Broken
Chapter two:
The girl I'm currently dancing with looks so happy, her eyes gleaming with joy. Until I feel her slump onto me and onto the floor. I can't just leave her here, knowing some guy might take advantage of her. Her small body limps in my arms and I bring her out to my car, carefully laying her in my backseat. She seems familiar but I can't put a name to her face. Fortunately there is no traffic on the way back to my flat. As soon as she lies on the bed her eyes snap open and she starts screaming and kicking at me. I back away from her "I'm not going to hurt you...my names Liam" Her blue eyes fill with tears and her small hands tremble.
"What's wrong"? I ask worried, stepping closer. "I just want to go home" She sobs. "I can drive you home if you want". She shakes her head and cries harder. "I... I need to go to the police" She says. "Whoa, I didn't touch you".
"I know you didn't but someone else did" She mumbles quietly. "My names Amanda Koross" The girl sitting on my bed says. Then I know who she is. She was kidnapped two years ago I think... I remember seeing her pictures everywhere I went, feeling bad for the family desperate to find their daughter. "Can you drive me to Liverpool, I know it's a lot to ask but I miss my family so much" She begs. "Of course, but as soon as we get there we need to go to the police" I smile.
We go out to my car and I help her buckle her seatbelt. She smiles gratefully at me and lays back. "Are you a serial killer"? Amanda looks at me. "No" I chuckle. We make small talk and I crack a couple of jokes, causing her to burst into giggles and gasping for air. "So, Liam tell me about yourself" She turns around a little in her seat to look at me.
"Well I've spent most of my life here in Wolver Hampton, I'm in school now but it's the break so I go back into a couple months, my family lives in another part though, don't really see them a lot" I say babbling on. "Your the only person I've talked to besides...never mind I don't want to talk about it" Amanda looks out the window.
What am I supposed to say?
Instead of saying anything I reach over and grab her hand. She flinches at my touch and then relaxes as I draw circles on her skin with my thumb. For a while its silent and then she squeezes my hand. I glance over at her "Yes"? "I had a boyfriend" she states. "Oh really"? "Yeah" Amanda says. "Was he a good boyfriend"? I ask her. "Not really... do you have a girlfriend. Your so nice" She plays with her hair. "No I don't have a girlfriend, I did though, she wasn't for me". A sigh falls from my mouth at the thought of her.
To be truthful, she was for me. But I wasn't for her.
"Were in Liverpool" I let her know. A huge smile forms on her face and she looks out the window. "I missed it so much... Oh I should tell you the directions now" She blushes and watches the road. After a half hour of her adorable voice telling me where to go. We arrive at a medium sized house. "Can you come"? She asks before getting out. "Of course" I smile from ear to ear and walk with her to the front door. She knocks a couple times and then and old lady answers the door. Amanda looks completely confused "Is the Koross family home"? "They moved out couple months ago... what a shame. Their daughter was killed" Then she shuts the door.
I can see her body shaking slightly and I pull her into a hug. "How am I going to find them"? My t-shirt gets soaked from her tears but I let her cry. "C'mon lets go back in the car" I put my hand on the small of her back and lead her to my car. "Where are we going to sleep, Liam"? She asks when we get back in the car. "That I do not know" I sigh in defeat.
"Are we supposed to sleep in your car"? She asks, a smile forming on her pink lips. "Yes, I suppose so, we can find a parking lot and stay there for the night" I think. Once I find a vacant lot I pull in and stop the car. "So do we just sleep here"? "I have blankets in the back, I might have a sweatshirt for you too" I get out and search through my trunk finding what I needed. Amanda gladly put the big sweatshirt on and folds her thin sweater on the floor. "What did he do to you"? I ask quietly.
She takes a deep breath "Every night it was something different... raping me, beating me up... I never had the strength to fight back. Every single time he talked to me or touched me I wanted to die. When he left that door unlocked today I just left...I'm glad I went into the club too" She blushes and continues "Honestly if you didn't bring me back to your place he would have killed me" Amanda rolls onto her stomach. "I'm sorry" I mumble. "Don't be... you had no control over what happened to me" Her eyes seem to darken with sadness. "Tomorrow we'll go to the police and you'll have justice" I comfort her. She sits up and I watch her climb over the gear shift and squeeze in next to me "I'm scared". "I won't let anyone hurt you, I'm going to keep you safe" I wrap my arms around her. "Promise" Her voice comes out as a whisper. "Promise" I stick my pinky finger out and she laces hers with mine. She rests her head on my chest and my eyes shut tight. I like her.
"What's wrong"? I ask worried, stepping closer. "I just want to go home" She sobs. "I can drive you home if you want". She shakes her head and cries harder. "I... I need to go to the police" She says. "Whoa, I didn't touch you".
"I know you didn't but someone else did" She mumbles quietly. "My names Amanda Koross" The girl sitting on my bed says. Then I know who she is. She was kidnapped two years ago I think... I remember seeing her pictures everywhere I went, feeling bad for the family desperate to find their daughter. "Can you drive me to Liverpool, I know it's a lot to ask but I miss my family so much" She begs. "Of course, but as soon as we get there we need to go to the police" I smile.
We go out to my car and I help her buckle her seatbelt. She smiles gratefully at me and lays back. "Are you a serial killer"? Amanda looks at me. "No" I chuckle. We make small talk and I crack a couple of jokes, causing her to burst into giggles and gasping for air. "So, Liam tell me about yourself" She turns around a little in her seat to look at me.
"Well I've spent most of my life here in Wolver Hampton, I'm in school now but it's the break so I go back into a couple months, my family lives in another part though, don't really see them a lot" I say babbling on. "Your the only person I've talked to besides...never mind I don't want to talk about it" Amanda looks out the window.
What am I supposed to say?
Instead of saying anything I reach over and grab her hand. She flinches at my touch and then relaxes as I draw circles on her skin with my thumb. For a while its silent and then she squeezes my hand. I glance over at her "Yes"? "I had a boyfriend" she states. "Oh really"? "Yeah" Amanda says. "Was he a good boyfriend"? I ask her. "Not really... do you have a girlfriend. Your so nice" She plays with her hair. "No I don't have a girlfriend, I did though, she wasn't for me". A sigh falls from my mouth at the thought of her.
To be truthful, she was for me. But I wasn't for her.
"Were in Liverpool" I let her know. A huge smile forms on her face and she looks out the window. "I missed it so much... Oh I should tell you the directions now" She blushes and watches the road. After a half hour of her adorable voice telling me where to go. We arrive at a medium sized house. "Can you come"? She asks before getting out. "Of course" I smile from ear to ear and walk with her to the front door. She knocks a couple times and then and old lady answers the door. Amanda looks completely confused "Is the Koross family home"? "They moved out couple months ago... what a shame. Their daughter was killed" Then she shuts the door.
I can see her body shaking slightly and I pull her into a hug. "How am I going to find them"? My t-shirt gets soaked from her tears but I let her cry. "C'mon lets go back in the car" I put my hand on the small of her back and lead her to my car. "Where are we going to sleep, Liam"? She asks when we get back in the car. "That I do not know" I sigh in defeat.
"Are we supposed to sleep in your car"? She asks, a smile forming on her pink lips. "Yes, I suppose so, we can find a parking lot and stay there for the night" I think. Once I find a vacant lot I pull in and stop the car. "So do we just sleep here"? "I have blankets in the back, I might have a sweatshirt for you too" I get out and search through my trunk finding what I needed. Amanda gladly put the big sweatshirt on and folds her thin sweater on the floor. "What did he do to you"? I ask quietly.
She takes a deep breath "Every night it was something different... raping me, beating me up... I never had the strength to fight back. Every single time he talked to me or touched me I wanted to die. When he left that door unlocked today I just left...I'm glad I went into the club too" She blushes and continues "Honestly if you didn't bring me back to your place he would have killed me" Amanda rolls onto her stomach. "I'm sorry" I mumble. "Don't be... you had no control over what happened to me" Her eyes seem to darken with sadness. "Tomorrow we'll go to the police and you'll have justice" I comfort her. She sits up and I watch her climb over the gear shift and squeeze in next to me "I'm scared". "I won't let anyone hurt you, I'm going to keep you safe" I wrap my arms around her. "Promise" Her voice comes out as a whisper. "Promise" I stick my pinky finger out and she laces hers with mine. She rests her head on my chest and my eyes shut tight. I like her.
THANKS BABE
8/28/13