Thx for the reviews, this story is going to be finished in a few chapters...
Warning-This chapter has some of the abuse in detail so if you dodn't want to read that kind of thing I advise you to skip this chapter.

Numb

Rob sat in the Rovers with Michelle, "You know what I was talking about yesterday." Rob started.

"Yes," Michelle sighed "I told you that you were being very stupid."

"Well have a look at this." Rob said, handing Michelle the paper he had printed out earlier. Michelle read it and Rob could see the worry start creeping across her face.

"Well, um, this was 6 years ago, and the court said he wasn't guilty." Michelle said, not wanting to believe that Frank would do anything to Carla.

"But Chelle!" Rob exclaimed, pointing at some writing on the paper, "It say's that the girl, his girlfriend, kept getting bruises and injuries that she told everyone was nothing, she was distancing herself from her friend's and family. Does that not sound like exactly what Carla's doing?"

Michelle looked really uncomfortable now, "But, if he is, beating her up, why hasn't she told anyone?" She asked.

"I dunno, do I!" Rob exclaimed, "She's too scared or something!"

"We've got to go see her." Michelle said, standing up only to be pulled down by Rob again.

"She's working, if we get her on her own in your house or something it will be easier to get her to admit it." Rob said.

"Yeah, I guess you're right." Michelle sighed, downing the rest of her wine, "I just can't believe that Carla would let this happen to her."

"Hey Frank, what are you doing here?" Carla asked, putting a fake smile on her face even though her heart felt like it was goinf to explode.

"Send them home." Frank ordered, signalling to the worker's, who were looking on intensely having seen how angry Frank looked.

"Frank, they're working, we've got to get an order out." Carla argued, knowing that if they were there she would be safe, for now.

"Send them home." Frank ordered again, taking a step towards Carla so that she could feel his breath on her face, his evil eyes staring into her own terrified ones.

Carla obliged, leaving her office, "Right, you can have the rest of the day off, and yes, you will be paid for a full day." She told them all. She watched them all happily grabbing their bags and coats and talking about going to the rovers with a sinking feeling in her stomach. It was just her and Frank now, alone.

She took a deep breath before going back into the office, "What's wrong?" She asked.

Frank pulled something out of his pocket, a picture of Paul and Liam, "I told you to get rid of everything." He snarled, launching himself at Carla and pinning her up against the wall.

"Why have you all left early?" Michelle asked Sean, who had just come into the rovers with the factory girls.

"Carla sent us home, Frank came in and he didn't look very happy." Sean answered.

Michelle looked at Rob, and they both knewthat they were thinking the exact same thing. "Thanks Sean." Michelle said as she and Rob sped out of the pub and headed towards the factory.

Carla cried in agony as Frank held her broken arm tight against the wall.

"I told you that you had to get rid of everything, you told me you had, but you lied." Frank spat in Carla's face.

"I-I didn't know it ws there, I swear." Carla cried.

Frank smacked her across the face, "Liar." He hissed in a venomous voice. Frank pulled Carla off the wall and threw her to the floor, her head catching the corner of her desk as she went down. When she looked up there was a deep cut on her forehead and blood was starting to drip over her eye.

He pulled her up before smashing her face into the wall a few times. Carla was starting to feel very dizzy and she fell to the floor. She was starting to go numb as Frank started kicking her in the stomach, she curled up in a ball, attempting to protect herself from this attack.

Carla didn't understand what was happening when Frank stopped attacking her but she could still hear him yelling, she could hear two people yelling, Rob was here. She saw Michelle crouch down next to her and talk to her but she couldn't understand what she was saying.

He eyes flickered a few times as she attempted to keep then open but it was no use as black overtook her vision.

Plz review thx :) :P