章節 2: The Learning Curve
Mark POV
It had been a few days since I found her. She slept most of the time and barely ate, but was still hungry and I knew it. I wondered who she was and still was unable to find out who she was. I still wanted to find out who was responsible for all the bruises and broken bones she had gotten over the years. I could still see she was scared, and I didn't want her to push her. You could see her visibly flinch when I would graze her arm with my hand.
I had some business to attend to, so I left her in my room to sleep. I slowly closed the door and made sure she was ok before I left. I made my way down the hallway and stopped into the family doctor's office, and asked him to check on her in about a half hour. I made my way to my office to start on paper work when I heard a scream. It sounded like it came from my room so I ran as fast as I could to my room. She was sitting in the corner scared as can be when a man went into my room.
I walked over past him and scooped her up in my arms holding her close. She trembled in my arms barring her face into my shoulder as she sobbed. I had never seen this man before and how he got into my home was beyond me. It seemed she knew the man. I kept her close as I commanded him to leave.
"I'm not leaving without my sister. Father is very upset she left. We miss her and want her to come home. It took us forever to find her." He said in an irritated way.
Yeah look man I don't know if you are who you say you are. Either way she is freaked out and I doubt wants to go with you. I know she is almost 18 years old, I saw her ID. She is old enough to make the choice. She is more than welcome to stay with me. She will have my protection until she decides to go home.
Either way she also has to get a doctor approved note stating she is ok to go home. I don't see her getting it quite yet. After all we found over a dozen broken bones on her that are now healing, she has bruises all over her body. She is also barely eating to sustain her own body. So she will be staying here till otherwise. None of us expected it but we all heard a small voice... It sounded like her.
She whispered softly we barely heard her. "Jack get out! I am not going home. You guys hurt me day after day. I was the top student at school. I graduated early so I could try and get away from you guys but you guys never stopped." She sobbed as she said this.
She tightened her grip around me trembling and sobbing into my shoulder more. So I sternly told him he needed to leave. She clearly was not going home with him. She has my protection from anyone now get out of my house. He crossed his arms, he was grunting. He then decided to do the one stupid move he could have ever done in my household.
He tried to take Jasmine from my arms knowing she was obviously not going. She clung even tighter around my neck as she sobbed begging me to not let him take her. I ripped his arm off of her as I somehow managed to set her down gently behind me. Making my voice boom I said get out! Never come back again, because the next time you do, I can promise you'll be leaving dead in a body bag. Guards I shouted, escorted our very unwelcomed guest off my property please.
I watched as my guards made him leave practically pushing him out the door. Jasmine stood trembling behind me holding her wrist, and breathed a huge sigh of relief when he left. She fell to the floor and put her head on her knees, keeping her wrist close to her chest as she held her knees close to her chest. I picked her up as she was trembling more and sobbing. I sat down on my bed with her holding her close. She sobbed and sobbed.
Shhhshshhshssh.....,.. it's ok Jasmine.
I won't let them hurt you. I know I still have a lot to learn about you, but that comes with a learning curve. Please talk to me, I want to help, but I can't help unless you let me in. She hugged me and held on tight to me, wrapping her legs around my waist as we sat down on the bed. I covered her up in the blanket as she let out sobs. I had some learning curves to learn things about her.
I just hoped she would let me in and let me help. I just let her cry and work through everything. I knew in time she would tell me when she was ready. She fell asleep on me and I just let her be. After today's events I didn't want to leave her alone. After a while I fell asleep holding her, and only woke up when the doctor came in to check on her.
He had a smile on his face when he came in. I noticed he saw us together. I woke up more and gently laid her down on the bed off of my body. She woke up a bit and I brushed her hair from her face. The doctor is here Jasmine, please let him look at you. We are here to help you as long as you will let us.
Jasmine POV
It had only been a few days. I had no idea how to feel about staying with Mark, but he seemed very kind. He and the doctor seemed legitimately concerned about me. I never want to go home again. I want a new home. I have offered to pay for staying here, and to pay the doctor at least something, but they refused.
I was asleep for what felt like minutes when I woke up to a weird noise. It was my brother Jack. He grabbed my wrist so hard I heard a cracking noise. I have no idea how he found me, but if he found me so could my father, stepmother, and other brother. All I could see was visions of how they hurt me in every way possible. All I knew to do was scream.
In came running a Guard, the doctor, and Mark. I had no idea where he went but he came in so quickly. He gently grabbed me away from Jack, holding me close to him as I sobbed. My brother however made one move he shouldn't have made, and that was to walk right up and try to take me from Mark's arms and hurt my wrist. I heard it pop and crack more. He pushed him off of me and somehow had me put down gently behind him.
In a deep voice he boomed... "She will not be going anywhere with you unless she wants to. Until then Jasmine is under my protection. No one can hurt her anymore. She has been hurt enough." Said Mark.
After a few minutes of arguing Mark had the guards escort him out of the property and began to look into how he got in before anyone else knew. The doctor left and began to gather equipment to bring to the room to see if Jack broke anything. I wrapped my arms around mark begging him to not send me away. I cried and cried wrapping my legs around his waist holding my right wrist close to my body. I was so scared he was going to tell me after that he was done and I should go home, after all I knew who he was.
He kept consoling me telling me it was ok and he was never going to let me go. He sat down on the bed with me still wrapped around his waist. He let me cry until I couldn't cry anymore. I soon fell asleep with my head on his chest. Me being about 5 foot 5 inches and him being about a foot taller than me made that easier. I felt him lay back still holding onto me and gently laying me next to him while covering me up.
I woke up enough to see he had gone to sleep and then I was back out. It seemed like a few hours when in fact it was only a couple of hours. Both Mark and I jumped when the doctor came in. Mark told me to lay back down and he and the doctor would move me around if needed. He walked over to the doctor and the doctor began his test and as gently as possible checking each joint in my hand. I ripped my hand away from the doctor as it hurt. So he decided to finish up his tests and take me to get my hand x-rayed.
Soon the tests were done and we walked down the hall to the doctors medical rooms.
Mark held my other hand the entire time. The only time he let go was when I had to have the x-ray done. I held my hand close to my body as it still hurt when Jack squeezed it more than once. Mark and Dr. Humphrey knew exactly what was going to have to happen. I needed a brace as he only fractured my wrist but didn't break it. I had a weight limit with my hand and I couldn't handle anything more than 5 pounds. Mark stayed with me the rest of the evening and helped me wash my hair in a bath and wash my body. My dominant hand was my right hand and Jack just had to fracture it.
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