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Chapter 2

Penulis: Anrose Amillie
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2021-07-04 01:37:03

Alice pulled her clothes from the drawer Joseph had assigned for her. Of the ten drawers he had in the wardrobe and chest set, he'd only managed to clear one... and sparingly.

'There isn't enough room for me here,' she sighed, dropping to her knees and blowing the hair from her face.

The apartment was stylish and sleekly decorated. It was perfect... for Joseph.

Alice felt as though she was constantly in his way. Under his feet and taking up space that should belong to him. Forever using the last of his milk and forgetting to fetch more. He said he didn't mind, but Alice knew he was saying it to be kind. He was her best friend, and he would never make her feel unwelcome, as much of a burden as she was.

Joseph’s apartment was beautiful, but it didn't feel like home.

'I miss my family,' she realised. Somehow, despite all his flaws, she still missed her little brother. Not that she would ever admit as much to Adam or anybody else. He was an awful little brat, and his recent actions were abhorrent, but he was still family.

Her mother hadn't spoken to her since she'd tried to correct Jamie's version of 'the truth.' His story was Adam, Ste and the others tortured him, and when Ste fell in love with him, he went off the deep end and offered to kill Adam for him. Ste even went along with this messed up tale until Joseph talked seven pounds of sense into the boy. In the end, Ste had still taken the blame, saying it was a fight that got out of hand, but it wasn't good enough for her brother. Jamie wanted his version of the truth to be accepted. He wanted to be the victim. He wanted the world to believe Ste loved him enough to kill for him.

And it wasn't just her family she missed. Her home, her bedroom, and more specifically her air-sprung mattress were calling out to her. Sleeping on the sofa was okay for a few nights, but the pains in her back and neck were really starting to get her down.

She pulled her suitcase from under josephs bed, packed her meagre belongings inside and texted him at work, letting him know she was going to return home.

Pulling the suitcase down the streets wasn't difficult exactly, just cumbersome. Every so often it would hit a rock and spin off-kilter, almost twisting her wrist. By the time she made it to her front door little blisters were beginning to form on her palm. Still, it felt good to be home among the familiar smells and sights. Ylang-ylang scented washing hanging out in the evening and the neighbours recycling bin overstuffed with empty wine bottles.

She didn't knock. It wasn't appropriate to knock on your own house. The clattering of little plastic wheels over the kitchen tiles soon alerted her Mum and Jamie to her presence. They practically flew down the stairs, eyes wide in fear.

"Oh, Alice," Mum gasped. "You could have announced yourself. We thought you were—"

Mum shook her head.

"Oh." Her mum looked down and narrowed her eyes, registering the suitcase. "I take it you are ready to apologise to your brother?"

Alice bit her tongue, closed her eyes, and took a deep breath. When she opened her eyes, looking at Jamie, she nodded.

"Can we do this in private, please?" she asked him.

He nodded. She could tell by the look in his eyes he understood why. There wasn't going to be an apology. It would be a discussion. An agreement to put the past behind them and find a way to coexist. 

"Okay," Mum said. "I have all night shift, so I'll speak to you tomorrow."

She kissed Jamie on the forehead before leaving, giving Alice nothing but a sour look.

Alone with her brother, Alice felt free to say what she had to say, but she still had to keep her wits about her. Getting his back up and causing an argument wouldn't end in her favour, since their mother always took his side without fail. He was the golden child: her little angel.

She had to force herself to remain calm as he took a seat, folded his legs and looked at her as if she was actually there to grovel to him.

"Look," she said, taking the sofa opposite. "We both know what happened. This is stupid. You don't honestly expect me to say sorry for something I didn't do, right?"

He made a scoffing sound as he shook his head. "You're having a relationship with the guy who bullied me and made my life a living hell for years and what? You think that isn't very wrong of you?"

"I only met him because I asked him to stop bullying you!" Alice cried. "And it worked, didn't it? Yes, I may have ended up falling for him, but it all started out as a way to help you."

"Hmm." Jamie pursed his lips. "I can't ever forgive him, and I don't think you should either. You should be on my side. Not his."

These words shocked her. Had she honestly expected him to roll over and forgive Adam simply because he'd been kind for the last few weeks of school? Why should he? Especially when Adam only did it to get into his sister’s pants.

"You know... Ste apologised. A lot. He said sorry over and over. But Adam? He never once said he was sorry for all those years of making me wish I was dead. Not one single time. So why should I forgive and forget?"

Jamie turned away from her, folding his arms over his chest. 

'I didn't expect I'd actually feel the need to apologise to him,' Alice thought. Of all the ways she'd imagined this might go, this was not one of them. 

"Jamie, I think we've both done things we regret..." she started to say.

"Have we?" Jamie asked. "All I tried to do was make you see him for what he really is."

"You sent your friend to film him and his friends raping me, Jamie. That's not okay. Why don't you know that's not okay?" she blurted.

"I didn't force him to do that. Yes, I planted the seed in his head, but I didn't make him do it. I had no idea if he would or not. All I knew was... he was going to hurt you and you would finally see him for the evil, dangerous and violent scumbag he is."

Alice hung her head. "He... he didn't do it—"

"Only because Ste wimped out and told him the truth. I know he would have tried to if it hadn't been for Ste because deep down Adam wants excuses to torture people. He's a monster." Jamie said. He stood up from his seat, gesticulating as his voice became more animated. "But I knew you were safe the entire time. I knew for a fact Gary wouldn't have let it happen. The only time Gary ever got angry or violent was when a girl at school was sexually assaulted. He hates that stuff."

Alice felt the tears well up behind her eyes. She knew he was right. Adam would have hurt her. In fact... he did hurt her when he shoved her to the floor and ripped off her clothes. And he did only stop when Gary stepped in to defend her. 

He also humiliated her and treated her like a slave. She couldn't remember a single interaction between them that was gentle or loving.

'So why do I love him?' she wondered. 'Am I broken? Do I like abusive guys?'

"You know I'd never want you to get hurt, don't you?" Jamie asked. "I'm so insulted that you'd think so low of me. All I ever wanted was for you to see the truth about him before he'd poisoned your mind even more."

The disappointment in his voice and eyes shamed her. Head hanging, she stared at the chips in her nail polish, concentrating hard in an attempt to hold back the tears.

"What about Ste?" she asked. At this point, she was pulling at straws—scrambling for the moral high ground.

"Ste?" Jamie asked, his voice becoming so high pitched it was almost breaking. "He thinks sorry is good enough, but it just isn't. He thinks apologising and begging on his knees makes it all better, but it isn't that easy. Nothing he can do will ever make up for how he treated me. What he took from me. I had friends before Ste targeted me. I had a life. I had some semblance of self-confidence. You think I'm cruel to him? You think I'm the bad guy? Hmm. Well, let me tell you a few stories about Ste that might make you see it differently..."

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    Alice sat opposite Jamie as he preened himself in front of a mirror. He moved about the same piece of hair multiple times before deciding it looked better in the first place."Got a date?" she asked.Jamie glanced up from his mirror for a second and nodded. "I didn't think I'd ever get feelings for Ste, but since he rescued me... it's just... different."Alice nodded. She had similar feelings toward Adam. The annoying thing was, he wasn't making any sort of moves on her. If she wanted him, she was going to make it blatantly obvious before he would pick up the hint."I'm glad things are going well for you two," she said, smiling at her brother. It was nice to see him in a happy and healthy relationship.Putting down his mirror, Jamie tutted, sighed, and gave her the saddest smile. "Alice, you're just too nice. I was awful to you, and you're still rooting for me."

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    The pain in Alice's stomach would intensify every so often before tapering off and becoming ignorable for a time. It emitted a grumbling sound, making her blush and apologise.Damien laughed. "I just watched you pee in a bucket. There's no need to worry about a few bodily noises.""You said you weren't looking." Alice narrowed her eyes, giving him an evil stare.Damien laughed and shrugged. "These might be my last hours. I should make the most of them, don't you think?""Okaaay." Alice let out a strained chuckle, unsure what to say to that. If looking at her bum made his last day even a tiny fraction better, she would allow it, as weird and perverted as it seemed to her. "Knock yourself out."Without warning, he took her hand and spun her into his side. Licking his lips, he stared down at her. "Since we have nothing else to do..."Alice pulled away, feeling h

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    Jamie listened to the sounds of their footsteps crunching down the driveway, waiting until they were well out of earshot before moving toward Felix.First, he wandered off into the kitchen and poured some warm water into a bowl. Then he went upstairs to get the first aid kit from under his mother's bed. Their kit was pretty extensive and well-stocked—one of the perks of having a nurse for a mother.Returning to Felix, he paused halfway down the stairs to still his heart. Seeing the way the smaller boy had defeated Adam so completely and utterly was...Jamie smiled to himself.It was... euphoric.The more he learned and remembered about his adversary, the more in awe he became.This guy was a genius who couldn't feel pain. He seemed to feel nothing at all, which made him godlike in Jamie's eyes.After gathering his senses

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    "I don't care what you do to me. I'll never tell you." Felix spat blood into Adam's face and grinned, showing a row of broken and red-smeared teeth. "I'm not like you, Adam."'He's right,'Adam surmised.'I was begging for mercy at this point, and he's not even broken a sweat.'Becoming frustrated, Adam grabbed the hammer. He raised it in a tight fist, gearing it toward Felix's skull before turning and bashing the molars he'd painstakingly extracted.'Good luck reattaching these now.'He smirked to himself, feeling his recently removed teeth with his tongue. They felt different to before, and he couldn't stop pushing his tongue into the gap."How is this not hurting him?" he muttered to Jamie. "I remember it well. It was torture.""One sec," Jamie uttered. His fingers tapped away at his laptop keyboard as his eyes darted about the s

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    When Alice woke up, her arms were numb from having to sleep in an unfamiliar position. She had no idea if it was morning or how much time had passed because of the darkness. It was so thick she could barely see her hand in front of her face.Shivering, she rubbed her arms before feeling about her surroundings in the hope he'd been kind enough to leave a blanket.He hadn't.'No big surprise there,'Alice thought.She was hungry, thirsty, and cold, but most of all, she was afraid. Afraid of slowly dying in this cold and dark tomb.Her heart jumped when she heard a clang in the distance. Could it be Felix returning? And would he feed her or kill her?After a moment she heard footsteps approaching but as she strained her ears, the sound dissipated.'Did I imagine it?'"Felix? Felix

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    When Alice awoke, the first thing she remembered was Riley's words:'This is a great way to get over my ex.'It felt like someone was kicking her in the stomach.Then she remembered Felix and the taser and she really felt sick. She rolled over and tried to move but couldn't. Chains rattled as she struggled, but it was too dark to see her surroundings.Using the sounds and her sense of touch, she eventually figured out her wrists were bound by a metal chain that was wrapped around a metal pole several times. She patted the soft and springy floor beneath her and guessed she'd been placed on a mattress or bedding of some description. it was giving off that sour water smell, as though it had been sitting in the damp for some time.She filled her lungs, preparing to shout, and noticed how cold and damp the air felt in her mouth.'Am I underground?'sh

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    Alice stared into Riley's eyes, unsure what to do.Her body was telling her to rip off her clothes and throw herself at him, but was it what either of them truly wanted? Or were these merely the lust fuelled urges of two people who'd survived a trauma together?She felt his fingers pulled around the bottom of her T-shirt and lifted her arms to let him slip the clothes from her body. Once her shirt was a messy pile at her feet, he reached behind and pinged her bra. Her breasts shifted and bounced out of the cups as they fell forward. Instinctively she raised a hand to cover them as the bra dropped to the floor.Riley chuckled lightly as he pushed her grip away, replacing them with his larger hands. Her nipples became instantly hard as he pinched them between his thumbs and index fingers.She moaned gently as he squeezed and took a step forward, pressing her back up against the wall.&

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