Asher POV
The man I am was Emma’s father stocked toward Emma’s bed to pull Leo away from her, but Jayden stepped in front of him blocking his way.
“Move.” The man said through gritted teeth, but Jayden stood his ground with his arms crossed against his chest.
“We aren’t letting you near her,” Jayden said pushing the man away. The guy must have been drunk because he stumbled back awkwardly almost falling to the ground. He stammered to his feet and launched himself straight at Jayden, and my friend easily sidestepped and let the old man fall face first.
“Hey! What’s going on in here?” A bulky man asked rushing into the room.
“Sir you need to calm down!”
The big guy grabbed Emma’s father and pulled him back while the man thrashed pointlessly in his hold.
“This is Emma’s father, and he isn’t supposed to see her until the police have spoken to him,” I said firmly while standing in front of Emma’s bed to block the old man’s view of her. The bulky guys who I can now see was a security guard dragged Emma’s father out an d the room fell silent again.
“Thank you.” A soft voice said from behind me, and I turn quickly to see Emma’s eyes looking in my direction.
I know she couldn’t see me, but she must have heard where I was because I could swear she was looking directly at me.
“As I said, no one will hurt you again,” Leo reassured her as he stroked her hair softly.
“But Emma, we need you to tell us, is your dad the one that has been hurting you?” Leo asked her.
She visibly recoiled into herself, but Leo was right, we needed to be sure she was far a way from the people who hurt her.
Leo asked
in the bed with her
was the one who cut me and beat me but…” She swallowed hard and a single
take your time,” Logan said resting
had ever heard it, something that seemed to be contagious because we had all noticeably
He let his friends touch me though then over summer when I turned eighteen, one of them raped me.”
an intense urge to do the same thing but I resisted. Jayden cursed and stormed out of the room. Logan stood frozen in disbelief. Needless to say, we had no idea how to act after hearing that the girl we had tormented for three abuse at home and worse had been raped. We were monsters who had only added to the nightmares that plagued her sleep every night. We were part of the darkest places in her
entered the room and glanced at each of us with curiosity before turning
My name is Doctor Long, and I am the therapist your doctor requested to speak with you. Can I sit with you for
Emma replied just
pulling a chair as close as she could and
boys I have to ask you to
We are not leaving her.
arms standing their ground,
speak freely because you all
right, and Emma needed
right in the waiting
of you.” Emma said as the doctor closes
stood there for a moment debating whether to listen to her and
guess she doesn’t want us here anymore. Not that I can
leave her when her father is somewhere in the
but she said she doesn’t want us here, what more can we do? If she says as much to the nurse we won’t have another chance to come to
off the charts and it didn’t sit right with me leaving Emma without
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