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CHAPTER 4

"I don't understand how I could be so blind" Melissa commented, she was sitting next to the bed and Jade's friends were on the couches.

"Nick never does anything when you're around and since you didn't believe Jade the first time she told you, he felt free to keep doing it" Tori commented and Melissa sighed.

"How did you find out? She told you?" Melissa questioned and Tori shook her head.

"No, I wish...one day I saw Nick and Jade in the kitchen and he was too close to her but he moved away quickly when he saw me, Beck also saw him looking at Jade's body but we never imagined what he was doing back then" Tori began. "But then a few days after that, I went upstairs and saw Nick in Jade's room, he had her trapped against the wall and was saying disgusting things to her while holding her chin up but then she threatened him and he finally left"

"And what did Jade say when she saw you?" Melissa asked.

"She didn't see me and at first I pretended I hadn't seen anything to see how she reacted but she was fine, she didn't even look scared so I realized that she was used to it and when I confronted her about it, she told me everything and I tried to convince her to tell her father but she said he didn't care" Tori informed commented.

"No, that's not true... He is usually cold with her and always prioritizes his wife over everything but he loves her in his own way and I'm sure he would have believed her...unlike me" Melissa said sadly. "The irony, I always told Jade I was the parent she could count on and I was the one who disappointed her. But go on, tell me everything, I need to know it all"

"Jade was sure that Nick was never going to hurt her, I thought that she was underrating him and I told her to tell somebody else but she refused to, she said that on one occasion she thought he was gonna rape her and then didn't do it so after that she was completely sure it was never gonna happen" Tori commented.

"But then we gave him the idea..." Beck said upset "And look at her now, the bastard raped her twice and left her in coma" He said angrily and Melissa looked down sadly.

About three hours later Nick finally arrived, he opened the door and entered the room casually. "Hi my love" He said, Melissa was next to Jade holding her hand and as soon as she heard him, she turned her head to him slowly with anger and rage in her eyes.

Beck was about to explode but Andre and Robbie held him back because they knew that that was Melissa's moment."How's Jade? Any news?" Nick questioned and kissed Melissa's cheek before putting his hand on Jade's.

"Get away from my daughter" Melissa demanded and stood up, he looked at her confused and tried to grab her hand but she pulled it away.

"What's wrong?" He questioned.

"HOW COULD YOU?" She screamed and pushed him against the wall. "HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO ME?"

"Do what? Did these people lie to you again? Don't believe them" Nick exclaimed but she shook her head with tears running down her face.

"I SAW YOU, I SAW YOU, YOU MISERABLE SON OF A BITCH!" Melissa screamed while crying her eyes out and punching his chest madly.

"What? What are you talking about?" Nick questioned surprised.

"I LOVED YOU SO MUCH, I WOULD HAVE DIED FOR YOU WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT IT AND WHAT DID YOU DO? WHAT DID YOU DO? YOU HARASSED MY DAUGHTER, YOU RAPED HER AND LEFT HER LIKE THIS, YOU DESTROYED THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN MY LIFE, MY DAUGHTER! HOW COULD YOU?" Melissa screamed and punched her chest hard. "DAMN YOU! I'M GONNA FUCKING KILL YOU"

"Enough!" Nick exclaimed and pushed her back hard. "Okay, you know everything now there's no need to deny it... Yes, my love, it's true, I've been after Jade all this time, god she is hot" He said and she stared at him angrily, Beck was dying to grab Nick's neck and break it but his friends were stopping him from doing it. "I had sex with her and I don't regret it, she's much more of a woman than you are" He exclaimed and she slapped him.

"She is my daughter!" Melissa exclaimed angrily. "AND SHE IS EIGHTEEN, SHE IS ALMOST A KID, YOU COULD BE HER FATHER, YOU ARE SICK"

"Sick? How is being with a woman like Jade sick? It was a wonderful night, my dear, she screamed but I know she enjoyed it and most importantly, I ENJOYED IT" He exclaimed and she started hitting him again. "You know what's the only thing I regret? Not finishing the job, she should be buried by now"

"I HATE YOU, I HATE YOU SO MUCH, HOW COULD YOU? YOU SICK BASTARD" Melissa kept screaming as she punched him but he pushed her back madly.

"You can't prove anything, when she was brought here nobody checked to see if she had been raped and guess what? It's too late, she is going to stay in that bed forever" Nick commented gladly and Beck couldn't take it anymore, he grabbed Nick's shirt and slammed him against the wall.

"YOU ARE GOING TO PAY FOR WHAT YOU DID, I SWEAR" Beck screamed and started punching him.

"Stay back, boy" Nick said and pushed him back. "This is none of your business"

"What is it? You can abuse a woman but when it comes to facing a man you have no balls, come on, be a man for once" Beck dared and Nick laughed.

"I am more of a man than you'll ever be, kid, I know what to do when I see a pretty woman like Jade... unlike you, I bet you never used what you have down there with her but I did and it was glorious" Nick chuckled and Beck felt the anger running through his body.

"You miserable son of a bitch, I'm gonna kill you" He said as he kicked Nick madly. "Come on, KICK ME LIKE YOU KICKED JADE, COME ON, BE A FUCKING MAN, YOU COWARD"

"Beck, stop" Andre said and tried to hold him back but Beck was lost in his rage, he just couldn't stop beating Nick up but a few minutes later the security guards walked into the room.

"Stop, stop" They ordered and held Beck back.

"Are you alright, sir?" One of the guards asked Nick, who was on the floor holding his stomach and bleeding from his nose and mouth.

"Yes, yes..." He said as he stood up. "This boy started hitting me out of nowhere"

"You need to get out of the hospital or we'll call the police" The guard told Beck and Nick used that second to get out of the room.

"Go ahead! Call them so we can denounce this man" Beck said and realized Nick wasn't in the room anymore. "Where is he?"

"You all need to leave the room, you're disturbing the patient" The nurse ordered.

"I'm sorry, I promise we'll calm down" Melissa said.

"One more scream and you all will have to leave" The nurse warned and Jade's mother nodded.

"Where is that bastard? I haven't finished him" Beck commented madly.

"He ran out of the room as soon as the guards turned around" Cat informed and Beck tried to walk out but Tori grabbed his arm.

"No, Beck, you need to stay here with Jade, she needs you" Tori affirmed and Melissa nodded.

"Yes, Beck, he is not worth it..." Melissa commented and Beck looked down, he thought about it and finally decided to stay. "I'll call the police to denounce him right now"

Melissa indeed denounced Nick but he managed to escape, nobody knew where he was and Jade was still in coma, months went by but nothing happened and they knew that the longer she remained in that state, the less probabilities she had of waking up.

Jade's friends usually went to see her three or four times a week but Beck and her mother did every day. He always went to the hospital after school and stayed all day there, he usually sat down next to her and talked about what had happened at school, in his life and simply talked, he laughed and pretended to be having a conversation with her. On the weekends, he always arrived early and stayed there until Sunday night, he even spent Christmas at the hospital with Jade and Melissa, it became his life routine and he didn't see it as something bad, he didn't mind going to visit her every day but it hurt him to see her like that, her life was passing by but she wasn't living it.

"It's been almost ten months and Jade is still like this" Beck commented upset and Melissa sighed, it was Saturday night so it was just the two of them and Jade in the room. "Do you think she will ever wake up?"

"I don't know, Beck but I hope so, she can't stay like this forever... it's not fair, she's lost almost a year of her life unconscious on a hospital bed" Melissa responded sadly. "You know, that time she and Tori went to my office to tell me everything and I refused to believe them, Tori told me that she hoped I would never have to regret my mistake because if that happened, I wouldn't be able to live with it…" she commented and a tear streamed down her face. "She was right"

Beck simply took a breath and looked at Jade sadly, she'd been on life support for almost a year and he didn't know if by keeping her alive they were doing her a favor or if they were causing her pain but he refused to ler her go. "Beck, I've been wondering something but I didn't know how to ask you..." Melissa said.

"What is it?" Beck questioned curiously.

"Well, I thought you and Jade had broken up but you've been here all this time" Melissa commented and Beck gave him a little sad smile.

"Jade and I indeed broke up but it was a mistake, my mistake..." Beck admitted. "I've never stopped loving her and when I saw her about to die, I understood everything, I understood that no matter how jealous she got and how much we fought, everything was worth it, she was worth it, our love was worth it" He affirmed. "I don't know what I would do without her; I realized that I need her in my life...I don't know if she still loves me or if she would accept me again but as long as I know she is alright, I'll be fine, I just need to know that she is there" He explained and she smiled at him.

"That's so sweet" Melissa said moved by his words. "I bet she will be happy to see you here when she wakes up, she loved you so much, Beck; that love couldn't have died within a month" She commented and he looked down because he didn't know whether to tell her they had broken up a year and a half before. "By the way, Beck, why didn't Jade tell you what Nick was doing to her? I mean, you were boyfriend and also, why did you guys break up? If I may ask"

"She didn't tell me because we weren't dating anymore..." Beck said and she looked at him confused. "Listen, Jade and I broke up shortly after Nick started harassing her but she never told me because she didn't think it was important and because I was being an asshole to her in those days"

"What do you mean? Why did you guys break up?" Melissa questioned curiously.

"Well, we started fighting more than usual over stupid things, I've always known Jade and she usually got jealous or upset over little details but I always let her win to avoid fights because I knew that that was her personality but for some reason, I started feeling very anxious and fighting back" Beck explained. "I don't know what happened, I also felt she was angrier than usual...probably because of Nick but I didn't know that so instead of trying to fix things, I ruined them more, I said things I didn't mean and I know that I hurt her" He confessed sadly.

"Tori told me that Jade said she wanted to tell me what was going on with Nick but that day we fought as usual and then I basically said that I didn't want her anymore, she told me to come out before she counted ten or that we were over but I never opened the door..." He said sadly. "It was the biggest mistake of my life, maybe if I had opened the door she would have told me and things would be different"

"Oh Beck, I understand how you must be feeling... I feel the same way but there's nothing we can do to change the past, we can only do our best to fix things in the future and hope Jade lives to see it"

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