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Chapter 10 - I Don't Know

Chapter 10 – I Don’t Know

Jessica’s POV

I awake to find myself on a bed but not my own I try to turn my head to the side but the pain is just too much for me to handle so I stop trying to move, my vision still blurry I can’t see where I am but I know I’m not in my room.

I here footsteps coming towards me I start panicking my heart rate going mad and can’t move because I’m in so much pain I pray that it isn’t Matt. As the blurred figure steps next to my weak body I recognize the smell of her perfume its Paige, josh’s girlfriend. “Paige?” I whisper “is that you?” with a few seconds of silence she finally replies “Yes its Paige… you’re going to be okay jess?” I feel a damp cloth stroke my open wounds on my face I let out a wine from the pain of my wounds being cleaned. “Where am I?” I question Paige….  “You’re in Josh’s room.” she replies with a whisper. I close my eyes only to get flash backs of what matt had done to me tears start to pour down my face. “Don’t cry” Paige says as she strokes my cheek “you’re safe, I’m not going to let him hurt you again”

“Promise?” I say trying to hold back the tears

“I Promise” she replies back to me, causing me to smile silently but not believing her words. If matt could do this to his own sister he would have no problem doing it to someone he didn’t know.

“Let’s get you to your room before Matt comes back” Paige says as she tries to carry me off the bed.

“Wait Matt isn’t here?” I question her silently confused from my head smashing of the wall and floor.

“When I got here to meet josh the house was empty so I made my way up the stairs to see if josh was just sleeping, that’s when I saw you lying unconscious so I brought you in here to try and clean you up before josh got back” She replies back to me but I don’t take most of what she just said in. I think I might be in shock.

“I’m going to get you out of here jess, I’m not going to let him do that to you again he will kill you next time” Paige says sounding like she was going to burst out crying.

I take a deep breath and stare at Paige “How did you know matt was the one who did this to me?”

She also takes a deep breath exhaling while replying to my question “Josh has told me what he’s like and that he can’t control himself after drinking”

I stay silent after Paige’s I just don’t know what’s going to happen I want to get away but at the same time I don’t want anyone to get hurt I guess I was okay with him beating me because that meant he wouldn’t hurt josh or my mom but I just didn’t want Paige or Justin getting hurt while they try and help me escape. I know for a fact that he would kill Justin so I can’t take that risk. But, at the same time I don’t want to lie to Justin and make out like I’m okay when clearly I’m not.

As I’m thinking about my future, or if I’m going to have a future my body is dropped to my knees “owe” I shout out “sorry” Paige apologizes “I’m just trying to get you to your room”.

Paige helps me back on my feet and I try to walk a few steps not feeling much pain from my legs and having help from Paige I slowly make my way into my room passing a pool of blood I had been lying in before Paige found me.

Paige sits me slowly on my bed and then sits next to me putting her arm around my shoulder “are you going to be okay?” Paige asks concerned “Yeah I’ll be fine…. Don’t worry about me” I replied not believing what I just said but hoping Paige will believe my words. Before she can open her mouth to reply to my response we hear the front door open and slam shut. I look straight into Paige’s eyes “You need to hide… Matt will kill you if he knows you’re here” I whisper to her as my voice cracks from the lump in my throat that’s holding my built up emotion. Paige doesn’t move, she just looks at me and holds my hand “I’m not leaving you with him” Paige replies her voice sounding nervous.

We here footsteps head into joshes room and then the noise from the footsteps get closer to my door both our palms start to get sweaty and I start shaking I shut my eyes tight and brace myself for a fight.

The door opens slowly making the hinges of the door squeak I open my eyes to see Paige run toward josh I take a deep breath feeling happy and relieved that it wasn’t Matt. I look to josh and smile silently to see josh’s face turn into shock and anger at my face. “Did he do this to you?” before I can reply Paige is telling josh everything leaving me to just sit there and zone out into space.

I come back into reality when josh has my face cupped into his hands with a single tear rolling down his face. “I’m okay” I whisper to josh as he pulls me into his chest wrapping my weak and beaten body in his arms.

Josh stands and walks towards Paige whispering into her ear I couldn’t hear what he was saying a few seconds later Paige walks towards me she kneels in front of me, holding my hands in hers “I’ll see you later okay” she kisses my forehead and stands back onto her feet walking out of my room I’m still sitting on my bed I hear the front door open and close. Paige had left, josh must have told her to go before Matt gets back. Josh looked at me “do you want anything to eat?”

“No I’m not hungry” I replied… All I wanted to do was sleep, but I knew if I did my dreams would be the only thing that would stop me from sleeping. I didn’t want to feel so scared in my own home I wanted to be free to come and go as I pleased go out like a normal person without the fear of getting beaten each time I did something even as little as looking at him wrong.

“I just want to sleep” I said to josh

“Okay well I’ll be in my room if you need anything okay?” josh replied softly waiting for me to reply to his okay “Yeah okay thanks josh….” I gave him a small smile; Josh gave me one last smile before exciting my room and closing it behind him.