THERE IS A MONSTER that sleeps, dwelling in his chest and in the dark corners of his mind, that is STARTLED to waking at this ā everything about it SCREAMS for his interference, and something in him regresses.Ā ( it isnāt the shield of his father ā but it is shaded by the abuse.Ā He looks at her and he sees the desperation that heād known in childhood.Ā Itās hidden beneath the locks of his memory, known only by uncomfortable proxy ā ) but just as the door is going to shut she CRIES out.Ā Ā
A snarl rips through him, vicious and UNFORGIVING.Ā Eddie is hulking, enormous by comparison to this man.Ā It takes very little effort to force him back from the door, shoving in with his shoulder hard enough to send him REELING.Ā He doesnāt bother with a KNIFE ā a huge hand eclipses his throat, crushes the hyoid and the trachea without caution or CARE, effectively silencing the shout now stuck in his throat ā and putting an effective timer to his expiration.Ā Ā
( He can be horrified later ā Eddie will be, at the blood on his hands, at the flashes of his fatherās FACE ā¦ he could bash it in, could scream and scream but the sound is stuck in his throat and his breath is trembling apart in his chest as it is.Ā The man goes down like a sack of bricks.Ā Eddie doesnāt stop squeezing until the struggling stops, until his legs cease their twitching and his pawing at Eddieās arms goes SLACK. )Ā
Heās heaving great gulps of air into his own lungs, as though heās the one whoās been strangled, pulling back from the corpse as though reclaiming himself, as though reclaiming location and thought.Ā Heās present again, enough to look at the girl on the bed, half - dressed and in danger.Ā Heād responded to her danger.Ā ( He remembers being her age, but only in the dim flashes of memory that come between the shredded tethers of his mind.Ā So much as been blocked out, black and blank spaces of time he isnāt aware are absent.Ā Ā How thin and quick time seems to pass when youāre short on memories. )Ā Heād responded to her distress ā like family.Ā Sheās young enough to be his DAUGHTER, but the thought immediately strikes with repulsion.Ā His sister, then.Ā Ā Heās never had a sister.Ā ( Dimly thankful, somewhere in his mind.Ā God only knows what would have become of her. )Ā
ā ā are you okay ?Ā āĀ Ā His voice finds him, quiet and edging on demure, hinting at the lilt of an accent beneath his words ā one heās shy about, tries to disguise, but has always been too stubborn to be shed.Ā Ā ā Itās okay ā itās okay.Ā ā ( He says it ā to her or to himself, it doesnāt matter. )Ā
THERE Ā IS Ā A Ā moment Ā when Ā Humbert Ā looks Ā back Ā at Ā her Ā , Ā eyes Ā dark Ā , Ā for Ā a Ā great Ā roar Ā sounds Ā &&. Ā the Ā doorās Ā Ā presumed Ā protection Ā is Ā overrun Ā with Ā the Ā force Ā of Ā a Ā madman Ā &&. Ā his Ā anger Ā , Ā great Ā paw Ā closing Ā āround Ā her Ā captorās Ā throat Ā and Ā s q u e e z i n g Ā . Ā She Ā watches Ā , Ā lip Ā quivering Ā , Ā as Ā Humbert Ā kicks Ā &&. Ā kicks Ā &&. Ā kicks Ā && Ā a Ā part Ā of Ā her Ā wants Ā to Ā scream Ā out Ā ā Ā STOP Ā IT Ā , Ā STOP Ā IT Ā , Ā but Ā there Ā is Ā a Ā voice Ā inside Ā her Ā head Ā , Ā a Ā gentle Ā reminder Ā that Ā a Ā dead Ā man Ā canāt Ā hurt Ā her Ā . Ā Sheās Ā thought Ā about Ā it Ā , Ā hasnāt Ā she Ā ? Ā About Ā bashing Ā his Ā head Ā in Ā with Ā that Ā crowbar Ā in Ā the Ā trunk Ā &&. Ā running Ā but Ā the Ā thought Ā , Ā the Ā memory Ā of Ā his Ā warnings Ā about Ā child Ā services Ā , Ā of Ā being Ā UNLOVED Ā come Ā to Ā mind Ā &&. Ā she Ā never Ā goes Ā through Ā with Ā it Ā .Ā Ā Ā
She Ā wonāt Ā have Ā to Ā now Ā , Ā the Ā man Ā is Ā taking Ā care Ā of Ā it Ā . Ā His Ā grip Ā remains Ā tight Ā through Ā clawing Ā &&. Ā wiggling Ā &&. Ā she Ā sees Ā Humbertās Ā face Ā reddening Ā , Ā barely Ā hears Ā a Ā raspy Ā plea Ā for Ā help Ā &&. Ā she Ā too Ā is Ā angry Ā ( again ) Ā . Ā No Ā help Ā was Ā had Ā from Ā his Ā end Ā . Ā No Ā mercy Ā in Ā nights Ā when Ā his Ā arm Ā snaked Ā āround Ā her Ā waist Ā and Ā lead Ā her Ā the Ā bed Ā of Ā whatever Ā crappy Ā motel Ā they Ā were Ā in Ā that Ā night Ā . Ā There Ā was Ā no Ā help Ā when Ā she Ā sobbed Ā &&. Ā sobbed Ā for Ā her Ā mother Ā , Ā dead Ā , Ā by Ā his Ā hand Ā . Ā Nobody Ā cared Ā , Ā Humbert Ā certainly Ā didnātĀ ,Ā Ā butĀ Ā thisĀ Ā manĀ Ā doesĀ Ā (Ā HeĀ Ā mustĀ ,Ā Ā heĀ Ā mustĀ ,Ā Ā orĀ Ā heĀ Ā wouldnātĀ Ā beĀ Ā SAVINGĀ Ā herĀ !Ā )Ā .
āĀ IĀ Ā hateĀ Ā youĀ .Ā āĀ Ā SheĀ Ā findsĀ Ā herselfĀ Ā whisperingĀ Ā toĀ Ā theĀ Ā corpseĀ Ā sprawledĀ āponĀ Ā theĀ Ā floorĀ āforĀ Ā theĀ Ā firstĀ Ā ofĀ Ā manyĀ Ā aĀ Ā sobĀ Ā wracksĀ Ā herĀ Ā bodyĀ Ā &&.Ā Ā thoughĀ Ā shakyĀ Ā handsĀ Ā takeĀ Ā theĀ Ā timeĀ Ā toĀ Ā firstĀ Ā slideĀ Ā theĀ Ā sleevesĀ Ā ofĀ Ā herĀ Ā nightdressĀ Ā backĀ Ā overĀ Ā herĀ Ā shouldersĀ ,Ā Ā sheĀ Ā clingsĀ Ā toĀ Ā theĀ Ā strangerĀ .Ā Ā SheĀ Ā isĀ Ā okayĀ ,Ā Ā moreĀ Ā thanĀ Ā okayĀ Ā ,Ā Ā herĀ Ā criesĀ Ā areĀ Ā notĀ Ā ofĀ Ā fearĀ Ā orĀ Ā sorrowĀ .Ā Ā TheyĀ areĀ Ā fullĀ Ā ofĀ Ā RELIEFĀ ,Ā Ā ofĀ Ā realizationĀ Ā thatĀ Ā sheĀ Ā isĀ Ā freeĀ Ā nowĀ ,Ā Ā safeĀ Ā nowĀ ,Ā Ā āĀ ThankĀ Ā youĀ .Ā āĀ Ā Ā
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