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in L
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roken piece o
s I rocked myself back an
I'm not alone.
yself from the wave of incess
heir sockets as I foc
mot
l com
the bad men and
hasn't ab
not at th
one. No. I'
kick from the other side a
sri
er's unmistakable vocal chords, dripp
I'm at the back of the bed an
cable hate, his tone entwined
ue to remind yo
threw his palm across my injury i
he old aches from their slumber and my
m the unexpected impact and harro
up and met his deadly eyes
la
t and he jars his ringe
a second before the burrowing
my white dress and I quickly tear away
e ground and he charged towards me and grabbed a fitful
of the room back to the
ashed under his agi
nt to do it" I protested.
he approached the doo
! let me g
rough ras
he snapped and he kicked m
s and I crashed onto the hard
ide and I winced, fe
apologies for that stunt she pulled off earlier" My
ight from the open door poured on his face
unshaven, so were
hing wrong Darius?" he said, na
er didn'
've done well bringing her." he
ched and I s
ere on ear
y brother said as he stepped
surrounds
brother's footstep
ly left
s gripped in a fist and
k terri
e a deadly man in here that's wa
any m
n me is being pushed
in the room and I los
G
rt snicker coming fro
late recognizing the person it came from in sp
uts and escaped the first time w
no.
utter blackness, trying my ha
I hear heavy footsteps advancing f
his undisputed voice h
alm falls over my mouth to prevent
teps and I instinctively
where
uldn't h
I sense another p
ver runs t
e obliged when
s on his last word as though i
escapes my lips when I
me alone! L
d lifts me from the floor with no e
floor and a hot wave of pain b
y audible thing I hear is my own hear
ainst the wa
as short spurts of
ne this, but I'll make
ick voice ech
ne, heavy with u
e and cowardly whimperings crawl
inder ass
e danger in it
ely in my chest as cold
where a
m as my eyes wait for the
uckle reverbs i
ne misses her
says decisively
one. You're m
but I still hold on to the fe
ver left m
closer and I feel hi
ighten with the agonizing expectation of
inst my legs and I instincti
you doi
trified, pressing
ckles
ones are the
ones are th
trying to make m
do this th
h lingering on
eat ba
close to mine with
sive rises and falls
e hard
lips brush a
he back of my hea
vocalize as I attempt to pus
ands and yank
t and a convulsive
y neck and he tightens th
peedily form
his palm, hitting and po
art feeling light headed a
it my back against the wall, gasping for
e little one w
my petrified soul and my ski
les vigorously as he
Lor
e her hol
he other figu
let me go!
ng with the huge a
ns against the wall, trying t
It's obvious y
his touch at the side of my stomach,
breath as I feel his cold
e side and my last t
incts kick in
u
Ne
ee from his hold and blindly see
r as a push from behind
up my burning throat as Igo! Le
e hands trying to
stop
pleads and my
at's the
y convulsing body in place but th
.urgh!...
sides of my head wit
would as I maneuver out of the grip of Amelia
nostrils as it would
me again..i..i coul
mess on the floor. My eyes clad shut a
me here. It was
ear deeply seated i
am p
her arms and I feel her h
...and..i just
and I shiver as the wind from the aj
rstand
e, tapping on
her
er re
gged through my s
it always
lips in a breath be
e confusi
her, no one ev
think they
nd I feel an edge o
her chest and my
ly in agreement
ll okay
gray eyes bubble wit
nto my veins and I rest back on he
h all those
estions fr
r open and I meet
Nesrin was hav
man that help
and speaks afte
e here now"
s lightly against my fa
off her body a
my body as another s
the floor and hurry
xes as I empty my bla
lection in the mir
dam
a call out f
p you get ready for you
shoots through my vein
n
it happe
expression and butterfl
that
urel must have mentioned it to yo
, accessing
You look tense.
ot having in me t
m just a weak
t through me.
of time to get ready. We can start now if
mother and the luxury life of
g that lasted for o
is a weak and fragmented
ready. I know we have ti
s as I explain but it's hard
ted it to anyone e
idn't go without me bei
each time
ke just one event to
't you worr
nd her forehead is marked w
't look like
and turn slig
nd my life will probably end serving here.
scle jumping aggressively in my cheek, my bottom lip sucked into my
an abnormal behavior in
ain will
ant access to another
tter
I said I
harsh but luckily i
Cassandra Lopes
ly how she wou
nd tol
changes and emotional instability, irrat
n and mood boxes were always staked hig
getting to know the backgr
neighborhood and school were all
side, I wa
ed and m
very inch, surro
o much to cup
u insist the
arm smile and goe
I scattered on it last nigh
ew bedding and heaps the
inish off of a peach scented spray to the air an
breath
will go f
our wits an