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clg: Most of it will be revealed in this chapter…I think. Man, not I've got to go and re-read it, to make sure it's right…reads work Okay, well, some of it is revealed in this chapter. You find out her reaction straight after he leaves.
Sultan Peppershaker: I know! I'd hate it if I went all the way (maybe not as far as from 100 years in the future, but whatever) to my best friends house, and then she/he just runs away. That would be totally crushing. But you find out more in this chapter. I hope you like it!
It's unbelievable but I believed you
Unforgivable but I forgave you
Insane what love can do
That keeps me coming back to you
You're irreplaceable but I'll replace you
Now I'm standing on my own
Alone
Keely sat wondering why she had done it. Ran out. He had only been trying to help. He had been trying to protect her, just like he had tried to do every single day until he had left. But she had shoved it away. And she wished she hadn't.
A tear rolled down her cheek. She wanted to talk. Tell him about it. And maybe, maybe he would have a plan. To rid her of this pain. And she wanted the bruises to fade away.
"I walked across an empty land
I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
I felt the earth beneath my feet
Sat by the river and it made me complete
Oh simple thing where have you gone
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin," she sung softly.
Then she ran back into the empty room that she had run out of, picked up her bag and her jacket, and walked silently out of the door.
Phil walked down the street. "I could have handled that better."
He sighed. He hadn't meant to make her upset. He thought that she would just be happy. He hadn't thought of the complications.
She had denied it at first. That meant he was most probably threatening her.
And the bruises on her arm were all different colours. He does it regularly.
And the stabbing…
He was up against something big. Something that obviously didn't care about Keely, or her life.
Keely bruised easily. If you said something even the slightest bit insulting, then she would curl up and not talk to you for the rest of the day. So somebody hitting her would unleash pain even worse than that. Phil reckoned solitude. Socially as well as inside.
This was awful. The Keely he knew was gone, and in her place was a shell. A shell, that was convinced she was useless and worthless, when she was the exact opposite. She wasn't useless. She was the leading broadcaster. And worthless? Well she was worth everything in the world to Phil.
It didn't make sense. Why would Keely get involved with a guy like that?
It wasn't like Keely. Wasn't like her at all…
So what was she like?
Keely sat under the tree and just sung. Sung many songs that she had loved when Phil had been with her. Sitting under this very tree with her. Unlike Dean, he didn't object to her singing.
Dean said it was stupid, and that she couldn't do it.
Phil had saved her. He had helped her conquer her stage fright. And he had said she was amazing.
"And if you have a minute why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
Somewhere only we know?" Keely sung, while she picked the flowers around her.
"Hey," A voice behind her said.
Keely got up and wrapped her arms around Phil. "I'm so sorry…I just, got really mad. I don't know why."
"It's okay. I know I shouldn't have looked. As soon as I did, I wished that I could go back and change it all," Phil said, still hugging her.
"Phil. I don't want to marry him. What can I do though? He'll hurt me. He'll hit me. He said he'd kill me if I ever left. What can I do?" Keely sobbed into Phil's shoulder.
Phil just held onto her, and tried to comfort her. "It'll be alright. I'm here now. It'll all be fine."
He didn't let on, how nervous he was.
I came across a fallen tree
I felt the branches of it looking at me?
Is this the place we used to love?
Is this the place that I've been dreaming of?
Oh simple thing where have you gone
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin
And if you have a minute why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
So why don't we go
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
Somewhere only we know?
Somewhere Only We Know - Keane
Again, another flow-out-of-my-head chapter…lol. And another set of review replies. Cool!