He raped me.

"Grace what.. what happened to you?" I asked. She quickly ran to the door and tightened the lock. She was in tears. She walked to me. I held her hand and she winced and pains. "Oh my God, I'm so sorry."I said and placed my hand on her back. I led her to the bed and we both sat down.

"Grace what happened to you? Who did this to you?" I asked.

"Kyla." she called amidst tears. "Kyla, I'm suffering." she said in a cracked voice.

"Suffering?" I asked in confusion and she nodded and looked at me.

"I never told you this but I'm being maltreated and harassed by these people." she said.

"What?" I asked in shock.

"At first, I thought they wanted to adopt me as their daughter but I was wrong. They had a son already. They only needed me as a servant. I was made to do the house chores, everything. And upon all of that, I still get beaten up." she said and tears flowed from my eyes. I can't imagine what she was going through.

"But...but how did this happen?" I asked referring to her torn clothes and bruises. She cried more.

"He did it." she said.

"Who did what?" I asked.

"He raped me." she said and my eyes widened. I covered my mouth with my palms.

"What?"I managed to whisper.

"Felix raped me... he has been taking advantage of me Kyla. I'm so scared." she said.

"You mean the guy downstairs?" I asked.

"Yes, he's their only son. He..he always forces himself on me."she said and I pulled her to myself as she cried.

"Why didn't you tell me about this?" I asked wiping her tears, but mine was also flowing.

"I didn't want to make you worry. You have a really perfect life and I didn't want to spoil it for you. I didn't want to be a burden." she said.

"But you are my best friend. I can never think of you as a burden. I'm so sorry I didn't pay attention to your needs. You were always concerned about me but I never knew you were going through hell. I'm so sorry." I said and cried. I blame myself for everything. I'm always coming to her with my problems not knowing she's in worse conditions. I calmed her down and she soon stopped crying. "Have you had something to eat?" I asked.

"No."she said.

"Alright, get up. Come on." I said and we both stood up. "Go and have your bath." I said and led her to the bathroom. I arranged the room back to shape and took out some clothes for her. She soon came out and got all dressed up. "Let's go."

GRACE'S P.O.V

"I don't think Felix will let me out?" I said nervously. She held my hands.

"Leave it to me." she said and smirked. I wonder what she was up to. She held my hand and we walked out of the room. I was really scared.

We walked downstairs. He was sitting with two of his friends. I stood close to Kyla. Felix eyes fell on the both of us.

"Who's the sexy girl?" One of his friend asked, referring to Kyla. Felix walked up to us and his eyes were on Kyla.

"Can you excuse us?" Kyla asked calmly and they laughed. I was really scared to the bones.

"Hey sexy, what's the rush? Why don't you just have some fun with us?" Felix said and wanted to touch her but she quickly snapped his hand away.

"Don't you dare touch me." she said.

"Wow, so you're a feisty one. Don't worry, we won't take much of your time. We just want to have fun with you." Felix said. Oh no. Do they want to rape her too? Oh my God, I can't let that happen to her. I quickly stood in front of her.

"Felix please don't hurt my friend." I pleaded with him but he pushed me aside. His two friends stood up and came close to us. They stood around Kyla.

"Listen to me you scumbags, don't you dare lay a finger on me. Just a phone call will ruin your lives and that of your parents." Kyla said boldly.

"And who the heck do you think you are?" Felix asked.

"The daughter of Mr and Mrs Francis. I mean 'D' Francis. Owner of the most famous Mario group of companies around the country. I'm sure you know them." she said and showed them something on her phone. They gasped in shock and fear. "So if you try anything stupid with me, you'll have yourselves to blame... and one more thing.." she said and scrolled through her phone and turned it to them. "I'm sure you know this guy." she said to them.

"Jeremy Smith?"One of Felix friends asked in shock and Kyla smiled widely.

"Yes. I'm so glad you know him. Well he's my boyfriend, and if I tell him about what you guys are doing to me right now, we all know you'll have no choice than to flee from this town." she said still smiling. She walked away from them and held my hand. "We'll be on our way now. Bye-bye." she said and pulled me along with her. They couldn't do anything. They literally went numb. We both walked to her car and got in.

I was so grateful to Kyla, she's really got my back.

"Thank you so much Kyla." I said.

"No need to thank me. I just did the needful." she said and embraced me. We got to her house and she made the maids prepare something for me to eat. It was already 7 p.m. We both ate and went to her room. "You have to sleep here tonight." she said.

"Thank you so much." I said and she frowned.

"Stop thanking me, please." she said and I nodded. We changed into pyjamas and laid on the bed. Her phone rang and she glanced at it and ignored it.

"Why aren't you answering Jeremy's call?" I asked but she was quiet. "Did you two fight?" I asked and she sighed.

"We didn't actually fight but I'm just not in the mood to talk with him." she said.

"What happened?" I asked and she looked at me.

"It's okay, just get some rest. I don't want to burden you okay?" she said and I sighed. I'm sure something happened between the both of them.

KYLA'S P.O.V

The next morning, I woke up and found Grace sleeping peacefully. I smiled and stood up and checked my phone. I saw five messages, all from J. Am I being too hard on him? I'll just see him in school.

I took my bath and woke Grace to do the same. We both ate breakfast.

"Are you sure you want to go back to that house?" I asked.