✑ Capítulo 4
FAUZIA was tired when she headed back home. She does not know why but school makes her tired all the time. Maybe because she doesn’t have a companion, though she doesn’t want one.
Having a friend can tire her too.
When she slid the door open her eyes widened at the sight she’s seeing. Her father was grabbing her mother’s hair, he slapped her.
She ran hastily to at least protect her mother. “Stop!” Fauzia used herself so her mother won't get hurt from her father.
“Stay away from this, Niryana! Go to your room,” Her father pushed her away with his one hand, because of the strong force she fell flat on her stomach on the floor hard.
“Who the fuck are you to do this to me, huh?!” Her father's question was filled with anger and hardened his grasped on her mother's hair.
"No... I can't you know I can't do that, Leander. How could you say that... I didn't lie to you." Her mother couldn't barely say it clearly because of her wail.
"Then how would you explain this?! Huh? Is this the 'didn't lie' that you're saying?!" Her father showed a video where her mother was seen with her father's friend named Zedrick.
Fauzia covered her mouth with eyes bugged out. She can see the obscenity of her mother and her uncle Zedrick.
She shook her head in disbelief, it could not be. How can this happen? Fauzia couldn't believe what she was seeing.
"H-How---it isn't true! It is not true, I've never met Zedrick, Leander. No, I've never met him." Her mother continued to shook her head.
Tears streamed down her cheeks which she didn't notice while she heard and saw their situation. Fauzia was still lying on the floor, couldn't make any small movements.
"I didn't marry you to just cheat on me, Hera!" Her father held her chin then shook her shoulder as if he was trying to wake her mother. “I want you out of our life! Please don’t show your face to us ever again. Out of my sight! Now!” They shut their eyes close to her father's rumbling tone, his face was boiling red because of anger.
“You can’t do that, father! It was just one mistake! I bet my mother didn’t mean it!” She turned her look to her mother. “This is not true right, mother? Father is just lying to us, right?” she asked still tears streaming on her cheeks.
“Can you hear yourself, Niryana?” her father scoffed, “You think I’m lying?” Her father’s gaze turned to her.
“What if your friend planned this?” That made her father stunned. “Mom and I are always together, you’re always away. You've never show up every week and yet you're here just to accuse my mother that? Are you okay?” Fauzia sarcastically said between her tears.
“What do you expect huh?” he looked down on her mother. “I have a company to take care of then someone just showed up just to send this to me while I work to death! Do you even think how hard to be away from you? And this is what you'll do to me?! Tapos ito lang ang gagawin mo saakin?! At sa kaibigan ko pa?! And why is it have to be my friend?!” Her mother can't help but close her eyes at the strength of her father's voice.
Fauzia’s teeth gritted. “That could be the reason why she cheated on you if she's really cheating on you---” her father didn’t let her finished.
“Shut your mouth, Niryana, you don’t know anything! Don't act like you know anything! Guard! Throw this woman away, I don't need her here anymore.” He called their guards that eventually obeyed his order.
Her lips parted at the scene she's seeing, how can her father dropped a decision quickly?
"No! You can't do that!" She tried to stop them from dragging her mother out.
She couldn't believe that her father can do that to them, back when she was young her family never had a huge fight. It started when she began her high-school.
She started giving them her fist but that didn't stop them. “Father! Make them stop! At least hear my mother’s reason first!”
Her father remained deaf to her and instead of listening, he ordered them. “Guard, lock my daughter in her room.”
Her father looked at their maids that have been silently watching them. “Don’t give her anything, she needs to know the taste of her wrongdoings.” Then turned his back on them.
“Get off me! Mom! Mom!” She struggled to get away from the guards, she reached out for her mother.
“Mom…” Her face softened when she saw her mother smiling at her.
There was something in her smile, she’s telling something that she can’t pinpoint.
“Don’t worry, baby, I’ll get you after this. I'll come back for you, I'll come back. I'll get you soon, I love you so much, Niryana.”
Until she vanished from Fauzia's sight as she was taken upstairs in her room.
When they placed her she immediately stand so she won't be locked inside, but she was late and didn't even get the chance to get out.
She washed her face using her palm, Fauzia was ranging inside at what her father did.
FAUZIA get up fast, her eyes wandered to where she was. Fear consumed her as she remembered what had happened.
Whatever her eyes landed there are unknown people surrounding her, she could not think clearly and her breathing was uneven and it was suffocating her.
Her eyes led to the guy that was about to go near her, he was ready to speak to her but another guy stopped him for doing so.
“Aust. Don’t, she might snap, her mental health is fragile.”
Fauzia was shaking, shaking in fear when thoughts flashed in her mind. She kept on shaking her head and covered her face.
No, she doesn’t want to feel it again.
“P-Please, ju---just kill m-me already. Just end my s-sufferings,” she pleads, still shaking in fear. She doesn’t even know if they heard her cracked voice.
“No, we’re here to save you. Fauzia---” She tried to get away from his touch. Her gaze blurred, another group of tears flowed on her face.
Various image was playing in her head that she's wishing to just stop even if that image was already part of her life she has. It never stopped, her torment continued to flow.
Fauzia tried to get away from the man that kept on insisting to go near her. She didn't listen to what he was saying.
“S-Stop, I’m not an animal for you to play. Just s-stop. Stop, s-stop.” She chanted as she cried loudly even more.
Divine restricted Austin for reaching for Fauzia. “Stop, you’re making it even worse. Let me take care of her so that we could point out how we can help her.”
Divine faced Fauzia to calm her down.
Austin's shoulder fell as he and Helios get out of the room and joined Efron and their other friends outside, the door of Fauzia's room wasn't fully closed. They can still see what was going on inside.
Mavis joined Divine, she’s caressing Fauzia’s hair and hugging her while whispering, “No one’s going to hurt you.” Fauzia somehow calmed down but she’s still sobbing lightly and her eyes are widely closed.
After a couple of minutes, Mavis can feel her weight. She has now fallen asleep, she gently laid her down on the bed before facing the guys who are silently watching them.
“Fauzia has so many dislocated bones in her body, it took so long before it healed. This is so traumatic.” Helios showed Fauzia's x-ray to them.
They were shocked at what they were seeing, Helios walked towards Fauzia's bed to slightly raised her clothes. They stilled when they saw some of her body.
"These are..." Austin trailed off, he moved beside her to mildly traced the skin of the woman. "...whipped, they lashed her," he said under his breath.
✑ Capítulo 5“LET'S take advantage of the time now that she’s asleep. Let's take ger in SJ, she can't stay here in the hospital for too long, we don’t know what might happen if she stays here,” Their attention shifted to Divine.“Huh? Why? Isn't it is better for her to stay here?” Mavis asked, confused.Divine faced her. “Mave, she can’t. If she'll stay here it will only get worse, she can't stand seeing people especially men because of trauma." That was Divine's observation of Fauzia's reaction and movement.“She thinks we’re a threat. For now, we’ll let her rest, Mavis, you know how to deal with her. Please take care of her.” She shortly glanced at him. “Austin, carry your woman.”She snapped her fingers to
✑ Capítulo 6HIS heart raced when he realized they were an inch away from each other, Fauzia's eyes was widely closed. He gave themselves a safe distance between them. “It seems like you can’t move freely when I’m around so…” He scratched his nape awkwardly.“I’ll call Mavis and leave you be. Eat your breakfast,” he excused himself so she can breathe well without feeling anxious.He was already in front of the room's door when he called Mavis. “Hey Mave,” he called even if they are just in one house. He was just lazy to walk because of the mansion was spacious.The other line hasn't answered so he started walking to his office. When he sat on his swivel chair he saw on the monitor that Fauzia hasn't started eating the food he prepared for her until his attentio
✑ Capítulo 7HE found Larkspur there cleaning the pot while Lazzini and Helios were eating vanilla custard cream donut made by Larkspur.He went straight to his aim and then put the bowl in the microwave, he waited for it to heat up. "Good morning, dingleberries," he greeted them but they didn't notice him.“Ugh, that endearment is disgustingly iconic who started that again?” Lennon turned to him he heard him even from a distance. He was next to Efron and Lysandros playing in their x-box.“Well, Anthony was the mastermind,” Lazzini answered.“I just woke up and I immediately heard my handsome name? What’s up? ” They looked up the stairs when they heard the voice coming from the stairs that made them dizzy because of its round and high staircase.
✑ Capítulo 8AS soon as Fauzia opened her eyes she turned around. It makes her wonder if this was really happening to her.What Austin said was true, her nightmare did not visit her. Her smile flashed because of that.Fauzia closed her eyes to embrace the fougère essence of the room she’s in, since day one the familiar scent didn’t come off.She looked up at the wall clock that made her eyes widened, it was already 8 in the evening. Fauzia slept for seven hours. She doesn't felt tired before but that day was different, she felt exhausted and she also feels like she was hungry.She heaved a sigh.She can see that Austin and Mavis are kind and genuine but she can’t just let her guards down.The last t
✑ Capítulo 9AUSTIN was unable to determine how long he had been sleeping, Lysandros just abruptly woke him up and pulled him to the second floor of the mansion.“Fuck you, Ly, you didn’t even ask me if I already had eaten!” he abrasively yelled.Austin almost stumbled because he did not see the stairs and the painful part was when the little finger of his toe hit on the stairs.
✑ Capítulo 10HE glared at Anthony before slapping his hand away from his face.He went out and did not disturb Fauzia, she might wake up because of their noise.After picking up the piles of plates they climbed up, they began to eat the trance foods.“Okay, I’ll start with these two,” Helios said then took the cheerios as well as the liter of coke. “Let’s take it easy.”They shouted in annoyance when Helios first put the coke before the cereal. “Oh come on, dingleberry!”“Bro! Cereal always first. Dang it, Helios, cereal always first! Then put milk!” Larkspur bellowed, displeased at what their friend did to their food.“Helios! Cereal always first!” then, Austin&r
✑ Capítulo 11IN the past 3 days, he can really see that she is exhausted. Fauzia slept for 2 days after he gave her the special medicine.He will not be surprised if Fauzia wakes up for a long time. Her body is recovering from sleep.He just stared at the girl until he decided to comb her hair.His hand haven't touched her hair when he stopped, she moved slightly but did not wake up.He stayed there for an hour, he only brushed her hair while thinking what had happened to her. That thought never leave his mind that he could not accept because he wasn't there when she needs it.Yesterday, he finally has the guts to know her history. And that was very traumatic for him, there’s no word to describe how much pain she must’ve felt and it’s making him
✑ Capítulo 12LENNON coughed because of what Austin did to Lazzini, he rapidly reached for the heaping glass of water that Lazzini made, Lennon drunk it without hesitation.“That man is evil! Run for your life, L! ” Lazzini warned Lennon, he stood up to stay away from Austin.Austin immediately pressed the pause button. "Pause." Lennon stopped running.“Are. You. Fucking. Kidding. Me?!” He emphasized every word that came out from his mouth with hard and pure anger.Both Efron and Anthony guffaw as they walked closer to Lennon, they were touching his face and body, “Get off me. Fuck you! Fucking fuck you!” Lennon was gritting his teeth.“Gay shit panic.” Austin approached them while shaking his head. Lennon doesn't wa