Lola breathed slowly and breathed heavily.

She thought that maybe her mother would want to be with her now but clearly not.

She made her way to the door quickly and stumbled down the steps.

"Lola" Luke called out to her.

-Luke

She looked back at her brothers who had all stood outside to follow her. The tears that streamed down her cheeks started to fall more rapidly.

"Even if they don't want you, we do. We already care about you like a sister" Jamal stated.

-Jamal (changed what he looked like/ sorry 😂)

She turned to look at Luke who seemed as upset as she was.

She sniffles and started running down the street away from them. She heard them call her name but soon enough her sobs were louder than anything and she was blinded by regret and sadness.
She wished she had never moved and had even met Chris or Luke for that matter.

-Chris

She found herself at a random street and the sky was getting darker. She slowed down to a walking pace and looked around hoping to recognise something.

As she looked through the dark hoping to spot something, she heard footsteps behind her get louder. She turned and noticed the dark outline of someone approaching her.

She sped up a little and jumped slightly as the woman passed her at a quick pace. She seemed to be rushing somewhere.

She tried to keep up with the woman but lost her in the darkness so she took her phone out and used her maps to get her home.

Once the directions popped up she began walking. Her phone told her that it would take about 15 minutes.

A couple of minutes later she was walking down a pedestrian path and noticed a shadow walking towards herself. She continued to mind her business sniffling every so often.

After passing him she turned a corner as the directions instructed and felt a sharp blow to her head making her collapse onto the cold wet ground.

She felt grubby fat fingers grab her and flip her over so that the back of her head laid on the pavement.

She dozed back into reality and saw a middle aged white man fiddling with his belt.

Her eyes widened and she screamed loudly as she tried to scramble back up.

He grabbed her legs pulling her back towards him.

Lola then started to hit him with her fists and yelled all kinds of slurs.

"Let me go!" She hit his face which she noticed made him angry and he violently grabbed her two wrists with one hand and placed them above her head making her try and knee him.

"Please let me go" she begged squirming underneath his weight.

"Just sit still and it won't hurt"  he said tugging her jeans off and her panties.

She started crying hysterically as she felt the cold air on a her bare skin and tried harder to get loose but he was too strong.

He stared at her privates eagerly and continued to pull his trousers down with one hand.

Lola screamed as his cold chubby fingers explored her clit.

Eventually, he stuffed himself into her making her release a piercing scream into the dark.

Tired of hearing her scream, he covered her mouth as he pounded into her.

She cried and cried and pushed his face away hoping he would stop but he just grunted and moaned as he stroked in and out of her. The pain was unbearable and she felt like she was about to pass out. Her punches grew weaker and weaker.

He started grunting in an odd manner and froze slightly. Lola felt a horrible warmth within her and bit onto his hand angrily.

He pulled his hand away quickly and stood up leaving her on the floor. She continued crying as he pulled his pants up and walked away looking back at her every so often as she scrambled to pull her pants up.

"Fuck you!" She yelled angrily as he disappeared into the dark.

She tried to get up but he had been violent and forceful and so her lower half was in major pain.

She lay on the floor crying and coughing in the dark.

She turned to her side and saw a figure coming towards her in a rush. She got up slowly and started limping in the other direction as the person seemed to be heading towards her.

"Lola" a deep familiar voice called.

She turned and saw King staring at her empathetically. It was obvious that something was wrong, he read it all over her face.

-King

Lola broke down crying again and felt King's warmth surround her as she collapsed.

"What happened? What were you doing on the floor?"

Lola said nothing and just cried in his arms.

He glared at the red marks around her wrists.

"Who did this to you?" He mumbled.

***

Luke and his brothers showed up at Lola's doorstep and knocked on the door politely.

"I'm coming" an older voice called.

A couple of seconds later the door opened and Lucas stood there observing each of the boys.

"Is Lola in?" Luke asked.

"Who's asking?" He crossed his arms and lay on the door frame looking them up and down now.

"Her brothers" Jamal said impatiently.

"Are you her dad?" Luke asked.

"Wait what do you mean her brothers? Are y'all Jaida's kids?"

"Yeah" Luke responded.

"I told her not to mess with y'all" he said to himself rather than them.

"We was wondering if she was here" Chris asked. He had become anxious especially since it was getting really dark outside.

"No. She's not" he said.

"Did she come home?" Chris asked.

"From what? Where did you guys take her?"

"We took her to meet our mom" Luke said.

"Shit" Lucas cursed. "And I bet Jaida didn't react the way y'all wanted right?"

"Yeah. Then Lola ran off and we can't find her" Jamal said.

"Did you try calling her?" Her dad asked. He stepped back slightly and grabbed his shoes by the door and a jacket.

"Y'all shouldn't have even tried. Don't you think your mother would've told you 'bout Lola if she cared?" He huffed walking out the door.

They looked down guiltily and followed him.

"Call her friends and see if she's with them. I'll drive around the area."

Jamal, Chris and Luke got into Jamal's car and drove off as Luke started calling Haley.

***

Lola sat on a hospital room waiting for a nurse with King. She had her head against his chest and had finally stopped crying. His slow and calm heartbeat put her at ease.

She wore his coat and a change of clothes the hospital had given her. The nurse had told her that the tests they were running would take a while so she'd be there for a few hours and the police would make their way over.

They sat there for a few hours together watching tv until Lola fell asleep in his arms.

***

"She's at the hospital" Haley said after answering Luke's call the second time. "Apparently it's bad but King won't tell me what happened. And he needs someone to call her dad"

"Shit. We didn't even get her dads number" Luke cursed.

"The hospital probably have it though" Jamal said making a U-turn.

"Tell her to call me or something. King took my mums car so I can't get there" she said.

"Aight we will" Luke said.

"Love you" She said before ending the call.

"Shouldn't we call Mama or something?" Luke looked ov r to Chris and Jamal.

Chris stared out the window like his mind was elsewhere.

"It's mamas fault she's in the hospital in the first place" Jamal said angrily speeding up slightly.

***

IN THE HOSPITAL

King sat impatiently with Lola who was still asleep. He had propped her up so that she was laying on the bed properly but she still managed to find away to lay on his chest.

No one had shown up to the hospital and it had been an hour which was making King slightly aggravated. He had assumed that her dad would show up soon or her friends.

He looked at her and noticed a small patch of blood by her legs.

"Lola" he shook her gently trying to wake up. "Lola" he called again.

She blinked slowly tiredly and looked up at him.

"You're bleeding"

She sat up and crossed her legs feeling embarrassed.

"I'll get the nurse or someone" he got up and off the bed to find someone.

"It's normal" the nurse reassured them both smiling sadly at her. She looked over at King. "Are you her boyfriend?"

He shook his head.

"Well do you mind helping me get her up?"

They both helped Lola off the bed and led her to the bathroom.

"I've got it now" the nurse nodded over at King who left the room reluctantly.

He walked out into the waiting room to check if anyone was there and saw Luke sitting with two other guys. As he approached them he noticed Chris as the guy from the picture he was sent.

"What is he doing here?" He asked glaring at him.

"He's my brother, Chris. And that's Jamal" Luke introduced them despite seeing the resentment in his face.

"Where's Lola?" Jamal asked.

"Why didn't the desk tell you where to go?" King asked.

"We don't have the same second name so they didn't believe we were her brothers" Chris said impatiently. He just wanted to see if she was alright.

"Wait what?"

"We don't have time for this King. We'll explain later." Luke said urging him to lead the way.

When they got to her room on the second floor, Lola was sitting on her bed waiting on King to come back.

Her jaw dropped for a split second when she saw her brothers walk in.

She opened her mouth to say something but shut her mouth again and fiddled with the frayed bed sheets.

"What happened?" Jamal asked stepping into the room quietly everyone else piled in.

She pulled her knees up to her chest and put her head down trying not to cry again.

He could see how puffy her eyes were and how tired she looked.

"I don't think she's ready to tell anyone yet" King spoke up for her.

Jamal rolls his eyes at him and sat next to her on the bed and extended his arms offering her a hug.

She looked at him and he smiled at her.

She snaked her arms around his waist and inhaled his cologne. He held onto her tightly and whispered into her ear.

"I'm sorry. We shouldn't have let you leave so easily. I don't care about what happened, just as long as you're good, aight?"

Lola nodded her head and hugged him tightly as a few tears ran down her cheek.

"Can you guys stay the night?" She whispered coarsely.

"Sure"

Luke and Chris sat down and King stood against the wall looking over at Lola's supposed brothers.

"How'd y'all find this shit out?" He asked them. He could kinda see that Chris looked like Lola. He was just annoyed that Lola didn't tell him about them.

"I overheard our parents talking" Chris replied.

"You can ask Lola bout it later" Luke said tapping his foot and watching Lola and Jamal hug.

King looked over at Lola who had begun to smile a bit more as Jamal joked about how he was gonna bear up any nigga that tried her, including King.

King looked down at his shoes. "Imma go and give you guys some space." He said heading for the door. As he walked down the hallway he heard quick footsteps patting against the glossy floor and turned around.

Lola hugged him suddenly making him stumble.

"Thanks you. If you weren't there..." Lola stuttered.

"Shh" king hugged her back. "Just take of yourself Lola" he kissed her head and headed out.

She returned to her room and laid her head down into her pillow.

Lola put the tv back on to fill the awkward silence but after a minute or two, Lucas walked in with a bag of her stuff and a teddy.

"Lola" he smiled sadly. "You had me so worried." He sad as his bottom lip quivered.

Jamal got up off the bed and headed for the door. He glared at his two brothers who stayed sat down staring.

"Get up" He back slapped Luke's head making him wince and rub his head.

"Aight damn" he mean mugged him and they followed Jamal out the room.

Lucas walked over to his daughter and sat her bag down as well as the teddy he had bought in the gift shop downstairs.

He sat on the edge of the bed and rubbed her shoulder comfortingly.

"The nurse told me what happened and the cops are on they're as soon" he looked down at her hands that she held in a loose fist.

"She told you?" Lola looked up at him. She didn't want to cry again. She didn't want to feel anymore hurting, but it was clear that her dad felt some of her pain too. She could see the distress in his eyes and the lines on his forehead.

She thought that maybe he had been crying before he got to her room.

"I'm so sorry Lola" he pulled her into a hug.

"I'm okay dad" she said looking up at the ceiling. She loved his smell and it made her feel more at ease.

Lucas couldn't believe that someone would hurt his precious girl and felt all types of emotion. He had no idea how Lola felt and was just angry someone took something so important from her without a care.

"You don't have to stay strong for me Lola"

"I've cried all the tears I can today" she said laughing as a tear fell onto her cheek.

"Maybe not" he wiped it off for her.

He took the teddy he bought off the bedside table and
handed it to her.

"Thanks" she smiled.

"Lola" a soft voice spoke from the door.

They both turned their heads and saw Jaida and Jamie enter the room.

"Mom she doesn't wanna fucking see you" Jamal spoke.

"Respect ya mom boy" Jamie said in a hushed tone.

Jamal crossed his arms and watched his madre walk in.

"Jaida what the fuck are you doing here?" Lucas asked emphasising on the 'fuck'.

Lola's eyes widened as her dad cursed and looked away so she wouldn't burst out laughing.

"She's still me daughter. I didn't want her to get hurt because I turned her away" she said looking between Lucas and Lola.

"I told you on the phone she was in hospital so that you could see what typa shit you do to people" Lucas raised his voice.

"I didn't bloody rape her though did I" she argued.

Lola sank into her sheets and rolled to the other side of her bed pushing her dads arms away. She really didn't want people to know. Especially the person who carried her in her womb and abandoned her as a child.

"Someone raped her?" James whispered into his wife's ear.

"Not now Jamie"

"But we gotta find this motherfucker and end his life. That's your daughter"

"Who you didn't give a damn about a couple hours ago" Jamal said. He was just as angry as his dad that someone touched Lola in that way and wanted to do something about it. But he didn't like how they were so rude to her before and now acted saintly.

"We should've been there" Luke said. Jamal noticed him starting to squint his eyes like he always did when he was about to cry. Luke walked away and Chris followed him.

"Let the police deal with this, please" Lucas said. "We don't need any of your boys to go shooting the wrong person now do we"

"That was one time" James said.

"Yeah and it cost someone's life"

"Your Just butthurt because I got everything you couldn't have" he put his hand on Jaida's shoulder.

"I'm not trying to be a cold hearted murderer like you James"

"Can y'all stop this shit" Jaida said standing between them.

"Can you guys get out?" Lola asked quietly. "You're all being annoying"

"Lola baby-" her mom said.

"Don't even try it" Lucas said stopping Jaida from moving closer to Lola.

"Dad" she groaned. "Can you guys go please?"

Once they all left she curled up into a ball with the teddy in her arms and felt the water works again.

This whole family was stressing her out and she just wanted things to go back to normal. She wished she never went to meet her stupid mom in the first place.

She probably wouldn't be in a hospital bed.

Someone knocked on the door before entering.

"Hey sweetheart" a policewoman entered the room with another police officer.

"My name's Mariam" she introduced herself. "Sorry we're late, we had another job before here that took ages"

Lola just looked over at her. She wanted to sleep and she wasn't in the mood to talk.

"Do you want a family member to come in? Or are you fine like this?"

"I'm good"she sighed sitting up and turning slightly so that she faced them.

"Do you wanna tell us what happened?" She asked taking out her notepad.

"I- not really" she didn't want go over the events again.

"Would it be better if you wrote it down yourself? Sometimes it helps and makes you say everything rather than having to search through your mind" she said using multiple hand gestures.

"Okay" she said taking the paper that was handed to her.

***

"She's a brave girl" Mariam the police officer told Lucas before leaving.

//

I'm getting worse at updating sorry 😂.

But it was kind of hard writing this chapter since I didn't know what emotions Lola would be feeling and tried to make them realistic and I like to make them longer than 2000 words.

Sorry if it's too sad for some of y'all.

Anyways...

What do you think about Jaida and James?

Which brother do you want Lola to be the closest to?

Do you think King and Lola should be friends are together again?

What do you think about the book so far?

Byeee ✌🏾