Chapter 15: Hurt

Nessie's POV

I cried and cried and cried. I couldn't believe what my own aunt had done to me. I would have never expected her to do something like this.

She could have done something and instead she did nothing. Betrayal, anger, and hurt. That's all that I felt. I could feel nothing else. To me it was clear that she cared more for the lives of those monsters then she did for me, her own niece.

"Shh. It's okay Nessie. It's going to be okay" my dad whispered into my ear.

"How could she do this dad? How could she keep this a secret? Why does she care more about them then she does about me?" The tears continued to fall and my father wiped them away gently.

"Nessie that is something that even I am failing to understand. She kept it hidden even from me. Somehow she managed to keep it out of her thoughts when I was around. Believe me Nessie, I would have confronted her about it a long time ago if I had known what she did. You're my daughter and I love you. I would rather die then let anyone hurt you and it kills me to know that I could have stopped it from happening if your aunt had only told me about her vision" dad growled.

"I have never felt so hurt, angry, or betrayed before. I am so hurt over this" I cried.

"And you have every single right to be Nessie. If anyone has the right to be angry about this it's you. We understand. We're all upset over what she did. What your aunt did was wrong"

I wasn't sure if I would ever forgive my aunt for this. I wasn't sure what was more painful. The rape or my aunt's betrayal.

The men I would never see again most likely. But my aunt? Every time I saw her I would be reminded of what she had done or allowed to happen to me.

"Nessie let's get you home now. I think you've had enough for one day" dad said.

I couldn't say anything so I just nodded instead. I pretended that nothing was wrong when I walked through the door. I didn't want my family to see me upset and get worried. I would be fine eventually.

I quickly checked in on Anne. My sister's actions last night made me fear that she would try to kill herself again. I had stayed with her the whole night to make sure that she didn't try to hurt herself because I was really worried.

I went to my room and started to cry again. How I had managed to hold back the tears long enough to get home was beyond me.

"Nessie what's wrong?"

I jumped when I heard my brother's voice. I hadn't even heard him knock or come in.

"What are you doing?" I asked him.

"I was walking by when I heard you crying. I tried knocking but you didn't answer so I got worried and came in. Now tell me what's wrong. I know there is something wrong. So stop lying"

I debated if I should just tell him the truth or not. Well the part about the rape anyway. I couldn't say anything about Alice.

"Nessie"

"Okay okay. I'll tell you. I was gang raped awhile back and now I'm pregnant"

"What?!" he roared.

My brother's sudden fury actually scared me.

Then I ran over to him and covered his mouth with my hand before he could scream anymore.

"Please calm down. Be quiet okay?" I practically begged.

I removed my hand but there was no escaping his wrath.

"Calm down? How do you expect me to calm down? I just found out that you were raped and are now pregnant and you want me to calm down?" His voice was getting louder and louder with each word.

"Please" I begged. "For me"

"Nessie why haven't you said anything before now? Why would you keep this a secret?"

"Because this family already had enough to deal with with you being sick and all. I didn't want to add anymore burden to you of grandpa"

"Oh my god Nessie. I can't believe you just said that. You are apart of this family as much as I am. Your needs are just as important as mine. You shouldn't 'sacrifice' yourself like that or whatever it is that you were doing. I love you. Grandpa loves you. We all love you. You don't have to carry this all by yourself. We should always be there for each other. We're family. If we can't talk or trust each other then who can we trust?"

I started to cry again. My brother was right. I should have told them all from the very beginning.

My brother and I hugged for what felt like hours.

More hours went by as I sat there in bed thinking about everything that happened in that one day alone.

Alice. Every time I thought about her I was stung painfully with the betrayal and the hurt that I felt. It also filled me to the brim with anger.

I went to sleep around 10pm that night. The emotions of the day had taken it's toll on my body.

A noise woke me up and startled me. It was still dark as not much time had passed since I had fallen asleep.

I was even more surprised to see my aunt Rosalie in my room.

In less then two seconds she was at my side hugging me and comforting me.

"What are you doing here?" I asked her when I got over my shock.

"Nessie I'm here to help you. I think it's time I told you my story. It's a long and painful story and it doesn't have a happy ending"

"It's okay. You don't have to tell me" I could tell that this was painful for her.

"Nessie I want to tell you because I think it'll help you. I love you and I want to help you" she insisted.

"Okay" I said.

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