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Clarissa stayed as still as she could while the man name Chibs cleaned her cuts and her welts. She even stayed still when he had to stitch some of her cuts up. She just hoped that he would finish soon because she didn't know how much longer she could bite down on her tongue to keep from screaming in pain.
Tig saw what his daughter was doing and was proud of her. He could tell that she was in pain with as hard as she was trying to squeeze his hand but yet she wouldn't let herself yell. He didn't know any woman that could do what she was doing. He especially didn't know any teenagers or kids that would hold back a scream when they were obviously in pain.
"Princess you can scream if you need too. Nobody here is going to think less of you." Tig finally said. He was afraid that she was going to bite through her tongue and her lip with the way she was biting down.
Before Clarissa could say anything or even scream Chibs finished what he was doing and said "Alright love I'm finished."
Clarissa didn't say anything but she did close her eyes and willed the tears that filled her eyes to go away. She didn't want to freak her dad out or make him mad. So she kept her eyes shut until she felt the tears dry up. When she opened them up she saw her dad looking at her with an angry expression on his face. She flinched and she saw his eyes open wide in shock.
"I'm sorry I'm so sorry. Please don't hate me. I won't do whatever it is that I did to make you angry again. Please don't hate me." Clarissa said. She couldn't stand to see the look of anger on her father's face. She didn't want him angry at her. She wasn't even sure why he was angry but she thought that she must have done something to make him angry with her.
Tig looked down at his daughter in shock. He couldn't believe that she thought he was angry with her. He didn't mean to make her think that he was angry with her. He was going to have to take lessons on this dad thing.
He thought for a minute and then he dropped down to his knees and leaned close to his daughter. "I'm not angry at you. I'm angry that you feel like you can't scream or cry when you need too. I may have only found out that you are my daughter but I love you already. Anytime and I mean anytime day or night if you need to scream you scream. If you need to cry you cry. Don't hold it in because if you do you will make things so much worse. I don't care what it is. If you need to talk you find me. I may not know how to be a Dad and I probably won't be a good Dad but I will learn. You are not alone anymore."
Clarissa stared at her father in shock and whispered "How can you love me? I got my own mother killed! If you don't watch it you will be killed too. I shouldn't have come here."
Tig tensed at that and said "We're going to talk about why you think you got your mom killed after you shower. But Princess listen to me. I will be fine and so will you. I can take care of myself and take care of you. Nobody and nothing will ever hurt you again as long as there is a breath in my body."
Clarissa was speechless at what she heard but she finally managed to say "Um I don't think I'm going to be able to take a shower by myself."
That caused Tig to laugh and he looked at Gemma who stepped forward and said "Come on baby girl I'll help you."
Clarissa tried to sit up but it hurt so she let her dad and Gemma help her up. She hated that she was having to hold on to Gemma but she was completely spent on energy. She let Gemma lead her to the bathroom and help her shower. She knew that as soon as she was done she was going to have to tell her Dad everything that had happened to her and what had happened to her Mom. That was something she wasn't looking forward to at all.