Chapter 37 

I walk out of the cla*s, one of the bag straps  securely on my shoulders as I bring it forward to  search through it. I mumble something incoherent  as my fingers fumble through endless papers. 

“Crap.” I groan as I stumble into a hard chest. I  lost my footing and ended up tumbling on the  floor. My knees hit the hard tiled floor and I grunt. 

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“Shit sorry.” 

I freeze, hearing the voice that currently haunts  me at night. The voice of my attempted rapist. My  heart thumps painfully as I clutch on to my bag for  dear life. Peter’s here. 

Finding the courage, I finally stood up and lift my  head to stare into his eyes. I’m not surprised to  feel the crippling fear as the images of him pinning  me down resurfaces in my head. 

“Look Ashley-” He looks at me with regret etched  on his face. Purple dotted underneath his right eye  and is a bit swollen. I see his lips moving but 

somehow my brain doesn’t process a word he  says. 

My bottom lip trembles as I quickly turn around  and run away from him. I’m knocking people’s  shoulder’s and having them curse at me but I don’t  care as I want to move away from Peter’s  presence. 

“Ashley, wait!” He begged. I could hear his voice  now distant as I round the corner. My breathing is  shallow as I struggle to ease my internal struggle.  My brain is pounding inside my skull. 

Anxiety is crawling inside my body, clutching unto  me until I could no longer know where I was going.  All I know is that I needed to get away from him,  from his presence. 

only  to crash into yet another chest. I stumble but a  huge hand circles around my waist and prevents  me from tumbling

as I  struggle in whoever’s arms. “Ashley!” The voice  sounds familiar. I breath in the scent of mint and  instantly my

baby?” He whispers as he pulls me  more into him

 my composure. “He’s- he’s he-re.” I stuttered out  and clutch on to the soft material of Blake’s shirt.  His scent engulfs me and eases my mind. I

 that he was impatient to know who had scared

around me  until I could feel his hand fist

pull away. I knew what would happen if he went  to look for Peter. I didn’t want

I clutched his shirt more firmly and shake my  head. “Please don’t, I need you.” I pleaded as I  pressed

us  and I realized that everyone was

F*ck are y’all looking at?” He roars. It’s  loud and it makes me slightly jump at the  aggressive tone. I heard their rushing footsteps  and knew that they were now going on their own

he guides me out  of the school. It was supposed to be lunchtime but  right

 that shades us from the heat of the sun. The field  is empty except for some tiny black birds pecking  at whatever

sits down and I follow suit. We  were close to each other, close enough to not  seem like just a friendly embrace. His back leans  on the tree as he slings his arm over my shoulder

finish. Fear is  present in his tone but he tries very hard to mask

tried to speak to me but I

or anything right?”  He was anxious for my answer I could tell by

hadn’t.” I uttered and rest my head  between his shoulder and neck. He visibly sighs  with relief and kisses the top

 he did. I hate that you’re battling this on your own

what he was going to  say. But I didn’t want that. I believe in second  chances and by the looks of

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