After Coming Home

Chapter 2

I was going back and fourth being the happiest human being alive to feeling the most guilty he asked me to forget this whole trip and turn around and go home “ No I’m going to see these lanterns!” I’m starting to become very frustrated with him why does he have to be this way this is a once and a lifetime thing for and he just wants to leave he turned and looked at me said “ Are you hungry? I know a place near here that has great food!” I wanted to eat but mother said I was getting a chubby a lot lately I started to smell something very good as he said we’re here it was called the snuggly duckling I thought that was a cute name I started getting excited thinking about seeing the ducklings there were two guys there both looking at me making me feel uncomfortable and conscious about how I looked just being in scrap fabric since I never left before never really thought about how it looked to other people then Flynn had the nerve to ask me if I was feeling ok asking if I should go home and call it a day he did this on purpose knowing how this will make feel before I could yell at him on of the guys approached me grabbed me and said “Wanna spend some time with me? We can go to the room upstairs” I didn’t know what he meant by that but I knew it couldn’t be anything good when I tried to back away the other man grabbed me touching me on my chest ripping it a little bit showing more than I ever wanted to show anyone I quickly looked to Flynn begging him to help me without a second thought he pulled the man off me punched him knocking him unconscious I swung the frying pan hitting the other man knocking him out too Flynn picked me up and ran about mile away I yelled at to put me down I didn’t want to be touched after that man grabbed me I looked where he grabbed saw a bruise starting to form I wanted to bathe off his touch hoping to rid the memory of his hand on me i felt disgusted with myself I started to cry and then it turned to a sob when I hit the ground I forgot about Flynn until he had his hand on my shoulder he started “ Blondie I’m sorry I didn’t know it will go like that I feel awful that it happened because of me” I was still crying looking down at the rip on my dress holding it up to keep myself covered I asked him if he knows a place to clean myself up “There’s a pond up head I’ll stay here and get a fire started” I appreciated that he was trying to give me space but I was more scared of being alone naked in the dark where the men that grabbed me “Can you please be nearby? I don’t want to be alone” I didn’t like me being vulnerable in a place that I didn’t know and also needed up getting my corset off so I slightly turned towards Flynn told him I didn’t want to be alone I didn’t look him in the eyes as I told him afraid of his judgment that I couldn’t take right now he stepped close enough that I could hear him and not enough to make me uncomfortable he whispered “I’ll stand from afar looking away but close enough for you to see me so I don’t make you more uncomfortable and I’ll forever be sorry that I caused this” I finally looked into his eyes saw they were teared up in that moment I knew his apology was true