Shattered Love 10

Kenzie!!:

“Why haven’t you called the police? I understand he doesn’t want to lose his brother, but being at 17, they might grant him guardianship.” Jordan was going to kill me when he found out but I had to tell someone about his latest ‘injury’. Selene was sitting on my bed, frowning the entire time, but hey, she was studying to be a nurse and gave me tips to cleaning his back so it wouldn’t scar too bad.
“Because he thinks that ‘IT’ will kill him before the cop’s even show up or run. Which, the douche totally would run, but he doesn’t want him to hurt Joseph either. But he can’t know I told you, I was supposed to take it to my grave. I just..needed to tell someone..”
She smiled softly, hugging me tightly to her chest. She was an amazing person and oh my god she smelled like snicker doodles! “’IT’ doesn’t have to know they were called. If we call, IT would never find out, but that’s a decision for him to make I suppose.”
I shrugged, laying my head on her shoulder. “So, other than reveling my besties secret, did you wanna do anything else?”
“Depends on what you mean by ‘anything’.” Her arms tightened around me and heat rose to my cheeks. This was going to be interesting. I’d never slept with a girl before!

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Adrian:

“W-what happened..?” I tried to keep the shock out of my voice but Jordan stiffened when I touched one of the thick slashes marring his back. He was covered in dark red welts with deep violet bruises. There were 5 slashes down his back, shoulder to hip, like he was whipped. I’d seen kids get beaten up and have a broken jaw or a black eye but never..something this bad.
“N-nothing. Just…cover them again..please Adrian.” His voice shook and he had to stop and take a breath before he could continue. I knew he was crying and it made my heart ache.
I cleaned the cuts as gently as I could, getting bits of dirt out, then patching him up in new bandages. He calmed down again and I hugged him gently from behind. “You don’t have to tell me, but I want to help Jordan.”
He nodded and-.