The Butler

Chapter 10- Foretelling Nightmare

I realized that some of the formatting on the website doesn't transfer over to the app which is kind of annoying so I fixed it. I hope the developers fix that....

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The rest of the day was numbly mundane. I took a shower as soon as I got home and scrubbed myself until I bled. I felt dirty and used despite not being r***d. I couldn't imagine how people who were actual victims dealt with the aftermath. I was so furious I put myself in a situation where I would even be taken advantage of. I trembled in the shower not knowing how to cope. I had no one to share it with making me realize I was all alone. I opened my palms to reveal an irritated fingernail wound that I've inflicted on myself. I closed my eyes and let the water droplets hit my face until the hot water became cold.

After I dried myself off, I looked for more jobs. I don't know if I could handle three jobs, but that was a risk I was willing to take. I never wanted to see that evil creature ever again. I don't know if I could stop myself from badly injuring him if I ran into him on the streets.

After I found multiple job listings that were near my home, I had another five hours until work. I felt mentally and physically exhausted, so I curled into my bed. I desired to forget Caleb's existence and the events today as I closed my eyes and drifted into sleep.

[ My mom was driving me to school. She kissed me on the cheek as she told me to have a good day. Her laugh was as warm as the sunshine on a summer's day like I remembered when I was little. Her gorgeous hair cascading down her back as she winked. I saw other men watching her with lustful eyes- students, dads and teachers. I closed the door and got out of the car feeling uncomfortable with how people were watching her.

I gave her a wave before entering school. Damon was near his locker with his football friends joking and rambunctiously laughing with him. When he saw me, he broke into a full blown smile. He strutted towards me with confidence and greeted me with a kiss on the lips. I was flabbergasted.

"Good morning, beautiful."

I saw his other football friends come over and tease us. I was dating Damon? I had friends? Damon swatted them away with a slight blush on his cheeks. I chuckled at the banter between him and his friends. 

A feeling of unease consumed me after the laughing stopped.

"Where's Caleb," I asked in a small voice to Damon. He looked at me in visible confusion.

"Who? There's no Caleb at this school."

This had to be a dream I realized. A perfect world. I was so beyond elated. I ran to the bathroom and looked at myself in the reflection. I was beautiful. I became skinny but toned. I was actually wearing a dress that hugged my curves. My freakishly large eyes looked normal now that I had no glasses. My eyelashes fluttered as I examined myself closer and realized that I had makeup on. The black mascara contrasted with my blue eyes, and my lips looked juicier with shiny lip gloss that reflected in the light. I even had my eyebrows groomed!

I walked out of the bathroom in a daze and saw Damon waiting for me against the wall. He smirked when he saw me come out. I dashed into his arms and hugged him with all my might. Trying to telepathically relay a message of how much I missed him, I tightened my hug on him and sniffed his scent.

I felt his phone vibrate. He kissed me on my head as he released me. He checked it and his smiling face slowly changed to horror.

A sense of panic rose in me. "What's wrong?"

He showed me his phone screen, and my heart dropped to Hell. I couldn't breathe as tears started to prick my eyes. I tried to say it was a lie, but my voice was caught in my throat. It was a picture of me naked in the men's bathroom.

"I didn't know you were a slut," he said with a grief stricken face. I shook my head furiously to try to tell him what happened. Before I could say anything, the whole school had their phones going off as I heard loud vibrations and ringtones. All the students looked at it simultaneously like a robot and stared at me with disgust. All of their judgmental eyes were watching me and making me feel like trash.

All of a sudden, my mom was behind me. 

"Stella, what's this on my phone? I didn't know I had such a shameless daughter. I don't even want you as my daughter anymore, you whore."

My heart felt like I was stabbed as I couldn't catch my breath. Trying to hide the feeling of my worthlessness, I backed away from the disappointed stares of Damon and mom. In the corner of my eye I saw a black shadow. I turned my head to see a better look of a shadow. The shadow eerily drifted to me becoming taller until he was about 8 feet high. The black shadow had a resemblance of a human body. The shadowy figure's hand reached out to me and groped my now naked body. The shadow around the face dissipated to reveal Caleb's face. I screamed in terror as the deep altered voice said, "I'm going to consume you." ]

I jumped to a sitting position in my bed as my heaving body was soaked in sweat. I was shaking. I could feel my tears freely falling from my face as I screamed out in raw emotional pain. I gripped the blanket in my fist and grieved for the girl that could have been happy if her life was normal. I screamed until my voice was hoarse, and my tears could not surface anymore. I realized that the last sentence in my dream was true. I was being consumed.