chapter 8
“Hey.” She
replied forcing her self to look at him and smile.
“Your so
beautiful when you smile.” He said ash he took her hand and led her to the
sofa. Leah blushed slightly at his comment but she sat down by him on the sofa.
“We made you some food, we didn’t know what you would like so we made a
variety of things for you.” He said as Matt placed some plates in front of
them, which contained fruit, toast, bacon and eggs among a few other things.
Leah reached
forward and picked up a slice of apple and nibbled on it as the three pairs of
eyes watched her.
“How are you
feeling?” Jeff asked as he brushed a stray bit of hair from her face.
“I’m feeling
tired. Would you mind if I went and laid down?”
“No of course
not.” He said with a smile to reassure her. “You want me to come with
you?”
“No. I’ll be
ok thanks.” She said lightly rubbing her hand over his shoulder as she walked
by as a personal thank you.
As she went into
the bedroom Amy fell against Matt and began to cry.
“Baby,
what’s the matter?” he asked shooting a puzzled look to Jeff.
“She’s…she’s…got
bruises all over her body. New ones, old ones, a fresh bleeding cut on her neck
from where he bit her when he forced her into having sex with him.” Amy said
again braking down into tears. Matt held her and looked over her shoulder at
Jeff who had tears in his own eyes.
“He made her
have sex with him?”
“Yes. More
than once. The last time being just before she came around here. That’s what
made her realise you where right. She doesn’t love him. She’s scared of
him.”
“God. How
could he? I could kill him.” Jeff said angrily as he got up from the sofa and
went for the door.
“NO Jeff!”
Matt shouted over to him as he and Amy got of the sofa and went over to him.
“He’s gunna
pay for what he’s done to her. NOW!”
“No Jeff, this
isn’t how to deal with him. All we have to do is phone the cops.”
“And drag her
through al those questions? I don’t think so Matt.”
“Jeff is it
going to make you feel any better if you go and beat the shit out of him?”
“YES!! Now let
me go.”
“Jeff, have
you thought about how Leah is going to feel if you do this? She’s going to
think you’re like him. She’ll think that you are a guy who beats people
up…just like him.”
“No I
won’t.” A voice came from the back of the room. The three heads snapped
around to see Leah standing there.
“Leah, I
thought you were laying down.”
“I was going
to but when I heard that you where going to kill him I didn’t.”
“I didn’t
mean that.” Jeff said as Leah walked gingerly towards him.
“Jeff, I
don’t want you to go near him. Please promise me you won’t.”
“Leah he has
to pay for what he did to you, how he’s hurt you.”
“It’ll hurt
him enough that I’ve gone. Please Jeff. He’ll hurt you more than he did me
if he knew that you knew about me.”
“Leah.” He
said as she reached him. She took one of his hands that was clenched as a fist
and held it in both of hers by her chest. “I just want him to know he hasn’t
got away with it.“
“Promise me
Jeff.” She pleaded into his eyes. “I’m so grateful for you coming to me,
for helping me, no let me help you, don’t go to him, please.”
“I promise.
I’ll stay away. But if he comes after you I’m not going to hold back on him.
I just want you to know that.”
“Ok. That’s
all I ask for. Please remember your promise Jeff. So many people have made
promises to me that they haven’t kept. And it kills me when people lie to
me.”
“I’m not
lying to you Leah and I promise I will never ever hurt you.” He said as he
used his hand that was still in hers to pull her to him. He wrapped his arms
protectively around her and she rested her head against his strong chest and
wrapped her arms around his waist.
Matt and Amy
watched the pair. Their sympathy and heart brake all aimed towards Leah. But
only if they knew how Jeff was hurting. The pain that was coursed in Jeff was
eating away at his insides…he never told Matt. How could he?
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