusing on
the road and the light which had just turned green.
“It’s still about ten minutes away… if we
stayed in town… someone would see you… we’re still running the risk
of running into a parent from your high school… Arianna… it’s not a
huge city, despite its looks… and you’re new… and you’re really a
rather pretty girl… and this is a pretty huge deal what has
happened to you. Your father wants to keep it quiet so that you can
have a… semi-normal senior year. Not that high school around here
is very normal…” she seemed to say that last part more to herself
which had my eyes darting to her curiously.
“What do you mean high school here isn’t
normal?” I pressed, feeling a knot form in my stomach, all I wanted
was one normal year of high school, was that really so much to
ask?
“You’ll see when you get to class in the
fall,” she dismissed, pulling up outside of a large white building
that was clearly marked ‘Eastside Hospital’ and parking in front of
the ER doors. “Now, you’re not exactly an emergency case… but the
best doctors are in the ER here… and they’ll know how to properly
document everything. Don’t be scared, Arianna… you’re safe
here.”
I smiled faintly and only followed her
inside, thinking all the while that I should’ve been safe in my own
home with my family, but that wasn’t safe, so why should I think of
a strange hospital as safe. I had to give them credit, the ER
people did a lot of double takes at my face, or more so at
afraid to know the truth because I might act on my anger… Dad was
right not to let me go back to Mom’s….”
“Did you… did you tell her…?” I faltered,
darting my gaze between him and the curb repeatedly.
“Arianna…” he started and my gaze fixed on
the lines in the cement.
“She didn’t believe you… she doesn’t…
believe me…” I whispered, biting hard on my lip to keep myself from
crying.
“It doesn’t matter what she thinks,” he
insisted, pulling me into his arms and hugging me tightly to him,
“It doesn’t matter, Arianna… she’s selfish… you know that… she
doesn’t want to lose her precious boyfriend….”
“She doesn’t believe me,” I whimpered,
shaking my head back and forth against his shirt, “She’d believe
some guy that’s been in her life for a couple of months over the
daughter that she raised?! I get that I’m not her flesh and blood,
but….”
“She’s a bitch, Anna…” Austin hissed beneath
his breath, but I gasped and backed away from him to look up into
his eyes and he chuckled distantly. “Sorry… but I can’t stand her
sometimes… and she is my flesh and blood.”
“It’s time to go,” Detective Gaines clearly
recited, allowing plenty of time for Austin to step further away
from me before she started towards her personal, unmarked car.
“We’ll meet back up at the hospital after her exam.”
Austin lightly hugged me again before
smiling faintly and heading off to his car while the detective and
I climbed into hers. She passed a bottle to me while she pulled out
of the parking lot and I flipped it over to read: makeup
remover.
“There’s napkins in the door,” she directed
and I pulled one out before squeezing some of the liquid onto it.
“Arianna… it’s not your fault… nothing that happened is your fault…
and despite the fact that you should’ve immediately reported the
incident to the police, I think you handled it better than I’ve
ever seen anyone handle it… but you should’ve reported it… and that
second almost-incident never would’ve happened.”
I silently, and carefully, wiped the makeup
off of my face, which was still quite sore; it had just become a
pain I was nearly used to feeling. I had almost all of the makeup
off when we stopped at a red light and Detective Gaines gasped in
shock.
“How much longer til we reach the hospital?”
I mumbled and she repeatedly blinked her eyes before refocusing on
the road and the light which had just turned green.
“It’s still about ten minutes away… if we
stayed in town… someone would see you… we’re still running the risk
of running into a parent from your high school… Arianna… it’s not a
huge city, despite its looks… and you’re new… and you’re really a
rather pretty girl… and this is a pretty huge deal what has
happened to you. Your father wants to keep it quiet so that you can
have a… semi-normal senior year. Not that high school around here
is very normal…” she seemed to say that last part more to herself
which had my eyes darting to her curiously.
“What do you mean high school here isn’t
normal?” I pressed, feeling a knot form in my stomach, all I wanted
was one normal year of high school, was that really so much to
ask?
“You’ll see when you get to class in the
fall,” she dismissed, pulling up outside of a large white building
that was clearly marked ‘Eastside Hospital’ and parking in front of
the ER doors. “Now, you’re not exactly an emergency case… but the
best doctors are in the ER here… and they’ll know how to properly
document everything. Don’t be scared, Arianna… you’re safe
here.”
I smiled faintly and only followed her
inside, thinking all the while that I should’ve been safe in my own
home with my family, but that wasn’t safe, so why should I think of
a strange hospital as safe. I had to give them credit, the ER
people did a lot of double takes at my face, or more so at
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