Chapter 9:
Kay-Kay POV:
Okay so maybe I lied before...well I did lie. They do hurt me, more than emotionally...physically... Okay yes they do hit me.
This Morning:
I wake up early as usual and quickly start on breakfast. It needs to be still hot and ready when they come down to eat. I make whole wheat pancakes, scrambled egg whites with fresh grapefruit.
I hear them come down, as soon as I set the plates on the table. I rush upstairs not making eye contact. I get ready and I'm about to rush out the door, when my 'father' snatches me back my wrists, then pushes me against the wall like a criminal. Holding my wrists behind me.
"Where you off to so fast? In rush to go hoeing?"He says gripping me tightly, he slams me against the wall. Rita just watches.
"No, I'm just going to school!"I say.
"Who the fuck you yelling at?!"He screams, squeezing my wrists harder, slamming me again. My head hits the door hard. Tears start to run down my cheeks.
School, Present Time:
The bell rings and the teacher starts to take attendance. But I keep thinking about this morning. It was so different. Then I realize it's the tenth anniversary of her death.
I can't shake it this time. I feel myself start to hyperventilate. I start to tear up. I get out of my seat and start to run to the door.
"Kay-Kay?"Mrs. Johnson says, confused. I shake my head and run out the classroom.
I have to get away. I have to make it stop. I don't know what to do. I keep running down the hall until I bump into someone.
"Kaelyn?"Tay asks. I breakdown fully. I start to sob in his chest. He wraps his arms around me.
"It's my fault! It's all my fault! She would still be here...but it's my fault."I say into his shirt.
"Who? Who, Kay-Kay?"
"My sister! Dri-Dri, I'm sorry!"I say, sitting on the floor. After a good twenty minutes, I calm down. I hear Tay humming softly, with his arms around me, it comforts me.
"Wanna tell me what happened?"He says, softly. I purse my lips and take a deep breath, as I start to tell him what happened.
Tay POV:
I listen closely to her as she tells me her story. I sit in horror as she tells me what happened to her sister. I grind my teeth as she tells me what her parents have been doing for the past ten years.
I grind my teeth and clench my fists. How could anybody do that? What is wrong with her fucking family. I sigh and lean my head back on the locker with her sitting between my legs.
Later:
Angel POV:
I'm sitting here waiting for Luca at the playground so we can walk home together. But he is taking forever and it's too cold fa all that. I start drawing, when I see someone walking up to me, the guards stop him.
"Oh don't worry, I'm her grandfather."The man says. What...
"Hi, sweetheart. I'm your grandpa."He says.
"Ummm I don't talk to strangers. And you're the guy from earlier."
"You're right, but I'm not a stranger..."
"Ummm to me you are...Jr, Mateo...umm can you..."I say trailing.
"Alright sir, you gotta go."Mateo says.
"You'll see me again, Angel."He says, walking away. I shiver feeling weird.
