Broken Luna

Chapter 6

Summer's pov

It's been almost two years since I left my aunt's house with Henry and boy did I regret it. It turned out Henry had ran away from his uncle, June's father because he had stolen a lot of money from him. I did not know this but he was a drug addict and had ran way from drug dealers he owed money to and had taken me along. I had gotten to know this when he came home one day supper high and he went on and on about how stupid and gullible I was and how I should have known there was no school or new branch opening and he went on telling me what had actually happened, I cried for my own stupidity and how I should have known and saw all those redflags, the way he acted sometimes when he walked me home and how he was like another person sometimes, but I had refused to see them because I thought I was in love with him.

I had found work at a nearby diner since he had refused to find work but expected food and a roof over his head. I had tried running away but he had found me and made me regret it, now he kept a close eye on me even at work he would be across the street monitoring my movements, I was not allowed to smile at other men and I did not like to have a repeat of what happened when I did. Since we've been living together Henry has beaten and r**ed me almost everyday, he took every penny I made but unknown to him I have managed to save some money. The lady at the diner had taken pity on me and had dicided to help me runaway, Henry was possessive so it was going to be hard. She had taken me stock buying a couple of times now that he no longer suspected anything the first few times he had followed us but when he saw that I always came back he stopped, I had gotten good at spotting him whenever he followed us and he hasn't followed me for a while which means he trusted that I would always come back so that's how I was going to run. Alice the lady at the diner had told me to run far there was this farm area that's so far way it took a day and a half to get there. She told me about a town owned by a rich family deep in the forest but there was so much bushveld to go through before you reach it, no one she knew ever saw that town and she grew up there,she said it was just a rumor that place did not exist. She had laughed when she told me about that town and how people would make up stories but to me I had to find that nonexistent town for me to be safely far away from Henry and something told me that I would be able to find it and for one last time I had to trust my instinct and hope it doesn't prove me wrong yet again. I had been taking my clothes one at a time now so Henry would not suspect anything and I was not going to take everything I took a few clothes and I had taken enough to wear but so little he would not notice. Today was Monday the day we went for supplies and my day of freedom, I was so excited despite the fact that I had bruises and my body was sore from my last encounter with Henry and I tried not show my excitement or Henry would suspect something so I went about my day as usual. I cooked and cleaned before I left for work and I left, as soon as I reached the diner I couldn't hide my smile so I did, smiled the biggest smile I ever had because this time I was running alone there was no one to change on me and if I suffered as long as I was on my own that was enough there was no way I was going to trust anyone with my life or love again, I had suffered at the hands of people and it was enough I only pray that Henry doesn't find me.

We left for supplies to the nearby town I made sure no one was following us and Alice left me at the bus station and made sure I left before she left for the diner giving me enough time to run I hope Henry doesn't do something to Alice I like her and she had risked giving me a chance at a new life I smiled to myself, New life here I come, I had enough money to push me at least two months if I lived at bare minimum