Previously on Getting Away:
I could do nothing but cry from the pain as Charlie and Jacob raped me over and over again.
That was when I made the decision to let go of my fears and try to get way. Tomorrow was the last day of school. After school, I wasn't coming back to Charlie's house. My life depended on it.
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The next day, I acted like I normally would. When I woke up, I made Charlie his breakfast and ate me a granola bar. I made sure everything in the house was clean and went up-stairs to get ready for school. I layered my clothes up, putting on 2 tank tops, 2 t-shirts, 3 pairs of skinny-legs, and a pair of bellbottoms. Over that I put on a light sweater and a jacket.
Charlie gave me 25 dollars every time someone raped me, saying that he was being good to me for doing as much. I always but the money in a box that I kept under a loose floor board in my room. I pulled the money out and counted it. It was about 10,000 dollars… more than enough.
I dumped everything out of my school bag and filled it with non-perishable foods. There were two boxes of saltine crackers, a box and a half of granola bars, 6 packs of noodles, and a case with 24 Vienna sausages.
I made sure that if Charlie came down here, he wouldn't suspect anything until 3:30, the time I was supposed to be back. School got out at 3:15 and it was a 15 minutes walk back. If I'm lucky, he might be at the bar today and he wont be back until late tonight. But I wasn't staying long enough to find out. I grabbed may acceptance letter and put it in the small pouch in my bag.
The walk to school felt long. Forks was cold most of the time so I didn't look weird walking with a sweater and a jacket on. When I got to school, I waited at the front of the school for Angela. I needed her help to get away. She showed up after 5 minutes, even though I was 30 minutes early. I knew she always came early for her last minute work.
"Angela!" I called out to her.
"Bella?" she looked confused, which is to be expected.
"Angela, please. I need your help. Can we go somewhere private to talk?" I asked looking over her shoulder at Tanya and her followers, Jessica and Lauren.
"Ok." she said. "Lets go sit inside my car."
I followed her to her car in got into the passenger side.
"What do you need Bella?"
"I need a ride to the airport. Please Angela, you're the only person that can help me."
"What's going on Bella?" she could always tell when something was wrong with me, even when we first met.
"I cant tell you. They would come after you."
"They?" she said, confused, "who are they?"
"Charlie and Jacob" I quietly muttered.
"Bella tell me what's going on. Please I promise not to tell anyone." she begged. I looked into her eyes and saw nothing but the truth.
"Charlie and Jacob both rape and beat me." I quietly admitted.
"What?", she yelled. She took a deep breath. "Ok Bella. Can you tell me everything? From the beginning."
So I told her everything.
She took me to the airport and gave me a goodbye hug. She said she would come to visit me sometime this summer. I told her not to. To not worry about me, that she has helped enough. But she said she cant held but worry, that its in her nature.
I boarded my plan when it was called. As we took off, I looked out the window at Forks, Washington. Finally, I thought, I am getting away.
I laid back in the seat and closed my eyes, slowly drifting off to sleep.