Naia's POV
I wasn't sure how many days had passed but I did know that nothing had changed. We were still stuck in this room. In some ways, it was good that nothing had changed but in others, it was bad.
Jane was good at keeping track of time. She knew when the time to be fed was coming close which I found impressive, so when the door clicked, I was alarmed since Jane hadn't given us the usual heads up.
"What's going on?" Zoe asked sleepily. She was taking a nap and the door had woken her up.
"I'm not sure," I replied truthfully as the door opened to reveal Jerkface and another guy that Emma had nicknamed Ginger since he had red hair.
Ginger scanned at each of us carefully before looking at Jerkface.
"Which one did the boss say again?" He asked and Jerkface sneered.
"You're an idiot," Jerkface said and pushed pass Ginger and into the room.
"You," Jerkface pointed at Lily, "Get up."
My stomach twisted as my brain pieced things together. "What are you doing with her?" I asked.
"Keep your mouth shut," Jerkface ordered and I made a face at him.
"Why should I?" I protested, pushing my luck, "I asked a question, it's not against the law."
Jerkface turned his attention towards me, "Because I said so. Now shut up before I beat you up again."
"I'm not scared of you," I said, trying to keep my voice steady, "Tell me what you're doing with Lily."
Jerkface sighed and took three steps towards me before he grabbed the collar of my shirt and yanked me to my feet.
"I said, shut your mouth," He growled. His face was just inches away from mine.
I kept my eyes on his eyes, almost daring him to beat me up before he dropped me back onto the floor.
"You can't take her," I said, my heart started racing. I couldn't let them just take Lily. "Take me instead."
Ginger laughed, "Nobody wants you."
"It's not rocket science why her parents didn't want her."
"You can't take her," I repeated and clumsily got to my feet. I stood in between Jerkface and Lily, protectively keeping him away from her.
Jerkface looked at me and raised his eyebrows. "You have three seconds before I beat the crap out of you." He said, crossing his arms.
"Then do it," I said, "What kind of man are you?"
That seemed to finally do it. Jerkface grabbed me and slammed me against the ground before repeatedly punching me in the stomach. My body was still sore from his last beating and this was not helping.
What hurt the most though, was when Ginger picked Lily up and left. Something in me seemed to turn on. A monster would be the closest thing to describing it and I grabbed a fistful of Jerkface's hair before pulling it as hard as I could. I then pounded my fists at his head but I wasn't as strong as him and he easily sent a punch at the side of my face, making me stop.
Jerkface then got up and kicked me against the wall just for good measure before leaving. The door shut and locked with the familiar click and I let out a growl of frustration.
"Naia?"
Right. I had to be brave for the girls.
Slowly, I sat myself up and looked over at them.
"It's going to be okay," I said, trying to keep my emotions under control. "Everything's going to be okay. Maybe we should get some sleep."
The girls nodded without another word and we laid down on the cold ground.
"Can you sing for me?" Megan asked, breaking the silence.
"Sing?" I repeated, my voice was hoarse.
"Yeah, sing," Megan said, "Like la la la!"
The last part made me smile and I nodded. "Anything for you guys," I said and my mind tried to find a nice song to sing to them.
Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday
Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be
There's a shadow hanging over me
Oh, yesterday came suddenly
Why she had to go
I don't know, she wouldn't say
I said something wrong
Now I long for yesterday
The lyrics belong to The Beatles.