Angel

The door shut behind my mother, Sarah, she had walked out on us again. She always did. Walking out when we needed her the most, when we cried when we were bullied, when I was scared during my first period. She always walked out on us.

But this time, it hurts the most. I thought biology said that mammals always had a protective instinct when ever their young ones were in danger. Why was my mother  different.

And someone will blame me if they heard my story. Why didn't you speak up? Who was I suppose to talk to? My mum...

She never really cared about us. Since she got married to Raphael, she changed and became an opposite of her self. Sarah was always a happy, sweet and a loving mother to us. I remember my happy days with my family. My father would take us to the park, swimming pools and other fun and exciting places.

We always had dinner by 7:00pm no one was to be late. I remember the funny jokes we told and how loud my mother would laugh at them. It's been long I saw her laugh like that. Raphael had come into our lives and sucked out the joy from each and every one of us in his own sinister way.

My real father, he died a long time ago. I can barely recall his face. I think I remember him dying in an accident, I remember how my mum had wailed at his grave side. And that was the beginning of our suffering.

We had the money, but it was as if our joy and happiness was buried along side my father. Till my mum met Raphael. She would laugh again, sneak out of the house leaving I and my sister alone. I was happy for her, at least she was laughing and it made me happy.

In few months they got married, he moved in with us and we lived together. Happy at first till the fights started. I watched in silence each time they would fight. The fight always ending in my mum crying, him threatening to leave her and then my mum begging. The bickering continued for months till it resulted in physical abuse. He beat my mum, right in front of us.

A tear escaped my eyes as I shut them tight at the memories. The images were stuck to my head and followed me every where I went like bees follow nectar.

"Angel, We will be fine" more tears rolled down my eyes not for the pain that enveloped me but for my inability to do anything. My sister was tied in front of me and I couldn't do anything to save her. I had promised her that I would always protect her but I couldn't. I was weak. My head lowered.

"Angel, stop crying please. We will be fine" I looked up and caught my sister smiling at me. She was doing what I had done for years. Always reassuring her that everything would be alright. Most times I had lied, and now I knew she was lying also to make me feel better.

Karma

"He's out" Ann nodded still smiling at me. I looked over to the door and noticed it was open and the monster was out of sight. What was the use actually?

"Am sorry" I managed to see, my throat was aching from unsaid words, unspoken fears that had locked up inside of me for years. I wanted to yell them out so many times but stopped, cause I had to be strong, I had to be  well in order for my sister to be well.

"Your sorry? Oh no Angel. Please don't say that again. I am the sorry for not being there for you. You have always pretended to be strong for me, to take care of me. I never knew what you were passing through. I always burdened you with my own problems, never wanting to hear yours am sorry"

More tears flowed, I was filled with guilt. I never told her anything. Ann never knew, but she did ask about my wellbeing. She always wanted to look out for me in her own little way. I smiled, remembering how she would try fighting off the bullies in my class. They ended up laughing at her cause she was so little and ended up bullying me the more.

"you don't need to be sorry Ann, you have been there for me in your own little way. I just felt that telling  you would make matters even worse. I had to protect you even if it meant lying and smiling" I smiled at her and she returned it. Her eyes were swollen from the tears she had cried. She must be hungry by now. I worried.

"so, since we are going to die" Ann let out a laugh, I chuckled with her. "Can you tell please tell me everything, I want to know." her last words dried up the spark in her eyes, she pierced into my soul searching for answers that only I could give. I swallowed hard and spoke.

"I was twelve, he allured me into this house" I took a full look at the house that had harboured my pain for years.

"Before I made my way into this place. You were asleep, him and mum had a fight. I didn't quiet hear what the fight was about but he found me, at the front door and dragged me here" I heaved a sigh, shut my eyes and continued my tale. That was the day I would never forget. The day a man that had promised me love and protection had taken away my innocence.

"He begged me at first" I chuckled. "He said he needed to do this... "

"He said that? Angel." Ann cut short my story, I opened my eyes slowly and faced her. Her eyes were wide open as if she had just discovered a hidden treasure. I looked puzzled at her wondering why she cut me off.

"Angel, Dad. Raphael tried to rape me too. It was him. Oh it was him" with that  I saw salty rain soil Ann's cheeks once again, going through the dried up traces it had left earlier.

"I know" I sighed "that was why we were here. I had confronted him and he tried taking me again. Then he realized I had been with someone else"

"We are here cause you fought for me again? Why would he do this?" she cried the more, I didn't  stop her, I knew how much it hurt.

"I really don't know. There is no justifiable reason why he would do this to our family, it's his family too" I had thought about this time and time again. Trying to justify him, giving myself reason not to hate him, giving myself reasons to quench my desire to kill him anytime I laid my eyes  on him. But no, I found none.

"You said something, Your stomach, you were bleeding" I felt Ann's eyes on my tummy. I laughed.

"Again, a secret I didn't share. I am" the realization that I might have bleed out the baby or maybe it's grandfather had kicked out its brain made my heart ache.

"I was pregnant, I think Raphael kicked it out" I laughed out loud. The pain was too much I didn't have any other to let it out. My sister cried the more and his voice jerked us up.

"Do you mind sharing the joke" Raphael put on his usual smirk and he walked in and closed the door behind him. I rolled my eyes at him and returned my focus to my sister, we both starred at each other drawing strength what was was coming.

"So no one wants to share yea?" He walked over to us, I peered at his hands and saw a tiny knife. I knew that knife quite well. He uses it to tears pieces of my dress to keep in his collection, I think. All I know was that each time I came into this house, a piece of me was cut and locked away.

He made his way to my sister, my eyes following his every move. He stood right behind her, bent and whispered something into her ear. This made her struggle against her seat and I silently prayed she stayed calm. Raphael was capable of doing anything to us at that moment. He had a go ahead order from our mother.

"Leave her alone" I commanded, feeling to weak to wriggle or struggle and shut him a snare look
He didn't flinch.

"Where is the please" he snared back at me, retaining the stupid smirk he had on his face.

"Am done pleading" it never helped anyway. I have been pleading for the past nine to ten years and it had never save me or anyone. My sister was here after all that pleading I was done.

"Your done right? Maybe you will start over again when you see me take Ann, you know how wonderful I can be" as he vomited those words from his mouth, he dragged his fingers on my sister's skin making regain my strength and struggle, trying to get myself lose from my seat.

"Watch out Angel, you might hurt yourself" he said and laughed out loud. His monstrous sound filling the whole place. He replaced his hands with the knife on Ann's skin.

"Stop, don't hurt her." I shouted out again. I continued to struggle, losing strength little by little.

"And who are you to tell me what to do? You already broke our agreement by giving your worthless self to some idiot"

"If I could give my self over and over to that idiot, I would be the happiest on earth. He makes me feel things you can never make me feel" I spat out in disgust and I watched his smirk disappear almost immediately, it was about time. He shouldn't be the only one having fun here.

"Really? You have grown wings over night right"

"Let my sister go this minute you monster. I hate you" those last words have been stuck in my throat for years and I was glad it was out. "I hate you with every Fibre in my being, Raphael"

"Oh yea, you can hate me all you want. I don't even care anymore. I care more about what your sister has to say about me. I bet she loves me now, I bought her a sweet ride, yea?" he lowered his head to my sister and she spat in his face.

The joy

He shook up the spittle from his face and his frown returned.

" Love you my foot. I desist even the air that you breath." my sister spat out and winked at me. I smiled a little and faced him again. The rope used in tying my hands were getting lose, I just needed little time and I would free. I would fight with the last strength I had to get us out of this hell hole. I struggled the more.

"OH seems like you both are too much for me to handle. Oh well, one has to go" his laughed out again. He looked at me and then at my sister and made his way to where I was seated. I heaved out a sigh of relief at least he was near Ann, she was safe for now.

I felt his hands on my lap tracing up the blood stains I had on them. I shivered at his touch, evil memories making their way back to my head. I screamed.

"Let me go" I ordered, I was breathing hard. For years I have never screamed or tried to fight him off. I have always the obedient servant saying yes to his every whim. I wasn't that anyone. I wasn't his slave anymore. My sister nodded her head and winked at me. She was giving me strength the ways only her could.

"I said get off me" I shook him off. He gave me a resounding slap, I could taste the saltiness of my blood as my face remained dangling on the other side.

"You can slap off all my teeth, but I refused to serve you anymore. I don't belong to you anymore. Raphael I said leave me alone" I screamed even louder, I was losing my voice, I continued shouting "Leave me alone" "I don't belong with you" he kept on hitting me. He was groaning like the devil that he was. He kept on hitting me, but my strength increased I kept on shouting, and he kept on hitting.

"Let go of her" the door slung off revealing him. He stood just as tall as the monster, his nose flared, his shoulders broad and his hands fitted. He was rescue mode. He was all he took for Raphael to leave me alone.

"Chris" my lungs were short of air, my vision blurred by blood and tears but I could recognize him even if he has a twin. I used my last strength and wriggled my hands more, getting a free from the rope. I was almost free.

"Who do you think you are?" Raphael tried his best to hide the surprise in his voice, but I knew him well, he was shocked. He moved swiftly to the door and lunged a punch towards Chris, who dodged it almost immediately and returned it with an upper cut which sent Raphael right on his knees.

More punches flew on the air, groans if pain filled the whole place with that I set my self free and crawl led over to my sister who was crying up a storm. She was shaking and I hated to see her that way. I set her hands free too and she hopped down and embraced me.

Looking over to Raphael and Chris, You couldn't tell who was winning cause each of their faces was covered in blood. They exchanged more blows and soon Raphael was on top of Chris.

Not again. This monster won't hurt anybody close to me. He hurt my mother, he hurt my sister, he hurt my baby and now Chris? No no no

I reached for the knife that laid at my feet. Finding strength from within me. The strength that had been locked away for so long. I stood in all my might. And with few steps I saw myself on top of Raphael. Digging in the knife right at his neck. Blood splash on my face and I leaked it up, tasting every bitter part of it. I dung in the knife time and time again.

For all the pain he had caused me and my family, for all I had lost because of him.

I lost my childhood, I sank it the knife, bringing it out.

I lost every good memories I had in my life cause each time I closed my eyes all I could see was him. I dung it the knife even more deeper, I removed it.

I lost the love of my mother, I dung it again with more force than before.

I lost my innocence. I sank in the knife till only the handle was seen by eyes.

I lost everything and that was the last of it.

I dung in the knife one last time, and immediately everything went dark.

I was free.

A/N: how was it lovelies?
It's been a good ride.
I want to hear your thoughts please 👏👏

Few more chapters and we call it a book😂😂😂

Anyway I just started another book, it's on my profile, do well to check that one too. DEEP THRUST.