12:34 pm, Sunday May 21, 2023,
Tera's pov:
I wake up to my mom busting through the door telling me to wake up. I sit up in bed and check the time, and my oh my. It was 12:36 am in the morning! I had plans to wake up early to make cookies and go to Ben's. "Tera Annalise Brown, you better get your behind up. I may have let you skip church today, but you're not going to stay in this room sleeping all day. So GET UP."
I have never jumped out of bed so quickly to the point I fell and hit my head. My mom just looked at me and opened her mouth to say something,, but I interrupted her. "I'm fine, I think. Anyway, I wanted to see if it was okay to go to Danielle's house the whole gang's gonna meet up to mourn Cassie." She stared at me, confused for a sec, then she nodded her head. "You can take my car, I don't want you walking on the streets and also do get into trouble again." I nod and head to my closet as she sits on my bed watching me, probably to make sure I don't wear revealing clothes.
"Also I have some footage from the camera outside, why were two boys on our lawn fighting?" I drop my clothes on the bed and look at her in fear. She didn't know I was arrested since I only notified my dad and told him to keep it a secret. "I uh. I had my friends over, and two got into a little disagreement I guess-" "You guess? If it was such a little disagreement, then why were police there, arresting both you and those boys? And do not lie to me, Annalise." Dang, it, she used my middle name, and now I'm in real trouble. Forget about getting grounded I'll be seeing a shoe to my bottom in the future. "So mom-" "Don't so mom me, If you don't tell me why you were dragged to the police station you won't see the light of day." I really have no choice but, to tell the truth, she can tell if I'm lying so there's no point. The worse punishment I could get was being grounded for a month but I would miss the Graduation party.
"Basically I was sitting at home watching tv on the couch with Ben when Liam called me and then ben and Liam started talking on my phone but in private so I didn't know what they were talking about. I got tired and fell asleep, then I hear shouting from outside, I went outside and saw Liam punch the life out of Ben, I was frozen in shock until I heard police sirens and that's when I tried to stop the fight. The only reason I was dragged along was that they wanted to know the reason for the fight because Liam wasn't saying anything and Ben was bruised." I let out all one breath.
"So what was the reason they were fighting?" she asked crossing her arms and raising an eyebrow at me. I sighed, I've been so caught up in trying to console Ben that I forgot all about the fight. I didn't even know what the reason was. "I don't know and I never got to find out because Ben's cousin Cassie died." I sat down beside her and tried to give my best puppy eyes. "Wait did you say Ben Is Cassie's cousin? Because Cassie is related to the Montgomerys." She says uncrossing her arms and now having a different tone. "Yeah, I've been talking about Ben the whole time. Mentioned him yesterday. His dad dropped me home. Why?" She just rolled her eyes like I was stupid and I looked confused. "Tera, whatever relationship you have with Benjamin Montgomery I want you to end it. I don't want you near that boy." "Mom, but why he's not a bad person," I say trying to defend Ben, he didn't do anything wrong. " It's not mainly about Ben but mostly about his father Issac. You stay away from him, okay?" I was confused about what they did wrong. This kind of scares me because of what Ben said yesterday and what my mom is saying now.
I nod my head and get up to get dressed. She tells me to have fun and goes to find my father. I walk into my bathroom and take a quick shower. I pushed somewhat of the things my mom told me and got ready anyway. I decided to wear a white tube top with a light red flannel over it that matched my shoes, some black shorts, and my favorite red and black Vans.
I grabbed my purse with some money and my phone. Since I wasn't able to bake this morning Ill buy him Oreos from Kroger on the way. I got into my mom's range rover and adjusted the seat. I turned on my favorite playlist and drove to Ben's
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Tera's pov
1:26 pm
I drive up to the gate of Ben's house and press the call button. I don't take interest in Ben being rich because technically he only owns all that money when his father dies. So he only gets allowances, but he's lucky cause he doesn't have to beg for $20 and then get told to go get a job. Parents. They always have to have at least one problem with their kid(s).
The intercom thing buzzed and a lady answered. "Hello? Who's there?" She sounded like she was crying. "Hi, I'm Tera Brown, Ben's friend from school." That was kind of a lie, I and Ben didn't go to the same school but she wouldn't know. "Okay come on in, I'll let Benjamin know you're here." "Okay thank you." the gate buzzed and opened and I drove through all the way up to his mansion.
I got out of my car with my purse and my Oreos. I walked and knocked on the door, and an old professional man came and guided me to the living room.
In the living room, I saw a middle-aged woman with honey-blonde hair and blue eyes. She sat wearing mostly black but designer clothes. The lady turned to look at me, and when she did, she smiled brightly, and I already felt welcomed. I sat down beside her and said hello. "Hello, Tera; Benjamin has told me a lot about you." She said, giving me a genuinely warm smile. I blushed because I didn't know he had talked to his family members about me. Well, I'm just gonna assume that she's Cassie's mom.
"So, Ma'am, are you Cassie's mother?" I ask, setting the cookies down on the coffee table. "Yes, I am, and you can call me Annie or Ms. Annalise." She said, smiling that's funny because my middle name is Annalise, she held her hand out for me to shake. I took it and then I heard a noise from the stairs. I turned to look, and I saw Ben's messy shirt wearing blue plaid pajama pants. He looked really hot, not gonna lie.
"Good morning Aunt Annie. Hi Tera." "Tera? What are you doing here? I thought I told you not to come over. My Dad-" "Your Dad is fine. I can take care of him. In the meantime, be nice to your girlfriend and sit with us." She says, patting the space between us. "Yeah, I bought you your favorite cookies, now be nice," I say, he walks I've and sits down closer to me, and I feel a few butterflies in my stomach.
I, Ben, and Ms. Annie talked for a while, but I could barely concentrate on what we were talking about because after he sat down, he started rubbing small circles on my back. The worst/ best part is his aunt knew, and she made up an excuse to leave. I turned to him because I wanted to tell him about the bizarre morning I had, but I didn't get a word out before he kissed me.
I wanted to ask him about the fight and tell him what my mom said about his father; what he said about his father kind of bothers me it's creepy when someone says Your boyfriend's dad is bad news. "Be we have to talk." His demeanor changed, and he looked scared. "Why were you and Liam fighting?" I asked he just smiled at me. His family has a smiling problem. "You're gonna have to ask Liam he just came over, got out his cand, and started punching me." That's strange there has to be a reason why Liam would just do that out of the blue. I gave him a peck on the lips that was supposed to be a quick one, but Ben continued to kiss me.
He grabbed me by my waist and made me straddle him. We were fully making out on his couch, he had one hand on my butt and the other on my waist. He started to move my hips against him while he kissed my neck. I was expecting us to just eat cookies and watch tv, but this is cool too. He was reaching to take off my flannel, but we got interrupted. "Benjamin, where's your aunt?" I and Ben both looked at father, who seemed disturbed. I quickly scrambled off of Ben and sat next to him, looking at his father, embarrassed. "She's In the kitchen, why?" he said, trying to hide his visible boner. " Go get her. The rest of the family will be here in an hour. Ben nods and goes to the kitchen.
Warning! Sexual harassment, sexual assault, Consent not given! mentions of suicide Mentions of Rape.
I stood up and collected my bag, I was getting ready to leave, but Mr. Issac stopped me. "Tera, right? I have a surprise for Ben, and I wanted to get your opinion. Follow me." It seemed a little suspicious, but I guess there's no harm in it as long as it is quick. He led me to an office door that was electronic and needed either a key card or a fingerprint to get in or out. I thought it was a little strange that he brought me to a place that was basically isolated.
He pressed his thumb on a pad thing beside the door, and it opened. He gestured for me to go in first. I walked in, and I didn't see anything that looked like a surprise for Ben, and I definitely had a gut feeling telling me to leave or say something. But my stupid ass just stood there being quiet.I heard the door lock behind me, and I knew I was in trouble. I think I should've listened to my mom, but I didn't.
"So, what's the surprise?" I ask awkwardly. He looks at me in such a disgusting way. He looked like he was hungry for something. "Show me what you were doing to my son." He says, walking towards me with a creepy grin. "I'm sorry?" Is he for real? "Don't make me repeat myself, slut." Did this mother fucker just call me a slut.
I scoff. "Mr. Isaac, this is inappropriate, and it's making me very uncomfortable." He comes closer as I back way, and he pushes me into a wall. " I didn't bring you here for your comfort. So be a good girl and take off your clothes." Somewhat of a growl left his mouth, and I knew he was serious. "No, you have no right. And I didn't give you permission, so no." he looked irritated as he stormed to me and slapped me hard across my face. I held my cheek in pain and tried not to cry even though I fell to my knees. He slapped me really hard.
He pushed me down fully and got on top of me. "Ben may be gentle with you, but I sure as hell am not going to. I tried to be nice, but you're getting on my last nerve, bitch." he slapped me again and tried to pull my top off, but I got the upper hand and punched him square in his jaw; he stumbled off me as I bolted to the door. I got my hopes up because he turned around and tripped me. I fell flat on my face, and my nose started to bleed. He flipped me over and dragged me closer to him. This asshole just won't give up.
He picked me up and threw me on the couch. He held me down and took off his tie, and tied my hands together. And I really thought I could get out of this. He pulls down my shorts and throws them somewhere. I start to cry as he pulls my panties off and unzips his pants.
I try to kick him off, but he spreads my legs wider. I start to cry harder, and then I remember that Ben and his aunt are literally still here. "Ben! Ben, Help Me! Please!" I scream at the top of my lungs. "Shut the fuck up!" He gets up and looks for tape. I get up and crawl butt naked to the door. It shows an emergency call button for if you get stuck in there. I don't know who it calls, but I press it. I pressed the button and looked to see if he was paying attention, and of course, he was. He picked me up and set me on the couch, and spread my legs. This time he put tape on my mouth and around my arms. He pulls down his underwear and flashes his penis at me. He laughs at me and lines up with my entrance.
I close my eyes and prepare.
To my happiness, the door opens. "Issac Michael Montgomery! What the hell are you doing to this young girl? Are you trying to deal with another lawsuit?" Ms.Annie stood there, not surprised that her brother was doing this to me. I looked back and forth between them as he wasn't affected by the fact that he got caught.
"What the hell are you waiting for? Get your ass off of her!" He sighs, gets up, and puts his clothes on. I stand up and Walk towards Annie. "Aunt A, did you find Ter- Dad what the fuck?!" "Shit, not you too." I run to Ben, and steps in front of me while his aunt grabs my clothes. "What did you do to her?" His dad just laughs and grabs a bottle of alcohol. "Nothing. But I would've if she wasn't so feisty." Does he think this is a joke?
"Somethings wrong with you! I'm calling the police." His aunt stops him and shakes her head. "The police are already on their way." Ben looks at his dad. "Dad, why would you do this? You have a company to run." His dad just laughs like everything they say is funny. "No, you do." Ben's dad grins; he walks over to his desk and grabs a sharp pair of scissors.
"Issac, don't." His dad frowns and puts his hand on his hips, laughing again. "I have two options. I could stab myself right now, or I could put our family to shame and go to jail. Tera, you get to choose for me." Ben looked at me with pain in his eyes. "Tera, kill him." I look at Ben dumbfounded, he wants his father to die? "Be-" "Do it, he deserves it. Jail won't be enough for him, I want him to fucking burn in hell." His aunt now looked bamboozled. "Ben, he is your father." His aunt tried to reason with him. "Oh come on, we all know he was abusive to my mom, a terrible father to the point you had to raise me basically, and now he's done this."
"You have a great point, but I'll give you another one." Issac looks at his sister and smiles wickedly. "Annie," he starts, "I fucked your daughter, yep, since she was 15. I had to stop tho because she started to have boyfriends. Best time of my life." Annie's jaw is on the floor her face is red with anger. Now I feel even worse for Cassie. "You damn Pig! How the hell did you become this crazy?!" Annie exclaims with tears falling down her cheeks. "I became this crazy when my wife left me with a son like Ben! A pussy."
"Okay, I think I was dragged into a family problem, and since I have and want nothing to do with you guys, I'm leaving and calling the police." I fake smiled, my clothes were back on, and I went back to the living room to get my purse and leave. I need to distance myself from him. Everyone was right I needed to stay away from the Montgomerys. Ben and his aunt followed me. Ben tried to apologize, and his aunt silently rambled about her daughter. I was almost to the door when we all heard a gunshot go off in the direction of his dad's office. Annie told us t wait here while she checks on Ben's dad.
"Look, Ben, I'm going to say this as kindly as I can but, stay the fuck away from me." He opens his mouth to say something but his aunt told him to call 9-1-1. I'm guessing his dad killed himself. I get In my car and decide to drive to Danielle's house. I need someone if I don't have Ben and Liam is probably tired of me.
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