Basement

Addilyn pov-

I lay on the cold, stiff floor in a pool of my own blood. I let out a small whimper as I sit up and pull myself up against the wall, to try and add some kind of support to my body, I try to breathe in deep and make my lungs work the way they're supposed to again. I slowly send my gaze around the room trying to make sense of everything that has happened in no less than 24-hours, I really need to find a way to get out of here or at least get help. I don't think I'm going to last much longer if i'm losing this much blood. As I slowly move my arm I slowly grip it in pain, I can already tell it's broken, I mean I was thrown down a flight of stairs, what am I supposed to say " it's not broken it's just bruised, i'll be fine ".

Nope, I'm not gonna say that because only an idiot would say that shit.

I roll my eyes at my own dumb comment, being alone with myself sometimes I get very scared because of it. It gets really lonely when you haven't had any contact with anybody, well I have but I don't think getting beat is the same as having contact with somebody. But you know my life is not the best so it's the only thing I have to consider as contact, or seeing another human. I crawl over to the other side of the room, and I once again plant my back on the wall, I hold my ribs as I feel them throb. When I look up at the wall, once again I move my gaze along the wall slowly. When I get to the left corner of the wall there is a window, my eyes light up as I think I may have a change to get out of this literal hell hole. I smile to myself again at my dumb joke. I look down at my outfit I'm wearing. I have a bra and underwear on of course, I have a pair of jean shorts on and a long sleeved t-shirt, with so many rips in it. I breath in and out as I hoist myself up and walk over to the wall wincing at my already bruised ribs. Once I get over to the window I see that I would be able to get out of here. Yes it may be hard but i'm pretty sure I can do it. I look out the window and see that it leads to the street and this is a pretty easy escape route. I let out a breath of air I didn't even know I had been holding.

Is this really gonna be the night we get out of here and get to go home. I breath in and out carefully trying to hold in screams from my unwillingly justified pain. I'm surprised I haven't passed out yet from how much pain I am undergoing. I look at the latch on the window and I see that this one is not wired, the latch is also broken. Is he really that dumb, i'm going to get out of here and there is no stoping me this time i'm getting the fuck out of here, it will not be the last thing I do. I'm really gonna go home and see my family and friends once again. As I sit under the window and curl up into a fetal position trying to get some of this pain to subside, I just think about the feeling of the warm sun on my skin and the snow falling slowly.

There are so many things I want to do again and I may actually get to do them, I'm really going to go home and love my life again. I would be a sophomore at the moment and I'm really scared but also very excited for high school, as I just think about things that may happen if I get to actually leave, I'm finally happy for the first time in years. I see that the sun comes up outside and moments later as I am now, standing by the window I hear a car door slam and I see that it's his car, he is driving away. Now is my time to leave and make it out of here and never have to deal with his crap again. I open the broken window and it opens so easily, I fit my front half through the window and then I fit my back half through the window. We're really doing this. I'm free, well maybe not yet but I'm going to go home.

I fully get out of the basement, I stand up as quickly as I can. I quickly wipe myself off and I make my way to the side walk. I breathe in the fresh morning air, next thing I know I take off running as fast as my legs will take me. After one second of feeling the wind on my face as I run, relife runs through my body. I have never been more happy and proud of myself then at this moment. I never thought I would get to leave and have a chance of actually getting to go back home to my loving family.

I'm finally free.