Stolen Innocence

Chapter Five

I sat there speechless, and feeling numb. Why would he does this to me? How could he!? I couldn’t understand, I knew what he said, but nothing made sense, I know things weren’t exactly perfect, but I didn’t deserve this-no one deserves THIS. Tears started steaming, and I started to hyperventilate. I felt like screaming, so I put my head into the pillow and let it all out.

My door slowing opened,

“Emily, honey what’s wrong darling?” Mum asked as she over beside me, she wrapped everything in her arms and squeezed me tightly. I know she was trying to comfort me, but it just made me cry more. I was hysterical now, crying and sobbing uncontrollably.

“Please Emily, What wrong baby? Talk to mum, tell me what happened honey. Maybe I can help you” Mum was panicking, I could hear it in her voice.

“You can’t help me Mum.” I sobbed “Everything’s gone wrong. It cant be fixed” I was sobbing and finding it hard to breathe and talk.

“Darling, I’m sure it’s not that bad beautiful. Your only young honey, what ever it is

I’m sure we can sort something out” Her voice was so Calm,

“I’m pretty sure that Colin r***d me” I was managed to tell her. I was so embarrassed, I felt so ashamed.

Word started to come out, and next minute I told Mum everything. Mum didn’t say anything, she just sat there and hugged me. While we were both cried together.

I loved the relationship Mum and I had, I never kept any secretes from her, we are like best friends. I told her I couldn’t remember anything after that drink Colin gave me. I told her the way he had treated me over the phone too.

She was upset as well as enraged! If Colin was anywhere near her, I reckon she would of literally killed him.

“Emily, that piece of s**t needs to PAY for what his done to you! I swear to GOD. I’m going to kill that little weasel bastard!” She was absolutely fuming about it,

“No! Mum! Please! It’s embarrassing enough!” I cried out begging her “His popular mum, his family is rich! He will get away with it anyway! There’s no point!” I pleaded, I looked down and realised I was gripping onto my Mums arm, I loosed my grip- “He already told me no one will believe me Mum, and his right. The smug prick is right” I sobbed,

“Honey, you cant let him get away with it” Mum said softly as she gently moved my hair from my face,

“Please Mum, just don’t worry about it. I don’t want want to be known as ‘the girl who cried r**e’ – Colin will end up with everyone on his side. You don’t understand.” I started to get angry, I didn’t mean too. I just wanted her to understand it, from my point of view. She need to know why I could go to the police, my life was ruined enough.

“Hello my beautiful ladies.” Dad come through my bedroom door with a smile on his face, but it quickly changed when he seen Mum and I crying.

“What’s wrong? What happened?” He was so confused and concerned,

“I’ll be out in a minute Darling, we need to have a talk.” Mum said calmly,

“Oh, okay” Dad said with a frown before hesitantly walking away, he knew something was wrong,

“Do you have to tell him Mum, it’s embarrassing” I asked softly,

“His your father Emily. He deserves to know honey, so he can understand why you not going back to school.” Mum said,

“Not going back?” I asked wiping my tears to look at her,

“I’m not sending you back to that school with that prick! Dad and I will get you into home schooling, I don’t care how much it cost. We will work it out Bub. You try and relax, I think you should stay away from social media for awhile. Just in case Cole runs his mouth or starts dramas” She said, and she had a fair point,

I nodded my head and she got up to walk out to talk to dad. I decided to go onto all my media accounts and I deactivated all of them. I didn’t want to be the gossip of the town, and I definitely didn’t want to see it all over my f*******:. I took the opportunity to message Ella, and told her I would contact her in a few days. I told her I was getting a new phone and phone number. She quickly replied,

‘Ring me when your phones sorted. I want to hear all the gossip from the padlock party. Love you xx’

I cried reading it, I wasn’t ready to tell Ella what had happened, she would probably come back her and beat Colin for what he had done, and as much as he deserved it. I don’t want her getting into trouble, my life was already a mess without adding to it.

I heard my dad yelling, then I heard some things get thrown around. There was a smash and a bang, and I jumped.

“WAIT TILL I SEE THAT LITTLE c**k-HEAD! IM GOING TO SQUEEZE THE LIFE OUT OF HIM! HIS f*****g DEAD!” I could hear Dad yelling,

I laid back on the pillow, and stared up at the ceiling. I didn’t want to hear him like that, I had never heard him yell and cuss like that before. I know his just being a protective father, after all, I am his only child. Mum was trying to calm him down, I could hear,

“I know your angry! I am too! But you need to calm the heck down! This isn’t about us, or how much we want to hurt Colin! We need to be strong and support you daughter! We need to be her shoulder to cry on. We need to show her she’s not alone” Mum always had a way with words,

I heard there talking get quieter, so whatever she said must of worked. I didn’t hear Dad ranting and raving anymore. They both came into my room, and as soon as I looked at him I cracked. I don’t know why, but every time something happened in my life, no matter how tough I thought I was; as soon as I looked at my Dad I would breakdown and cry. I was a ‘Daddy’s Girl’ and I wasn’t ashamed of it.

Dad didn’t say anything, he sat down on my bed and cuddled me. We didn’t talk we didn’t have to say anything. I don’t know how long I cried on his chest for, but by the time I was finished he had pretty much had a shower in my tears, his shirt was saturated from it.

“I’m sorry Dad, you’ll shirts all wet” I sat wiping my face,

“Don’t be sorry my girl, its only shirt.” He said softly rubbing my head, “Emily, are you sure you don’t want to report this to the police?” He spoke so soft and gently.

I doubt any father in this position would know what to say to their daughter, but I was just glad he was their for me when I needed him the most.

“I just want to leave it Dad, please” I answered him while I flicked my two thumbs together. It was a thing I always done when I was stressed, or nervous.

“Okay Bub, I don’t like it but its your choice, nevertheless I will always support you through it-we will support you through it.” He said “If I had to my way, I would wait at the police station for Colin to be interview- then I would BEAT HIS a*s as he left” He was serious, and I smiled because I knew Dad would probably-more the likely, actually do that.

He would happily wait outside the police station and then sweat for the perfect moment to beat Colin’s a*s. He wouldn’t care about the age difference or even if he got his own a*s whooped. Dad would do it just out of principal because he is a father who wants nothing more then to defend and protect his child.

“I don’t expect you to understand Dad” I started saying “I mean- I don’t even fully understand it all. I just don’t want the attention, and the gossip that’s going to come from this. Getting the police involved means everyone is going to know about it. It embarrassing enough Dad.” I said rubbing my eyes “Its bad enough that he took something ill never get back, I don’t need or want the extra humiliation.”

Dad didn’t say anything, he just nodded his head in agreement,

“Well you don’t have to worry about school. You don’t have to go back, unless you wanted to?” He asked

“I don’t wanna go back” I said nervously shaking my head no.

“That’s perfectly fine” He said with a smile “I know there a lot going on, and you would have a lot of different mixed emotions Emily, and you know Mum and I will always be here for you no matter what. We are not going to make you do anything you don’t want to, but I would really like you to seek professional help with a counsellor. Please. You need to talk to someone professional, we don’t want you to keep everything bottled up Emily. Mum and me have no idea what we are doing, but we will be here. You need to remember that.” His voice was cracking, and he was emotional as he spoke.

I understood what he meant,

“I agree Dad” I said with a nod,

“You will get through this baby, one day at a time with Mum and I will beside you to support you the whole way.” Dad was reassuring me.

I knew I would get through this- because I had them. We had each other.