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“Well, I thought you were booked up with someone in your bed,” I say in a whisper, as I peer over at Jackson laughing. “More than one I take it.” Turning back over to Hope, I watch her playing with her food; I can see Jackson taking a small glance over at her again.
"This is really good Hope. I might have to come over more for breakfast," Jackson tells her, and I see her body tense up a little. She takes a forkful of her food then pushes it to the side.
“May I leave?” I think that’s what I hear from her, as I could barely hear her. Nodding my head, I watch her walk away to the stairs and toward her room.
“What are you waiting for? Why don’t you just put your foot down with her?” Jackson shouts at me. Never thought I would see him get this worked up about something.
Dropping my head, I stare at my food. “I don’t want to scare her. I thought I would see how she is, what habits I need to break, so I can make her feel like she can live again,” I say and look up as I hear footsteps. “What the fuck is she doing now?” I ask myself, as I see her walking with some clothes in her hands.
Pushing my plate away, I stand up. This is the first time I do lose my shit with her. “No!” I shout and Hope jumps and walks to the corner of the room. “I can’t sit here and watch you acting like a servant when that’s not why you’re here." I take her clothes out of the sink, which are in fucking cold water and I throw them in the washing machine. "Some of these still have the tags on them, why?" I glance over to her, and I can see her shaking. Shit, I've messed up.
“I need to wash…” I see her scratching her wrist and then it hits me, her skin is getting very sensitive.
“Okay, wash them in the machine,” I tell her. I start putting the powder in, but I stop when I see her flinch and I lock my eyes with hers, hoping that she answers the question I want to ask.
"I can't...I need to … sensitive wash," she whispers and looks at the floor, and I look at the bottle.
"I'll pick some up today, until then you aren't washing this by hand." I walk back out and sit next to Jackson as she walks around looking at the floor, and I observe her and smile as she doesn't bump into anything.
"Right, we have to leave for this meeting." Jackson packs everything up. "See you later Hope." Jackson leaves the house, and I go to grab my jacket, but Hope is already standing there holding it for me.
Today I plan on getting a lot more information about her. I want to know where she was before coming here.
CHAPTER9
HOPE
"You've learnedeverything that I can teach you, get your things," Uncle Jack shouts, and I look over at the little box to the side and grab it. This is the only thing that I need and the only thing that I care about. "Now when we go meet your new owner, you know the rules."
Giving him a nod I follow him out of the room and I can feel them here. I can feel them watching me.
“She looks beautiful.” I hear tapping. “The payment has gone through,” I hear and my body tenses up. I feel like I’ve just lost a lot more than I thought I would. I’ve lost my whole life.
"Good, then she's all yours." Uncle Jack grabs my arm, and I look at his grip, then back to the floor. "Enjoy," he adds and pushes me over, I bump into the man that now owns me and the cold touch of his hands makes me feel sick.
"Oh, I will."
We walk out of Uncle Jack's house, and I wish that I'm already back there in my little cell—at least I knew what to expect there. Who is this man? What is this monster going to do to me?
"I'm talking to you. I won't tell you again, get in the fucking car before I spank you," he says. I bring myself out of my thoughts and without thinking I look at him only for a second but he sees, and I drop my head instantly as fear grips me. He stares back at me. I can feel his eyes boring into me. I move to the open door of the car and get in. He closes the door and walks around to the other side and once in he tells the driver to take the long way home. I sit frozen to the seat. I can hear mumbling. My mind is all over the place. I need to find a happy haven and fast.
"Do you always do this, go off to someplace, daydream?" he asks. "Hello, you in there?" I don't speak. "I can see we are going to have fun and lots of it especially if you don't talk." He starts laughing. I thought I knew what the devil sounded like when he laughed, but he seems worse.
Oh, God what am I going to do? I have to get away and fast.
CHAPTER10
LEO
Getting out of the car,I stare at the place Jackson has brought me to. I thought this was meant to be the doctors. This place doesn't appear like a doctor's surgery.The old building looks like it’s meant to be some sort of homeless shelter or something, I say to myself as I walk through the door. If I didn’t want to know about Hope, I wouldn’t be in here for a second.
I don’t care what Hope says, or in her case doesn’t say, the moment I get home she’s going to seemydoctor.
"I know you want to say something." Jackson looks over at me as we stop by the doctor's door. He knew what this place was before we even got here. He told me he looked into the doctor as well. She is a retired doctor, trying to build a charity to help people that can't afford healthcare.
“I think I need to work on a charity plan,” I reply, knocking on the door. I enter as I hear the doctor welcoming us in. I take a look around her office, to see the diploma’s she has hanging on the wall. I hear her introducing herself to Jackson I have my back to her.
"We aren't here to know about what you do here. I want to know about Hope Matthews," I say turning around to face her and the doctor runs her eyes up and down me. "And before you say you can't tell me anything because of patient confidentiality shit, I don't care. I'm trying to help her, and I need to know everything about her or I can't do that."
