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Chapter 29

I'd Die With Them

[Tori's POV]

Wednesday, November 1st

"Hey Cat." I greeted Cat as she hopped into the passenger's seat of my car.

"Hi Tori!" She screamed as she wrapped her arms tightly around me.

"Where are we going?" She asked once her seat belt was on and we were pulling off.

"Well we have to stop at my house first and then we'll go out anyplace you want."

"I have to be home by 6 okay?"

I just nodded as we turned a corner. "So where'd you get that Cat?"

"Get what?"

"That." I said letting my finger fall to a huge bruise on the inner part of her arm in which she quickly hid from my sight.

"I fell."

"How?"

"I tripped over my daughter's backpack."

I just sighed as we reached a stop light. "Why won't you just admit it? Jade's hurting you Cat we know this already. Just tell me. It's okay."

She shook her head. "Jade's not hurting me! Stop saying that! Every time you take me out you keep bringing that up. It's starting to annoy me Tori. I'm fine! You wouldn't understand anything!"

"I would if you just tell me! I want to help you."

"I don't need help okay? If I needed help I would ask you for it. Jade's not even hurting me so just please Tori, drop it. I want to spend time with my best friend today and just be happy."

"So what will happen if I bring you back after 6?"

She furrowed her brows. "Just don't do that."

"Why? Because Jade is going to do something to you if she finds out you were with me?"

She sighed loudly as she hit her hands to her thighs. "You know what Tori? Just take me back home. I don't want to hear this again today."

I reached over and grabbed her hand in mine as we pulled up at a Dairy Queen. "I'm sorry Cat. I'm just worried about you. I don't want to keep seeing you hurt."

"I'm not hurt. So don't worry about me? I'm fine."

I stopped in the drive-thru as I leaned over and gave Cat a kiss on the side of her head before ordering an ice-cream cone for her.

"This is for me? What about you?"

"I don't want anything."

"Thanks you Tori." She smiled but her eyes looked sad. She's sad. I know it.

Beck told me how he saw Jade put her hands on Cat in a parking lot one day before he came home from the store. He said he saw how Jade treated her and how Cat didn't seem like herself, so he told me to keep an eye out for her. He told me to inspect her for new bruises and odd behaviors and I catch up on it now. She's not always herself and she does have bruises over her body. I tried to get her to remove her shirt for me one day, but she absolutely refused. She wouldn't show me any body part of hers that was covered by her dress. I tried to sneak and lift her dress one day but she caught me and she hit me, she hit me pretty hard actually and that was just so unlike her.

Today Beck told me to bring her to the house. He got a day off just so we could do this. It might be a little wrong, but it's for her own good. We are trying to help her, but we can't without evidence and she won't corporate with us so we have to do things out way.

We finally pulled up at my house and she hopped out of the car as she skipped to the front door which was already open and the screen unlocked so she took it upon herself to go ahead and skip in with me a little further behind.

"Oh my gosh!" Cat laughed as Xston came and jumped on her.

We figured we could loosen her up a little with the dog out.

"Hey there Cat." Beck said as he walked into the living room.

"Hiiii!" She said as she jumped into his arms and wrapped her legs around his waist as her arms gave him a huge hug.

I could tell Beck wasn't prepared for that as he almost fell over. "I've missed you too Cat." Beck chuckled as he lowered her back to the ground.

"Are you coming out with me and Tori!?"

"Maybe?" He said as she clapped her hands.

Beck motioned for me to go in the kitchen and get the things for Cat.

I made a cup of milk before I opened the medicine cabinet and pulled out a bottle of sleeping pills. I wrapped one up in a paper towel before I used my elbow to crush it into the smallest pieces I could make before taking it and dumping it into the small glass of milk. I feel so wrong doing this, but it's the only way for me and Beck to do what we need to do and see what we need to see without Cat fighting against us.

I made me my own glass of milk so Cat wouldn't think anything of it before bringing it out to her.

"I know it was so great!" I heard her squeal as she talked to Beck.

"Here Cat." I sat down beside her and held out the glass for her in which she took immediately.

"Oh my god! I love milk!" She giggled as she took a big sip. "Do I have a mustache?"

I nodded as I took a small drink of mine.

I watched as she put her glass down in which Beck picked it back up and handed it back to her. "You never want to put milk down Cat. It'll get hot and then you'll get sick. Just finish it up so we can go out."

"Oh you're coming!?" She squealed at Beck.

"Yeah, I'll come, but you have to finish that so we can go."

"kk!" Cat said as she quickly downed the rest of her glass in all of three gulps.

"Let's go!" She hopped up in which Beck sat her back down.

"I have to go change real quick, so just wait down here for me." He said as she looked at me and then jogged up the stairs.

Cat took a breath as she sat back on the couch. "So where are we going to do Tor?"

"Anywhere you want."

"Hmmmm, can we go to the toy store Tor?"

I chuckled. Cat will never grow up… "Of course we can."

I turned on the T.V. as we watched about 10 minutes of it before she laid her head in my lap. "What's taking Beck so long?" She yawned.

I let my fingers run through the roots of her dark red hair as she looked up at me. "He takes a long time getting ready."

"I see. You should hurry him up."

"He's coming."

She yawned again as she looked at me and smiled. "You're really pretty Tori. You should be a model."

"Thanks Cat. You're pretty too."

"Not as pretty as you Tor." She said with one eye open and I slowly let my hand fall over her other eyelid and closed it for her. Within 1 minute she was out like a light.

I lifted her head as I removed myself from under her replacing my lap with a pillow. I lifted her arm and dropped it to make sure she was all the way sleep before calling Beck down.

"Is she out?"

"Yeah."

I said as I stood back so Beck could get to her. I just feel so wrong for taking over Cat the way we did.

He knelt down as he turned her to her side so that her back was facing him before he grabbed onto the zipper of her dress. "Here we go." He said as he slowly unzipped it. I closed my eyes, I don't know why it's just….I don't know what to expect. I've seen her back before, so I don't know why I'm so scared. It's just the fact she's been so overly protective of her own back, not letting me see again it makes you curious you know?

"Tori look." He said as I opened my eyes to see a huge white pad on it. "Don't take it off Beck." I said with tears in my eyes.

"We have to see Tori." He said as he took a small breath and grabbed onto the corner of the pad and started to pull it down.

"Oh my god!" My hand immediately went to my mouth as tears escaped my eyes.

Under the pad is what looked as if she had been burned with something. Something big. It was big and black with small open bloody parts here and there. You can tell it's not infected and that it's being taken care of but…oh my god. Around the pad were what looked like old scraps and buries, some of what I had seen before.

I watched as Beck let her arms slip from the dress and he pulled it all the way down to her ankles, leaving her in her bra and panties and this time I couldn't stop getting choked up at the sight of her body.

Everywhere on her thighs were scraps and bruises and finger bruises. Some looked fresh while others looked years old and I couldn't stop my hand from reaching over and placing it on her thigh were one specific mark rose from her skin as if something cut her like a knife or…scissors.

"Get the camera." Beck said as he sighed and looked over her small beat up body. He had to end up getting it himself because I just can't move. I can't believe this is my best friend, that this is Cat Valentine laying here in front of me like this. Who could hurt someone like her? Someone without a freaking heart and who deserves to be locked up for life. Someone like Jade West.

I watched as beck pulled the pad further down as he snapped a picture of her burn wound before took more and more pictures of her back and her thighs. He replaced the pad before he turned Cat onto her back so that her stomach was visible and he took more pictures of her front side, which wasn't as bad as her back at all.

He finally got all the pictures he needed before pulling back up her dress and zipping her back in it as if it was never removed. He reached over and placed a small blanket on her before he leaned down and kissed her on her forehead as I just stood there and cried the entire time.

He walked over and wrapped his arms around me tight as I let my head fall to his shoulder. "What are we going to do?"

He sighed. "We can't do much unless she corporates with us."

"Well threatened her with the pictures."

He shook his head. "She can call the police if I showed her that I took pictures of her while she was sleeping."

"She wouldn't do that!"

"No, but she'll tell Jade and Jade will."

"Then what was the point of taking pictures!?" I yelled as I removed myself from his grip.

"You never know if we might need these." He held up the camera.

"We can't let her go back." I cried.

"We'll try talking with her."

"That's not going to work Beck!"

'We'll figure something out. We have to."

…..We have to…

[Ikenzie's POV]

"C'mon Ikenzie, it's not so bad." Kaylee said during lunch as she reached her hand over and placed it on mine.

I just turned away from her. I just want to die. What am I even here for? I can't do anything anymore. Well singing was my passion. I thought that maybe one day I would get my voice back. And I did. I got my freaking voice back and then what happens? A stoke, another freaking stroke. That should have just killed me. Why didn't it?

I'm officially handicapped. Not only did I lose my ability to talk normal again, starting back at square one with the index cards, I lost complete hearing in my right ear and 35% hearing in my left. I'm legally known as deaf even though the hearing aid restores my hearing in my left ear to 97% , it's still just horrible!

They said bad things happen to bad people. Am I a bad person? What have I done? I've made a whole list of the bad things I've done and I've prayed about it and asked for forgiveness and I'm still the way I am. I've never done anything too bad. I've snuck some of my veggies in a paper towel when I was younger and I stayed up past my bed time when I was younger as well, but I just can't think of anything super bad I've done lately? Why is this happening to me?

"Ikenzie?"

"W,w,what?" I asked irately.

"Come on, stop being so sad. It's going to be okay."

I just shook my head and rolled my eyes at her. Of course she can say that! She can talk and hear like everyone else!

"Look on the bright side. At least you can still hear, and you can still talk. What about those people who are completely deaf? What about those people who can't talk at all? And you can see, and you can still walk. What about those people who are blind? What about those people who are paralyzed? You have been a positive person since the day I've met you. Don't give up now Ikenzie. You have a great future ahead of you, but if you keep this attitude where will you be? Don't limit yourself! You still can do soooo many things that so many other people wish they could do."

DING, DING, DING

"I think you're very special Ikenzie. There's something big for you in the future I know it." She stood up and threw her backpack over her shoulder. "Keep your head up." She said as smiled as she walked off to class.

[Jade's & Unknown's Text]

Unknown: Jade

Jade: Yeah, who's this?

Unknown: I hope you rot in fucking hell.

Jade: Who the hell is this?

Jade: Who is this!? Stop playing on my fucking phone stupid bitches!

~Jade's Flashback~

13 Years Old

I sat on my bed with headphones on as I looked through a magazine.

New Text Message

Sender: Cat

Cat: Hiiiiiiii! Want to go out? My mom said she'll come get you and you can spend the night!

Me: I can't.

Cat: Want me to come to you?

Me: No.

Cat: (frowning emoticon) You never talk to me or hang out with me anymore Jade. Please tell me what happened?

Me: Nothing happened. Leave me alone now. I don't feel like going anywhere.

Cat: (frowning emoticon) I love you Jade. I hope everything's okay.

Me: Whatever Cat.

I threw my phone aside as I picked back up my magazine and continued to read.

I heard my door burst open and slam close before I removed my headphones and turned around to him.

"Hey there babygirl, what are you reading?" I just shook my head and turned back around to lay on my stomach as I closed my eyes tight.

There's no point of trying to fight him anymore. Is he my dad? No. My dad is in jail as well as my mother. I never told, but a neighbor saw what they did to my sister. And she called the police. She recorded the whole thing from her window and what made me so pissed is that she saw it, but she didn't stop it. She didn't even try! She just took out her fucking camera and recorded the fucking murder scene! She was no help! No help at all!

Fuck it.

I don't even care anymore.

Who's this guy? He's my aunt's boyfriend. Yeah they put me in the house with my aunt. Little did they know my aunt is no better than my own mother. She has a daughter as well but she's older than me. She's 18 and she's never really home anyways, so I barely even know her.

"You look really pretty today Jadelyn." He said as he crawled onto the bed beside me and slid all my hair to one side before kissing me on my cheek.

This guy is even bigger than my father. I tried to fight him off before, it didn't work. Nothing that I do to keep him away works. I tell my aunt. I tell her what he does to me all the time and she doesn't "believe" me. She knows what the fuck he's doing. She just believes whatever the hell she wants to believe. She doesn't care. She's with him for his money anyways. He buys her anything he wants. And I have a feeling that's because she's made a deal with him involving me.

Why don't I run and tell?

Tell who? Cat? What the hell is she going to do? I already made her promise not to tell anything my parents did to me and she kept her promise. I never told her anything else and I never gave her details. She doesn't need details. She's a Cat, she wouldn't understand anyways.

Tell the police? Yeah right my aunt will find so many ways out of that. She's smart. She'll outsmart the courts, there's no fucking reason to even go through all of that to end up right back here. So fuck the police.

"You know I don't want to hurt you sweety." He said as his hand rubbed down my back. He flipped me over as he let his hand rub around to the front of my body and slowly down into my loose sweet pants.

I squeezed my eyes shut as he rubbed gently on the fabric of my panties and my body involuntarily bucking to his touch.

"See you like that don't you sweet heart?"

No. I don't like it. I never have and I never will. He's been doing this to me 5 times a week for almost a year and my body is just use to it now. My body knows it's coming and it doesn't even hurt anymore. When he sticks his manhood deep into me, I don't even cry anymore. I just take it. I squeeze my eyes close and I imagine the only good times that I can imagine and that's whenever I'm with Cat. I imagine laughing and playing with her. I let my mind completely disappear from the situation until it's all over and he's gone.

I've gotten pregnant twice both in which my aunt took me to get an abortion and she finally just put me on birth control so he couldn't get me pregnant anymore.

I stood in the shower with my eyes closed as I slowly cut my arms with a pair of mini scissors.

Scissors.

Scissors are good. Scissors don't hurt me they make me feel good with the pain they cause. It's a different kind of pain. It takes away from the other pain that trys to take over me. I can escape in this pain. I love it. I never want it to stop, but I have to when too much blood starts to flow and then I reopen them later when new scissors. I have a whole collection. I'll stare at them for hours and play with them. They mean a lot to me. Nobody but me can touch my scissors. They are the only things that love me. And I love them and I'd die with them if I had too.

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