Chapter 5: Chapter 5

Chapter 5 “You wanted her to suffer. That night, we set up twenty men slept with her–made sure she’ll be good. Got double payback for Miss Vivienne, just like you wanted.”

“But bitch like her–used up and ruined by lowlifes–you’d best stay away. No need to dirty yourself, right?”

Thaddeus went completely still. The color drained from his face as he stared at me.

I couldn’t take it anymore. I fought against his grip and bit his hand hard.

As he sat there shocked, I hobbled away on my broken legs. I just kept running until my body couldn’t handle it anymore.

Finally I collapsed to my knees and broke down sobbing.

I had escaped it all.

I ditched my phone with tracker and barely rested before pushing on. By nightfall, I couldn’t go another step and passed out by the road.

When I woke up next day, Dr. Maxwell Hayes was sitting beside the bed, carefully putting medicine on my feet. A bowl of warm chicken soup waited nearby.

I looked around nervously, pulling my feet back.

“You’re safe, Scarlett. They won’t find you here,” Dr. Hayes said, his eyes full of sympathy and guilt.

He brought the soup closer and offered me a spoonful.

I didn’t eat. Instead, I asked in a trembling voice, “What do you want?”

“You must want something for bringing me here. What’s in it for you?”

Dr. Hayes looked confused. I continued, “Sex? Videos? Photos? Or you want to hit me? What’s your price? I don’t have money and I don’t want any.”

Before I could finish, Dr. Hayes dropped the soup and pulled me into his arms, his body shaking with sobs.

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Chapter 5 I tried desperately to pull away, but I was too weak to break free.

I gave up struggling, my hands went to my buttons. I mechanically began undressing in his arms, looking up with dead eyes to show him my scarred body.

“You can fuck me. Just please don’t tell them where I am. I can’t go back there. You can do whatever you want, As long as you wish. Just please, don’t send me back...”

I’d learned that obedience was the only bargaining chip I had during two months. Even if it didn’t work, it also hurt less.

But surprisingly, Dr. Hayes’s eyes filled with tears. They dripped onto my hands as he gently buttoned my clothes back up.

He held me carefully, repeating over and over:

“Scarlett, I’ll protect you. I’ll protect you. Don’t be afraid.”

I don’t know how to react.

I hardly realise Dr. Hayes. Back in high school, some bullies threw him into a river. I jumped in and pulled him out.

Just afraid him dying, I gave him CPR, then used my family’s influence to giving those guys a serious beating. Years later, he turned down better jobs to become the Blackwood family doctor. We barely saw each other after that.

The only times we met were for medical checkups.

I numbly finished the soup and fell back asleep, exhausted.All I heard was only Dr. Hayes’s gentle voice.

How long had it been since anyone showed me kindness? No matter this wasn’t real, I hoped it last a little longer.

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