In the past, I have always remained silent when he has said these sort of things to me because I don’t want to wind him up more. Knowing that it won’t be me facing the consequences of my words but my mother will be beaten instead is a sure fire way to shut me up. But this time, I don’t feel the same terror and I can’t explain why.
Perhaps it’s because Will is here or maybe it’s because I’ve had some distance. It could even be because he’s taken things too far this time and it’s time for me to shut him down completely. It will feel good to finally get the truth out, I’m sure of it. It’s been far too long since I let how I really feel free.
“You have already tried to kill Mom, you bastard,” I scream. “Don’t you dare talk to me about her.”
David lets Will go as if he’s nothing and he starts making his way towards me. I can tell by the look in his eyes that the years of him never putting his hands on me are about to come to an end. All rules are broken and he’s going to hit me too this time around. Then, I will be another punching bag of his forever.
Chapter 16 – William
“No way.” That asshole might have gotten the jump on me because he surprised me, which left me at his whim, but I’m not going to let him get to Serena. No way. Not a chance in hell. He might be dangerous and maybe I am afraid to attack him because I don’t know what he will do in his drunken state, but I’m not allowing him to attack Serena. She doesn’t deserve it. It already seems like he has hurt her mother badly. “Fuck you, David.”
Thank goodness I followed Serena inside and I waited by the front door. I know that she didn’t want me to, but I felt in my gut that it was the right thing to do, and my gut has been good to me. It hasn’t let me down yet.
I leap on to David, shocking him this time around, before he manages to get to Serena, and I knock him to the ground. Because of the amount of alcohol that he has consumed, he falls easily and I manage to pin him this time. It’s only when he’s down and I am weighing on top of him so much that I know he won’t be able to get out, that I finally meet her eyes. Serena is stiff, fearful, scared to move in case he comes for her once more.
“Call the cops,” I cry out. “They need to get here now. This man is a danger to everyone. He needs to be locked away.” She doesn’t move. I think that Serena is in shock. “Come on, Serena. Get your cell phone now.”
She finally breaks free from the mental shackles holding her in place and she nods firmly in my direction. She bounds from the room and up the stairs, presumably to her mother’s side where she left her phone.
“She really is a little slut that one,” David growls from underneath me, as if he doesn’t quite realize what position he’s in right now. Maybe he really is too drunk to work it all out. “A whore. You don’t want to shack up with a nightmare like that. She will only cause you trouble. Just like her mother does with me.” He tries to struggle, but he’s too weak and pinned down to fight me too much. “People assume that I am the bad one here, but no one knows what I have to put up with on a daily basis. She is impossible to be around, she can’t get anything right.”
“Don’t say that about someone who you’ve hurt.” I pinned my knee into him, to try and shut him up.
“Oh, that bitch will be fine. Don’t you worry about her,” he replies dismissively. “She always is.”
“That isn’t an excuse to hurt her. Who the hell do you think you are? You really are disgusting.”
I always thought of people who beat women as cowards, and I stand by that belief, but David isn’t shying away from what he’s done like I thought he might. Instead, he’s almost bragging about it. It’s like he thinks that’s just a way to treat women and he isn’t doing anything wrong. I can’t believe what I’m hearing to be honest.
“And that makes it okay, does it? That makes what you do alright? Honestly, it’s hard to listen to you.”
“Have you ever been married? Because if not then I don’t want to hear what you have to say. Marriage isn’t easy. It’s a battle every single day. Anger is just a part of that. If you don’t get it then when you’re hitched, you will.”