Page 71 of Make You Wish You Were Dead
"It's okay. I won't hurt you," he said.
His voice was rough and masculine. He sounded sincere and for some reason I trusted him.
"Don't hurt me, please."
"I won't. I promise. I'm gonna take you to a hospital, okay?" he said and I opened my eyes so that I could look at him.
He had dark brown hair, dark brown eyes with a speck of blue in them if you looked closely, and then his arms around me felt full and strong.
"Please, don't hurt me," I mumbled because my eyes started to feel heavy and all I ended up seeing was complete darkness.
"Wouldn't even try to, fawn."
My eyes open when I hear the sound of the bathroom door opening. My heart speeds up when I see Andrew walk in. I stand up and push my back up against the wall as if it will get me farther away from him.
He walks towards me with a smirk on his face and I swear the blood in my body freezes and I feel goosebumps all over my body, and not in a good way.
"You remember," Andrew says once he is standing in front of me. I nip my bottom lip and my vision starts to blur as tears form in my eyes. "Good. Now that you remember, we need to have a little chat." Andrew tilts his head.
I shake my head. "N-No," I say with my voice and close my eyes as I start to cry. "Please," I whimper.
"Honey, I'm not going to hurt you. I just want to make sure you remember what I told you that night. Do you?" I shake my head and then move to get past him but he pins my shoulder against the wall. "Now, now, Jane. I'm trying to have a conversation with you. Please don't make this hard for the both of us."
I shake my head. "Let me go, please. I won't say anything," I beg.
"But baby, I know you won't. Because if you do, Jane, you do know what will happen right?"
I push him away from me. "I'm going to make you wish you were dead."
"I'd like to see you try, baby." He smirks.
The door to the bathroom swings open and I see Rowan with furrowed eyebrows and his jaw is clenched as well as his hands. "What the fuck is going on?" Rowan asks as he looks at his brother with fury in his eyes. I've never seen Rowan look so angry and I am almost afraid of accidentally pissing him off. "Andrew. Why are you in here with her?"
Before Andrew can answer, I walk past him and when I walk past Rowan, he takes my wrist in his hand. I look up at Rowan with tears still in my eyes.
"Let me go."
Rowan's eyes soften as he looks down at me with worry. "Jane-"
"Please let me go, Rowan."
Rowan stares at me for a second more and I swear in that second I feel my heart break.
My heart breaks for the man I love who is also the brother of my worst nightmare.
He lets go of my hand and that is when I run out of the hallway and straight towards the backyard. I hear footsteps following me and I run faster, towards the bench that is in the garden.
I just want to close my eyes and never wake up. I want to hide away in the shadows where no one can get me or notice me.
I want to fade into the shadows with Rowan and forget that this all ever happened. I just want it to be me and him in the world, all alone.
I don't even make it to the bench because I start to run out of breath as I keep crying, heavily. I put my hand on the wall and then sit down on the ground, bringing my knees to my chest, looking up at the sky, and crying.
Begging for some miracle to happen.
Begging that Rowan could have a different brother.
Begging that Andrew Valentino would die slowly.
