Chambers of the Soul
Summary: Bella lives with her abusive father; Charlie, her older brother; Maxi and her younger sister; Harmony. She almost thinks there's no hope but what happens when the new family comes to town? Will she ever be happy? What if Bella and her siblings became happy and then someone came back to haunt them…
Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight. All characters and other twilight-related things belong to SM. I only own the storyline.
Bella Swan POV.
Maxi swallowed before he gently pushed down on the door handle. The door flew open and the smell of alcohol and drugs hit my nose. I wanted to vomit.
I pushed Maxi in and he ran straight up the stairs with a petrified Harmony clung to his side.
I was going to take the beatings tonight. I needed too; Maxi had taken so much already.
I held my breath as I passed the front room. Drugs were sprayed over the little glass coffee table. I made my way into the tiny kitchen and got terrified as I spotted the hunched figure that had his back to me. My father.
The tears began to drip silently. I knew he'd heard our entrance.
Slowly he shuffled his chair back. He rested his huge hand on the back of the wooden chair and stared at me with that haunted face. The corners of his mouth were drooped down. His eyes were scrunched up and wrinkled. He blew out through his nose when he saw me standing in the door way. He pulled himself up and charged at me before I even had time to think.
I went smashing into the hard wall of the stairs. Pain shot up my back and I held in the scream. His huge arms reached forward to grasp my upper arms. I felt his nails digging in to my flesh.
He was always silent for a while as he gave the beatings. He seemed to talk when I was sprawled on the floor.
He moved his huge frame forward and slammed his solid work boots down onto my feet that were only covered by socks.
I hissed in pain but did nothing. How could I? He was huge, I was small.
I swallowed as his hand reached to caress my cheek. He licked his lips as his head cocked to the side. "My Bella, my beautiful Bella." He groaned as his lips were inches from mine.
I stiffened as the smell of alcohol became strong. His lips crushed to mine and I felt the rough stubs from where he had shaved.
I squealed and tried to pull away as his tongue roamed around but he was clinging tightly to my hair.
I whimpered all the through until he stopped, pushing me to the floor. "That wasn't nothing!" he yelled, pushing my head against the wall. "You need to kiss back, girl! Do you hear me?"
I nodded weakly despite the pain.
He laughed humourlessly and bent down to my level. He punched me in the stomach and twisted my ankle.
I screamed out this time; the pain becoming too much.
He grunted and got up after I got another slap in the face. He left to go back to the living room.
Everything was silent.
I knew Maxi would be waiting for a bit until coming down to lift me up. Charlie wouldn't pester him because he could only handle so many beatings to give us a night.
It seemed like ages but finally I heard footsteps slowly coming down the stairs. Maxi made his way into my blurry vision and tears streamed down his face. He comforted me as I wailed out in pain as he scooped me up. He was putting pressure on something as he carried me up the stairs. When we reached his room he gently led me on the bed where I cried endlessly from the pain.
I saw Harmony huddled on the floor in the corner with Maxi's blanket pulled to her.
Maxi got onto the bed with me and placed his hand against my cheek and then my forehead. "You feel feverish." He mumbled. His other hand was still holding pressure on something near my torso.
He went somewhere but came back with a wash cloth and a bowl of water. He dabbed warm water over my injuries and did something else to the gash in my torso.
When he was done he noticed me fading. I felt his index finger lift up one of my eyelids. "Bella?" his voice was frantic. "Can you hear me?"
I wanted to reply but nothing escaped my lips. I invited the darkness that was tugging on my vision.
Maxi Swan POV
I finished cleaning up my sister's cuts and tried as much as I could to treat the gash on her stomach. When I was down I gently rolled her onto her side and rubbed soothing circles in her back. Her breathing wasn't very good.
I let her grasp my hand but as seconds went by I felt her grip loosen. I swallowed and looked at her. Sweat beads were on her face and mixed emotions of pain were visible.
I gently lifted up her eyelid. "Bella?" I called, frantically. "Can you hear me?" no response.
I carefully led down beside her and heard the beating of her heart. "It's okay, honey, I'm here."
I didn't want her to go with Tyler tonight. I hated it when they got to have her as their own.
Bella deserved so much more. She didn't deserve any of this.
Neither did Harmony. I looked over at her small frame cowering in the corner. Our eyes met and she got up to approach Bella and me on the bed.
"Is sissy okay?" she whispered. Harmony normally never talked above a whisper when Charlie was home.
What could I tell her? I couldn't exactly tell her that her older sister had gone unconscious!
"Yes, she's just sleeping." I replied, quietly.
Harmony pulled herself up onto the bed and rested her tiny hand against Bella's cheek. "Did Dadda go mad again?"
I hated that Harmony called Charlie 'Dadda' even though he was. It made me mad, not at her but at Charlie. She didn't deserve a dad like him! No one did. She was so little, so innocent and she was already scared of being in her own home! She was petrified of even going outside!
I took her free hand gently in mine. "Yeah…Dadda had a bad turn." I lied.
She sniffled. "Is it a bad turn when he hurts me?" her eyes were so big and innocent I began to cry.
"Yes." I whispered.
Tears started to drip down her face. "But….what did we do wrong?" I knew that she was asking herself that question.
I waited for Bella to awake. She could barely walk when she did. The leg that had already been injured had been hurt again. Every part of her body throbbed and she could hardly move her torso.
Still, she had to go to Tyler. For 2 hours.
I pulled up at his house and she got out of the car and waved me off.
I didn't want to leave but it'd just make things worse.
I checked on Harmony who was cowering under her blanket in the back seat and then headed back home.
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