Abused and Blessed

Kathy's Side Part 2

****Warning Suicide Attempt*****

Kathy POV:

I knew that I needed to finish this story as soon as I could so that I could spare my little crafting angel from any more pain.

"After you were taken by ambulance to the hospital, Nessie literally tore into all three of them. She tore Billy's right ear completely off and also tore Jerry's left index and middle fingers off. As for Peter, she let me have control, and I tore his chest up so much that he was close to death. I rejected him right there and then. By that time, Kenon was awake and was standing at the door, looking in horror at what I had done to his father and brothers." I stood up and turned my back to Thalia. I pulled the top of my shirt down so she could see the scars that were on my upper back.

"I told him to take his father and brothers out of my house and to never return ever again. He started attacking me and screaming that it was all my fault. If only I had not favored you and had given his father and brothers the attention that they needed, then none of this would have happened. He then took the three men and left that same night and a few weeks later I felt Peter finally accept my rejection."

I sighed and looked straight into my crafting angel's eyes. "When I finally let you go and marry Percy, it was because the Moon Goddess had visited me again and told me that it was time to let you go and spread your wings. That I needed to return home and I would see you again when it was time for you to return to your family and species." I took her hands in mine softly.

"Little crafting angel, I know I have always told you that you are not the one that caused that to happen to you. I can only hope that you can forgive me for taking so long to get to you that night. I should have been there to save from it at the very beginning. I can only hope that you will allow me to always remain in your life from today on," Thalia quickly wrapped me up in a hug and held me tight.

"Kathy, I have nothing to forgive you for! If it wasn't for you, I might not be here at this moment. You have saved my life far more times than you will ever know. If you hadn't cared for me all of those years, I don't think I would still be here today to be with my new family and mate who loves me for who I am today." She let me go as she was saying this and looked down with a look of regret on her face. I saw Ares stiffen and then reached a hand up to her shoulder. He turned her around and looked at her with a hurt look in his eyes.

"Little one, what do you mean by that? Did you harm yourself after what happened to you?" he asked in a quiet small voice as tears started filling his eyes. Thalia looked up at him and started crying while nodding her head softly at him in an answer. Ares quickly pulled her into his lap and held her tightly to him.

Thalia POV:

As I looked up at Ares, I saw that there were tears welling up in his eyes. I softly placed my hand on his cheek and he pressed into it.

"When I was 18, I had a terrible PTSD attack, although at the time I didn't know what it was. It was such a bad one that I wasn't just remembering what had happened, I was reliving it once again. I went into Kathy's study and took the small dagger that I had found in the bottom drawer of her desk. I took it to the small bathroom that was on the farthest side of the house and locked myself in there. I started filling the tub with enough water for me to soak in." At this point, Ares was full on crying right with me and I could see that he knew where I was going with this. I couldn't stop now. He needed to know how close he was to losing me forever.

"As I lay there, I knew that if I were to cut somewhere that she couldn't see right away, then there was a chance that I would never have to fear what had happened to me. So I turned onto my side and took the dagger and started to cut into my back. I didn't know this at the time, but the dagger was made of silver."

I stood up and turned my back to him and pulled up my shirt a little bit and pulled my leggings down a bit to show him the scars that were still on my back.

"Some of the girls were there, and they were pounding on the door begging me not to do this. I could hear one of the younger girls running through the house screaming for Kathy to come and save me. I was so close to dying by this point and I knew it. I was already starting to get dizzy from the loss of blood. I could hear her telling all the girls to go to their rooms and not to come out until she told them that it was safe. The next thing I knew, she was breaking down the door and taking the dagger from me. She saved me. I wanted to die at that time, and she saved me." I stood there with tears falling down my face as I showed Ares the scars. He almost lost me, and it hurt me so much, thinking that he would have been alone forever because I was a stupid child.

Ares POV:

My angel had almost died! She had been so hurt by those men that she had tried to kill herself! I fell out of my seat and knelt behind her. I placed my hands on her hips and stared at the scars that she had placed on her beautiful skin. Some of the marks were just small stabs to the skin, but the worst of them was the one long s***h across her entire lower back.

It started on her right hip and stretched all the way to her left hip. I planted soft gentle kisses over each and every scar that was there on her back as she stood there sobbing. I quickly stood up, turned her around and threw her over my shoulder. I excused myself and carried her up to her room.

I walked us both into her room and locked her door. I placed her down softly onto her bed and then stood there staring at this beautiful angel before me. I am going to show her how much it hurt me that she thought that her only option was to take herself out of this world. I will show her how much she is loved.