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Forty-four: nothing good lasts
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A Thousand Lies Forty-five: the choice between staying and leaving
Temperance Kenli dabs a wet cloth against my bloody lip as I reposition myself on the countertop. "How does your eye feel?" She glances at my swollen eye before taking the rag away from my lip and rinsing it out with cold water. I don't answer her question as I adjust my ears to the sound of Austin's footsteps. His steps echo in the living room before the door opens and then slams, signaling that he's left. She stops for a few seconds, listening for the sound of the foot opening back up. Once it's been a few seconds and she's sure he's gone she relaxes. Her chest rises, signaling her sigh of relief.My head spins as my body violently throbs. I stare at the wall behind us, letting Kenli dab my blood away. Through the closed door, I hear ice clanking in the freezer. "Maybe I'm not supposed to be alive," I state, not thinking much about the words I'm spouting for Kenli's ears. I feel her tense up, her eyes darting to my eyes and the back to the cloth. "I have had this thought sever
A Thousand Lies Forty-six: sold to the man in white
Temperance It's been three weeks since Austin told me I would be traded. Today is the day for the auction. Then tomorrow I will be taken to the sick person who buys me. Other than myself, Austin, and Vicki, no one else knows about the auction. Not a word goes out to Chris or Kenli from the threat that they will pay for my mistake. Meaning that my selfish actions for help could get them hurt. I can't have them get beat for my actions, so I remain silent. I don't cut anymore... It's more of that I can't cut. The beatings died down in the last week in hopes that I will have little to no bruising for the day of the auction. Meaning, that Vicki also checks my body for bruising or scratching. Imagine her surprise when she found self-inflicted cuts lingering on my body. She ran to Austin, and they tore the room apart until they found my weapon. My cuts are just scars now. They look gross. Uplifted and discolored skin in a line on my body. Scars aren't supposed to look pretty, though.
A Thousand Lies Forty-seven: Pills
TemperanceI sit in the middle of my room with my clothes tucked away neatly into a backpack. I can at least look like I'm going along with this shit plan.I am supposed to be picked up today by my buyer. My cousins are at school and my caretakers are at work, leaving me along with my wandering thoughts.A loud ringing pierces my ears, causing me to jump in shock. Once my ears adjust to the sound I realize it's the house phone.I thin my lips in question since no one ever calls the house phone.I stay on my mattress for a second, waiting until the ringing comes to the end, bringing back the silence from the almost empty house.With only a few seconds of silence in between, the wretched phone starts to ring again, stirring up my annoyance. I curse under my breath, standing to my feet and leaving the room. The sound gets louder as I approach and stop in front of it.It's an old white phone that sits on a coffee table beside Austin's recliner. I have never seen him use it before.I look
A Thousand Lies Forty-eight: waiting game
Alec As soon as I park in my driveway, I jump out of my car and go into the backseat. I pull Temperance out and rush her inside. Immediately I get the shocked expressions of my family and some of the guys that had stayed over the night before. Tearing my attention away from everyone I hear Chris behind me, screaming at the doctor through the phone. I ignore my father's disapproved look towards the situation. He would've never expected me to fall so low as to risk everything for this girl. "What's going on?" Arella scrambles to her feet, stepping towards the unconscious girl in my arms. I immediately step back, refusing to let anyone Temperance doesn't know to touch her. "Holy shit! TEMPERANCE?" Zander jumps up from his seat on the couch and runs over to me. His eyes switch between Temperance and me. "What the hell happened?" Connor appears beside Zander, stealing a question Zander was seconds away from asking. Avoiding their questions, in a hurry, I lay Temperance down on the ne
A Thousand Lies Forty-nine: hate filled eyes
TemperanceMy whole body aches. Am I dead?Obviously not. My body feels sore, and I feel sick. I wait a few moments before opening my eyes, the bright light blinds me, forcing me to close them again.Monitors beep around me and I can feel my heart drop. I didn't die. I'm still alive. How had my plan failed? No one was home to see me... do anything.Many times you see people wake up in the hospital and not know what happened. But, I, however, remember everything. The thoughts and actions up to the point of shoving pills down my own throat.I was supposed to die earlier.My ears again focus on the monitor beeping beside me. The smell is familiar, like, Alec. I open my eyes, confirming the place I reside.I am in Alec's room.Why am I in Alec's room and not a hospital? Did Chris come home after I fell?My eyes go to the doorknob which slowly turns and I immediately shut my eyes again, fearing that Alec will be the one opening it.If I'm here, there's no doubt he read the note. Everyone
A Thousand Lies Fifty: I hate you
TemperanceWith my back pressed firmly against the door, I feel my feet start to slip from under me. As Alec continues his attempt to get the door open I reposition my feet to hold the door shut. I can feel my legs weaken, threatening to give out as tears stream down my face."You have to let me in at some point!" His pleading voice is muffled through the door. I slide down the door, careful to keep my weight against it. My hands find their way to my mouth, covering a sob that threatens to spill out.With his attempt of ramming his shoulder against the door, I feel the anger inside me spill out. "I hate you!" I yell only to immediately regret my words.The ramming against the door ceases with, "Do you mean that?" His voice shows signs of him being displeased as if his worry has turned into shock."Did you ever care about me?" My mind wanders through the months where he was a constant thought in my mind. "I thought about you every day. It turns out I should have tested my luck somewher
A Thousand Lies Fifty-one: come to me with open arms
AlecMy eyes study the wood of my father's desk as I sit in the chair across from him, Instead of being in a room with my father I'm in a room with my boss. I guess you can say it's always been like that though. He's never been my father, just a man who relies on me to take the gang of all the fathers before him and make it great."So you have been dicking around while I've been gone instead of taking care of what I left you with?" My father's stern voice agitates my ears, I'm barely able to keep my eyes from rolling back.I meet his piercing eyes for a split second before leaning forward, "I've done everything you asked."I'm used to being the one getting the short end of the stick, it's been that way all my life. My brother's grades were perfect, he had excellent manners growing up. My parents constantly praised him. It's not much different for my sister, just add on being the youngest child and the only female.There's a saying I heard from somewhere, "I bear it so they don't have
A Thousand Lies Fifty-two: Questions answered
TemperanceI stare at the ceiling that is not my own, my head replaying my actions last night. I still feel Alec on me from last night, my mind running in circles from the things we had done only a few hours ago.I don't think death is what I want anymore. Of course, that's what I wanted a few days ago... but maybe I just wanted to kill the situation around me.Yesterday I thought I hated Alec, now I think I love him again. Is that the effect of sex? Is your brain forcing you to think you love the man that entered your body? No, I don't think that's it, I've always loved him, the anger inside of me just blinded me. My emotions have spun me into a sticky web I have no idea to get out of.I shut my eyes and put my hand on my growling stomach. I guess sex be a beautiful thing as long as both sides want it. I turn my head, glancing at the empty spot that was left by Alec. I don't hate him, I just hate what he did to me. But do I have a right to feel that way?Shaking my thoughts away I
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