Forbidden Love

chapter forty nine

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"You can't hide from me any longer! I found you now!" Tobias's dad exclaimed, releasing a nasty laughter.

Tobias tightened his grip on my arm, almost cutting off my blood flow by how tight it was, as he lead me down some shady alley. I didn't bother to ask him where we were going. I wanted to get away from his father as fast as I could too. The stories I heard about him made me angry. I wanted him to suffer. Hearing what Tobias went through and how he was still continuing to push through his life continued to amaze me. I looked up at him and I could see his face resembling a stone, hard and stiff. I could see no movement, not even his usual clenching of his jaw when he was angry. I could feel my heart beating out of my chest. This was bad, really bad.

"Tobias," I softly said.

He looked down at me, his eyes distant. For a second I could see the Tobias I fell in love with by the way he was looking me; full of curiosity and love. But it quickly went away as he snapped his eyes up, picking up his pace. Was this some shortcut to his car?

"You can't keep dodging me son," Tobias's dad yelled, his voice becoming more clearer.

I turned my head, wondering how I could hear it so clearly. This was a mistake. I saw him just inches a away from me, his face displaying one emotion: anger. I screamed as I felt myself being ripped away from Tobias's arms and snatched into his fathers. Tobias stopped walking at once and I could see I swear I saw flames flash through his eyes.

"Ah, so the only way I could get your attention is by taking your little girlfriend," he chuckled, his filthy, meaty face blubbering. "This will be fun."

"Let her go," I heard him say calmly. I wanted to scream. Of all the times he was angry he chose now to remain calm? I fought to get out of his grasp to only feel a rough slap against my cheek.

"Hey!" Tobias growled, stepping in front of him. "Don't fucking touch her! I will kill you if you hurt her."

I expected to hear a dry laugh come from his father, but instead I felt my arm be released from his grasp.

"It isn't so nice, is it? Knowing that the one you love got hurt?" Tobias's father seethed, spitting in Tobias's face. "Only mines died. I think that's a pretty fair price to repay."

I felt him turn around to come after me until Tobias stepped in front of him. "It wasn't my fault she died! You guys are both fucking crackheads-"

I saw Tobias's father punch Tobias across his cheek, making me wince. Tobias held onto his sore check. He spat on the fresh plush of snow. It was no longer white and pure, instead I saw a little pool of blood and silva stain the clean snow. He looked back up at his father, but he was no longer looking at him without anger. Instead, I saw something flash through his eyes I never seen before; fear.

He hung his head low in front of his father as if he was a little boy again being scolded for not washing the dishes fast enough. My heart ached to console him, to bring him back to reality, something. Instead I stood back, too scared to move, and watched as father and son interact many years later

"It was your fault she died," Tobias's father growled, his meaty face red as he began to talk in Tobias's face. "Say it!"

Tobias mumbled something underneath his breath and his father struck his face again. "Speak up when I'm talking to you!"