Once we reached home, I head up to Ryder’s bedroom and got my remaining stuffs from there.
He stayed down to watch some TV.
It was already nearing ten o’clock at night.
I sighed in relief as soon as I sat down on the bed in my new room.
Ryder had surprising ridden his motorcycle at a considerate speed on our way back home.
My mind flashed back to what he said to me then.
I had just gotten off his bike when he commented with a smirk.
“So, how was the ride?” He asked me with a smirk.
Was that going to be the only emotion I will ever get from him? I thought.
“I’m still never gonna ride this thing.” I muttered with a shrug.
“I knew you enjoyed riding this right here. I bet you would want to ride it back someday.” He winked at me as he tapped the seat before getting off.
I felt my belly and heart flutter in anticipation.
I shook my head to get rid of h
I panicked as I felt myself gasping for air. My legs thrashed around while I tried to slap my father’s hands away.His hold on me only tightened. I felt my head pinched with pain as he pulled some strands of my hair harshly.I kept thrashing around, in hope that I might escape his wrath.“Please dad -” I screamed in pain when he threw me down by the small squared table in the middle of the arranged sofas.This time, I heard my voice. I did not hesitate to scream and yell for help as I tried to escape my father’s grasp.He caught my hair once again and knocked my head into the table.I felt dizzy as my belly churned with pain.I could feel something warm sliding down the side of my face. Blood!I tasted the metallic taste of it once it reached the side of my lips.My hysterical screams soon turned into wailing sobs.The moment he caught my shoulders, I tried to shake his hands off of me but
I grabbed his arm from around my waist and slowly lifted it up as I moved away from under it. I bit my lower lip to stop myself from wincing out in pain. I felt like I got hit by a truck. My body muscles screamed the moment I moved. That nightmare drained me out so much that I could still feel the aftermath of it on my body.I glanced back at his face to find him frowning.I stilled before laying his arm down on the bed.He immediately turned around towards me to lie down on his stomach. I quickly got out of his way. His face burrowed deeper into the pillow as his left arm went under it.He looked so cute in his sleep.I stood up when his right arm landed on the pillow I had slept on.I had surprisingly slept well last night after waking up from that nightmare. I rushed into the bathroom as quietly as possible. The moment I glanced at myself in the mirror, I gasped. I looked horrible. My hair looked a mess like a bird’s n
The moment they heard Ryder, they rushed to get out of the bedroom.They even pushed Ryder out of their way.“Hey!” Ryder shouted at them but they did not look back at all.“Don’t you dare touch the pancakes I made!” He hollered out loud.I chuckled. On hearing me, Ryder turned around and looked at me.I involuntarily gulped. I did not know how to face him after what happened last night.“Let’s go have some pancakes before they eat everything.” Ryder rushed through his words before walking out.I guessed he was feeling awkward too.I threw my towel on the bed before going downstairs as well.When I walked into the kitchen, Shelly, Aubrey and Ryder were fighting over the plate filled up with pancakes.In the end, Ryder had won as Shelly and Aubrey’s grasp onto the plate loosened.He kept the plate in front of him as he stared at Shelly and Aubrey with nar
I was pulled up the stairs and my view of Shelly hastily gulping down her coffee disappeared. I looked up and ahead of myself to find Aubrey rushing upstairs.Shelly really does love food. She told me that she loved eating a lot but she never gains weight. Both of them actually loved eating and this breakfast was a proof of their love for food. I felt full after eating a pancake but they forced me to have the second one.I remembered Shelly telling me that I would have to be nicely fed for our day while they were trying to convince me on eating the second pancake. I never asked them why but now I knew exactly why they were forcing me on eating some more.I completely forgot that I had agreed to go shopping with the girls.I was still pretty shaken up from that nightmare.I felt exhausted and the thought of going outside just brought a churning feeling in my belly. I felt like something bad was going to happen but what, I could not quite put my fing
Shelly agreed before grabbing my right arm and pulling me outside.I frowned in confusion when we stopped in front of Ryder’s room.Aubrey knocked on his bedroom door.I heard some shuffling coming from the other side.“What?” He shouted from behind the closed door.“We are heading out.” Aubrey shouted back.“Wait, I’m coming.” He yelled back.After a while, the door flew open.When his eyes met mine, I wanted to glance away but tensed up as I saw the way his eyes hardened while taking in my appearance.“Eyes up here, you jerk.” Aubrey snapped her fingers in front of Ryder’s face.Shelly giggled, her eyes shifting from Ryder’s face to mine.He rolled his eyes at them before lifting my right hand up and placing something thin and rectangular onto my outstretched palm.When his hands came into contact with mine, I immediately blush
Ryder’s point of view:The moment the girls left with Lea, I sighed before standing up.I cleared up the kitchen table and washed the dirty dishes.I could hear them giggling and talking but I could not make out what they were talking about when I got upstairs into my bedroom.I made up my bed as my mind flashed back to last night.I remembered rushing out of my bedroom once I heard her gut wrenching screams.I bursted into her room to find her thrashing around as she grabbed onto her hair.She was having a nightmare.I needed to wake her up. She was having a panic attack. It almost looked like she was having a seizure.She was having hard time breathing. She kept gasping for air.I tried shaking her awake but she kept on wailing and screaming at her father to stop.I felt a sudden need to calm her down.After a while of trying to wake her up, her eyes had snapped opened but sh
Ryder’s point of view:We were on our way back from puppy world.It was hard to select a puppy from all the different ones the old lady at puppy world had shown us.Michael might kill me if I got more than a puppy, so, I had to settle with only one, a purebred golden retriever. The drive back home was quiet. It was not as chaotic as it had been on our way to puppy world. Jake had been so talkative that by the time, we reached puppy world, I felt a slight headache.Only some adorable quiet squeaks filled the silence in the car.I glanced in the rearview mirror to find the puppy shifting slightly in excitement. I had positioned the crate well so that it wouldn’t bulge while I drive.Jake was upset. He wanted to sit back with the puppy.Instead of keeping the things that we bought in the trunk, I had scattered everything on the back seat beside the puppy so Jake wouldn’t be able to sit bac
Ryder’s point of view:“Do you want to eat pizza? I can order some.” I asked Jake.We haven’t had lunch yet and I was so damn hungry.“I can never refuse some free pizza.” Jake said with a smirk.“Yeah, your freeloader ass won’t let you!” I shook my head at him.He simply shrugged, sat down on the couch and lifted his legs up the coffee table as he leaned back.“Keep a watch on him.” I told him and fished my phone out of my right pocket.I walked into the kitchen to grab two water bottles while dialing up the pizza place.I called up Andiamo pizza place and ordered two large pizzas with meatballs, tomato sauce, mozzarella, ricotta cheese, peperoncini, parmesan and basil. It was Jake’s favorite. The first time we visited this place, Jake called dibs on the cheesiest pizza and they did get us the cheesiest one. Since then, Jake,