Hi everyone. Sorry I haven't updated in a while, I've been super busy with school. I'm going to use a scene from the TV show The Lying Game in the chapter.
I own nothing. Everything belongs to Veronica Roth and Sara Shepard.
Angela's POV
I hear an annoying beeping noise next to me. I try to open my eyes but for some reason I can't. I go to touch my eyes but a hand grabs mine and squeezes it.
"Angela? Babe? If you can hear me squeeze my hand." I hear someone say.
I realize the voice is Eric's and I squeeze his hand. I hear him sigh with relief and kiss my palm and the back of my hand.
"I'm so sorry I wasn't there in time. I'm never letting you out of my sight again." he says holding my hand next to what I can assume is his face.
I try to open my eyes and when I do open them I'm blinded by a bright light. I blink a few times and I can finally see where I am and who is around me. I see that I'm in the infirmary and Eric is next to me. It looks like he hasn't shaved in days.
"How long have I been out?" I ask.
"You were out for a week." he says kissing my palm.
"What happened?" I ask.
"Your father showed up at the apartment while your mother was visiting her family. Apparently one of your cousins accidentally asked about you while they were there. Your father asked someone who was on patrol and he went straight to our apartment. He beat you and you hit you head pretty hard on the coffee table. He's been arrested and will be tried in Candor." he says.
"What was Tris' parents doing in Dauntless?" I ask.
"It was Visiting Day. I was talking to Four when you called. Tris and her parents just happened to be close by when you called. Mr. and Mrs. Prior want to see you. So do Four and Tris." he says.
"You can go tell everyone I'm ok and they can all see me tomorrow. Send the Priors and Four in." I say trying to sit up.
Eric pushes me down and says "I'll go get the doctor. Then I'll go tell everyone how you are."
I grab his hand and look deep into his eyes. I see all the love he has for me. I pull him towards me and kiss him passionately. He responses to the kiss immediately and slips his tongue into my mouth. The door opens and we break apart. I now hear the machine that is monitoring my heart beat is beeping like crazy.
"I'll go get the doctor." the nurse says walking out of the room.
I blush and try to hide my face in my pillow. The doctor comes in looking at my chart and says "Good to see that you're awake. The only major injury you had was a cut on your forehead. You had some bruises from where he kicked you but no broken bones. You'll be able to leave in a few days."
"Thanks doctor." I say.
He walks out of the room and Eric and I are alone. I look at him and ask "Do your parents and sister know what happened?"
"I called my sister and told her. They should be outside with everyone else. Everyone has been in the waiting room since the attack." he says sitting on the edge of my bed.
"What about my family?" I ask.
"Your aunt Elizabeth has been in the waiting room with the others all week. Your mother has been in the waiting room also." he says kissing my fingertips.
"I don't want to see my mother. I want her to leave." I say angry.
"I understand. I'll go tell everyone they can visit tomorrow." Eric says kissing me before leaving the room.
I sit there and stare at the ceiling. I hear my mother yelling at the top of her lungs "I demand to see her. You cannot keep me from her!"
I'm so sick and tired of having her act like she cares. I call a nurse in and tell her to let my mother and my boyfriend into my room. I sigh and stare at the ceiling. I hear the door open and see my boyfriend come into the room. My mother follows behind him. I know she wants to hug me and tell me how sorry she is but she doesn't and I'm glad.
"How are you feeling?" my mother asks me.
"I've been better." I say angry.
She flinches and knows that I'm angry at her. I don't even want her in here but I know she won't give up on trying to see me.
"I'm sorry your father put you in the hospital." she says with her voice breaking.
"No you're not. You've never been sorry about any of the beatings he has given me in the past." I say rolling my eyes.
"Yes I am. Your father has always had anger issues, but it got worse as you got older." she says looking at her feet.
"Why?" I ask.
She sighs and says "Your father wanted a son. When you were born and he found out you were a girl instead of a boy he was angry. As you got older, he decided to do what his father had done to teach you how to act and behave. So, he started to beat you. Unfortunately, you rebelled and that only made your father angrier. Each time you rebelled, he would beat you harder than he did before. I know I should have left him and took you with me but-" she says but doesn't finish because I say "But what? You loved him that much? You loved him enough to let him beat me?"
"He beat me too!" she exclaimed.
"Yeah right. You have no bruises anywhere on your body. You and Robert never cared about me. You two though I was a mistake. You never wanted me. You should have just given me up for adoption as soon as I was born." I say angry.
"I loved you with all my heart! When you ran away I knew we had lost you forever." she says voice breaking.
I look at her in disbelief and ask "You loved me?"
"Yes." she says.
"You want to know how loved I felt mom? I was never told that you loved me. I was always beaten when I did something and it didn't matter whether it was right or wrong. Nothing I ever did was good enough for you or Robert. You know I never even knew what it was like to be loved until I got here." I say furious.
"I'm so sorry." she says voice breaking as she trys to walk towards me.
"Get her out of my sight Eric please." I say.
Eric leads her out of my room and I hear her shout "Sweetheart, I'm so sorry!"
"I am too." I mumble to myself.
I close my eyes and hear the door opening and closing. I feel the bed drip and I hear Eric say "I'm so sorry you had to do that. I'm not leaving your side ever again. Just know, no matter how many times you will try to push me away in the future, I'm not leaving."
I feel him kiss my forehead as I fall asleep.
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