Chapter 32: Broken Down
Rory walked with determination. Her distress combined with her anger dried her tears. Fired up by her cusses directed at the man who hurt her, her strength increased—so did her temperature.
After walking half a mile, she couldn’t walk anymore. Her head hurt like monkeys were breaking open coconuts on her skull. Her arms felt so weak that she wanted to unscrew them to not feel them. Her legs lagged behind her...She wanted to move, but she couldn’t.
What the f*ck is he doing? Did he return?
She turned to see if Liam’s car is approaching. But it didn’t. The sky started to turn dark and she sucked in a deep breath.
F*ck! Can’t he come and get me? He would have seen my phone in the car, right? Is he laughing at me? Ugh! Why am I so stupid?
Just after walking for ten minutes, she couldn’t walk anymore and she decided to call Liam’s father to pick her up. Only then did she realize that she didn’t get the phone that she left in the passenger seat.
She wondered if she should return and get her phone back. But after her confident delivery of dialogue and dramatic exit, she didn’t want to go back. She was still mad.
She didn’t want to look at his face.
So, cussing Liam in her heart so as not to awaken Ellie, Rory walked forward. Cussing him kindled the fire in her heart. Plus, she had a hope that someone from his family would take this road to go to the town for whatever reason. No one else would take this road.
Little by little, she pushed through another half mile and ended up at the single bus stop near their home. This is the bus stop they always used for their school bus. It is very far from their school. She was scared to learn to bike. She never did. Her grandpa used to drop her here, but later... Liam bicycled her here and from here they would take the bus.