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Chapter Two
I woke up the next morning to find my father standing over me with the look of sheer hatred in his eyes. I tried to get up, but he was faster and he started hitting me with his fists and then all of a sudden he had a small baseball bat and oh, god the pain that I felt as the bat struck me over and over and over again till I passed out. When I came to, I couldn't move my arms because they were both broken and my head hurt so bad that all I could do was lie there and cry.
I must of passed out again because the next thing I remember is some strange man standing over me putting casts on both my arms and he was telling my father "that he really screwed up this time. If you hadn't stopped when you did your son would be dead. Frank what they hell is wrong with you to beat your son so badly, what did he ever do to be treated like this?"
My father told the man "shut the hell up, I didn't bring you here to hear you talking I only needed you to put those casts on his arms. So when you're done get the hell out and keep your mouth shut if you know what's good for you!" When the man was done he put his things back into a black bag and left. He must have been a doctor, but I'd never seen him before. For the next four weeks I couldn't attend school and my dad called the school and told them that I had a really bad case of tonsillitis and that our doctor would send them a letter telling them how bad his son was. So for those four weeks, one of my father's lady friends would come over and cook and take care of me so that I didn't shit and piss the bed and to feed me. I really do like Lily and I hate it when my dad would hit her because he came home drunk. I promised myself right then and there if I ever heal and can get the hell out of this hell hole, I would make damn hell that he never struck anyone ever again.
Yugi and my other friends would come over to see how I was and Lily would have to lie and tell them that I was very ill and couldn't have visitors but she'd tell me that they came over. One time Kaiba even came over to see me and when Lily told him what my father told her to say, well I don't think he believed her, but could see the fear in her eyes and he didn't push it and he left. There really wasn't anything that Kaiba could of done, but I still cried when I heard her close the door.
Finally the man came back and cut off my casts and my arms were healed. He then told my father that if he had to come back here because of something that he did, he would go to the Police and tell them what happened and even if it meant going to jail he'd do it. My father was getting madder and madder and I prayed that the man would just shut up and leave before my dad blew a gasket and did something to him.
When I got up the next day to get ready for school, my dad wasn't home and I breathed a sigh of relief and I left and hurried to school. As I got near the gates of school, I ran into Yugi and the others and they smiled and told me that they were glad that I was better. Oh, how I wanted to tell them the truth, but I feared for their lives so I kept my mouth shut. As we walked to school, Kaiba's limo passed us and as it did the rear window opened and Kaiba looked at me and I could of sworn that I saw a smile on his face.
Tea came running up to us an she said "hey guys, did you see the news today? There was a doctor found murdered in his Office and the Police don't have any clue as to who did it." I guess I kind of went white because Yugi said "Joey are you alright?" I blinked at him and told him "I guess I'm still a little weak but I'll be alright." We went to our classes and inside I cried for that poor man. He threatened my father and died for it. God, when would it all stop?
Kaiba found me out under that tree and sat down next to me and said "how are you feeling?" I closed my eyes and lied "I'm just fine."
He then smiled at me and said "you're a very bad liar, did you know that?"
I looked at him and said "only you'd think that, listen just don't ask questions and thanks for coming over but don't do that anymore. I couldn't stand it if you or any of the others got hurt."
Kaiba then touched my arm and I turned to him and he said "I know what you're going through and I'm trying to figure out what can be done to stop it from happening again, so try not to make the monster mad till I can come up with a way to get you out of there." I smiled at him and then I said "why are you so interested in helping me, I'm no one worth anything so don't even bother trying to help."
Kaiba then took my face in his hands and he kissed me and it took my by surprised and when he lifted his head I whispered "why?" He just smiled and got up and left me sitting there. "You're worth everything to me." He said as he walked away. I didn't know but someone had seen the kiss and I would find out when I got home who it was.
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