Chapter 66

• It was then I realized that he didn't love my mother but was here to take some sort of revenge. He used to come home drunk and beat me, whip me till I would lose consciousness. He never forced himself upon me saying that I was too pathetic for him. Whenever my mother used to call us, he would sit in front of me hearing every single word coming out of my mouth. I would bite back my tongue just so he won't hurt me again. One day, he told me to bring his car from the garage back home. I was on my way, but I had an accident down the lane. My head was bleeding. There were a few cuts over my body but I was frightened that he would kill me now because the headlights were broken in the crash. He took me home and then beat me with the spade in the backyard. The pain doubled because of it. He kept beating me even when I had lost consciousness. My mother happened to come home early and she found me lying on the floor in a puddle of blood, and him hitting me. I had gone over surgery to remove the glass pieces in my stomach when he had pushed me. I was in the hospital for nearly three months and my mother told me that he was sent to prison. After that incident, we moved to L.A. And then he never came back into my life. But his eyes, those haunting green eyes, always managed to let out a scream in bed. I went to the therapist after that but never mentioned it to anyone. We never heard anything from him after that, but still, there are a few images of my past that catch my breath. I can't forget it. Those wicked things he said to me, the pain is still in my mind, and my body reacts to it even now."
• I kept crying as Danzel held me tightly in his arms. He didn't speak a word. Didn't even look at me. My mind was afraid that he would hate me now after knowing my past. He won't want a girl with such a terrible past. His body was rigid. Jaw tight. He let my sob die and then let me off his lap unto the bed. My heartbeat raced against my chest. I know he would leave me. He wouldn't want to touch such a girl with a broken past. But little did he know that I can't live without him now. That he was someone I couldn't function without. But if he decides to leave me, I won't be upset with him. It would be right for him.
• "Danzel...I-I completely understand that you don't want me now. You don't want to touch me now. I would leave this moment if you'd say and I promise I'd never show my face-"