Chapter 417

Warning: This chapter contains a scene depicting sexual abuse that some readers may find distressing or triggering. Reader discretion is advised. If you are sensitive to themes of sexual violence, please take care while reading this content. If you feel uncomfortable or distressed, it is okay to skip or avoid this particular scene.

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Demetri’s POV

Saturday, October 19th; 5am

“Noooo! Please mama! Don’t do this!”

A young boy in his teens screams and fights as he is dragged down the hallway by an older woman and man to an open door. His fight intensifies as they enter the room.

“Don’t do this! Please! What have I done to deserve this?!”

He stops his fight just long enough to look up through his right eye. I roll uncomfortably in my bed as the pain this young lad is already in creeps into my body. His sight holds the telltale signs of his left eye being swollen as his vision is blurred and it’s painful to open. The man that he