Chapter 2.
Royce didn't go easy on us the other night, he drugged us, raped us, beat us, but we couldn't say anything, we were his. To make matters worse he was keeping drugs from us, sending us into withdraw. Sunday evening I finally felt well enough to get out of bed, Kylie was getting out of the shower when I got up.
"Are you gonna call that guy Rosie?" she asked and I gave her a quizzical look. "Emmett from the club."
"I don't Ky, if Royce finds out there will be hell to pay." I said as I looked at my face in the mirror, faint outlines of what where bruises covered my cheeks.
"What can he do that was worse then last night?" she said coming up behind me. " Besides this guy he could be your way out, a way for you to get away from this."
'What am I suppose to do out in the real world Ky, and what about you?" I asked her.
"Rosie, I've have family up north that'll take me in, I just wanna know your safe first. Your like my little sister Rosie." Kylie said as she began applying makeup to my face.
"I don't even know if he like's me Kylie." I told her.
"Call him Rosie."
I called Emmett at the dinner and he told me to come down and we could have dinner. I dressed in skinny jeans and a top that hide most of the bruises on my arms, Kylie had done a good job covering the ones on my face. I pulled my hair back and headed out the door, watching to be sure Royce wasn't there.
Emmett was waiting for me in the same both as we sat in the other day. He smiled when he saw me coming towards him. I love his smile, he has these pretty little dimples, that I remembered from high school, he could melt a girls heart.
"Hey Rosie." he said as I took a seat across from him. "I thought you weren't gonna call me."
"Some things came up." I said with a small smile.
"I missed you, mom said she was surprised you didn't come in for breakfast this morning." he said.
"I-I wasn't feeling well." I stuttered.
"Oh." he looked down at the burger and fries in front of him. "Rose," he looked at me, "who were those guys the other night?" Oh no there it was, the question.
"Please Emmett not now." I said. He reached across the table and took my hand.
"Are you in trouble Rose?" he asked.
"Please not now Em, lets just…..talk about it latter." I looked down at the table.
"Okay Rose but if you need help tell me." Emmett gave my habd a small squeeze. "What do you wanna do tonight?" he asked.
"Truthfully I'd just like to go see a movie." Movies were good, they were dark and a good place to hide from Royce.
"Okay, lets good." Emmett stood and led me out to his silver jeep. He helped me climbed in and then we headed for the movies.
I forgotten guys could be like this, so nice, so careful. Emmett treated me like I was breakable, barley touching me. The way he walked with his ar around me was like he wanted to protect me from anything in the outside world. It was nice.
"Did you like the movie?" Emmett asked as we sat the ice cream place across from the theater.
"It was nice, this whole day has been great." I said giving him a smile. "Thank you Emmett." I kissed his cheek and then we headed out to the jeep.
When we reached the jeep something caught my eye. It was Royce and one of his guys where a few cars down from the jeep, and he saw me. Royce started heading my way, I jumped into the jeep and slammed the door.
"Emmett drive now!" I screamed.
'What? Rose what's wrong?" Emmett asked.
"Just drive Emmett, he's fucking after me." I yelled. Emmett saw him then, and haled ass out of there.
"Where are we going?" he asked.
"Anywhere he won't be able to find me." I said. With that we were flying down the road.
Emmett took me to his house, or at least I assumed it was his house. He got out and ran to my side and helped me down, he led me into the house and sat me down on the couch.
"I'm gonna find you some of my sisters cloths so you can take a shower. After your done we need to talk." I nodded, Emmett disappeared upstairs, and returned moments later. "All Alice had left here is shorts and tank tops, I hope that's okay, they should fit ya'll are about the same size but they may be a little short. Bathrooms upstairs first door on the right, I'll be waiting for you down here." I nodded and headed for the bathroom.
I got in the shower and let the hot water run over me, my makeup was washing off and I knew Emmett would see my bruises. I got out of the shower and dressed, I grabbed my phone out of my jean pocket and sent Kylie a text telling her I wouldn't be coming back. I brushes through my hair and went to join Emmett.
He was laid out across the couch, staring up at the ceiling. I went and sat in the floor in front of him. Emmett sat up and motioned for me to sit beside him. As I stood he took in the bruises that covered my body, I could see the anger on his face.
"What's going on Rosie?" he asked running his fingers through my hair.
"I'm a whore Emmett, I worthless whore. Royce is my pimp, I was on of his first girls."
"Why Rosalie? You always seemed like you were going places." he said.
"It's all I've ever known Em. My mom use to sell me for me money so she could by drugs and beer." I was starting to cry. "When I got out on my own I thought things would get better, but they didn't. I needed money, so when I meet Royce and he said he could help I didn't question him. At first it was just a few of his friends, and then more friends, and after he got Kylie it was strangers. When he got more girls he started putting us out on corners, but me and Ky were his favorites. So he always spent special time with us, meaning he would drug us beat us and rape us." Tears were streaming down my face now, Emmett wrapped his arms around me and pulled me close. "That's why I didn't call you sooner or come in for breakfast this morning. I was hurting and going through withdraws. I'm lucky he didn't use as much as he usually does or I'd still be in my room laying there in pain."
"Why didn't you tell me Rose, at the club last night? I could have helped." I just buried my head in his shoulder. "He won't hurt you anymore Rose, I promise." I feel asleep soon after that, with Emmett stroking my hair.
I woke up in a dark room, I was sweating. I had a nightmare that Royce had found me and had his guys take care of Emmett. I crawled out of bed and walked down the hall till I found Emmett's room. He was in bed asleep, I quietly walked into the room and crawled into bed. I snuggled into his side and he wrapped his arm around me pulling me closer.
"Rosie." he mumbled opening his eye and straining to see me in the dark. "What are you doing in here"
"I'm sorry Em, I just couldn't be alone." he hugged me to him and kissed the top of my head.
"It's okay Rosie it's okay." I feel asleep there with Emmett, I knew Royce would be looking for me, but in that moment I didn't care. Emmett made me fell safe, and I wanted to believe I was.
