Chapter 21: Pulled Away
After the last few weeks or months I have healed best I can in this hell.
Raph is mute…he scribbled his life story out onto battered pieces of paper.
Rough, sloppy hand writing that was hard to read.
But I read it.
Learned that Gaeh…the little boy that Raph took in, is my son.
I have a son.
I adore him.
He's all I have left of Nel.
They let her bring him to term after all.
I cradle him when I dare.
He is my son, tainted as I am, but still…my son.
Raph has a daughter…a little ball of smiles and gentleness that Raph is deeply proud of.
Aria.
She is Gaeh's best friend. I swear she would rather play with him than any other kid her age.
After I first was brought into Raph's little home, he took me to a doctor.
I was never so scared in my life.
Things got rough between us for a while but those papers healed the pain and the fear between us.
Raph's helped me heal.
I am working now, alongside Raph.
We haul rocks, or Raph does…I just try frantically to keep up.
I'm not built for it, but with Raph's help I've put on some muscle.
I jump as a bell goes off frantically call Raph's name.
He looks at me in confusion and then the bell goes off again.
Buyers.
I push Gaeh behind me and tremble when Raph steps in front of me.
Then my world comes crashing down as Raph's number is called and he is dragged away.
I watch in horror as he is pulled out.
I cry out, desperate not to lose him, he signs to me, pleading that I take care of Aria.
No.
Please no.
My protector.
They'll start hurting me again.
Then he's gone, snatched out of my life.
I grip Gaeh and sob, rocking back and forth before I run back toward the area where we live.
My brother is gone.
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