My back slams against the wall my back on fire as i take in deep breaths
"God look how pathetic he looks"
"Yeah, like a beggar clutching onto that pendant like it will kill him to let go!"
When I look up I see my whole classroom looking at me on the floor. I look past them and I see a petite looking man, my brother.
As he swayed over his hair moving long and brown his poster straight with a warm smile so perfect that even the straightest men would look back he bends his knees to look at me.
Looking away a stream of pop up comments appear in front of me
[poor baby why must he put himself through this]
[my thoughts to just give in and his life would be 100 times better]
"come on you guy don't bully my brother too much because he is my brother at the end of the day"
As I hear his concern his voice is sugar sweet with a mix of malice, his eyes looking down at me. He reaches out his hand as he offers an olive branch to me. I knew if I didn't take it now I would have to deal with a lot more than a few.
I reach out before getting kicked away.
"How dare you even think you're worthy of laying your filthy hands onto Felix!"
a group of people surrounded me like vultures punching, stomping and hurling insults at me . They only stop after I'm a shaking mess then they walk away laughing as Felix looks back and gives me a curl smirk.
Laying there curled in a ball just taking the bowls after a while they get tired and walk away laughing.
Felix turns around slightly looking at me with an unreadable expression no triumph no mockery.
I lay on the ground for a good hour before standing and grab my phone seeing it was cracked after calling a cab i simply sit on the curb
After awhile the cab comes i get in the back the driver looks back and says.
"Damn kid what happened to you looks like shit."
Sighing I give him my home address. And just taking a small nap I have a dream about something: a staff and axe, one hot like the sun, the other cold as the ocean. I grab the axe but I burst into flames.
I wake up screaming cold sweat coming from my pores the driver looks back slightly concerned i apologize and exit the car walking towards the door i could hear yelling
When I open the door a glass cup gets sent flying at me but due to my body already in pain I can't dodge as it hits my head, blood dripping down my head as I look at the person who threw it at my father.
"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU? WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN YOU MOTHER HAD BEEN WORRIED SICK AND WHY DID HAVE THOSE PEOPLE BULLY YOUR BROTHER?!"
I look and see my mother holding my weeping brother.
"Brother I know you hate me but why did you have to hit me"
"I didn't…"
Before I could say another word my dad stands up and slaps me with his full strength stumble back from the blow as I stare at my father looking at me with pure hatred.
"STOP LYING FELIX TOLD US EVERYTHING WE SHOULD HAVE NEVER BROUGHT YOU BACK! KNELL DOWN RIGHT NOW UNTIL YOUR BROTHER FORGIVES YOU!"
…
"WELL!?"
"...no"
"WHAT?!"
"I SAID NO!"
My dad staggers back, shocked that I'm fighting back. He grabs his cane and starts hitting me with it.
"YOU UNGRATEFUL LITTLE BASTED!"
I sit there and take it as the pain makes my head clear more clearly than it's ever been mom steps in.
"Everyone calm down please"
"Miss summer please stop always trying to be a peacekeeper you're the only ok person here, but you take Felix side more you might act like the voice of reason, but you're acting just like that son of yours not seen like an enemy"
My mom steps back as she covers her mouth as she starts to cry then Lilly, the sister I knew for 15 years steps in.
"Okay Blake your acting like a child just kneel and apologize to your brother"
I look at her remembering the girl who would hold me when we were kids when I was sick, and she wouldn't let anyone take care of me but her even taking the blame only when Felix came back making everyone blind to him.
Like a cliché novel, we were switched at birth. I don't know why one of the richest families did not have at least one guard watching or even going to one of their private hospitals that they had for years.
"Lilly once Felix came back you stopped believing me not just you this whole family I truly cared for you, I should have left a long time ago"
Everyone stopped marry stops crying Felix face turns cold Arthur looked like he was going to have a heart attack I leave to my room author starts yelling, but I ignore it as I start packing my id and passport and my personal documents and think I bought it a though wasn't that much.
I remember the day when mom would tuck me in when my dad would show me how to golf, when my sister would do my hair all gone, when Felix arrived when he was fine he wasn't rude at all.
He really liked me and he started to get a little too touchy. He would hold my hand, nothing too strange then hug my arm still normal. It only got weird when he would try to squeeze my thigh. I would push him off gently.
He would pout, but I would just brush it off until he climbed onto my lap and kissed me. I pushed him off and was mad at him. That's the day I found the hundreds of love letters he made for me telling how much he had a crush on me and this was years before he came back.
I was harsh with him telling him we could never be together. I was too harsh when I said it. If I could, I would change what I said to him, but I couldn't. Then he would lie to his parents saying I did things to him like hit or bully him.
My parents didn't believe him at first until he would hurt himself and blame it on me until my parents and Lilly stopped believing me as I thought about Felix who walked in and hugged my neck from behind.
"Oh big brother why are you being so mean just stop "bullying' me and mom dad and sister will love you again~"
I look at him with disgust as I push him away. He was always smart. He would never say what he actually meant because he understood if I ever recorded an audio recording he could say it was forged but he would not allow a hint of doubt to fall into their minds.
he screams and falls back dramatically and hits his head on the table Arthur marries and Lilly all rush in they all go to check Felix I click my teeth as I walk out the room I head to the door as I hear Arthur yell.
"STOP RIGHT THAT YOU DARE HURT YOUR BROTHER AND TRY TO LEAVE?!"
I roll my eyes as I go to open the door two bodyguards grab me by the arms and force me to the floor.
"YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE UNTIL YOU APOLOGIZE!"
Marry starts begging for me just to apologize as Lilly holds Felix. I just stay silent as Arthur gets madder and madder than snaps his fingers and calls in their 60-year-old butler James who was great in a lot of things.
Fighting cooking and torture he was a military info man he would force people to give the information he wanted he knew the limits of the human body in and out to how much pain someone could take until they would die.
How to make some feel pain without leaving one scar while doing the most pain To how much strain until the person would die he looked at me with anger but this time he kept his voice level
"I will ask one more time to get on your knees and apologize or else I will make you feel all of Felix's pain times 100!"
…
I don't respond as he finally snaps as he demands for James to take me to the black room. I struggle against the guards, but they drag me into a semi large room like a basement cold, dark and damp as James strips off all my clothes and ties me to a pillar.
Looking around I noticed a whip clean but worn from using a bite of my tongue remembering the scream that came from this room.
The room was used to punish butlers or maids that either were sent by our enemies or stole from us. It was made for my fathers worst enemies. I never thought I would be here.
I could see multiple types of whips paper thin needles headphone tubs of water and a wrag
James walks over and dumps a tub of ice cold water over me making my skin sensitive before grabbing a metal tipped whip before I can say anything. I feel the whip slash across my back and I release a blood-curdling scream.
Gasping for air I look up and see Lilly, Arthur, and marry standing in the doorway as Lilly covers Felix eyes she looks away from me and walks away except Arthur he stays and talks to James.
"Don't hurt him to bad just make sure he learns his lesson then take him to our private hospital keep bill and albert outside his room so he doesn't try anything funny we will be back after"
Arthur looks at me one more time then walks away. I clench my teeth as I feel the whip slam back down. I cry out in pain.
I could feel the whip tearing through my back. Every lash felt like it would break my spine. I mentally counted 44 45 46 he stopped at 100.
the comments we a storm of pity
[its so sad that hes going through this]
[so true all he has to do is give into his brother and all this stops]
[right but the basement scene is almost here]
clenching my teeth feel nothing but hatred to the comments.
Eventually let out of the restraints my breaths were uneven as I was my untied I was dragged towards a chair my arms clamped down to the chair as I looked around my hands were gripped roughly.
Before I could even think a sharp pain shoots through my fingers I let out an ear piercing scream looking down. I see an ultra thin needle in my finger then jame starts to slide more needles in 4 in each finger and toe.
I cry out in pain whimpering but james dosent stop he slowly pulled put each needle with slow delebriate slowness.
After each one is removed i start wishing my mom and dad never swaped me my body slacks as I feel like im on the verge of passing out then frezzing cold water gets dumped over my head felling dizzy.
12 hours pass of pure torment my body finally gives out when I put on makeup. I have an iv drip in my arm as I look around. I see Lilly marry Arthur and Felix sitting around me.
The woman I called a mother for my whole life immediately hugs me crying but the only thing I feel is numb Arthur looks at me with a complicated face.
"The doctors say you'll recover in a month or two with some"
Lilly stands up and looks at me with little to no emotion.
"Don't apologize to him dad if he just keeled down and apologized to Felix none of this would've happened"
"G-get out…" Marry looks at me. "What?" I make my voice louder. "I said get out all of you!"
Arthur looks at me disappointed before he can say anything Felix steps in.
"Brother I know you're mad at me, but I shouldn't blame it on mom and dad maybe I should just leave"
Felix gets up and runs away from Arthur Lilly and m, marry runs after him but then marry stops and returns my pendant the James removed that night
"Stay here Blake we will be back"
After she said that she left, none of them came back. I stayed in the hospital for two months when I was discharged. I looked at my phone and saw a new post from Lily at the park. Having fun.
I called a cab to the place I called home when walking in, maids were cleaning and preparing remembering it was mine and Felix's birthday, but I did not care as I saw my luggage was gone. I asked a maid where it was, and she said they put all my stuff back in my room.
I scoffed as I went to my room and packed again. After I finished it had turned dark. I walked out of my room as I walked into the living room and once I walked down the stairs I saw everyone sitting there smiling and eating.
Trying to avoid them, but Felix saw me and stopped me. "Blake why did you not wait for us to pick you up we were worried sick" Everyone stops and looks at me. Mary looked sad. Arthur looked slightly mad and lily annoyed.
"I only came back for my stuff I'm leaving today." Aurther slammed his fits down onto the table.
"DO YOU EVER STOP WITH THE DRAMA? WE PUNISHED YOU SO WHAT!? IF YOU NEVER HURT FELIX NONE OF THIS WOULD'VE HAPPENED!!!"
I look around my body, feeling sludge. I sit up and look at them, truly looking at them as I rasp out.
"G-get out…" Marry looks at me. "What?" I make my voice louder. "I said get out all of you!"
Arthur looks at me disappointed before he can say anything Felix steps in.
"Brother I know you're mad at me, but I shouldn't blame it on mom and dad maybe I should just leave"
Felix gets up and runs away from Arthur Lilly and m, marry runs after him but then marry stops and returns my pendant the James removed that night
"Stay here Blake we will come back"
After she said that she left, none of them came back. I stayed in the hospital for two months when I was discharged. I looked at my phone and saw a new post from Lily at the park. Having fun.
The caption (Having fun with my real brother)
Looking down at the screen not one hint of sadness or anger ripple through me. I simply close the app and call a tab as I think to myself "why should I let them control my emotions?"
The cab arrived driving me to the place I called home as I walked in, maids were cleaning and preparing remembering it was mine and Felix's birthday, but I did not care as I saw my luggage was gone. I asked a maid where it was, and she said they put all my stuff back in my room.
Rolling my eyes I went to my room and I packed again. After I finished it had turned dark. I walked out of my room as I walked into the living room and once I walked down the stairs I saw everyone sitting there smiling and eating.
trying to avoid them, but Felix saw me and stopped me. "Blake why did you not wait for us to pick you up we were worried sick" Everyone stops and looks at me. Mary looked sad. Arthur looked slightly mad and lily annoyed.
"I only came back for my stuff I'm leaving today." Aurther slammed his fits down onto the table.
"DO YOU EVER STOP WITH THE DRAMA? WE PUNISHED YOU SO WHAT!? IF YOU NEVER HURT FELIX NONE OF THIS WOULD'VE HAPPENED!!!"
Truly looking at the man I called my father for 18 years. As I walked to the door he stopped me.
truly looking at the man I called my father for 18 years. As I walked to the door he stopped me.
"Walk out that door and I will never see as my son again"
Stopping for only a moment, not even turning "make sure not to break your promise" I walk out hearing my moms soft cries as Felix comforts her.
Walking into the christmas winter snow storm when i left i only took what I bought The cold air biting deep into my skin like those needles dragging my suit case behind me not wanting to even be near that house
walking for at least 15 min and my head started to get dizzy. I fell to the floor as I couldn't even move any more. I start to lose consciousness. I felt my body get warm so I knew I was going to die but before I fully passed out I heard a woman's cold voice.
"Found him"
End of chapter 1