Returnable Favour

Tori sat alone in the house waiting. For what, anything, why, she did not know. It was starting to bore her when finally a knock on the door was heard. She jumped up and whipped open the door not expecting to find who was standing there.

He had scraggly brown hair and a red glaze in his eyes. It was Bob, Blake's drinking buddy who at three o'clock had already gotten drunk.

He gave her a quick smile and pushed her inside. He grabbed her hand to help her up and then threw her the other way. Her hair was not up, she had broken that habit a day or so ago but now she wished she had not.

"You killed him." Bob blurted out at her as he threw another punch at her just healing broken nose.

"No I didn't, he killed himself." Tori retorted, trying not to fall unconscious until someone else came home.

"Why? Was it because you were seeing his brother behind his back? You were so undeserving of him, I don't why he didn't kill you when I told him it was a good time." Bob yelled.

"No!" Tori screamed as another fist hit her in the stomach.

"Did you even love him?"

"In the beginning-"

Another fist met with her mouth causing blood to flow into her throat. She could taste it and now it was starting to go back down her throat from her nose.

"Oh, in the beginning, before he started teaching you lessons?" Bob asked, yelling.

"Lessons, he never taught me anything except that he was stronger than I was."

Tori closed her eyes; she had forgotten she knew how to fight back. She threw a punch at his face when he bent down to hiss at her again and he keeled over, wincing. That did not stop him; he stood back up again and continued his beating.

Tori was leaning against the kitchen wall on the outside. She was barely conscious but she had to keep her eyes open. It was then that Hunter burst through the door and fought Bob off that she finally fell over, clutching her stomach.

"Here he is now Princess." Bob turned to Tori one last time before being kicked (literally) out of the house.

"I swear, if you ever come back, I'll kill you." Hunter yelled at Bob who was stumbling to get into his car.

Tori was holding on. She heard every word but was not listening. The pain was too much and finally when Hunter ran over to her she said something.

"Help."

She closed her eyes and her grip on her stomach relaxed. She had passed out.