Emmett's POV
I see Bay run out around the corner and she has tears in her eyes. Shit. I hated that I wasn't allowed in there. What if she needed me? What if they were crucifying her on the stand? What if she couldn't take it? What the hell happened? I see Daphne come out of the room. She runs up to me with tears in her eyes too.
"Have you seen Bay?"
"She went to the bathroom. Why was she crying?"
"I'll go talk to her." She walks off and I hate it. No one is telling me anything.
Daphne's POV
I walk away from Emmett and go into the bathroom slowly. I look around for Bay and see a stale door locked shut.
"Bay it's me, open up." I look under the door and see her arms wrapped around her knees pulled up to her chest. Her body shaking with sobs.
"Bay please, I want to help." I look as she slowly stands up and unlocks the door. It slowly swings open and she comes out and looks me in the eyes. Makeup is streaming down her face with tears and I feel awful.
"I'm so sorry."
"No, I'm sorry. I don't know what happened I just kinda freaked."
"You don't have to be sorry." I feel awful. I have never seen someone look so broken. I had never seen Bay look so destroyed. She looked like if I were to touch her she would just crumble.
"I guess I should be heading back in there now." She wipes her faces and starts to walk by me.
"Bay." She turns and for a second I don't know why I called her name.
"I'm here if you need me." She nods and walks out. I sigh and suddenly my phone buzzes in my pocket.
1 new message
WILKE
What? Why was Wilke texting me? It had been over a year since any of us heard from him. I hesitantly open the message.
'Hey. I know what happened. When is the trial and where?'
What? My eyes go wide and I almost drop my phone.
'How do you know what happened?'
I pace in the small space and wait for a reply.
'I'll explain later. Is Bay okay?'
'Why do you care so much? You are no where near here. You can't help.'
I hit send and put the phone in my pocket. I needed to be in there for Bay.
Wilke's POV
'Why do you care so much? You are no where near here. You can't help.'
'please Daphne, let me help. Bay was like a sister to me for years. I care about her more than you can imagine. Please just let me help. When is the trial?'
I wait, and wait, no reply. Damn it Daphne. Couldn't she see I just wanted to help Bay? I put my phone in my pocket look at my computer screen. All old pictures. Me and Toby, me and Kathryn and john, me and Daphne, me and Bay. I pause and look at the old picture of me and Bay when she was 11. She's smiling and her hair is all over the place. I miss that Bay. The new Bay is bruised and hurting. I hated my dad for making me leave more than ever now. I could have been there. I could have helped her. 20 minutes pass. Then 40. Was she ever going to text me back?
Bay's POV
"…he dragged me in there. And I tried to get away but it was useless. He backed me against the wall and he forced his lips on mine. When I tried to get away he slapped me across the face, when I fell he tied my wrist and nailed it into the hard dirt wall. He dropped the hammer when he was done and kissed me again, then he took my phone and left. He didn't come back for what I think was around an hour. But when he did I was terrified, the door was locked and I couldn't get my hand untied. He came in and said 'hello Bay'. and he yelled at me to stand, so I did."
"Why did you stand Bay?" Stephanie asked again. She always interrupted with a 'and what happened next type of question.'
"Because I was afraid for my life."
"And what happened next?"
"He said. 'Better. Now I can see your pretty face.' I had a good idea of why he took me there by that point and I was terrified. He brought my face to his and put his lips on mine. He pushes off my sweater and I remember feeling freezing in only a small black tee-shirt. I try to get away. I push at his chest as hard as I could but he was stronger. I kneed him in the stomach and he let go. I ran towards the door and tried to open it, but it was locked. I hit it and screamed for help. I felt him grab my waist and turn me around. He held the knife to my wrist in his hand. I remember he said 'I don't want to have to hurt you sweet heart.' because I wanted to scream that that was exactly what he wanted. I opened my mouth to scream again and he put his lips on mine and put his tongue down my throat. I felt tears start to stream down my face. He dropped the knife and held me closer. He pulled at my hair and held onto my waist. I was pushing to get away from him. He finally took his lips off mine but then he took off my shirt. He smiled and puts his lips back on mine. I felt exposed and scared. All that was covering me was my bra and the bandage that was still on my side. It hurt from where he kicked me earlier. But I ignored it. I started to cry harder. I was convinced he was going to rape me."
"But he didn't?"
"No. He held me against him, but then he let me go and I fell to the floor. I looked up scared. He stared back at me with this look. Like I was his prey. He said 'I'm not going to sleep with you yet Bay. That would be too easy. I am going to keep you here and use you as I please.' He left and I heard the door lock. I remember because I was relieved it didn't happen, but part of me was screaming not yet. I knew it would happen eventually. I wanted to leave so bad, but before he left I saw him take his knife back. I sat on the floor with tears streaming down my face. I stood up and grabbed my shirt and quickly put it on. Then I got my sweater. I went back and sat on the floor. And I started to cry harder. I cried and cried trying to think of a way I could get out. The door was locked and I was 6 feet under the ground. I was terrified that if he didn't kill me with the knife I would just suffocate."
"Did he come back?"
"Yes. But it was quick. To make me drink more vodka and he tied my wrist back up to the wall and he made me take some pills. I begged for him to let me go or get me water. But he just laughed and walked out and locked the door again. When he came back the next time he had the vodka with him again and a roll of duct tape. I had my arm wrapped around my legs, but the other was still tied to the wall. He walked over to me and cut the rope off the nail hook thing he made earlier. He yelled at me to stand and I did as I was told. He said 'Come on sweet cheeks.' He unzipped my sweater. I didn't cry because I knew that was what he wanted. He pushed my sweater off and said 'Better. Now you're a little less covered up.' He bend down behind me and took the sweater. He came up and looked at me. He had that same look in his eyes that terrified me. He kept looking at me and said, 'Sometimes, I think it's a crime to have you locked up. But then I think about the fun we get to have later, and it goes away.'He put his lips on mine again and I pushed him away and yelled no. I finally kneed him in the stomach and he let go. I start to run for the door and hit it. I screamed for help but he grabbed my arm and dragged me to the back wall. He always said thing like 'Now that could be a problem.' whenever I ran away. He tied a new piece of rope around my wrist and then tied that to the wall. I screamed for help. But he just laughed and kissed me again and said 'No more trouble.' He slammed my head against the wall and then I blacked out. I don't know what happened after that. Not until he came for the last time."
"What happened that last time Bay?"
" I remember thinking my head hurt from where he hit it against the wall. I turned and saw blood on the wall. Then I heard the door open. He came in and shut the door like always. He walked up to me slowly. When he was right in front of me, he pulled out the knife. And looked at it and said 'No more problems right.; I nodded my head yes. But I couldn't talk. My throat burned from the alcohol and I was terrified. I had lost track of how much time had gone by. He bent down and cut the rope, but after it fell, I felt him slit my wrist too. I wanted to scream but then he said 'that's to make sure.' He picked up my wrist and I saw my blood trickling from the gash. He dropped it and brought my face to his. That time was the most forceful yet. I could tell it was going to happen then.
"Could tell what was going to happen?"
"I knew he was going to rape me."
"What happened next?"
"I punched his chest and tried to push him away but it didn't work. I screamed for help whenever his lips weren't on mine. I try to run a few times. But nothing worked. I punched him in the chest again and he stopped. I thought I was getting away. I ran for the door and hit it screaming for help as loud as I could. He grabbed my arm but I squirmed out of it and slapped him across the face. He pulled me away from the door and pushed me to the ground. I felt him cut my wrist again. Deeper. There was more blood. He looked at me and said 'What did I say about causing trouble?'. I slapped him again and saw my blood on his face. He grabbed the bottom of my shirt and pulled it over my head and threw it to the other side of the room. I tried to get away. He had his hands all over me and I was pinned to the floor. His lips were on mine again and I felt like I was drowning. I heard something outside the door.
"What did you hear?"
"Like something falling, But I told myself it was just my imagination."
"What happened next?"
"I squirmed under him, but nothing worked. I slapped him again and he stopped kissing me for a second. I screamed for help but he put his lips back on mine. I wrestled underneath him. I never stopped fighting him. He pulled away for a second and stood up. I jumped and ran to the door and pounded on it. He raced over to me and hit me over the head with something. I fell and he pulled me back to the corner. He took a piece of duck tape from the roll he hit me with and put it over my mouth. He took the rope from the ground and tied my wrist together again. He moved his hands down to my jeans and used the knife to tear them open in the front. Then he sliced my stomach and I could feel the blood drip down my stomach. I closed my eyes but it didn't help because I heard everything. I heard the sound of him unzipping his pants. Then I felt him pull down mine. He pressed his body against me and whispered in my ear, 'You shouldn't have run from me.' I opened my eyes and he was right there. Kissing my neck and I could feel his hot breath on my neck and I wanted to die. I heard something outside the door again. I looked at the door as it slammed open and then He jumped off of me. And I pulled up my pants and zipped them closed thankful I finally had control over something. I closed my eyes and I heard someone yell then I heard the sound of a fight. Swears and punches were being thrown left and right. I finally heard it stop. Then someone came over and took my hand. I felt relieve when I knew they weren't his. I opened my eyes and saw Toby holding my hand. I looked at his eyes saw this hatred I had never seen before. I looked away and saw Emmett looking at us. I finally looked down and saw Kyle on the floor. I won't lie it made me feel relieved and happy that he couldn't hurt me anymore. At least not right away. Toby let go of my hand and stood up. I felt ashamed and disgusted. Emmett came over and sat next to me. He took me into his arms and I cried against his shoulder. He let me go and I stood up and went over to Toby and he handed me my shirt and I put it on but it was ripped so I put on my sweater too and walked out the door and I felt this relieve as I looked around. I couldn't see how I was supposed to get out, so I waited for them to come out. Toby came up to me and hugged me really tight. They climbed up these little indents in the wall so I followed them and stood up when I finally made it up there. I felt so free and relieved to know I was out of there. I waited with Emmett as Toby went to get the EMT's and then I girl EMT took me to an ambulance."
"Bay, would you have any reason for making this up?"
"No."
"And did you arrange this with the defendant in any way?"
"No. I don't know why anyone could think I would want any of this."
"Thank you Bay. No further questions your honor."
"Defense, it is now your turn to cross-examine the witness."
End of chapter 37
well that took a while and I am really sorry. hope you liked it. please review.