Chapter 6: Father's Affair

My caretaker Elena went into panic mode when she found my unconscious body on the floor of the attic room. I still recall my conscious mind hearing her concerned pleads as her small hands tried to shake my body awake. She was literally crying rivers of tears when I didn't respond back to her sobs. It didn't take long before hearing her dialing on the house phone to register that she was going to call someone for help. Elena continued to sob through the phone until she heard someone answer from the other line.

"Hello." I heard a male voice state through the other line.

Elena took a deep breath in before stating in a fearsome tone. "Mr. Dawson I don't know what happened. I just came back to check up on Ally and then I found her on the floor of the attic unconscious."

My father responded back in a serious tone. "Elena calm down and call 911. Ally's body must have gone into dehydration mode again."

My ears heard Elena taking a deep breath in before stating back in fear. "I'll do my best Mr. Dawson. And I hope you can forgive me."

"Don't worry about it Elena. I know it isn't your fault. Just make the emergency call and I will be on the next flight home." I heard my father state in a serious tone before hearing him hang up.

Elena let out a few sniffles from the situation before hearing her punched in the number 9-1-1.

My heart went out to my caretaker as I felt myself wanting to tell her that everything was alright. But my body couldn't move. As hard as I could to strain it to move, it wouldn't budge. After a few seconds of trying to move, my mind decided to think about Melanie and Dickon.

When I was going through the situation, I didn't know that Melanie was being abused by her mother. Nor did I understand why Dickon was using cannabis as a way to escape their problems. For all I know I felt my heart go out to them.

They have spent many years living in that house, and not only had to deal with their mother being was always drunk. They had to hear about their father's affairs as well.

This whole situation was slowly causing their family to be torn apart. And when I thought I had enough of seeing their family, I couldn't stop from thinking about them.

My heart broke to pieces as the image of Dickon taking the drug came back to my mind.

It was hard to believe that these two had to go through this together. At the time my mind hoped that everything in their lives will change for the better. But today- I know that won't happened.

Once those thoughts passed through my mind, my ears picked up the sound of the ambulance sirens coming closer and that is when everything stayed still. My mind went blank as the darkness consumed my soul for the second time that day.

"Places, places, get in your places. Throw on your dress and put on your doll faces". – Melanie Martinez

My feet run towards my bedroom as my ears picked up the sound of footsteps going down a set of wooden panels. As I tried to make my way towards my room, my heart quickens its pace when I saw the businessman in the hallway. His once neat white blouse was barely clinging on his bare chest and for a second I felt myself getting sick in the stomach. The tall man blocked me from getting through and for once I felt myself going into panic mode.

"Don't come near me. Please." I heard myself state in a fearful tone.

An evil smile came upon his face as he responded back in a devious tone. "Awe come on Melanie. Be the good girl that you are and let me show you how to be a woman."

Hearing his statement made my breath hitch up as my curious eyes turned into one's with a fearful expression. Soon my eyes open up wide as I saw his body coming closer to mine. Instantly my body started walking backwards as I tried to keep myself in one piece. I thought he would get the message about leaving me alone but he didn't. In the second I continued to walk back until I found myself being encaged into a corner of the hallways.

"Please don't." I stated in a pleading tone as my brown eyes looked into his brown eyes.

His cold hearted eyes stared back into mine with amusement as his strong hands came upon my slim waist. Automatically I felt his face leaning in closer to mine. Instantly, my heart started to race while my head turned to look the other way.

In that moment my brown eyes decided to look up at the ceiling as I tried to understand what was going on. In my seven year old mind I didn't understand what this was going to do. But I knew that something bad was going to happen to me.

What is this man going to do? That was the only thought going through my mind as I kept my eyes upon him.

My vision began to blur up as I felt a new set of fresh tears coming down my face. I can still remember hearing his sinister laughter as his hands started to brush up the skirt of the dress.

"This will only hurt for a second baby girl." I heard him state through my right ear.

Silent sobs came through my pink colored lips as I felt his strong hands pulling my underwear down. My body went numb as I felt his dirty hands pushing my body up against the nearest wall.

My legs tried to push his body off of me but he was too strong. The businessman's hands pulled my legs apart before feeling him wrap my legs around his buff torso.

"NO! PLEASE STOP!" I stated as I felt his cold fingers spread the lips of my labia.

In that moment I thought for sure this man was going to hurt me. It wasn't until I felt a person's hands tearing us apart, did I felt my tense body relax.

A sob of relief came through my lips as I saw from the corner of my eyes as my doll Dickon pushed the man away from me.

The teenage boy looked furiously at his father before seeing his right fist hit the businessman in gut. This action caused the man to be pushed across the room. His body ran straight into the nearest wall before hearing a cracked sound coming from the impact. The businessman lets out a painful groan from the sudden pain meanwhile his slanted brown eyes closed into slumber. Instantly my shaken slim body goes down towards floor as my own eyes witnessed his body go stiff.

"Is he dead?" I asked frightfully.

Dickon lets out a few puffs of air in and out before responding back through small breaths. "No- just- un- conscious – for- now."

Once I heard his response, I remember my mouth dropping down into a wide O. From the corner of my eyes I saw his body slouch down towards my height as I felt him about to collapse. Another sigh of relief came out from my lips as my white skin tone arms embraced his fragile body into a thank you hug. Dickon's arms wrapped my vulnerable body close to his chest. My ears can still feel his heart settle down as I took a deep breath.

For once in my life I knew that Melanie felt protected in his arms. And it still comes across my mind engrained forever in my memory of the loving words he gave Melanie that night.

Soon tears blurred my vision as he softly whispered the last two sentences of the night into my right ear.

"I will always protect you Melanie. Never forget it!"

A content feeling embraced my heart from his loving words as I felt my mind go back into slumber.