Chapter 20

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!warning! teen pregnancy and mention of rape Maximus was a normal teen boy who was always alone in school. It's not that the people there hate him or anything. It's just that everyone knows he's not that rich and people always give him this look of pity, It's what annoys Max the most. So he stayed away from everyone and kept to himself, that is until Veronica came in. She was a beauty, the gift of God to men. Even little Maximus was in love the moment he saw her. But she paid him no mind. She eventually became popular, for her beauty alone. Word got around that the poor loner kid is carrying unrequited feelings for her and this news eventually reached the worst person to have heard it. Veronica herself. Nobody knows this, but underneath all her angelic beauty is a she-devil who's pass time to is to break the hearts of little losers. So she got to know him, forcing him to become her friend. She took him on dates and forced him to pay afterward. Whilst all of these were happening, she dated the star athlete of the school. Veronica told the naive boy that she loves him and was only dating Chad so that she could be protected from bullies. Lies. She was never bullied, all the guys like her. But Max didn't know this, so he believed everything that she said. Believed in her lies. That she loved him. That what they were doing was because they love each other. That it was something that all teenagers do, so why not them. That the condom wasn't really needed. That they were breaking it off because he wasn't enough. Max was devastated, miserable that the girl he had his first time with, apparently had no feelings for him like he did for her. Word spread that she was pregnant, but nobody ever really did see her again in school. Everybody thinks it was Chad who got her knocked up, Max didn't bother to correct this because what if it is Chad's child? Who knows how many secrets she kept from everyone else? Who knows how many guys she has been sleeping with? It wasn't till 9 months has passed, Veronica came to Max's home in the trailer park. She was carrying a little bundle of clothes in her arms, waiting impatiently for Max to answer the door. Max was more than ecstatic to see Veronica, thinking she must've thought things over and that she must be there to take him back. Regretting that she ever let him go in the first place. He was so far from what was actually about to happen. Veronica was kicked out of her own house for getting pregnant. She's running away, and she's taking Chad with her. Chad agreed to come, on one condition. The child should not come with them. So they left, leaving the child in the hands of Max, now an only father. Though Max has now completely erased his feelings for Veronica, he grew attached to the child completely. He still wasn't sure if the child was his but he was sure of one thing. He'll take care of this child and love him with everything he has. "DAD!" I woke up, falling off of the chair in the hospital. Man, I always have hated hospitals. It's because they either smell like death or chemicals and death. I waited in the hallway, watching as doctors and nurses pass by me, rushing and buzzing to get to their next patient. It must be incredibly busy today. I twidled with my thumbs as I waited for the doctor to tell me Jacob's condition. It's been a few hours since we got here, Jacob passed out in the ambulance due to blood loss. I, of course, went into another round of panic when that happened, only calming down when the nurses threatened to kick me out of the ambulance. The responders also called the cops, due to the large number of dead bodies. They actually thought that I mass murdered them all. But I told them that it wasn't me, that I just got there. Thinking back on it now, I should've called my team to take care of it and then took Jacob to the hospital myself, but I wasn't really in the right mind to make reasonable decisions. I sighed and a nurse sat beside me, he looked to be around 18-17ish. "Man, I heard what happened to ya, A gang attack huh?" I guess that's how the cops surmised it to be. I mean, that is what happened, but they don't know that for sure. "They're getting quite frequent recently huh?" The squirt continued to talk on and on like a child on a sugar rush. I answered with single answers and a nod or shake of my head, which seemed to be enough to keep him going. I didn't bother to stop him to tell him to leave, because, right now, I needed the distraction. Thinking too much into what happened to Jacob, I might go into a blind rage, I really don't need that to happen at this moment. He stopped his chattering when an older doctor called him over, saying goodbye to me in the most cheerful way possible in the most depressing place ever. I saw a doctor come out, but he went to the old woman who sat across from me, she's the guardian of the unconscious teen that I had found on Jacob's bed. "He's alright now Mrs. Maxis please don't worry too much. He's stable and might wake up in a few hours." The doctor said, the old woman cried as she said her thanks, walking slowly towards the door to where her grandson was confined, I helped her all the way in and even helped her to her seat, It's what Jacob would've wanted me to do. "Thank you," She told me and I simply nodded as I turned to leave the room. Sitting back down in the hallway, my mind drifted back into Jacob's house and all the CCTV cameras that I saw when I was there. Dialing Aiden's number, I waited in my seat impatiently. He answered after a few rings, sounding as groggy as ever. I must've woke him up from his sleep, though it might seem heartless of me to not check the time before calling him. "Aiden, glad you're awake, I need you to check the CCTV footage of Jacob's house and find out what really happened before I got there." I heard him grumble angrily, I let it slide because this is Aiden we're talking about. There were shuffling of sheets on his side as I wait for his response. "Yeah yeah, I'll go there and get to it, I'll call you when I get something," Aiden said and I hung up, back to overthinking everything and anything that I can think of. A few hours passed, my phone rang as Aiden's name splayed across the screen. "Okay so from what I got here, A group of men came to Jacob's door, they were armed. Jacob was able to grab ahold of one of their weapons and started his killing spree. He was backing off up the stairs as the gun ran out of bullets. When he got to his room, the men followed and surrounded him..." Aiden sighed his voice growing heavy for a moment. "Our men tried to help, but they eventually all got killed, The only one left is Jacob, A teen boy, and one burly man. Andrew, they forced themselves onto him, I can't- I can't continue watching it, it was terrible. I fast-forwarded a few hours, the two seemed to have tired themselves to the point they almost passed out, Jacob, shakily got up- oh god," I heard Aiden legitimately puke and I gave him time, also I tried to take the silence to calm myself and not let my anger get a hold of me. So the teen boy was in on it after all. "He's messy Andrew, so messy, but he still got up, he took an axe and started beating their skulls in. Except for the teen boy, he stopped at some point. Then he just ran to the bathroom and shut himself there." He said, finally finishing the horrendous story of what happened to Jacob. God knows, I want to storm in this boy's room and just kill him right here and now, who cares about consequences? "What time did all these happen?" "6 pm" I arrived at 9, he was in that shower, who knows what he's done to himself in the span of three hours. I thanked Aiden as I hanged up the phone, clutching it tightly in my hand thinking my next actions thoroughly. I stood up, opting to go into the room of the boy, but I didn't, I don't know what I might do to him in this shaky mental state I am in. Blake Maxis I sat back down and tested the name in my mouth, foul. Nobody might even miss him if he dies, hell his grandmother might forget about him eventually. I re-dialed Aiden's number, who answered immediately this time. I heard him playing games. "You're not going back to sleep?" "I knew you were going to call me again, so I didn't bother," I smiled, knowing I can trust him with pretty much anything. "You know those apartments for like old and retired people?" I asked and Aiden gave me a mere hum of regard that he knew what I was talking about. "Buy one for the Grandmother of Blake Maxis." "mhmm mhmm, then we kill the boy? Andrew, Jacob won't like what you're planning." "He won't, but I will surely do," I said and Aiden just sighed once more, and said that he was on it. The moment I hung up my phone, Jacob's doctor left his room with a grim look on his face. I don't think I'll like this. "I-sigh-He's awake now, but we had to restrain him, He pulled out his IV multiple times and tried to attack himself with it," He finished and my heart just broke into a million pieces at what I had heard. He was so far beaten that he became like that. Was it my fault? Was it because I left him that this happened? This is all because of me, isn't it? God! If I just stayed by his side, took care of him, and protected him from whatever came for him, then all of this shouldn't have happened. I claimed that I love him, I love him so much. And yet I let all of this happen to him. What kind of boyfriend am I? I felt a hand on my shoulder and looked up at the doctor, he had a look of sympathy on his face, that's when I felt it, the tears streaming down my face. I heard my small hiccups and labored breathing. "You can go in," He said, I didn't trust my voice, I fear what sound I would've made if I even opened my mouth to utter a response. I went in and true enough, Jacob was lying there, both of his hands were tied to the sides of the bed, his feet bound to each other and tied to the end of the bed, he looked absolutely helpless, and it just hurts me, even more, to see him like this. He was looking at his nurse fearfully. "PLEASE NO!!! GET AWAY FROM ME!!!! GET AWAY!!!" The nurse stood there looking at him sadly, while just taking notes. He acknowledged my presence and left the two of us. That's when Jacob finally noticed me, his fearful eyes turning to a desperate and sad one. "A...Andrew," He chocked out and that's when I truly broke, I fell down on the chair beside his bed and wrapped my arms around his shoulder, bringing his head to the side of mine. I was a crying mess, sobbing and hiccuping as I held him in my arms. I held him, and felt how his body shook against mine, he was crying too. "H-help me... They were... They..." "Shhh shhh, I'm here, I'm here no one's going to hurt you anymore." Promise that you'll protect me? A small kid, barely 6 years old, stood in front, facing of the worn-down trailer, he was playing with a robot toy that his father brought for him. I'll be your superhero! A taller kid stood in front of him, loving how his friend visited him once again. I'll protect you from everyone "I'll protect you with everything I got."
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