Chapter 18

MELINA
I flinch as Thomas touches my shoulders. Turning to face him, I see blood all over his body. My bile rises, and I spill my guts all over him. Thomas doesn't say anything as he pulls my hair out of my face. I couldn't believe what I had just witnessed. The video was one thing but what I saw a few minutes ago was something else. Looking at Thomas, I try my best not to look at the two dead men on the ground.
Thomas takes off his shirt and cleans my mouth and bloody nose with the unaffected side before lifting me off the ground. I stare at him, wondering if he killed those men because they tried to rape me or just because they tried to rape a "woman." I wish it were the first because it would imply that hatred isn't his only emotion for me. I'm not fooling myself into thinking that because he killed those men for me, he still loves me. It just means that he can feel another emotion for me after I betrayed him. I smile, hoping that someday Thomas will treat me like a human being.