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Chapter 4 - The man who's name is Elijah

The man brought me to a nice looking house. It was normal sized black colored house. There was a flower bed filled with lavender and orchid's. He opened the oak door. Showing a nicely decorated living room,it had a small dark gray couch. Right Infront of it was a dark wood table.

He took my hand and lead my inside sitting me on the couch. "Wait here." He said. Then he walked away,a while later he came back and sat on his knees he took a look at my ankle. "This...will hurt." He said as he twisted my ankle back in place "Ahh! Ow..." He said nothing as he cared for my ankle. After he was done with that he reached over and gave me a hand gesture. I took his hand and he asked me a question "Hungry..?" I looked up and gave him a small nod.

He gave me a smile as he finally lead me to a kitchen. I sat down at the table as he went over and got something from his fridge. He sat down a plate that had chicken on it. I was about to thank Leo for being so kind. Then we both heard a knock "stay here and eat." He said as he ruffled my hair with a smile. "Thank you" I said as he left the room.

Later he came back into the room with another man. "Hello Kalia,this is my,um,friend,Elijah" he said while gesturing to his friend.

Elijah was a tall man with long chestnut hair put up into a braided bun. Bleach blue eyes,chocolate skin. He had a long scar over his face and freckles dotting over it. He wore a black shirt with gray shorts. He also had green tree earrings and a friendly smile on his face.

"Hi! How are you feeling?" He said in a friendly voice "u-uhh fine..?" He gave a small chuckle as he walked over to me "No,your ankle."

"O-oh,it hurts.." he looked at my ankle with a concentrated look. "Want me to help?" He asked. I wasn't sure how he was gonna help but I still replied with "yes! Please and thank you.." he smiled at me "ofcourse" he opened the suitcase he had in his hand.

He had a lot of bandages,medicine's,and other medical things. He carefully took off the bandages Leo put on. It hurt,a lot but he seemed surprised when he looked at my ankle.

"I thought you said she just hurt her ankle?" Leo seemed surprised. "I-i thought she did." He looked at him with a 'you're a complete idiot' look.

-2 hours later-

I was feeling much better now! And the nice Elijah even gave me a lollipop! But Elijah and Leo seem to be more than friends, they've been flirting for 3 hours now.

And all of a sudden there was a knock on the door. Elijah quickly came over picking me up taking me into a closet sitting me down inside a secret cubby behind some boxes. "Wait here.." he said on a hushed panicked voice.

He stood up,pushed the boxes back in place. And left the closet,after a while I heard shouting and screaming. Then I heard the door slam shut I quickly forced my way through the boxes. Opened the door and snuck over to the living room.

I was horrified at the sight I saw....

Leo was below Elijah he was covered in bruises. Blood was pouring from his forehead,leg,and arm. Elijah seemed to be worse though.

Elijah had bruises all over his face. His long hair was down now. He was bleeding from his mouth,arm,both legs,and his chest and stomach.

I attempted to run to them. I stopped as I almost fell down. I could see Eli start to get up. He pulled Leo up to his chest as he examined his forehead.

"God damn it.." I heard him curse underneath his breath. He set Leo down as he started to get up,once he was up he picked up Leo and bring him to the couch. "Hold on,I'll get you."

~3 hours later~

Eli had bandaged both of them up and took me with them. It was about midnight as Eli tucked me in in-between him and Leo.

I slowly drifted off to sleep,as I got small pats on my head.

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