Chapter 16 Friends Coming

• I quickly crawled to the corner of my bed when he suddenly entered the door. His eyes now are no longer the same as last night. It was gentle again, back to normal, and remorse was obvious. I averted my eyes from him because I didn’t want to see him. To this day, my back and buttocks still hurt.
• “Come here.”
• His voice was weak, but I squeezed my body tighter at the corner of the bed as I hugged my knees. I was scared of him. How did he do that to me? Tears began to fall in my eyes again. I thought I had found a partner. It seemed like I had lost even more of the chance to break free from this hellish life.