Chapter 10 - Chapter 10 The show must go on

Elizabeth P.O.V

"Come on Baby, you can't pass out" I smirked as I placed another thumbtack in between his ribs, his head hung low, tears going down his face. "How cute~" I grabbed his cheeks, raising his face to the camera. "Look everyone wants you to smile" I giggled, "Noyaa~" I whispered into his ear, his scream sounded more like a groan as I pushed the last thumbtack in. "Good boy, Noya, there all in," I told him, as I pulled the cloth from his mouth out. The cloth was soaked in his spit, as the lines of it fell onto his cheek, chin, and onto the floor. I lick the line of spit off his mouth, biting his lip. I hear a knock on my door, making my chat go wild. "Yes, Rummy?" I answered, hoping she'll know I'm live. "I'm not Rummy"

"Ah, one moment" I end the Livestream. "Come in, TT" I see Ta jump a little looking at the boy. I watched as he opened his mouth to speak, "Talk, and I'll staple your mouth shut" I watched as he lowered his head back down. "No, need to be cruel, are you going to help him?"

"Well, of course, need him alive" 

"I see, I'm sorry to interrupt your Livestream" She stared at the thumbtacks as she spoke. "Do you want to help remove them?" I looked into her eyes, you can see that she is nervous. "Um, I…" 

I grabbed her hand pulling her down to the floor with me, "You can heal him as I remove the thumbtacks~" I smiled at her, "You know I don't like the sight of blood" She spoke softly as I grinned, "Come on~ TT, I know how caring you like to be" I whispered to her, leaning in. "Okay fine," She said, pushing my face back. "But let him talk" I watched as she crouched in front of him. "You know I don't agree with what you and Suki do" 

"Then why do you stay?" I have always wondered, "Why do you stay, Ellie?" 

She was quiet, and still. "Where would I go? Back to my parents? My home? Back to Amy?" Her eyes filled with dull pain stared back at me. "I didn't do that to you, didn't take you away" 

"You helped, you changed my friend. I don't know that girl anymore" I clenched my fists "How dare you say that! I didn't do anything to her. If you want to blame someone, blame my father!" Ta rolled her eyes, "There you go blaming daddy again, are we? Suki loved her dad, he may have been a monster but he never hurt her" I was taken back by her words. "I never hurt her"

"You did, she cried to Amy and me about missing her parents but the only reason you say that is because she would never blame you" I stayed quiet, letting her talk. I see she's been biting her tongue for some time. "Suki was somewhat normal, yes she did have a problem with hurting people because she didn't understand, I was so close to fixing it until that night" 

"You blame me?" I stood behind her. "Amy told her she didn't want to be friends, she was scared. The thought of someone she cares about leaving breaks her" She turned to me, looking up to me. "She did what you told her, take it, hide it, and it's yours forever" She stood up, "You know she would tell the cops everything, I would be in jail, Suki would have been in foster care and you would be…" I didn't finish my sentence. "I would what? Be happy with my family, maybe even Suki could have lived with me and she could be normal" I grabbed her face pulling close to mine, "If we were meant to be like that then we wouldn't be here, would we?" She shook her head, staring at me as I smiled, "Good, Now TT we should help Noya" I looked down at the boy as our eyes met, my hand going down Ta's cheek to her neck. "Suki make those?" I rub my ring finger on her neck that had bruises on it. "Yes, we got into a fight" She pushed my hand away, looking to the ground. "We should put something on it"

"Stop worrying about me" She walked past me, "Your selfish Elizabeth," She told me as she left, she likes having the final word. "Hey, Noya, I'm selfish, right?" I got down on the floor, laying my head on his thigh. "You're crazy.." He said softly, "So I'm not selfish" I smiled brightly, holding his cheeks. "Let me go" 

"I will have to at some point, but for now you're mine" I rubbed his cheek as he tried to pull away. "I'll treat you for tomorrow's stream" I rubbed my finger against the thumbtacks, making him bite his lip. "I'll remove them" I took my time taking them out and covering the wounds with band-aids, making an 'X'.  I licked the tear that rolled down his face, "I'll go make dinner"