For Saving Me

•12• Beatings

I opened the door knowing I'm about to get an earful.

"Where is she?" I heard someone yell and then a scream.

"Stop!" Lydia's voice cried

I ran into the living room and saw Lydia on the floor with my dad standing over her.

"Dad!" I screamed
"What are you doing? Stop it" I yelled

"You" He gritted and stomped towards me.

"Don't you dare!"
"Leave her alone!" Lydia screamed

"Shut up" he yelled and walked over punching her in the head and knocking her out.

I covered my mouth as tears gathered in my eyes and I backed away and ran into the kitchen.

"Running won't save you my darling," my dad's voice said

I stayed silent and grabbed a glass to throw at him.

He barged in and looked at me.

"Leave me alone"

"Closing night you came home way too late, did you send a Gang after your mother?" He growled

"What no! Dad your ptsd is acting up" I said and moved around the island as he circled me.

"I know what you did don't blame it on my PTSD" he yelled and lunged at me.

I screamed and threw the glass at him it caught him off guard I took the chance to run into the living room again.

I ran over to Lydia to try to wake her.

"Lydia"

"You're too late!" My dad whispered in my ear.

I screamed bloody murder as he yanked me off of her and through me towards the stairs.

I tried to catch myself only resulting in breaking my wrist it felt like.

I scream as tears flooded my cheeks.

"You'll pay for her death for the rest of your miserable life"

I curled in a ball there was nothing I could do.

No matter how hard I would try to fight back it'd just make it worse.

"Get up" he demanded

I obeyed seeing no other way to make this pain go away faster.

As soon as I did he slapped me so hard I twisted falling back down on the stairs.

I held in my screams this time.

"Understand nobody will ever love you, whoever does will treat you just like Bryce did" his words cutting me deeper than he ever could.

He kicked me a couple of times and then it went all black.

*•*•*

Groaning I woke up slowly blinking my eyes.

When I finally could see I heard a heart monitor start going up.

Wait heart monitor the beeping.

I'm in a hospital.

That's when the memories came crashing back of the last 24 hours.

"Hey Tatum I'm right here" I heard my sister's voice.

"Lydia!" I croaked out and looked beside me to see her with a black eye.

"Here drink some water," she said and sat me up and handed me the water I grabbed it and noticed a brace on my arm.

"What-"