Forgotten

Four

Ring,Ring,Ring,Ring.

'You don't hit my line no more, oh, oh

You don't make it ring, ring, ring, ring

I can't keep this on the low

I want you to make it ring, ring, ring, ring'

My ringtone 'Ring' by Cardi b starts playing from my AirPods making me groan in annoyance at the disturbance. Don't get me wrong, I love the song but I don't want to be disturbed or talk to anyone right now. I take out my phone from my back pocket and see my dad calling me.

"Hey dad, what's up?" I asked when I picked up. Both my mom and dad have been acting weird for a while now but I can't seem to figure out what it is.

"Hi sweetheart, where are you? Henry couldn't find you after school. What's going on?" He asked in a panicked tone.

"Sorry I just decided to walk home today, I'm 10 minutes out" I say while checking the time.

"Okay, see you soon then, love you" he said with a sigh of relief.

"Okay, love you too" I said and ended the call as 'Gods Menu' by Stray kids begins to play.

Yes i Stan Stray kids and if you don't just keep your opinions to yourself because no one wants to hear it.

Okay now where was I?.....Right time to escape

Flashback

Two years....it's been one year since I've been here. I turn 12 today and today is the day I escape from this hell hole.

'Happy birthday to me' I thought while wiping my face with my sleeves.

Timing.

If there is one thing I've learnt from being here is that timing is everything.

Everyday at 7am he comes into my room for his 'meal' as he likes to call it.

And everyday I wait until I hear the doors close before I get up to do my daily chores.

He leaves at 9am ( I don't really know what he does) and comes back at 4pm and sometimes 6pm if he's feeling generous or if I'm lucky.

7 hours.....that's all the time I have. But if I want to to get out of here I need to play it safe.

I lay down pretending to be asleep as he walks into my room.

"Happy birthday my beautiful queen. I love you more than anything in this world and I'll always protect you" he whispered kissing my shoulder and making his way up to my neck and cheek.

'UGH I WANT TO KILL HIM' my inner thoughts says.

'You think I don't want to kill him too? I can't even land a punch on him how am I supposed to beat him then huh? So please just be quiet and let's get out of here today. We need to put a lot of distance between us' I say still pretending to be asleep.

"Goodbye my queen, I'll be back later. I have a surprise for you later today" he whispers kissing me on the cheek and walking out. I lay there for a few minutes so no one suspects anything.

I won't be here for any surprise you i***t.

'BANG'

That's my cue

I got up and started packing my bag. I found it somewhere in the house when I was looking around. I opened the wardrobe in the room and pulled out 3 shirts and sweatpants. I put on a black hoodie and leggings and a white sneaker since it's the only one I have.

So much for being his queen. Ugh does this man have any sense left.

I run to the bathroom and grab my toothbrush and toothpaste. I put my hair in a ponytail because I don't need it interrupting me while I run. I looked under my bed and took the apple I hid the day before. 'should be enough' I thought.

It's time to go

It's now 10:30am. I took the chair in the room and walked up to the window and opened it and the cold wind blew past my face. It's a two story building. I might break something but it will be worth it, that Is if I don't freeze from the cold. I took off my bag and tossed it outside. I shimmied through the window as I heard steps coming my way. I know it's one of the guards coming to check up on me but I'm not going to stick around to find out.

I jumped out the window hitting the floor with a loud thud. I'm pretty sure I heard a c***k but I don't have time to think about that and I'm also pretty sure the whole house heard the loud thud. I hear footsteps coming towards me and I grab my bag and ran.

I ran and ran and ran until I couldn't anymore. Until I was sure there was enough distance between me and him. I was breathing hard, uneven and to say I was freezing was an understatement.

'Girl you should run track' my inner thoughts said

'Not the time' I said looking for a place to hide. I hid behind the dumpster I saw. I was so skinny and I fit easily. I laid there for a while trying to even out my breath and that's when I felt pains in my ribs.

'I guess I did break something' I thought and closed my eyes for a while.

I feel asleep behind the dumpster and when I woke up it was night. I got up instantly, probably not the best idea because my ribs felt like it was breaking all over again. I walk out from behind the dumpster checking left and right and started running again. I didn't care if my ribs were hurting I just needed to get away from him.

I kept looking back while running to make sure I wasn't being followed only to bump into someone and fall on my broken ribs. I cried out in pain and looked up to see an angry man and woman.

He was a 6'4 black man with brown eyes and really huge muscles and she was a 5'11 white woman with blond hair and the most beautiful blue eyes I've ever seen. She was so beautiful that I couldn't keep my eyes away. She stood tall and proud like she owned the place. When I looked into her eyes they were cold but when she met mine they softened.

She crouched down to my height and put her hand out but i whimpered thinking she was going to hit me. Her eyes now held confusion.

"Hey sweetheart, what's your name?" She asked concern laced in her tone.

"Eu-Eureka. I'm sorry for bumping into you I didn't mean to" I said on the verge of tears.

"It's okay sweetheart" she said honestly

I looked at the man to see him looking at me with concern and I followed his eyes to see my shirt was raised and displayed my now purple skin. I covered them up immediately so he couldn't see but was too late.

"Hey princess, my name is Andrew and this is my wife Olivia" he said while pointing to the pretty woman. "Where do you stay? I can take you back." He asked curiously

"NO" I yelled.

"I JUST GOT OUT. PLEASE DON'T TAKE ME BACK THERE. I BARELY EVEN MADE IT. I CANT GO BACK THERE" I yelled while shaking my head and began to panic.

"Hey hey hey, sweetheart..." Olivia tried to hug me but I flinched and covered my face thinking she would hit me but nothing came. I looked up to see tears in her eyes as she looked at me. She turned around and started speaking to her husband. After a while she turned to me and i was shocked at what she said.

"Sweetheart, we're not gonna hurt you okay? We're going to help you. If you come with me I can take a look at you wounds and get you cleaned up okay?" She said as she tried to take my hands in hers.

"You won't hurt me" I asked searching her eyes for lies but couldn't find any.

"No baby, we would never hurt you" she said honestly.

"Promise?" I asked

"We promise" they both said in unison. Andrew looked at me asking for permission to carry me and I nodded. He sat me in the car and I let out a relief sigh because I was freezing my ass off. If I had stayed there for another minute I'm pretty sure I would have become and ice sculpture. I laid my head on his lap, as darkness began to consume and we drove off.

Was it a coincidence that I found them?...I don't think so because there is no such thing as coincidence.