He kept dragging me farther up the stairs. The light was too bright, I couldn't see anything. All I see is white I finally ripped my wrist from his grasp and covered my eyes crumpling to the ground so all the light was gone. I began crying from fear and when I felt a soft hand on my back I jumped. "You're okay Chloe, no one is going to hurt you here take these," The woman spoke warmly, passing me something light. I opened my eyes to this weird plastic invention; I stared at them not knowing what they were. She took them out of my hand and opened it up and gently placed them on my face, my ears holding them into place, and making everything a shade darker. "They're sunglasses," She said gently. I took them half way off; everything was too bright again so I left them on. My long brunette hair fell down my thin back, and for once I looked around the room. This room was large with big windows around the back of the room, where the most of the light was coming

The girl 'Lucey' came back with our meals. She placed mine in front of me; which had bacon, French toast, and two hash browns. Then she placed everyone's plates in front of them and then sat beside Colby pushing me into the wall.  I stayed quiet and ate my meal as they talked among themselves. I looked backover at Lucey, her red fiery hair was wild around her face, which was paler than mine; I didn't think it was possible. Her blue eyes were piercing and full of life, Lucey looked at Colby the way Colby looked at me, making me uncomfortable. "Lucey, I'd like you to introduce you to Chloe," Colby spoke with a gigantic smile plastered onto his face. "-And Chloe, this is my best friend Lucey." I smiled and said a courteous hello. "Oh right, Bride-To-Be or whatever right, it's nice to meet you," Lucey said loosely. What did she mean by '

"What the hell happened?" Alistair spat at me loudly making me cringe into the corner. His face was red and his eyes were bulging out of his head glaring at me. "I don't know," I lied, I didn't want to be a part of this, I was good. If I'm good there's no beating, I learned that a couple years ago. Waiting for it I flinched. "Oh no, I'll get you when we get home, now get your ass to the car and I'll meet you out there after I see my son." Alastair said in a low sneer. Out of fear all I did was nod and run out the scary doors towards the car. Remembering Colby's cigarettes were in his unlocked car not too far away from this one, I took a quick glance toward the hospital, ran towards Colby's door, opened it grabbed a cigarette from the package from the glove box with the lighter and shut the car door and ran back towards Alastair's. I carefully put both the cigarette and the lighter in my pocket and waited for him to show

Colby's P.O.V   The light up above over our heads are making her bruises more prominent, and people around us were beginning to stare. The booth was secluded but they were watching from afar. "Can I get the two of you anything to drink?" The waitress asked for her face in her note book ready to write down our order. "Can we get your finest rose', please?" I asked with a smile. "Alright, coming right up," She said scribbling in the notebook with a fake smile and gave Chloe a side glance. I took Chloe's hand gently in mine with a small smile, and her smile could light up the sky. That's what hurts the most, no matter how much she hurts, the way she looks at me, and only me never changes no matter what my family has done to her. The thought made me sick as she rubbed the back of my hand with her fingertips. "Thank you for taking me away from that place," She said quietly. "I don't like them eit

Colby's P.O.V   I smoothed down her hair and kissed the top of her head as she cried, I know she's scared and I don't blame her, this isn't the kind of life she deserves. I don't think she believed me when I told her I'd protect her, although I don't blame her she went through this abuse for eight-teen years. From the time she was kidnapped and even more now, I need to get her out of here, and I'm going to do it tonight. Her tears became only sniffles, and soon she became silent and snoring softly. I held her tighter to me, careful not to hurt her bruises or scratches that my father, not that stranger, had done to her. He did nothing to earn that title other then have sex with my motherand the only reason he was happy about me so I could take his place in all his crap. I refuse, I refuse to be a part of his criminal acts, I refuse to be a part of him, and I refuse to be him. My children won't be treated the