Chapter 4 Screaming for help

I am now sitting in the living room of our house and drinking water. I got home safely because of Theon. I'm thankful that he came at those times when I needed help. I didn't think that of all the people, Theon will come at those times. Theon drove me here to the house so daddy said he should have a dinner with us, so we did.

"Thank you so much for taking my daughter home. Hope you have a great high school life in Villareal," Daddy said when we finished eating.

"No worries, sir. I should get going now. My mother is waiting for me." He smiled at daddy, as well as at mommy.

Daddy just nodded and smiled and then looked at me. His looks caused me to stand up in my seat.

"Dad, mom, I will accompany him," I said quickly without looking at daddy.

"Okay, then."

I went out first and Theon followed me. I just noticed that he was fluent in English, as if he was already very well versed, such are rare among poor people. When we got to the opposite gate, I confronted him causing him to stop.

"Theon. Thank you for saving me earlier and I'm sorry for that. I was just..." I sighed.

"Afraid." I looked at him as he continued what I was about to say. "You are afraid, right?"

I nodded slowly. "So, now that you know one of my fears, I have a favor to ask you."

"Sure, what is it?" He put his two hands on his back.

I took a deep breath. "Can we keep this a secret? I don't want people, especially the Villareal student knows about this."

He looked at me for a long time as if he was still wondering if he would give in to me. He even adjusted his eyeglasses. But when he looked at me and smiled at the same time as his nod I couldn't help but laugh in relief.

"Thank you. Have a good night."

When he left, I immediately went inside. I was surprised when I just stepped on the shiny tiles and he broke an expensive vase. I immediately knelt down in front of daddy and couldn't stop myself from crying out of fear.

"I'm sorry, dad! I didn't mean to feel that again! I'm sorry! Please! I'm sorry!" I said bluntly while crying in front of him.

I was trembling with fear but I still tried not to show it. I don't want him to get even angrier. Mommy and grandma are also holding him back to avoid hurting me.

"Sorry? You always have a stroke of bad luck! You are slowly ruining our family by that embarrassing thing you did! You brat kid!"

I didn't do it! I didn't want that to happen to me! I have never asked to experience such a thing! He's angry too, I'll check. I stood up and wiped the tears from my cheeks and then looked boldly at daddy. He was obviously surprised at the way I looked, so were mommy and grandma.

"You're wrong, dad. I didn't do it. I didn't do such a thing, dad!" I boldly said that, not knowing what would happen to me after that.

"And you're really answering when you're young! Who do you think you are?! You are just a child so you have no right to answer your father like that!"

"Yes. You're right. I'm sorry for that, dad. I am a bad luck with this family. But I didn't do it. I never wanted to experience that thing, dad! You know that. That's all but why do you still insist on believing what they say?! Me! I'm your daughter here, dad-"

I couldn't finish the last thing I was going to say because a loud slap landed on my cheek causing me to fall. It hurts! I cried even more because of that. The pain I was feeling was even more exacerbated by the pain of daddy's slapped. Mommy and grandma came up to me and helped me to sit up because my body was going to collapse anytime, I always lose strength when I am in this situation.

"Oh my god! The side of your lips are bleeding!" Mommy quickly wiped my lips before approaching daddy and she also slapped him. "What do you think you're doing, huh? She's your daughter!"

"She deserves it. She's ruining the name of our family."

I became even more weak because of what daddy said until I lost consciousness. Daddy only protects our family name, not me, nor mommy or anyone.

The next day, I woke up early and immediately got dressed. I didn't expect mommy to bring me breakfast in the bedroom. She also brought an ointment for the bruise on the side of my lips and daddy's palm scratch on my cheek.

"Your daddy left early so don't worry. And he didn't scold your driver," Mommy said as the ointment was applied to the edge of my lips.

"That's good to hear." I stood up and get my bag. "I should get going, mom."

She frowned and looked at her watch. "But it's too early. Maybe, there's no one at school yet."

I smiled and then took out a facemask. "I'll be fine," I simply said.

"If that's what you want then I'll be fine, too." She hugged me. "Are you sure you're okay?" I just nodded.

I said goodbye and left the house. While we were on the road, Kuya driver still apologizing at me, saying he was guilty for what happened to me last night. But I said, that's fine, I'm used to it, hurt by my father.

When we arrived at the school, I immediately got off but my Kuya driver called me.

"Don't worry, I promise it won't happen again, I'll be early later." He smiled so I smiled too and then put on the facemask.

I went inside and mommy was right, there were no students yet because it was early. I decided to go to my favorite place. On the rooftop! I just stared all the time at the sky, wondering why I was a Villareal. This life is crazy! It's make me crazy. I didn't want to have this life, I thought daddy would change but not yet, I was wrong to think of that.

I took the mirror out of my bag and looked at the bruise on the side of my lips, still obvious. I'll just say I caught a cold last night so I can't remove my face mask. Yeah! That's right! It's a good idea.

I went downstairs when I noticed many students, I immediately saw Alexa and Cathy.

"Why are you wearing a face mask?" Cathy asked me and she was about to take it off when I stopped her.

"I caught a cold," I pretend to cough for effective on them.

"Are you okay? You should go to the clinic." Alexa caressed my back.

I quickly nodded. "I'm fine. Don't worry about me, okay?" They shrugged and just nodded "Let's go!"

We walked into the room together when we met Chloe and her friends in the hallway. Aish! Here we are again, there seems to be no end to it or even a break.

She raised her eyebrow at me. "Why are you wearing a mask?" She asked.

I rolled my eyes at her. "Why do you care? It's none of your business, anyway." I passed her but she suddenly grabbed the mask so it was removed.

Her eyes widened a bit and her lips parted as well because of shock when she saw the bruise on the side of my lips. Aish! She's so crazy! What does she care if I wear a mask?

"I told you it's none of your bussiness! Why are you so importunate? Is it now a big deal to a person who wear a mask? I'm not in the mood to fight, Chloe! Just give me a break, will you?" I grabbed the mask she was holding and put it on again and then walked straight away.

"Why didn't you tell us that's what you were hiding? You even lied to us," Alexa said as we entered the classroom.

I sat down on my bench and then looked at them standing in front of me now. "Because I know you're going to ask me a lot. I'm not in the mood."

They both sighed before sitting down in their chairs. "Even though. But now, we won't ask you because we know what happened." Even Cathy.

"Yes. There's only one thing that makes your daddy angry." Alexa added.

I just shrugged and then waited for our teacher to come in. Chloe and her friends came in first, followed by Theon and George and then our teacher, Sir Alvarez.

Sir Alvarez never asked me about the mask I was wearing, but Theon always glancing at me as if he wanted to ask something. While Chloe was just quiet and didn't speak, she seemed to be deep in thought. She rarely gets quiet so it's refreshing. When Sir Alvarez's class ended, Theon didn't get a chance to talk to me because the next teacher came in right away. The same thing happened in the following classes until break time came.

I was about to get up and walk when Theon suddenly grabbed my arm, causing my classmates to murmuring. I quickly removed my arm from his grip as my two eyebrows met. "What do you want?" I asked.

He didn't answer, instead he quickly removed my mask so I couldn't stop him anymore, his hand moved very fast. I did not follow. The shock because of my bruise was obvious on his face.

"Are you hurt because of me?" He suddenly asked to make our classmates murmur again.

I grabbed the mask from him. "What are you talking about?"

Chloe suddenly approached as the two eyebrows met. "Hurt because of you? Why? Did you do something?" Chloe asked.

I just looked at her and stared at her. What does she care? Why is she always so curious about everything? I want to stop Theon from saying something but it's too late.

"I saw her last night, waiting for a jeep but when the jeep stop in front of her," he looked at me, "she suddenly cried and fell on the floor."

Aish! Why did he tell her that? I told him last night that we should keep this a secret! He has a big liar mouth! On the hand, good thing because they were no students in here except of the three of us.

"He hurted you again just because of that? How pathetic, Scarlet. You have a miserable life," Chloe said to me.

"Shut up. You don't know anything." I rolled my eyes at her before turned to Theon. "Who do you think you are to tell her that? We talked about this last night, right?"

"I heard you were friends so I just thought tha-"

"I don't care what you think, don't believe what you hear everywhere, don't act like we were so close because we are not!" I just passed him and walked straight but I also immediately stopped when I heard Chloe's voice.

"An outcast. A weird guy is so concerned at the angel of this school. I can't deny that you are a bit good-looking guy but you should know your place. Don't act like everyone is your friend."

I didn't move for a long time and when I felt that Chloe, Hailey and Trixie were behind me, I immediately turned around.

"You aren't leaving yet?" She laughed. "Hmm! I smell something fishy."

"Fishy? Why don't you sniff yourself, it might be the 'fishy' you smell." I raised an eyebrow in response.

She laughed again and then raised an eyebrow. "Is that so? Well, I don't care if I smell fishy," she approached me, "but don't forget the rules we made. If you fall into the rules, you will lose. "

She passed by and at the same time hit my shoulder while smiling. I just followed as I looked away from Chloe's back. I took a deep breath then looked at my friends.

"Is she threatening you? How dare she is to do that?" Alexa asked as we ate at the Cafeteria.

"Don't mind her." My answer is simple.

"Is she thinking that you will fall for that weird guy? She's really crazy," Cathy said and angrily took a bite of the bread she was holding.

"She is. But of course, we won't let her win. If she's the one who falls to the rules, we will make her suffer like what she did to me before," I said while looking at the laughing Chloe.

Our teacher arrived as soon as we entered the classroom. The class was quiet, as were the following classes. It was strange because all of my classmates couldn't look at me, while Chloe was holding back a laugh again. I just ignored that because I wasn't really in the mood to fight.

When all our classes were over, I packed up my things and was ready to stand up but I wasn't be able to stand up. I looked at Alexa and Cathy who were also looking at me. I frowned and then sat up and approached them.

"Can't you stand either?" I whispered.

They nodded. "It looks like the chair when I try." Alexa added.

Cathy rubbed her ass and showed us her finger. "We're glued to the chair. Someone put glue on our chair."

My eyes widened and then I looked at Chloe who was leaning against the wall near the door and watching us. All my classmates went home and we were the only ones left. I grinned and looked at her wickedly.

"Chloe! What did you do?"

She just laughed out loud. "Bye, Scarlet Feyre. Hope you enjoy yourself with your friends. Bye!"

She turned off the light before going out and I was surprised when she smiled at me and then close and lock the door. Wait! Wait!

"What is she doing?"

"Hey, Chloe! Are you going to lock us up here?" I shouted. She peeked out the window.

"It looks like that already!" She smiled and then left for good.

Shit! No! I stood up even though the chair was still attached to my buttocks, I tried to open the door but it didn't happen, it looked like it was really locked.

"Chloe!" I shouted loudly.

I sat up and fumbled for my cellphone in the bag, when I saw it I smiled but it also immediately disappeared when I realized that it was dead battery

"You guys, can you ask for a help. I'm lowbat." I went back next to them and just leaned back in the chair.

"I'm lowbat too," Alexa answered.

"My phone isn't in my bag. I just forgot to bring it," Even Cathy.

I just rubbed my forehead and let out a deep breath. We just kept quiet because it was obvious that no one was outside, we would only be ruined if we shouted. Our classroom is on the 3rd floor so make sure no one can hear us and the gate is far from here. I don't know what time the guard will turn around.

Chloe Seren Enriquez, prepare yourself tomorrow because I will make you pay for what you did today!

Just a few minutes later, we both looked up when we heard a crack in the door.

"Is there anyone there? Open the door, please. Someone locked us up here!" I said.

"Chloe should better ready for tomorrow because I will reall crush her into pieces," Alexa said angrily while still trying to remove the seat belt.

"What do you think, Scarlet? What should we do to that crazy bitch?" Cathy asked as she stood in front of me.

"Wait! How's your skirt?" I asked in shock.

She took a deep breath and then turned to me. "It's ripped! It's because of that crazy bitch!"

I just shook and leaned back in the chair. "Help me get up here. I don't care if my skirt will rip off, too." She just nodded and they both helped me to get out of the chair.

And at the same time as I left the chair, someone opened the door. Then a boy enter to the room that I never expected. What is he doing here? My forehead furrowed as he handed two jackets for Alexa and Cathy as he closed his eyes and tilted his head. I couldn't help but laugh because of how he looked. They took the jacket and used it to cover their buttocks. Just wait! Seems like something is missing, where is the jacket for me?

"We're done. You can open your eyes now." They said as they hung their bag on their back.

He opened his eyes and then smiled. He turned around to leave when I stopped him. He looked at my hand holding his arm so I immediately removed it.

"W-what about me? My skirt also ripped," I whispered because the shame I felt would not go away. This is really embarrassing!

He smiled and then took off the jacket he was wearing, my eyes widening as he approached me. "I'm sorry. I almost forgot about you." He laughed softly.

I backed away when he hung my jacket around my waist, he looked up at me and grinned and then ignored my shock. He covered it with my ass, he also tied it.

I can't name the feeling I'm feeling right now. I also touched my chest because of that feeling, like I feel that my chest is jumping, I can't figure it out if it's just because of nervousness... or some other reason.