Chapter 16: Greyson

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MENTIONS OF RAPE/VIOLENCE

DISTURBING THEMES

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Indigo is dead asleep on top of me and it's 8am, she's holding my pointer finger like she usually does and her face is buried in my neck. I don't know who touched her or what happened but i praying that it's nothing too bad.

What if this guy assaulted her?

What if he raped her?

All because I wasn't fucking there

"Grey,I can feel your heart going 100mph, calm down" indigo mutters from her position on my chest. I take a deep breath and kiss her head. We lay like that for a bit before she gets up declaring she's needs to pee and shutting the bathroom door. I get up and head to Oakley's room for some clothes, he's 6ft 2 and I'm 6ft 4 but it'll have to do because I'm not putting that suit back on, it's itchy.

I open his door and creep in the bedroom, he's sprawled across his bed in only sweatpants and he's upside down, his head is hanging of the side of his mattress and he's talking. Yep, I said talking, I had to discover the hard way that Oakley sleep talked when I came over for a sleepover, I must have been around 9. I woke up in the middle of the night to him babbling on about politics and human rights- joking this is Oakley we're talking about- he was actually having a conversation with Barry, his old goldfish, and asking the fish to rate the cave he had put in the fish tank out of ten and to put a review on trip advisor. I don't think anything further needs to be said....

"I'm just- this is really confuzzling me Nemo" what the actual fuck?

"I still don't get why you had to swim away you silly goose....do gooses eat Nemo's?" Jesus Christ, and too think he's one of my best friends.

I leave him too it and go over to his walk in wardrobe, I grab a pair of sweats and a hoodie and head back out. When I get back to indigos room she's sat on the bed staring into space, her hair is damp so she's probably had a shower and she's back in my hoodie, which absolutely swamps her and a pair of plaid pajama bottoms. I slip on the clothes which are a bit tight fitting and walk over to her bed and sit down next to her. She turns to me and grabs my hand.

"Sorry, I know it was stupid last night" why the fuck is she apologizing? She's got nothing to be sorry for.

"Never apologize for something you can't control indigo, whatever happened it wasn't your fault so don't even think about fucking blaming yourself" I say to her and squeeze her hand. She looks up at me and smiles softly, she gets up still holding my hand and drags me out the door. We head downstairs with her in front of me but as soon as she hears noise in the kitchen and the voices of her family she slips behind me and holds onto my arm tightly whilst still gripping my hand.

I remember once when I was around 15 indigo had a really bad nightmare while I was sleeping over, her dad went into her room and when they came out indigo didn't let go of him for 7 hours. I asked why she was being so touchy, because over the years I've come to learn that unless she's had a panic attack or nightmare, Indigo doesn't like people and she is definitely not affectionate.

Her mum explained that when indigo goes through something like a traumatic nightmare, she clings to the person that helps her through it because she associates them with safety, I'm guessing that's what she's doing to me now. I feel a sense of pride that she finds me safe.

"It's alright sweetheart, they're just you're family" I reassure her as we walk into the kitchen.

"Morning you two! I didn't realize you had stayed the night, what a lovely surprise" Sofia exclaims and walks over to hug us. Indigos breathing quickens and she's holding my arm so tightly I think the circulation may have stopped. I take a step back and she moves with me peering under my arm at her mum.

"What the fuck has happened Greyson, why is she moving away" Enzo asks and stands up from his seat at the island looking very worried, this catches everyone's attention and the twins, and Vincenzo all look in our direction. Oakleys sat at the island humming and looking at his phone whilst eating a pop tart.

I don't know if indigo is ready to talk so I stay quiet.

"Answer me god damn it!" Enzo shouts and indigo tenses behind me. It also makes Oakley jump apparently because he falls of the stool and onto the floor.

"Fucks sake Enzo, we've talked about this, when we're inside we use our inside voices" he says slowly and Enzo glares at him and nods over to indigo.

Oaks eyes widen and he nods his head in understanding when he looks over to us,his forehead creasing in concern.

"Easy Enzo, she called me yesterday crying over the phone, so I left my meeting and headed to the club she said she was at-" I begin but Matteo interrupts me.

"Why was she at a club by herself?" He questions

"She was on a mission, I was in the office but she chucked out the earpiece as usual so I left and came home" Oakley says, he sounds so guilty for leaving early but it wasn't his fault.

"Ok, continue then grey" Matteo says but shuts up when I glare at him, motherfucker trying to order me around, I don't Fucking think so.

"anyway, she kept saying something about someone touching her but when I got to her she was having a really bad panic attack so I don't know what happened, I was too busy helping her, that's why she's clinging to me" I explain

"Bullshit, she only associates her family with safety" Elliot spits out, whys he mad at me?

He walks towards her but stops when she grips onto my arm and pulls me back. She's really Fucking strong for such a tiny person, I'm definitely icing my arm when we get back-

"Indigo, what happened?" Elliot asks and his brow furrows, she says nothing and so her dad suggests we go into the living room and sit down. We all follow Vince and I sit on one of the couches with indigo next to me.

"Come on indi, we can't help if we don't know the problem" Sofia says softly.

"Franco's back" she whispers so quietly I can barely hear her.

"Speak up indigo for fucks sake" Elliot says and indigo shakes ever so slightly.

"Watch it Elliot" I warn and his voice softens when he speaks again. I know he didn't mean it he's just worried, we all are.

"Sorry indi" he apologizes

"It's ok, I said Franco's back" she says a fair bit Louder and everything suddenly kicks off.

Vince gets up and starts to pace the room while Enzo talks quietly into the phone in Italian. Elliot and Matteo are talking loudly and Sofia is crying slightly. I look down at indigo and she seems overwhelmed. I pull her into my lap and she hugs me.

"This is all my fault" she mummers as I rub her back.

"It's not blue, I promise you it's not" I reply

Everyone stops eventually and looks over to indigo. Vince walks back to the couch and sits down.

I know the gist of what happened to indigo, she was taken and in the time she was gone the man that took her, beat her and tortured her. She's so Fucking strong.

"Leave us please" indigo demands softly and all of her family get up and leave, looking back at her with concern.

We sit in silence for a bit before she gets up off my lap and stands in front of me.

"You're going to marry me and so I think you should know some things about what happened to me. Franco is the man that took me, while I was with him he beat the shit out of me nearly everyday and....he-he" she sighs

"It's ok, take your time" I say

"He raped me for the first time when I was five" I see red

I want to kill him, I want to torture him to the point of death and then bring him back to life just to do it all over again, I want to carve out his flesh and crush his bones beneath my hands, I want to murder him and see the fear in his eyes when he figures out that he's never going to be at peace again, I want to hit something, shout at someone, leave somewhere but I don't because indigo needs me. So I sit and let the rage burn me from the inside, consuming my thoughts and clouding my vision. I sit and keep my mouth closed not letting the words of pure hatred and fury leave my lips. I sit and I do the one thing she needs me to do right now.

I listen.

"He used to do it at least once a week and if it wasn't him it was one of his friends, all using me for their own pleasure. I don't recall a lot of it but he used to starve me for days at a time, it took me 9 months to eat a full meal after I was found. The beatings.....they were fucking brutal. A belt, a rod, a whip......his hand and so many more things and after he was done he would douse my wounds in alcohol and laugh as I cried in pain, it always hurt like hell but the tears would always stop eventually" she pauses and takes a breath, a single tear runs down her cheek and she wiped it away.

"He knew I was going to be found, so he fled and left me in a dark cellar chained to a wall from 3 days, I know how long it was because I had a tiny window in the room, i watched as two nights passes by and finally let myself sleep on the third day, I was ready to die, to end the suffering and the pain, I just wanted to rest, but then I was found"

She sits down next to me and stares at the floor.

"After that day I trained and trained to become stronger, to defend myself if he ever came back, but yet as soon as I saw the bastards face I broke down, I gave up, for the first time in 5 years I hesitated. It's scary to think that he could've just killed me then and there but he's all about the chase and now he's chasing me" she leans her head on my shoulder.

"Promise me something Grey?" She asks and lifts her head, i nod.

"If he gets me again and you're there......kill me, I can't go back, I won't go back" I'm in shock, no way can I agree to that. I would never be able to kill her.

"Indigo....I can't promise you that" I reply

"Please Greyson, you don't understand, if I go back to him, I'll die anyway, I'd much rather die by your hands than his" she says and holds up her pinky.

I won't be able to do it if the time comes but it won't, the sick bastard will be gone before he even touches a hair on her pretty little head.

But I know she won't stop unless I agree so I link my pinky with hers and she sighs.

"Thankyou" she whispers

"You're so Fucking strong blue, I couldn't be more proud of you, I'm so unbelievably sorry that you had to go though that, the only way that you'll go back is over my dead body and that's not happening any time soon sweetheart" I say and wink at her, she chuckles and I'm not gonna lie the sound goes straight to my dick.

Not now Greyson-

"Anyway, he'd probably return you from how annoying you are after a while-" she hits my arm and laughs, the sound is music to my ears.

Her family walk back into the room and she shuffles closer to me but she's clearly not as tense as she was half and hour ago. She gets up and they all look at her expectantly.

"Let's make a plan to catch this fucker then" and she's back, I smile at her and get up.

"That's my girl" Sofia says and hugs indigo.

"Ti amo mamá" ( I love you mum) indigo mutters

"Ti amo mia bella ragazza forte" (I love you, my strong beautiful girl) Sofia replies.

"Can I get a hug, I feel lonely over here" aaand Oakley has ruined the moment.

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Not really sure how good this is and I feel like the book is a bit depressing, also is it moving too fast?

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