“No, Samantha, you’re misunderstanding everything, it’s not for the reason you think.”
“Then what’s the reason? You just want to protect Cady. Go with her, maybe she broke a nail hitting me.”
“It’s not like that…”
“Go away!” I yelled at him. I started coughing again, but this time I grabbed the water myself.
“Shut up for a few seconds and listen to me!” I nearly dropped the glass from his shout. He got up from the chair and it fell over with a loud thud.
“She has a lot of money, so her father will hire the best lawyers they can get, and you’ll lose, Samantha. Also, it’s possible he’ll fire my aunt, but that’s the least of it. She will make your life miserable. I’m not exaggerating when I say she’s capable of taking revenge on you in the most terrible way you can imagine. Cady is not a normal teenager, she… she has problems. Trust me, I just want to protect you.” I don’t know at what point Nick came over to me. But now he’s sitting on the bed and touching my cheek.
I winced, and Nick let me go. I still felt pain in my left cheek and my head. I must be all swollen.
“I must look awful,” I whispered.
“You always look beautiful,” I looked at Nick, and he was blushing. He covered his face with his hands.
I heard him say, “What the hell is happening to me?”
He got up and without looking at me, he left. Eva came into the room and looked at me confused.
“What happened?” she asked.
“I have no idea…”
I was under observation for two days. They had to put three stitches in my head. The doctors told me that the headaches could last a long time, so they gave me pills to manage it.
A nurse asked me if it was Nick who hit me. I immediately answered no, but she didn’t believe me. She started telling me that abuse in a relationship is not normal, and that he doesn’t love me, and blah, blah, blah.
I thanked her for her concern, she smiled at me and left. A few hours later, Nick was already here to pick me up.
My legs still weren’t working properly. As soon as I put one foot on the floor to dress, I felt like I was going to fall, and I’m sure I would have if Eva hadn’t been there to hold me up.
We hardly know each other, but she has always been there for me, and I am sure she is someone I can trust. I can tell her everything and I know she won’t betray me, she won’t judge me.
Eva took me to the bathroom and told me to wait for her there, she was going to get Nick and then come back. Meanwhile, I tried to change.
I took off the hospital gown, put on the panties and bra that Nick brought me. I reached for a blouse and some loose pants, and once I had them on, I heard the door to the room open.
“I’m almost done!” I shouted, hoping it was Eva.
There were several seconds of silence, until they opened the bathroom door.
“What are you doing? Get out of here,” I said to the intruder, who still hadn’t shown his face.
When the guy turned around, I was frozen. He looked me up and down and gave me a malicious smile.
“Now I understand why Nick is so attracted to you.” Suddenly, Jackson’s expression became serious. His black eyes started to scare me a lot. “But I still don’t understand how he’s getting so hooked. Do you have a really tight vagina or what?”
“I want you to leave,” I tried my best not to stammer.
“Not before you understand one thing,” Jackson grabbed my wrist and lifted me. The blouse fell from my hands, and I was naked in front of him. He pushed me against the wall, and something like a scream came out of my mouth. The pain felt even stronger than before. He brought his face close to mine. “Stay away from him. Keep your distance, I don’t know what you’re doing to him and I don’t care, just stop confusing him. Do you understand?”
I didn’t answer him. He took my hair and started pulling it.
“I asked you if you understand,” I looked at him for a few seconds, still refusing to answer him. “I see you’re a disobedient girl, aren’t you?”
Without letting go of my hair, with his other hand he put his hand on my thigh, moved up to my butt and started squeezing.
“I can make you obey me in a second,” he tried to kiss me, and I dodged it. He pulled my hair so hard I felt like he was going to rip it out. “Come on, I can be better than Nick. Give me a chance, and you won’t regret it.”
He kissed my neck up to my ear. His kissing disgusted me so much that I felt like throwing up.
“Let go of me…” I tried to yell in his ear, but the pain hardly let me breathe.
A few seconds later, we both felt the bathroom door open. Jackson froze with his lips still on my skin.
I looked over his shoulder and Nick was approaching us. I could see he was red with anger.
He grabbed Jackson by the collar of his shirt and threw him to the floor.