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I let out a deep breath, bracing myself. “I know,” I tell her honestly.
I don’t flinch at the first touch of her dabbing my wound. Isaac turns his head to the side, looking at the wall like he can’t bare to look at me.
I lean my head forward not thinking nor caring that he might notwant me touching him. I rest my head on his shoulder, breathing in his scent.
He feels safe.
Isaac
It’s extremely difficult to sit and watch her try to hide the pain she’s feeling as they clean her wounds. She’s trying to so hard to be strong and put on a neutral face but I know how deep those wounds are; how gruesome and painful they are.
I saw what they did her when she was hanging from the ceiling. The paramedics had to put her shoulder back in place because it was out of socket from the way she was hanging for so long.
She tightens her grip in my hands. I clench my jaw and look over her shoulder at the nurse who’s in tears.
“Can you increase her pain medicine or something?” I ask the nurse, hating this shit more than anything.
The nurse stops what she’s doing and pushes the button on the wall asking for another nurse to bring some more pain medicine for her.
Emily takes a deep breath once she stops touching her back. I cup her face in awe of how tough she is.
“You’re so strong.”
She smiles for the first time and I feel like she just fucking gave me the moon to see that smile on her face. I would do anything to see that again, over and over.
From the shit that was handed to her, seeing her smile proves that they didn’t take away her spirit completely.
Another nurse walks to her IV giving her more meds and soon Emily relaxes, her eyes drooping.
The other times she got her wounds cleaned she was completely out of it and had been asleep for days.
One of the reasons I’m here is because I want to protect her and make sure nothing ever happens to her again. I can’t explain why I feel this way towards her, but it’s almost like a natural instinct or reaction to her.
Secondly, we saw papers when we tore that fucking building apart. She was sold to this man in Mexico.
When I was shown that shit, I wanted to fucking murder everyone involved. The ones who had died in that building where she was, isn’t enough. Nothing is enough for the way she had been brutally treated.
I don’t want her to know that she had been sold nor of the danger lurking around all because money exchanged hands.
I pray to fucking God that he comes after her. I want to hurt them a million times worse than what they did to her.
Emily doesn’t move while her wounds are cleaned. “Can you come over here so I can show you how to clean these when she is released tomorrow?”
Emily looks up at that and I can see she is frightened at the thought of leaving. I keep her hand in mine, walking to the side of her, letting the nurse walk me through everything.
The hospital staff believes that I am her fiancé. It’s why they have not questioned my presence here and make sure that I’m aware of everything pertaining to her.
The nurse leaves, taking all of the supplies with her. I make a note for Chase, one of my friends, to pick up everything for me and take it to my house.
Emily
I try not to panic when the nurse mentioned I could go home soon. I don’t want to go back to my apartment.
They found me there.
It feels like everything that I had doesn’t belong to me anymore. Life is so different now and I feel like I need a new start; all new things, new place to live, just a completely fresh start.
All I want is to feel safe and have peace in my life.
