Chapter 3

Mike entered the Park and ran straight to the swings. He remembered Amanda saying her and her mom used to come here all the time and swing on the swing sets. Mike saw a blonde sitting on the swings and he knew it was Amanda so he sat on the other swing. "Amanda…". Mike said quietly rubbing her back as Amanda looked up with tears in her eyes, Mike gasped shocked.

"A-Amanda I didn't mean to make you cry I don't even know what-". Mike started but Amanda shook her head."N-No Its not you or Flint, I-It's not important anyway". Amanda said and turned away from him. Mike lifted her chin with the tips of his fingers.

"Amanda baby if anybody's hurting you, you know you can tell me right?". Mike said to her as she looked up in to his eyes and hesitated before nodding. "Well can you tell me whose hurting you, if you do I can help you?". Mike said soothingly.

"You don't get it Mike I Can't tell you". Amanda said crying more as Mike pulled her into a hug whispering soothing words into her ear. After what felt like hours Amanda stopped crying and Mike let her out of the hug. "Amanda I love you and you know you have to tell someone about this sooner or later if not me but I'm not going to force you but just know I will always protect you and keep you safe". Mike said smiling lightly at her smiling lightly.

Amanda and Mike sat in silence for a while when they heard a car shut loudly both of them knowing they were the only ones at the park turned towards the person and Amanda's eyes widened and Mike noticed. "Do you know him? Is he the person that's hurting you?". Mike asked as Amanda took his arm and slowly started to walk backwards and the guy started advancing toward him.

"Y-Yea he's m-my dad". Amanda said still backing up and Mike was very confused as to why she sounded scared, looked scared, and was still backing up. Mike was about open his mouth but was beat to it by Amanda's dad. "AMANDA MCKAY YOU HAVE GOT SOME EXPLAINING TO DO". Her dad yelled at her and Amanda flinched as Mike had the urge to step in between them but he knew her dad wouldn't hurt her." Dad I can explain-". Amanda started to say but got cut off by her father. "WHY IS THE SCHOOL CALLING ME AND TELLING ME YOU RAN OFF WITH SOME BOY?". He yelled again and this time Mike stepped in between them.

"Mr. McKay, I'm Mike Fukunaga, I don't know if you've heard of me or not but I just want to say that it wasn't Amanda's fault it was all mine I pressured her into it". Mike said lying pleading Amanda with his eyes to stay quiet. Her father huffed and looked at Amanda with a stern look.

"Amanda you will go back to school and me and you will talk about this later". Her father said with a hint of warning in his voice, trying to stay calm and for some odd reason Mike felt like they weren't going to do much talking but he ignored it, he knew her dad wouldn't lay a finger on her.

Amanda nodded her head quickly on the verge of tears and grabbed Mike's hand doing everything but skipping out of the park. "Amanda…I'm sorry for getting you yelled at and possibly grounded until your thirty". Mike said hanging his head low and Amanda looked at him with sympathy in her eyes.

"It's ok Mike it's not your fault, it's just my dad can be a little aggressive…".Amanda trailed off and stopped before she said too much, Mike looked at her curiously and shoved his hands in his pockets. "Aggressive huh…don't take this to offense but…he never hit you…". Mike said trying to look into her eyes but she wouldn't make eye contact, after a few minutes she hesitated before answering, which didn't go unnoticed by Mike.

"No Mike…No h-he would never". Amanda said stuttering a little, Mike lifted an eyebrow slightly."Ok…hey you have something on your arm". Mike said as Amanda looked down to see her sleeves had rolled up on her arms, she quickly pulled them down. "Oh that's N-nothing just a little S-scratch". Amanda said nervously, Mike was really suspicious now.

"Yea…ok". Mike said thinking, he knew something wasn't right and kept thinking to himself. Why did Amanda keep backing up in the park from her own dad? Why did she sound so scared talking to him and about him? Why did she look scared? And what did she mean by aggressive? Also why'd she hesitate answering my question and not make eye contact? What's up with the ' little scratch' on her arm?". Mike kept trying to put the pieces together then it all came to realization.

"OH MY GOD".