Chapter 10

Chapter Ten

 

I tip toe towards the door and pull Lucas back. I point to the closet as I hear Bryan come up the stairs. Lucas quickly enters the closet. I quickly tip top over to the bed and lie down silently across and close my eyes. Bryan enters the room and stares at me for a couple seconds. He walks over and sits his jacket in the chair next to his side of the bed.

I open my eyes for a split second. I can see Lucas peeking through the crack of the closet door. He’s mouthing something to me. I think he’s saying “divorce”. Is he crazy? He can’t be serious. I can’t do that right now! I mean, I get it. He wants to spend the rest of his life with me without any restrictions; I want the same. He just doesn’t know how much strength it takes to do that. It’s not that I can’t because I’m too attached to Bryan, I’m scared of him. He’s going to hurt me, I just know it.

I take a deep breath, “Bryan, we need to talk.” I say as I look straight forward. Eye contact right now would make things worse.

“So, talk.” He says sternly.

“I�"I think we need to�"uh,” I’m shaking so hard right now.

He stands up and slowly walks towards my way. “What do we need to do, Nat?”  He stops in front of me.

I look at him dead in the eye. “D�"divorce.” I squeeze my eyes close; turn my head, and whisper, “we need to get a divorce.”

He doesn’t move at all. He’s just staring at me. Maybe I was wrong. Maybe deep down he really does love me and he’s stunned. What if he didn’t mean to hurt me all those times he did. My eyes begin to tear up. Oh, what have I done?  I slowly turn my head to face him. As soon as my eyes meet his, he laughs.

“A divorce, huh?”

I nod.                        

“How dare you.”

“What?” I say, confused.

He hits me and throws me across the room. While he’s on top of me Lucas steps out and starts to pull him off of me. I close my eyes and curl into a fetal position.

“So, this is why you want a divorce?” He kicks me in my back.

I don’t know what’s going on. All I hear is punching and yelling. I cover my ears and cry. The only thing I can think about right now is this is Lucas’s fault. I told him what was going to happen and still pushed the issue. At this very moment, I hate him.

 

Someone’s shrugging me. Oh my God, Is it Bryan? I scream and throw the hand off of me. I jump out of bed and rub my eyes. My heart is pounding so hard, I can’t even breathe. I’m too afraid to open my eyes.

“Natalie, it’s me Lucas.” I feel him touch my arm.

“No!” I scream as I fall down to the ground and cry. “I�"it’s all your fault! Leave me alone!”

“Open your eyes. You’re safe. Please.”

I take three deep breaths and open my eyes. Oh, I’m still in Unit 3. Slowly, I’m beginning to remember how I ended up in Lucas’s room. I must have fallen asleep here. Then it all dons on me. Bryan is that guy who was in that house I was in. Back before I ended up here. When I realized I didn’t remember anything.

“Lucas,” I say.

“Yea,” he replies.

I stand up and walk around. I don’t know if I’m putting the right pieces together. From what my memories have showed me, he could’ve hurt me really badly. Bad enough to cause amnesia… This could explain why he wanted to get rid of me so quickly.  Oh�"my�"God.

I put my hand on my head and turn around to look at Lucas.

“What is it?” Lucas asks.

“Could this be a hospital?”

He laughs. “Natalie, that doesn’t even make sense.”

I shake my head. “No, think about it. Remember the dream I told you about last night?”

He nods slowly.

“Well, I had another dream when I dozed off in here. It ended in all chaos, to the point I thought I was going to die.”

“That explains why you freaked out when I tried to wake you up. That doesn’t convince me that this is a hospital…”

“You’ve got to admit it adds up, though. Don’t you think?”

“Not really. Wouldn’t they be�"I don’t know�"required by law to tell us.”

I walk over to the door. “You know�"maybe it’s not. Who knows? At this point, this place could be anything.”

“Where are you going?”

“I’m going to talk to Ramon. I want answers. I’m sick and tired of being confused.”

“Yea, I agree. Would you like me to come with you?”

“No, wait for me outside my room. There’s something I need to show you.”

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[JBoone]

I will admit that I am loving this. I feel like this is going to end with some elaborate scheme by Lucas and Bryan. I can't wait to find out.