Overtime

by Eden Rose

  “What happened?” he asks me, the smile on his face gone, as if he can see into my soul. I fall to pieces and sob into his chest; I tell him everything that happened, I always tell him everything as he is the only person I can trust. “I am always here for you; you know that right?” I look into his eyes and see sympathy and something else I’m not sure of.

  “I know; just wish they would leave me alone.” I wipe away some tears with the back of my sleeve.

  “Let me speak to your parents, they can’t keep doing this to you,” he pleads with me.

  “You know it gets worse when I tell.”

  “What’s worse than this?” I look away, not answering. I don’t know what could be worse, but I eventually find out.

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