"GET UP!"
Storm was panicked, it was Chase's father and they stood up, '
"YOU DON'T WALK AWAY FROM ME!"
His father lunged at him, Chase was knocked to the ground and she could see that he was winded, his father came at him again and hit him.
Chase was not trying to fight back but instead, he was taking the blows and she was panicking, this was not going to work.
"Please stop." She was worried when she saw blood on his lips and he was getting up all the time. When his father lunged again, she jumped and stood in front of Chase.
His father hit her so hard that she hit a tree and her head was throbbing, Chase was next to her in a flash, "My love, are you okay."
She nodded,
"Why would you do that?"
"I can't bear to see him hit you any longer."
She saw his father come again and Storm got up and covered Chase again the blow was hard and saw some blood on her.
She did not know where she was bleeding, Chase was next to her, "Stop it Storm, I can handle him, but I can't bear him hurting you like this."
"So the only way to get to you is to hurt her."
His father was now coming at her and she closed her eyes waiting for the impact but it did not arrive, she opened them and Chase's father was on the ground.
Chase had hit him back, "YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT WITH ME BUT I WON'T LET YOU TOUCH HER."
"Do you dare to command me, Chase?"
"No, I would never father, please leave her alone."
"So you do care so much about her."
"I do, what have I done so wrong for you to do this?"
"Our reputation is on the line and I won't let you drag us into the mud."
"So you want me to step down?"
"You're the perfect son, except for her, stepping down is not an option, so clean up your act before this gets out of control."
"It's my life and I will live it as I please."
"We will resume this alone."
His father left and Chase carried her, he too was very bruised, she had wanted to refuse but could not say it, with the look on his face.
Now she had a glimpse as to why he had broken up with her, his father cared more about their legacy than how his son felt.
He set her down in his room and was treating her wounds, "I'm sorry."
Chase looked at her in confusion, "For what?"
"It's my fault that all this happened."
"None of this is your fault."
"I'm the one that should be sorry, you took very heavy blows for me, don't ever do that again."
"I can't help it, seeing you getting hurt, I just acted."
"And I'm grateful for that, but it pains me more to see you be in pain, you don't deserve all that, and certainly not for me."
"Your mother, how is she?"
"She follows my dad with everything."
"Bummer."
"But she is not as intense as my father."
"Does he normally hit you, seems as if you are used to it."
"He does, it's not a big deal to me, when he gets drunk he becomes way more aggressive."
"I just wanted to make him like me but that is out the window I guess."
"Don't be sad, it does not matter what he thinks."
"He is important to you and I don't want you to have a further rift because of me."
"Trust me, we weren't close from the get-go. He has always been cruel to me."
When he was done, she took the kit and started tending to his wounds, she did not like seeing them, "Why don't you fight back?"
"A sign of respect."
"Oh, but what if he seriously injures you."
"Trust me, I can take it, I'm stronger than him but I won't fight back as he has raised me this way, he has power over me."
"I get it."
She touched his cheek, "Thank you for standing up for me tonight."
"I'm done fighting with the way I feel about you, I will embrace you fully."
"Thank you."
She leaned in and placed a soft kiss on his lips, it was not a hot kiss but one that had so much emotion, so much desperation.
"I don't know what I will do if I lose you."
"You won't lose me Storm."
"Together forever then."
"To infinity and beyond."
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