Pieces of Me by Pua Ramona (small books to read txt) 📕

find him and I’m going to break every single fucking bone in his body. Then I’m going to make sure he doesn’t fucking walk again, or better yet I’ll be the last person he sees when he takes his last fucking breath.”

Reese runs his hands down his face. “I should stop you from having those thoughts, but I would do the same fucking thing if it were Leila. So I won’t tell you what to do, but I’ve got your back no matter what you decide to do, man.”

I shake my head and say, “I can’t lose her man, I just fucking can’t.”

He looks over my shoulder and then back at me. “I know man. Maybe right now is a good time for us to ask Rita to pray that Sina will pull through.” I stand up and turn around to see Miss Rita, Luka, Daniel, Megan, and Mona walking toward us. “Fuck! Whoever did this to Sina isn’t going to make it out alive”, he says. I don’t respond because he’s right. I’m not sure if they blame me for all of this, but if they do then I’m going to accept it and deal with it.

They trusted me with her, and I couldn’t keep her safe. Miss Rita stops right in front of me and the look she has in her eyes said it all. This family has reached their limit of pain, suffering, and bullshit. Megan and Mona find their seats. They don’t say a thing. I know they’re both hurting, especially Megan. She has tears running down her face, but they’re angry tears.

Reese walks over to the girls and sits between them. He takes Megan’s and Mona’s hands and holds them. Both girls begin to cry and it fucking kills me to see this family dealing with so much. I mean, how many more times are they going to keep getting hurt? How many more times do they have to watch someone they love get hurt? They lost Micah a few days ago, then they lost a nephew, and a grandson. On top of all that, Sina’s back in the hospital because she’s been raped. Are they ever going to catch a fucking break? I hate that everything keeps happening to this family. I’m hurting for this family because I respect and love them as if they’re my own.

“I’m so sorry Miss Rita,” I say.

She shakes her head and says “No! You will not blame yourself for someone else’s doing. You didn’t know that this was going to happen, so you stop that right now.” The back of my eyes are burning, but I make sure to keep my tears at bay. Miss Rita holds my face in both hands and says, “I need to thank you for saving my daughter Eli.”

“Becca found her, not me.” I say but she cuts me off and says, “Luka and Daniel told me what you did. They told me that you were willing to stand in my daughter’s place.”

So much for holding these damn tears in. “I couldn’t let her cut herself. Every time she cut, I could feel her slipping away” I cried. “Miss Rita I know shouldn’t say that I would die for her, but I was willing to do it if it kept her alive. I would rather live for her and with her in my life because it’s how it should be.”

“You’re the one that was sent to save her from herself and from the demons that kept her away from us. You’re the one that her father and I prayed for” she says and she hugs me close. “Whatever you’re planning on doing, make sure it’s worth it.” She kisses my temple and sits down across from Reese and the girls.

“I called Marino, so he’s on his way,” Luka says. I don’t particularly want him to be here, but he’s one of her closest friends so I suck it up.

Daniel can tell that I’m getting irritated so he says, “Trust me Bro, you’re going to need him.”

“Need him for what?” I ask.

Luka moves in closer and says “You’ll need him to keep you out of prison uso.” I must’ve had a confused face on because Luka says “You can talk to him when he gets here. But E, whatever animosity you have against him set it to the side.”

I take a deep breath and say “Alright, fine.” Another two hours pass by and still nothing. Everyone tries to play it cool, but I know that they’re getting worried as time goes by without an update from anyone.

“Peterson family?” asks the doctor as he walks into the waiting area. We all stand up and move closer so we can hear what he has to say. I don’t realize that I’m holding my breath until I feel like I’m choking on my own air. None of us know what to expect so whatever the doctor tells us, we’ll deal with together.

“Hi, I’m doctor Lee and I want to thank you all for being so patient with us. It’s been a touch and go with Sina'' he says. I’m not sure if the room is getting smaller or if there just isn’t enough fucking air. “We did x-rays and ran tests on Sina. She has two broken ribs on her right side, there was a puncture wound on her left side and it looked like she landed hard on a piece of broken glass. She’s lucky that it didn’t go any deeper, but thankfully cleaning and stitches has treated it. Her face is pretty bruised, with several small cuts and her lower lip was cut open, so she needed a few facial stitches as well” he says listing her injuries. It’s too fucking much. I dread the last piece of information that he still needs to tell us. “Now, for the hard part,” he says. He takes a deep breath. “She was sexually assaulted. Whoever’s responsible for this did a number on her. She took a