CHAPTER 6
I knew that one of the voices in the hallway was Jax, but there was also a second voice. I thought it might have been the big guy that he was with at school. But why would he be here? He didn’t look like he cared about anyone or anything. He seemed completely uninterested at school when I was being humiliated. He had a very cold expression on his face when I saw him, so I was sure that it couldn’t be him. But then I realized that it was the other man with Jax that was doing all the talking.
“We have to find somewhere to take her. There’s no way in hell we are taking her back to that house.” He said.
“We don’t know for sure that it happened at her house. Do we?” Another voice said from someone that I couldn’t see at all. Not even his shadow. He was completely out of sight.
Alright, I was sure of it now. He was definitely the other guy that was with Jax. He was the cold and aloof one that didn’t seem to care about anything.
I was more than surprised that he was here, but also determined that I wasn’t going to go back to dad’s house, that really shocked me.
“It has to be. Skylar did everything she could to stop me from meeting her dad. I’ve never met the man. She would always make excuses.” Jax said.
But at the same time, I didn’t know this man. I barely knew Jax anymore. I started to feel a little fear at the thought of leaving with them. I didn’t know what they were thinking or what they wanted? Why would they help someone that they don’t know? Nothing was making sense to me right now.
They had every opportunity to be popular at school right now, but if they start being nice to me then they won’t be.
I didn’t want to leave with someone that I was unsure of but as they were talking to the doctor and a couple of detectives outside, I could tell that they all seemed to trust him.
“Harry. We can take her back to our place.” Jax said.
“Yeah. That’s what I was thinking. It’s better than putting her in a shelter. She’s already 18 so she can’t go to foster care.” Harry said.
“What about you Lucas?” Jax asked.
“I’m fine with it. She’s not going home. Not to that shit hole.” He said.
Well, at least now I know all their names. Now I just had to put the faces to the names. That was going to be the interesting part.
As I was sitting up slightly in bed listening to their conversation, I couldn’t help but be a little intrigued by it.
I mean, they all seem like such tough guys at school but there was something else I could hear in their voices. Some sort of tenderness towards me and the way that they talked about me. It wasn’t anything I would have expected from them.
It confused me but also frightened me a little. I didn’t know what their intentions were and I didn’t have the best track record with men. It was really hard for me to trust them and I won’t lie when I say that I don’t really trust anyone. No one has ever given me a reason to. Not since my mother died.
I then heard someone walking into the room and I could see the shapes of this man walking towards me and around next to my bed.
I flinched away a little bit, but he just sat on the chair next to me.
“Skylar. It’s Jax. The nurse said that you’re having trouble seeing.” He said. And I just simply nodded my head, but I still moved away from him slightly on the bed.
“It’s alright Skylar. I’m not going to hurt you. I promise. I’m so sorry I didn’t help you at school.” He said, leaning forward. I could hear the pain in his voice, even if I couldn’t see it. “I didn’t know the bullying had gotten so much worse after I left. But I promise, I won’t let anyone hurt you like that anymore.” He insisted. He sounded very sincere but I couldn’t stop the tears from dropping down my cheeks, and the fear that was still surrounding me about these guys. I didn’t know what they were really after. I didn’t know what they really wanted.
Honestly, why would they even care about me or what happened to me? Two of them have never met me before.
I can’t just forget everything I have been through and suddenly trust these guys because they say that they're not going to hurt me. I can’t trust anyone. No one has ever given me a reason to trust them.
I couldn’t stop thinking about how he reacted in the cafeteria when Madiison and Grace attacked me and how he found me afterwards. He didn’t seem too interested in talking to me then either. He was only interested in his new friends, and I didn’t know where I was going to fit into the equation.
“Skylar. We’re gonna figure out where you’re going to live. You can’t go back to that house. Not if your willing to kill yourself to escape.” Jax said.
“Don’t worry about me. I’ve been taking care of myself for long enough.” I said, laying back down properly on my bed. I didn’t want them to worry about me and I definitely didn’t want to have to owe them anything. I wish they would just understand this.
Maybe that’s why I wore baggy clothes to school. Because I don’t want anyone to know what’s going on. And if Madison and Grace weren’t such vicious bitches then I would be completely fine and I would have finished what I set out to do without them interfering.
“I don’t care. You shouldn’t have to protect yourself against this sort of abuse.” Jax said.
“What sort of abuse? It’s nothing.” I snapped.
“Listen, the doctor already told us everything. We know that you’ve been sexually assaulted so you’re not going home.” Lucas blurted out like he was growing impatient.
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