Beautifully Broken

"No !!!, stop please, don't do this!, I beg of you!, someone help!. I suddenly woke up from the bed, sweating profusely " another nightmare" I thought. My name is Jacklyn Halden, I'm 19 years, I bet that's all you want to know about me, the rest is a mess. "Jacklyn get your f*cking ass over here and prepare breakfast!!! " my dad shouted. " am coming " I replied, I quickly took my bath, got dressed and ran downstairs as quickly as possible, I made breakfast quickly to avoid a repetition of what happened yesterday and rushed to work, luckily I had avoided another round of beating for now. I had a habit of writing letters to myself everyday, jotting down my thoughts and feelings, it was my only way of letting my emotions out, simply for myself, nobody else to read or see. I was embarrassed by it at first thinking the idea was pathetic, but it helped me. " you're writing, as usual" Pete, my colleague said, he walked into the cafe, to see me sitting by myself as always. Pete and I are quite opposite but we became friends, which I don't really know how it began, if you ask me. Pete is three years older than me, he is a friendly and outgoing person, loves to party a lot and has lots of friends, on the other hand am your stereotypical wallflower and that's all about me. I prefer blending in an staying on the rader, living in shadows, I am shy and I really hate attention and I'm equally afraid to get in anyone's way. I looked up, and stopped writing "I am" I replied smiling Pete quirked an eyebrow "want to talk about it?" "Talk about what?" I spoke softly, my voice quiet , like it always was. he shrugged, looking down at me as he stood beside the table " you know what I mean, lyn" luckily the door bell rang, and the first customer walked inside, I guess that was my clue to end the conversation " I have to go now" I said Pete patted my shoulder, before walking up to the customer that just walked in I sighed, looking down at my paper and quickly cover it. "I really have a long day ahead of me" I thought. Hours went by quickly, I looked at the time, it was 8:00pm, I sighed preparing to leave. I know you will be asking yourself, why this long?, let me tell you what, I work double shift, in other to pay the bills and provide food on the table, I practically do everything at home. " hmmm.... Pete, I gotta go now " I said " okay Lyn....take care" Pete replied Pete kind of own the Cafe, he inherited it from his father, and he lived in the upper floor, so that's why he stays behind. I still don't get why he chose me to work with him, let me get this straight, we have three other workers, but he let me work together with him, well... am not complaining, I love my job and the pay is not bad after all. I quickly rushed home before my dad gets back, I reached the house by 8:30pm, I checked my watch. " Shit...am late" I panicked I slowly opened the door, afraid to switch on the light,bas I walked toward the kitchen to prepare dinner, suddenly the light was on and I froze. " Where do you think you're going, b***h” dad shouted. I turned toward him, and before I could speak, a slap landed on my left cheek " I...was...go...ing to ma...ke din...ner" I stammered he laughed coldly, I could smell alcohol on him as he spoke, at least he wasn't drunk today. "coming back from your boyfriend's place, and you tell me, you want to make dinner, you slut" he spat om me " No...I" I couldn't finish the sentence, before I knew what was happening, I fell on the cold hard floor, which was accomplished with severe beatings. I squatted on the cold floor and shield my face, to prevent scars on it, so I could go to work the next day. The beatings ended shortly after that, I quickly stood up with pains, it wasn't really severe like the ones I got previously, which I ended up with broken ribs and deep scars. I made dinner quickly and walked slowly to my room, shut the door and star tending to my injuries, before sleep filled with nightmares took over. The next day, I went to work early as usual with pain all over my body, I made sure to shield my body to prevent curious glance from people. " Hey... Lyn " Pete smiled " Good morning Pete " I smiled not reaching my eyes, if he saw my puffy eyes, he didn't say anything, I guess that's why I kind of liked him. I brought out my ink, and start writing my letters, before customers start coming. Today, the cafe was quite filled up, and orders were coming in, I mostly prefer it, cause it keeps me busy and I tend to forget some things. The bell rang, and I looked up, I saw a guy wearing a well designed suit and a tie, well, as curious as i am, i watched him as he searched around for an empty seat, he sighted one beside the window and sat down. I guess that's my call, I left the counter and walked toward the suit guy. " hello ...welcome to Oliver's cafe, what can I offer you today?" I faked a smile He suddenly glanced up from the menu, he was holding in his hand, and looked at me. I was stunned, almost shaking iny shoes, I haven't seen this face around here, not that I have even gone around, his eyes was striking grey, similar to the clouds when its heavy with rain at the moment, I was speechless. Xavier's POV The time showed 6:00pm, and the sun went to its home an hour ago, but Xavier Alessandro was inside his office cabin, preparing for his major deal with D'costa's. He was a work alcoholic, and everyone knows that. He was a man with perfection, and a cunning attitude, he showed no mercy to anyone, and was fashioned this way. Since his childhood, he met selfish people with greedy minds and dark soul, he learnt what he saw and served to him, his father Nicholas Alessandro was not lesser than that, he fought for power, which led him to a tragic death. From this, Xavier learned 'if you are not powerful enough, others will destroy you and push you to a dead end', since the he never turned back, he carved success and more success.He wanted all, he wanted everyone below him, begging for his mercy, but he will not give any. Finalizing my presentation, I closed my laptop and glanced at my wristwatch, it was 7:00pm, I guess I have to get some food into my stomach before heading home. I drove through the town looking for a decent diner, to grap some light food and maybe coffee. ' I guess that will do ' I thought I could feel the cloud getting heavy, and it's about to rain, hurriedly, I entered into the Cafe looking around, luckily I found an empty seat beside the window. I sat down and took the menu and searched for what to eat. " hello...welcome to Oliver's cafe, what can I offer you today?" I suddenly looked up, to know whose voice is that, but was shocked to see a girl standing before me, she was something else, beautiful yes, but it was beyond that.