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and took in her pale complexion.
What had he done to her?
I marched up to her, wanting her to know that there were options and she didn’t need to live this way, but she brushed past me as if I didn’t exist. I grabbed her hand.
“Let go of me,” she whispered in a voice so soft, as if she was unable to speak.
“Michelle?” I wondered if it was another girl with dull blue eyes that was standing in front of me.
“Let go of me,” she repeated, and then I was completely lost. I didn’t know what to do. I wasn’t going to let go of her. Not today. Not ever, and she knew that.
Her eyes gazed on the floor as if I wasn’t standing in front of her.
Then she spoke, with confidence, and said something that I never expected to hear from her lips.
“I am a whore. I need Satan’s demons to leave me. They come when you are near. Please let go.” I dropped her arm. I didn’t know what had happened. Had her dad brainwashed her somehow?
Everyone was staring, but I didn’t care. Something had happened and she needed to wake up from this nightmare coma that she was living in.
With both hands I held on to her, trying to reassure her that it was all going to be okay.
She undid the buttons on her cloak and there, in front of everyone in the dining room, she dropped her cloak. Her body had the markings of the signs of the cross on her breast, her stomach and her legs. She was naked underneath her cloak and I gathered it and wrapped it around her body as she started to cry.
Mrs. Turner rushed to her rescue and told me to let go off her. I protested, saying that she had to get out of here and that her dad was abusing her.
Michelle shouted, “He never did it. I did it to myself, because I’m a whore.”
No one spoke; it was as if everyone in the dining hall had disappeared. Everyone was in shock as Mrs. Turner covered her with the cloak. They watched as Michelle left the hall and Faith spat at me as she left.
Was this really all my fault?
Was I really the bad guy?
Dwight came up to me and said, “Please just leave her alone.”
I left the dining hall, unable to eat. The love of my life had turned into a former shadow of herself and as I hit the men’s restroom, I slumped to the floor and I started to cry.
Chapter Nineteen
Michelle
After what happened in the dining hall, I had been excused from church. Mom stopped going to choir practice and, apart from going to school, I had no contact with the outside world. I had been stealing one dollar from her purse every couple of days. It was just a matter of time for her to notice and I had even told Faith about my plans. She had an allowance from her parents and she said that she would help me escape.
She had become a real best friend. I used to hang out with both her and Harmony just because they were considered decent girls that I was allowed to interact with, but after I went back to school, they welcomed me with open arms.
The irony of it all was, even a couple of the cheerleaders started to be nice to me. It was as if the whole school didn’t mock me for what had happened; they surrounded me with love and kindness, something that I’d never had the whole time I had lived in this Stowe Peak.
Real friends.
People that cared.
I knew that going to stay with Grandma wasn’t an option. Even she was scared of Dad. Heck everyone was and the best way to be free from him was to disappear.
“Faith told me what’s going on. I can give you around ten bucks per week,” Harmony held on to my hand to reassure me that she was going to help me.
“I can’t believe you need to go,” Faith interjected. They were picking on their fries as if they had lost their appetite along with me.
I knew I was pregnant and needed to keep my strength up, but I was in a dark place. The only light that would shine through would be leaving town. I had to get as far away from here as possible, and I had to believe that otherwise I had no hope.
My life would
What had he done to her?
I marched up to her, wanting her to know that there were options and she didn’t need to live this way, but she brushed past me as if I didn’t exist. I grabbed her hand.
“Let go of me,” she whispered in a voice so soft, as if she was unable to speak.
“Michelle?” I wondered if it was another girl with dull blue eyes that was standing in front of me.
“Let go of me,” she repeated, and then I was completely lost. I didn’t know what to do. I wasn’t going to let go of her. Not today. Not ever, and she knew that.
Her eyes gazed on the floor as if I wasn’t standing in front of her.
Then she spoke, with confidence, and said something that I never expected to hear from her lips.
“I am a whore. I need Satan’s demons to leave me. They come when you are near. Please let go.” I dropped her arm. I didn’t know what had happened. Had her dad brainwashed her somehow?
Everyone was staring, but I didn’t care. Something had happened and she needed to wake up from this nightmare coma that she was living in.
With both hands I held on to her, trying to reassure her that it was all going to be okay.
She undid the buttons on her cloak and there, in front of everyone in the dining room, she dropped her cloak. Her body had the markings of the signs of the cross on her breast, her stomach and her legs. She was naked underneath her cloak and I gathered it and wrapped it around her body as she started to cry.
Mrs. Turner rushed to her rescue and told me to let go off her. I protested, saying that she had to get out of here and that her dad was abusing her.
Michelle shouted, “He never did it. I did it to myself, because I’m a whore.”
No one spoke; it was as if everyone in the dining hall had disappeared. Everyone was in shock as Mrs. Turner covered her with the cloak. They watched as Michelle left the hall and Faith spat at me as she left.
Was this really all my fault?
Was I really the bad guy?
Dwight came up to me and said, “Please just leave her alone.”
I left the dining hall, unable to eat. The love of my life had turned into a former shadow of herself and as I hit the men’s restroom, I slumped to the floor and I started to cry.
Chapter Nineteen
Michelle
After what happened in the dining hall, I had been excused from church. Mom stopped going to choir practice and, apart from going to school, I had no contact with the outside world. I had been stealing one dollar from her purse every couple of days. It was just a matter of time for her to notice and I had even told Faith about my plans. She had an allowance from her parents and she said that she would help me escape.
She had become a real best friend. I used to hang out with both her and Harmony just because they were considered decent girls that I was allowed to interact with, but after I went back to school, they welcomed me with open arms.
The irony of it all was, even a couple of the cheerleaders started to be nice to me. It was as if the whole school didn’t mock me for what had happened; they surrounded me with love and kindness, something that I’d never had the whole time I had lived in this Stowe Peak.
Real friends.
People that cared.
I knew that going to stay with Grandma wasn’t an option. Even she was scared of Dad. Heck everyone was and the best way to be free from him was to disappear.
“Faith told me what’s going on. I can give you around ten bucks per week,” Harmony held on to my hand to reassure me that she was going to help me.
“I can’t believe you need to go,” Faith interjected. They were picking on their fries as if they had lost their appetite along with me.
I knew I was pregnant and needed to keep my strength up, but I was in a dark place. The only light that would shine through would be leaving town. I had to get as far away from here as possible, and I had to believe that otherwise I had no hope.
My life would
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