Four or Dead by G O A

Four or Dead

Chapter 20

Emma... Present..

"sweet Emma, your father promised that you'll be mine soon but at least I can have you today. I will make you feel so good..." I jolted awake and sat

up instantly, my heart raced and my breaths were quick and panicked.)

I swallowed hard and tried to push away the memories of his hands on me. He tried to do what he thought would make me enjoy the moment he was stealing from me, but it just made me feel sicker. I would have fought but my father warned me that the man hovering over me was a far more dangerous man than him. =)

My stomach clenched and ached as I continued to play those moments over and over in my mind until I couldn't handle it any longer. I scrambled from the bed I was in and ran to the bathroom and unloaded the small contents of my stomach. My tears came rushing out as I

heaved over the toilet.

"Emma? Emma! What's wrong?" I glanced up to see Jayden rush toward the bathroom.

I took a moment to clear my throat before answering. "Lit's nothing. My stomach is just upset." I told him.

"are you sure? You were moving a lot during the night." I couldn't tell Chapter 20 him why, so I gave him a half-smile. > "It's nothing I promise." He watched me carefully before nodding and helping me to my feet.

When we went down for breakfast I didn't eat and gave the others the same line about my stomach bothering me. They looked concerned but didn't force the issue which was a relief. The ride to school was silent too and I could sense the guys throwing me worried glances, but I couldn't meet their eyes.

There were secrets I still hadn't shared, and I was stupid enough to think that I could forget about it all and move on, but I was wrong. That's the thing about scars, even the ones you can't see, they never leave you. A sick bastard took my virginity and wanted to take the rest of my life too and was willing to pay a large sum for me. The summer before senior year had been one of the hardest for me and I hadn't told anyone just how bad it was. My father woke me up one morning and spoke softly and sweetly to me which should have caused red flags to go up in my mind right away, but I didn't think too much of it. He did that sometimes after he let his anger get away and gave me a beating that was a little too far.

that he was going to change. I was wrong. He handed me a bag full of soaps and salts and perfume and

his eyes roamed over my body making me feel sick to my stomach. He made a sound of approval and he walked over to me and handed me the

hair

bag my blood ran cold. Inside was red lingerie, and I looked up at him in horror. He smirked and told me that we would be having a special guest over for my birthday. Someone I would have to make happy because he would be having a taste of his investment and I was not to ruin it. Even without asking a question I

me with a warning. The man was less forgiving and less kind, so I needed to be on my best

and after what had happened yesterday with Andrea and the others, my head was crashing into a dark place fast. As soon as the car pulled to a stop in front of the school I quickly got out and rushed over to a nearby bush and doubled over heaving my nonexistent breakfast. It had been a good plan to

Leo ran over and pulled my

Logan's touch was making me feel sick with all the memories in my head. I flinched back from them and gave them a look that

school and ran straight to

wrong with Emma; we all knew it by the way she was acting but we just didn't know what to do. She was quiet and we didn't want to push her, but whatever was bothering her must have been hell for her to be reacting like this The way she looked at Leo and Logan when she pulled away from their touch sent up a signal in my head that this was something serious. I knew that look in her eyes, she was haunted. The whole

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confused. "something is wrong. She looked...scared of us." Leo

of nightmare last night, and then when she woke up, she immediately ran to the bathroom. Whatever she saw in that dream

hard and fidgeted, feeling guilty I assumed. He

blamed himself for everything that happened to her since they met, even though there was nothing

said turning to the front steps

and Emma appeared right as class was starting. She avoided our eyes and kept her head low. We didn't try to talk to her, but we shared repeated glances trying to figure out what to do.

You're Emma, right?" Our eyes snapped to the

replied in

Kyle. We have a few classes together." He said with a smile that made me

to examine him for familiarity." remember now. I'm so sorry, my mind

out a nervous laugh and