Chapter fifty-nine
He was angry. Angry at everyone and everything. Everyone had wronged him. Everyone irritated him. Nobody was good. Everything was dark. All the time. Nothing was serious. Or permanent. He fucked endless girls like there was no tomorrow. He didn't care about those girls. Just like nobody cared when his little sister and her friend were raped. And beaten. Then murdered like dogs. And when he found the bodies, bruised and pale. Or when he found his other little sister's body dead and limp. Floating in the water. Blood everywhere. Wrists slit. Her beautiful face pale and lifeless, nothing like the real her. He didn't care about anything.261Please respect copyright.PENANAUuQei4aewn
That he would soon come to start hurting himself. Use physical pain to distract from the emotional pain.261Please respect copyright.PENANA1P1KD5Gxlo
He'd watched his family slowly unravel, nothing he could do to stop it. He didn't know how to stop the pain. The slow burn that was within him. 261Please respect copyright.PENANAYpo0GBVhNz
It annoyed him. Frustrated him. That he couldn't help anything. He couldn't help himself. Or anyone, for that matter.261Please respect copyright.PENANAPxF0aG2PwR
He turned to things that eased the pain temporarily. Alcohol. Marijuana. Sex. Hurting other people.261Please respect copyright.PENANAdoFIl8SmjF
He drank and drank despite everyone's efforts to get through to him.
He couldn't see past the anger and pain. It haunted him. His dreams, his days. 261Please respect copyright.PENANAVaI4LEkJHc
He convinced himself that he was meant to be alone. That if his sisters couldn't have a life than neither could he.
He pretended that he hadn't seen his father hit his mother. He pretended that his family was perfect before it fell apart.261Please respect copyright.PENANA9p4ZQYGwK3
He pretended that his mother hadn't left the family because of his and his father's mistakes.261Please respect copyright.PENANAVMu92UfqLv
He convinced himself that he doesn't deserve love or respect. That the demons that live within him were too strong.261Please respect copyright.PENANAndPBeyi7IZ
That's he's a fuck-up. A mistake, hindering the growth and lives of others.261Please respect copyright.PENANArAW7SqDmvN
He didn't just hate himself, he wanted to destroy himself. But he couldn't. His parents had already lost two children. 261Please respect copyright.PENANAv0MlUxaAgD
So, he was forced to live a meaningless, loveless, existence. 261Please respect copyright.PENANA1gIQVRwLMm
He walked around the world not giving a fuck what anyone thought of him.261Please respect copyright.PENANAHCR0DxE7Pc
Disrespecting and hurting people left, right, and center. If he couldn't be happy then no one could.261Please respect copyright.PENANAis1CZLwvae
He did want to get to know anyone. Be friends with anyone. He disregarded niceties and politeness.
Until.......261Please respect copyright.PENANA8F0eRr2zsO
Her beautiful dark curly hair shone through the darkness.261Please respect copyright.PENANARcwaEBcdtr
Her figure enticed, barely shown. Not enough to satisfy his wandering eyes.261Please respect copyright.PENANAedMBDJv9ES
Her almond-shaped eyes gave him a glimpse of heaven, distracting him from his eternal hell and self-damnation.261Please respect copyright.PENANAstNp13pukm
She didn't know how beautiful she was so she walked around with a certain sense of naivety as well as knowing that the world wasn't all good.261Please respect copyright.PENANAemdp3a9EPs
She didn't know how much men wanted her. Her innocence. Her purity. How many girls wanted her looks and the attention she got from men.261Please respect copyright.PENANAcEIH7J61La
She was polite and let others get away with far too much.261Please respect copyright.PENANADizeMrH1wZ
Honest but was sometimes forced to hide her true self. 261Please respect copyright.PENANA9QUtd8jJ2O
Appealing.261Please respect copyright.PENANAjRnJcg5hvx
Quiet but tried to be outgoing.261Please respect copyright.PENANApUb1Z45d7L
A walking contradiction.261Please respect copyright.PENANAMBfvRTORff
He was dying to get to know her.261Please respect copyright.PENANAYfFwqCOSGw
He thought it was simple lust. Arousal. Horniness?261Please respect copyright.PENANA2z5BGkMOBk
But somewhere, deep inside of him, he knew that she was different. He could just tell. 261Please respect copyright.PENANALFobl8mRCy
He didn't know that soon his whole world would revolve around her.
That she would become his addiction.261Please respect copyright.PENANAwtlLctQ2Gc
His light.261Please respect copyright.PENANAgEaRQ0SLfE
His savior.261Please respect copyright.PENANA9WZATKB7Jd
His second chance.261Please respect copyright.PENANAYq4lUTOkyo
She was the poison and the antidote.261Please respect copyright.PENANA85uAYPtfth
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