Chapter 3: Something goes wrong.

 Chapter 3: Something goes wrong.

Her mom Chloe would come home every day with different men and many men a day, which Charlotte would ask her why did she bring so many men to the house? Which always made Chloe uncomfortable and she would answer:

''Daughter, stop being so nosy, I've simply told you several times already that they are my clients.''

Charlotte was still too young to figure out which client they were dealing with and above all, what was her mother's job?

He is always arriving with a client, and you could hear him yelling and also a lot of banging on the wall, Charlotte just ignored him and did her homework, she was very dedicated in her studies.

At night when her father came home she heard another kind of screams, these were more crying than anything else and also blows, her father was still beating her mother, and although she always wanted to help him, both beat her and sent her to her room, Charlotte was already tired of all these problems, of so many screams and so many blows, she was crying all night submerged in depression for the horrible life that her parents were leading, but at the same time these problems made her stronger.

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Five years later, Charlotte was almost 14 years old, it was 2009.

Charlotte was already tired of all the problems, all the screaming, but most of all the beatings she was getting.

Charlotte started a relationship with a boy in her school, his name was Dante Garcia, they saw each other every day in high school and Charlotte saw that he was wealthy, or rather, that his family was.

Charlotte began to insinuate herself to him, since she wanted to abandon the life she was leading, she wanted to close that cycle in which there was only abuse, insults and shouting, she saw Dante alone and walked to where he was.

When he gets to where Dante Garcia is, he sits down next to him and very attractively says:

"Hi Dante! How have you been.'' After saying that, he brought his hand to this man's leg.

When Dante felt the hand on his leg and heard the female voice, he turned around to see who it was, and it was none other than Charlotte, the easy girl of the high school, he was very happy because she had arrived and told her:

''Hi beautiful! How have you been?''

Charlotte shaking her hair in a sensual way answered him:

''I'm doing great! How about you? You haven't written to me for a while, I've missed you already.''

Dante looked at her and started laughing in her face and said:

''Write to you? To you? Why or what for? Hey, what the two of us have been nothing serious, so don't get your hopes up that I'm going to be writing to you, okay?''

At the moment he said that, a boy much older than her and coming on a motorcycle ran into Dante, got off the bike and pushed him and, shouting, said to him:

Why do you say that to her? Are you a faggot, or did no one ever teach you to respect women? If they haven't taught you, my fists will.'' This one grabbed the collar of his shirt and had his hand raised to throw a punch at Dante.

Charlotte turned around when she heard all that and ran to separate the boys who were arguing, she had to do it, since they were not allowed to get beaten up because of her, she arrived at the place and started yelling at them:

"Guys, come on! You're not animals, better solve things by talking.''

The unexpected boy who arrived at the motorcycle told him:

I won't talk for a single minute with someone who doesn't know how to respect women, it's better to teach him by hitting him to see if that's how he'll learn. Mess with me, you bastard.''

Dante was scared, he had not said a single word to this boy, while the boy was groping him, pushing him and so on, Dante managed to free himself from the hands of the mysterious boy and in doing so he ran to the high school, in search of teachers.

Charlotte started laughing as she saw Dante running like a chicken and looking for a teacher and looking into the boy's eyes, she said:

''Thank you for what you did for me! Thank you so much for putting that stupid, spoiled child in his place.''

This boy smiled at him and as he did so he said:

''There is no problem at all, I like to help others and even more if it is to a girl as pretty as you, my name is Alejandro Hernandez.'' He extended his hand to show his interest and stared at her.

When she saw Alejandro Hernandez's eyes she was captivated and with great sorrow she told him:

''Nice to meet you, my name is Charlotte Ramirez, but if I must thank you, it was something you did because you wanted to do it and also by getting in trouble for a stranger.''

Alejandro quickly got on the motorcycle he arrived at and extended his hand to her as he said:

''Sure, you can pay me, so you can take me out as payment! And then I can take you out to eat.''

Charlotte thought about the proposal that Alejandro had promised her.

Quickly, seeing that Charlotte was taking too long to think of such an answer, he told her:

''Hey, here comes the headmistress with the boy! Think fast.'' He turned on his bike and looked at her while she was still thinking.

Charlotte looked back and saw that the director was getting closer and without thinking about it, she grabbed Alejandro's hand, and he quickly helped her onto the motorcycle.

This was one of the craziest experiences this girl had ever lived, running away from her school to a place she didn't even know, she just let herself be carried away by the moment and the adrenaline of being with a boy older than her.

When he felt how tightly Charlotte hugged his waist, he smiled and accelerated the bike more, Charlotte gave a mini scream and told him:

''Hey, could you drive slower?!''

When Alejandro heard Charlotte he accelerated his motorcycle more, she was very scared and therefore hugged him more tightly, to which Alejandro responded:

''I could do that, the problem is that I like the way your hands feel when you hold me tight.''

She heard him, blushed, but said no more.

After a few minutes they both arrived in a sweet and subtle way to the establishment where they would eat together, this was something unexpected for Charlotte because she had never been invited to such a place.  

The night had been magical for both of them, for they had had a connection that neither of them expected to have, so both of them with a smile stared at each other.

Having paid, Alejandro approached the table and looking at Charlotte said:

"Hey beautiful! Get up, I'll take you home.''

Charlotte could only imagine stepping back into her madhouse, she was sad to hear what he said, but without further ado she got up and walked together to the exit of the restaurant, when they were outside the restaurant they went to the motorcycle and from there they quickly got on, both put on their helmets and got out of there.

On the way, Charlotte was still hugging her waist and with great sorrow she said to Alejandro:

''I really don't want to go home anymore. Could you stop by a park or some other place? It's just seeing my parents and what they do on a daily basis doesn't really bring me good vibes or nice feelings, it's always bad.''

Alejandro upon hearing what Charlotte said to him began to break the bike and then made a U-turn to get back to a place and he said excitedly:

''I want you to know a very special and beautiful place for me and as you are a person from this important moment for me, I want you to know it.''

Alejandro took Charlotte to a plaza, which was very small and very few people were going, parked the motorcycle and helped Charlotte off the bike.

As they were walking through the square, Alejandro said to him:

''In this place I came whenever I wanted to cry, to laugh or to dance! When I felt good or bad, it is one of the places that have always given me happiness and as we are in my place I need you to tell me what is happening to you and your family.''

Charlotte looking at him fixedly began to explain everything she has suffered since her childhood, all the blows, all the mistreatment of life and her parents, she explained that her parents were drug addicts who did not even last 2 weeks clean after leaving rehab and that all her life she has suffered for them, for the simple fact that they have never shown her a little love, only hate and more hate, since she was a mistake nothing planned by two childish and curious teenagers.

Seeing how she was feeling and everything she had told him, he brought his hands to her shoulders and hugged her tightly.

''Wow, it is really strong what you are telling me, I am sorry to be of little help, I just want you to count on me for everything you want, because tonight I have met you and I know you are a nice girl with a sweetheart'' Alejandro said in a sweet way, and then he checked his wallet and took out a paper from it which contained a phone number ''That is my number, when you want my help just call me''.

Charlotte tightened her hand on the paper he gave her and quickly put it in her pocket, after talking and venting all their problems, Alejandro looked at his watch and when he saw the time, he was surprised and told her:

''Charlotte, it's 9:35 PM! What are your parents going to say?'' This one quickly grabbed his helmet and Charlotte's hand and started running to his bike.

He was sorry for what he had said and done to her and took her to his home and when he left her in front of his house, he told her:

''I'm sorry that after you told me everything you've been through with your family I brought you back, but you are a minor and while you live with them, you must be on time and said they must be very worried about you, so I better go, have a happy evening beautiful.''

When Charlotte saw him leave, she turned around and went inside her house, when she touched the ground her father was looking at the window and when he saw her with this boy, he told her at once:

What are you doing with that boy on that motorcycle?! Ahh, now you're going to follow your mother's ways, aren't you, you're going to be just another whore.'' He began to take off his belt from his pants when he had it loose he went with the belt to where Charlotte was

Charlotte was so scared, she started screaming at him:

''Dad, it's not what you think, let me explain! No, dad, no! '' When he was close to her, he began to hit her with his belt all over while she cried in pain, the more he saw her crying the more he hit her while he said: ''This is for you to learn what you should not do, damn whore.

At that moment Alejandro did not know what to do seeing how she was receiving blows in a brutal way, his heart was racing, on the other hand, there was Charlotte who, although crying was very angry and wanted to explode, many things were going through the head of this woman, the reality was that fate had many things planned for her.