Chapter 24: Meet Your Captain (Part Three)
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"Sit down." Deb said, calmly.
"Why should I sit down mom?" Nate asked, starting to pace.
"Nathan Scott, sit down."
Nate sat down and grimaced in pain.
"Where does it hurt?" Deb asked, sitting next to Nate.
Nate motioned to his lower back. Deb lifted up his shirt, and saw the red bruise. She gasped, but she wasn't surprised. She was scared.
"What happened, Nate?" she asked, putting his shirt down.
"Peyton dumped me," Nate admitted. "She's jealous of the tutor who's tutoring me, Haley James."
"What else is new? She's always jealous, and you're always flirting with other girls. What happened here?" She knew her son too well.
"I snapped at Dad," Nate glared at her. "What? Are you going to tell me I was wrong, again? Mom, he's been beating on me since I was twelve. He's not some guy on
the basketball team, mom. My own dad hates me, and you don't care."
"I care Nate." He was right, and it hurt.
"Do you mom? Do you care? I came to you crying because I had nightmares about it, and you made us spend more time together."
"I thought he'd stop Nate." Tears welled up in her eyes.
"No mom, he'll never stop. I don't want to hurt him, but he wants to hurt me. My life is at stake at home, mom. I have to leave."
Deb had been quietly crying. She looked up at her son, surprised.
"What?" She couldn't believe her ears, or her eyes. Her son's eyes were locked on hers, and they were serious.
"I want to go stay with Keith."