FATHER ALWAYS SMILING

Chapter 39 ~~~~~

Fuck. He didn't expect that.

Nick had his share of fights, and knew how to take down those through intimidation, a few solid punches or just having to grab hold and squeeze the life out of something smaller until they just gave in. But this girl was different.

Every single time he tried to grab the bitch she'd just weave out of the way, surprising her with a strong kick to the stomach was out of the question as she seemed to be expecting it. The way she was constantly shifting her feet, practically bouncing, adrenaline pumping as she kept her arms slightly raised, not as fists, but open and ready to grab if need be.

The look in those mismatched eyes looked at him with anger and determination, a kind Nick hadn't seen in someone so young. Like this girl had seen some shit and was waiting to beat the shit out of someone.

And before he could act, she did, moving in close and going for an uppercut, only to realize too late when he dodged it moving back, that she had taken another step forward and punched him right in the face, the sound of cartilage in his nose snapping and popping from impact. As thin as this bitch was, she could pack a punch.

Blood leaking from his nose as she then kept going, hitting him again, this time hitting him in the stomach, but he managed to grab hold of her, pushing her back before attempting to backhand her, only for the girl to lift her arm and to block it, wrap her arm around his and sweep her feet causing him to lose his balance and fall to the floor. But what she didn't expect, was that the moment he had, he rolled, taking her with him until she was the one pinned beneath him.

"You'd think I'd let you keep hitting me like that?" he said as she struggled, kneeing him repeatedly in the back but he didn't move. Instead, he responded by wrapping his hands around her throat and began to squeeze. Nick had the fullest intention to squeeze the life out of her, but such thoughts were short-lived when she gabbed her thumb into his eye. He screamed and grabbed her arm with one hand and slammed her head into the floor with the other.

"You fucking bitch!" he roared. "Where the fuck you get off, huh? Where the fuck you think that'll save you!?"

To his shock, the girl laughed, a cold bitter one as she looked him dead in the eye with her mismatched gaze. "Would you kindly piss off and die?"

With grounded teeth, he gripped her arm, during the fight he noticed how she had been using her right less than her left. Meaning there was an injury that caused it, as it quivered, peaking out of the sleeve he saw a bandage, and when he pulled back the sleeve he realized what it must have been. After all, he had heard on the news that some chick lost a chunk of flesh from her arm, who would have thought it was the girl that he had pinned underneath him. In response, he gripped the part of her arm, and with a twisted grin, he told her. "You deserve this."

Before tearing off the graph to her arm.

Elain screamed, a high visceral scream from the sheer force that Nick used, blood pouring from a now open wound as the man seemed to take a great amount of enjoyment in her pain, but even still, she clawed at him with all that she had, telling herself over and over again that she couldn't let herself fall unconscious. If she did, then he'd go after Amalie, she needed to stay awake, needed to keep him back just a bit longer so Amalie could get out—

Only for the man to then kick her in the chest, causing her to lose what air she had in her lungs as everything around her began to grow dark. No... Amie...

Nick then stood when the girl had gone limp before kicking her one more time for good measure. Fucking bitch.

He wanted to keep hitting her, bash the teen's skull in, and more, but he wasted enough time already. This woman wasn't his target. He then left the classroom without so much as a glance at the unconscious bleeding woman as he ran through the halls.

She couldn't have gotten far, after all, he made sure the doors were locked from the inside, making it impossible to open for anyone without a master key. A key that Nick just so happened to have, he almost expected to find the girl at one of the few main doors to lead outside, but to his surprise that wasn't where she was.

Amalie was in another classroom leading to the parking lot trying to climb out the window after using scissors to cut through the screen.

The girl was clever, he'd give her that. Shame that he was faster, and grabbed her by yanking her arm and hoisting her up by the scruff of her neck. She made a high-pitched gasp, reaching for his hand trying to get her neck free. It did nothing but annoy him as he made short work to the one place he knew she would never come back out of.

Alive, at least.

He dragged her down the stairs to the vast expanse of the basement, closing the door and locking it so she couldn't escape even if she reached it as she struggled relentlessly in his hold, the little bitch wouldn't sit still!

Not that it mattered she couldn't—

She bit him again as she let out a feral scream, but this time when she did so, she bit as hard as she could into his forearm. Those tiny teeth pierced his flesh like he was being bitten by a wild animal and not a human being. What the fuck was wrong with this kid's teeth?!

How could they be so sharp? And these were still baby teeth!

Before he could pry her face off his arm, she kicked him, repeatedly with her feet landing square between his legs causing him to gasp as she kicked him again in the stomach, dropping her as she tumbled out of his old onto the grimy concrete floor, she scrambled up as he remained prone where he was, that was the second time he had been kicked there. Fuck!

Amalie took the chance and ran, further into the school's basement. Probably thinking she could get out some other way. Just like all the others had. Only there would be no escape, especially for her, he'd take his time and show her what he thought of her all this time.

Nick found himself smiling at the prospect of that, of what her expressions would be when he'd catch her.

And now, after all that.

She would finally be his.

And there wasn't a damned thing anyone could do to stop it.

Completely unaware that someone else had now entered the school and was now peering down at the unconscious bleeding teenager.