ELLIE
I froze instantly, as I wondered just how in the world I was having that phone call. It seemed like I was still reeling from the trauma of having been close to getting raped by some fucking pervert.But then, it was happening to me right there. The one person I had been running from had finally caught up with me. It was quite a moment of truth for me as I was face to face with the one moment I was running away from.All the traces of the pleasure that Aiden had infused me with had suddenly disappeared in the heat of the fear of the moment that was happening to me so suddenly.Myriads of questions came into my mind, as I was simply overwhelmed by the heat of emotions that came from the reopening of wounds that I had tried to close with the bandages of time.But somehow she was about to have me all fucked up again like she had left me back then. The phone was almost falling off my hand as I was trying to get myself to come to terms with the fact that my past hadn't left me, it had been trailing me ever since.“Ellen…!” She called me back to the moment, as I was called by my full name, with that voice that haunted all the memories of my childhood. “Fuck it, are you high or something? I'm fucking talking to you.”Her voice came with nothing but gloom and coldness. I had never imagined that a woman could be that cold to her child. She had never spoken a single word to me without cussing or swearing, and that had contributed in no small way to fucking me up as well.But then… fuck it.“What do you want?” I asked as I was trying my best not to get intimidated by the woman who had haunted me all my life. It was time to face my fucking fears. “You have the nerve calling me after all these years. How did you even get my number?”“Quiet little tart…” she interrupted me in her characteristically harsh tone which made me cringe a little. Somehow, the voice that shook the seven-year-old me was still shaking up the teenager that had emerged. “I see you have grown old enough to speak to me in such an insulting manner. But I'm going to be out to clip your wings soon…”“What…?” I was shivering in fright, as I heard those words as they left the phone to my ears which were ever responsive to that voice that voiced the abuse of my youth. “What do you mean by that?”“I mean what I just said, but,” she had never quit being the abuser that she had always been. It was now a part of her that I had gotten used to. “I'll be out of here in six months.”“What…? How…?” I muttered frightfully, as that almost sounded like my world had come upon me suddenly. It was hard to deal with the shock that came from that realization.Wild beasts like her were meant to be locked away from the world of humans, and that was the way it was meant to be. But now, it was the exact opposite, and it was bound to change an awful lot of things.I wasn't as worried about myself, as I was about my father's wedding to Emily. Their union would be in serious jeopardy if she was coming out. That would be the end of the rosy future that awaited me if the wedding would just click.“You all thought you would leave me here to rot for twenty years, right?” She mocked on the phone with a kind of laughter that made me cold down to my bones. “Well, sorry I have to make it rain on your little parade, but I'll be out soon.”I was quiet as that was too much for me to handle all at once. It was simply the worst thing that could happen. Why in the world did it just have to happen right now?“From my sources, I heard that you and that coward of your father ran away from Coney Island to make for your new dream city, Manhattan.” She had heard quite accurately, but then I was hoping she hadn't heard of Dad's plans to get married to Emily.Somehow, she just had an instinct to ruin beautiful things. It was almost her second nature to get rid of things that just looked promising.“You better stay away from me…” I said, as I felt tears creeping out of my eyelids, as I was trying to keep my emotions in check. But my sobbing was heard, and I instantly regretted giving her the satisfaction of knowing that she had made me cry. “You are the worst thing that can happen to a child… you are the worst… I fucking hate you…”“Too bad that you all are stuck with me,” she replied without remorse, as she chortled slightly. “Cry all you want, but you can never get away from me. You and your cowardly father should prepare for me. I will soon be…”Suddenly, her voice was interrupted by the sound of what seemed like the voices of the prison wardens as they were trying to get her off the phone.She had long overstayed her time on the phone, even though she was still arguing with them until the call was hung up. That was so much like something she would do. I could only imagine just how much trouble and would have been while getting her off the phone.“Fuck…” I whimpered as I lay on my bed in tears. It felt like the world I knew was on the verge of coming to an end. My father's wedding, and possibly, Aiden… “No way…”It was just unfathomable, as I was trying to get my mind off the fact that I had just spoken with my mother. How in the world was I supposed to overcome that disaster?AIDEN“What are you still doing boy?” The sound of my mother's voice from behind nearly had me jumping out of my skin. There just wasn't any feeling more frightful than that was. “Mom…” I turned to see her standing with Ellie's father. Something about seeing Ellie's father standing beside my mother got me freaking out in no small way. “You frightened me…”“If you're frightened, then you have got to be up to something really suspicious…” My mother was perfectly displaying the one thing I disliked the most about her— her ability to know almost every move I would possibly make. She had studied me like a book, and knew all of my tendencies, almost making it hard for me to ever fool her. If I didn't act quickly and smartly, then I'll get fucked.“Well, I just couldn't sleep, and I decided to take in the view from the balcony for a couple of moments before I started feeling a bit drowsy. Headed to my room right now…” I kept the pace of my speech as relaxed as I could, as I couldn't risk
AidenI still had my eyes on the text I had gotten from Ellie, which had me wondering just how quickly things had gone wrong. Did I do something wrong last night?Perhaps, it was just the downside of a legend acting like a simp, by sending cute, little good morning messages. “Come on… this is serious, Aiden…” I said to myself as I discarded that thought from my head. I was just getting the shock of my life when I heard that Ellie had left for school before me. “Are you serious?” I asked, staring at my mother in shock. “How could she…” I contained my curiosity as it had the potential to expose me if I wasn't careful. My mother had a way of drawing inferences that never failed to make me shocked. “Is there a problem with her leaving so early?” My mom's intuition was already kicking in at that point. “Why are you so concerned all of a sudden?”“Nothing, really. I'm just shocked to see that she's already getting the hang of things so quickly. Just hoping she won't get lost on her way.”
ELLIEWho the heck was she? And why was she speaking to Aiden in such an endearing manner? I didn’t know if it was still the booze or just sheer jealousy. But then, why would I be jealous? He was my freaking stepbrother for crying out loud.“Ellie, just calm down for a second, alright?” Aiden looked like he wasn’t going to back off anytime soon. “What the heck has gotten into you lately?”“You wanna know what has gotten into me so bad?” I had lost coordination of both my words and my body as well. “Yeah…” Aiden maintained, still trying to keep his voice down in order not to create a scene right there and then. “Why don’t you go away, then I might just get better, because the last thing I need right now is having you around me,” I said, not knowing why I was so mad at him. Seeing that girl still standing beside him was making me even angrier by the second. Why wouldn’t she back away even though she saw that we were arguing? She still stood, staring like she was enjoying the scener
ELLIEThe three boys were coming at me with hostility in their steps. I couldn't see any way out for me as the fourth person was coming at me as well. Things were about to get even more fucked up as it looked like I was going to get. “There’s nowhere to run sweetheart. It's just us in here.” The ringleader of the boys repeated as they were closing in on me. My first option was to get something to defend myself with. But I just couldn't see anything in sight. It was almost looking like it was just a lost cause. “Come here…” he was closing the distance between us in a quite frightful manner, but I was able to get myself moving through the right spaces in between the rows of seats. Soon enough, my courageous spur of energy was snuffed out by one of the pervs who had closed in on me from the other side. Before I could turn, I felt one of them against my back. “Let go of me…” I let out, as I felt an annoying pair of hands come on my breasts. He squeezed with such voracity, as he was t
AIDEN“Put her down…! Now!” I let out angrily with a folded fist.Surely, a volcano was about to erupt within me as I watched Ellie being wrapped up in Kai's arms like they were a romantic couple that couldn't get enough of each other.The sight of them being together seemed to spell out the hopelessness of the dream I had of having Ellie to myself. There just wasn't anything that could be more painful at that point. “Aiden, could you just relax so I could explain everything to you?” Kai requested, being totally unaware of the volcano that was brewing up on my insides. “She was in danger and I just happened to be there in time to save her from those goons that tried to forcefully screw her in the basketball court.”Those words did little to water down the anger that nearly ate me up from inside. It felt like she was going to be his for life. There just weren't any words to describe what exactly I was feeling at the moment.I noticed the look in Ellie's eyes, which almost looked like
ELLIE“We're here…” Kai announced as he looked at me with a smile.My heart knew no peace until Kai pulled the car over in front of the house. It had been a suspense-filled ride, as I had laid flat in the backseat, hoping that we weren't going to get caught by Aiden's mother or even worse get pulled over by the cops.“For real? That was fast…” I let out as I finally sat up in the chair and looked around to make sure I hadn't been taken to the wrong location. “You surely are a delivery guy.”“Well, I just know the quickest ways to get things done,” Kai said as he was in a hurry to get out of the car. He hurried and opened the door for me to head out. “Do you still need me to carry you in my arms?” He asked teasingly. “Maybe…” I wouldn't mind being carried all the way into the bed in my room. My body was longing for that feeling of security that only Kai's arms could give me. “Just one last time…”“Alright then,” he said, with his arms ready to receive my body into them one more time.
ELLIE“Who could that be…?” I asked, as Kai and I were beginning to scramble out of the bed and the room to know who it could have been. There were just too many things on my mind for me to be able to think of a way out of that predicament.“Oh fuck…” Kai let out as he made for the door. “The car probably got spotted. I have to go now.”“But we don't know who it could be…” I was hoping that it hadn't been Aiden at the door. I knew just how destructive he could get if he saw just me and Kai all alone in the house. “There could be a lot of trouble if it's Aiden.” He had totally read my mind with that statement. “I have to head out through the back while you check out who it is.”“Alright…” I said, as we both hurried out of the room and made our way down the stairs. My heart was racing almost as fast as my feet were. My mind was racing with the thoughts of the worst-case scenarios. The doorbell chimed again and that shot in yet another dose of urgency into my feet as I hoped it wasn't
AIDEN“I told you never to show up here again. What the heck are you doing here?” My anger amplified with each passing moment, at the sight of Sherry standing right there. I had snuck out of school so I could come to see Ellie and make things right with her, only to be met by one of the stumbling blocks of my past… a couple of months.There had been some other stumbling blocks, but I was trying my very best to get myself away from them. It was just one of the many habits that I was trying to get over as soon as possible. But now it was starting to become my downfall. I was trying to leave my old playboy ways, but it was now coming after me in ways unimaginable. It was going to be hard getting Ellie to be quiet about it in the current state of things between us. “Aiden, I'm really sorry that I was harsh towards your sister… I just couldn't bear the thought of seeing you with someone else.” the way Sherry muttered those words like we were some sort of couple was rather annoying. “Ple