Laurence looks up and starts to get up.
Cadenza is running down the hallway I'm guessing to get mom and dad.
The last thing I see is Laurence running to the window as I'm being carried away through the yard.

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I open my eyes to find myself on a dirty mattress.
Kyle is sleeping by my side.
I smile.
Despite the situation I'm back.
Back with my family.
If only mom were here...

It's almost the same.
But-
I had a new life!
And i need to get back.

I study Kyle's appearance.
His hair has grown out quite long. It's dangling past his ears.
I assume fathers had him for a while.
He looks pretty bad.
He has small bruises and cuts everywhere.
He is very dirty and has a small puddle of dried up blood on his face.

I feel so bad for him..
He doesn't need to go through this.
I would let father torture me for the rest of my life it it meant Kyle was safe.

I scurry around in the dark trying to scan my surroundings.
The room is very dimly lit, so I can only see about three feet ahead of me.

I crawl back onto the mattress and try to think.

'Where would father take us? Back home? Another hideaway of his?'

I try to stand up but I have to Imediatly sit back down.
My back still hurts, and I figure I should try and rest a bit before trying to figure things out.
It's been a rough day...

I lay down and close my eyes for a bit.

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I wake up to loud yelling.
I open my eyes just enough to see Kyle's face, but trying to still appear as if I am sleeping.

Everything is still a bit slow and I feel dazed.

He is looking at something and yelling at it.
I'm not sure at who or what though..

I decided to peek at whoever Kyle was yelling at. It was some lady that I've never seen before.

"IF YOU ACTUALLY WERE A DECENT PERSON YOU WOULDN'T LET HIM DO THIS! YOU WOULD TELL HIM TO STOP! BUT NO, YOU ARE LETTING HIM DO THIS! TO ME! TO MY SISTER! YOU WITCH!!" He screams at her.

I open my eyes all the way to see how she looked.

She has brunette hair that is pretty dirty, a dark completion, Probably a mocha colored skin tone. Her face is very soft but she is dirty, with a little cut on her nose.

"I want to help you guys but I can't! You know that Kyle... I'm sorry..." she tells him. She wasn't yelling at all. Her voice was soft and shakey.

"YOU COULD AT LEAST SAY SOMETHING TO MY FATHER! HE- He needs to stop... it's not fair for us.. we-"
Kyle slowly let's his voice simmer down as he starts to cry.

I start to sit up and the lady looks at me. She looks scared, guilty, and upset.

I look back at Kyle who had stopped crying, or tried to, when he saw me sit up.

"Y/n I-"

I shake my head no, and he gets the point.
He looks down at the mattress for a moment and then back at me.
I look over at the lady. She is staring at us with weary eyes.

"Who are you?" I ask her. I have never seen her before in my life, and I wasn't about to let some stranger hurt me. I know father, but a stranger hurting me? NOT ok.

She seems startled by my voice. I understand though. It was scratchy and cracked a lot. It's been like that for a while, but it's way better than how it was at the hospital.

"I am Divana. I am your father's girlfriend." She sighs. She sends me a soft, small, sad smile.

I nod at her and look back to Kyle.
"Why is she here?" I question him.

"She would feed me and stuff when father would go out to search for you." He explained. His voice was sad and hurt.

I nod back at him and look at the mattress.
"Why are you dating a monster?" I blurted out after a few moments of silence.

Sorry for the short chapter guys! I slowly writing whenever I feel motivated too! Anyways,
This is what happens when you are a night owl and can't/hate going to sleep. You get bored and end up posting a chapter at 5:00 am without sleeping 1 drop of sleep.

what am I even saying? 1 drop of sleep, I swear. that makes non sence.