Chapter 5 Of Punishment

• CHAPTER 5
• Of punishment
• After what happened, the father didn't let Evy go to school for a week.
• The mother was very upset and angry with her husband, but Nicholas was determined and did not go back on her decision.
• Evy didn't know what happened that afternoon, when her father stayed behind with Leo, he took her cell phone and everything that could connect her with the outside world.
• He warned her, that he didn't want her anymore with that brat without a threshing floor, that he was nothing next to her, a shit.
• She said that he didn't force her to do anything, that she was there with him because she wanted to.
• Nicholas - It's spoken Evelyn, this subject is over.
• But the matter was not over, it was just beginning.
• threats
• That month they hadn't managed to be together more than twice, only at school and too much running away for anyone to notice.
• Leo didn't tell Evy what her father had done to him. He just said what he'd told her, that he didn't want him near her anymore.
• But the truth was far from that.
• Nicholas hit Leo, in specific places he knew would hurt but also knew he wouldn't be scarred. He said he'd kill him if he got anywhere near his daughter again. But Leo didn't want to know, he just wanted to be with her. Evy was his joy, and he didn't want to give that up.
• At Evy's house, things were bad, her father and brothers wouldn't let her breathe, they were always on top of her, they would always take her and pick her up from school and she wouldn't go anywhere else and if she did, she would go always accompanied.
• After a month and a half both Evy and Leo were fed up with the situation.
• Evy - Baby, wait for me tonight outside the wall of my house. - she told him one afternoon.
• Leo looked at her confused.
• Leo - You'll get in trouble for your princess side! - he said worriedly.
• Evy - I don't even want to know Leo, I'm tired of being away from you. And I'll be careful, it has to be around 3:00 in the morning, everyone is sleeping at that time, nobody will notice, don't worry.
• Leo had been thinking about something for some time, and he decided that he would talk to her that night about it.
• The plan
• That night, as agreed, Leo was outside the wall.
• It was 3:10 am and Evy still hadn't shown up, he was already getting impatient, and he was cold as hell.
• He heard a little noise and hid among the tall grasses that were there, but he left soon after, when he saw that it was her.
• They hugged each other, and stayed like that for a while.
• They gave a long kiss, they missed him a lot.
• Leo got up the courage and started the conversation he'd been thinking about for some time.
• Leo - Evy, do you love me? - he asks first of all.
• Evy looks at him, not quite understanding the question.
• Evy - What question is that? Of course I love you - she says decidedly.
• Leo - And do you want to stay with me?
• Evy - It's what I want most Leo.
• Leo - I love you too, and I really want to be with you too, so I want to ask you something - he says nervously.
• Evy - Ask me, I'm curious.
• Leo - I have some good savings, I know I can't give you the life you're used to in your house, but we can live, but for that we had to run away and start our lives far from here.
• Evy's lips curved into a big smile.
• Evy - I agree to run away with you. When did we run away?
• Evy was impatient to get out of there with Leo.
• They arranged everything that same night.
• But what they didn't know, was that the worst was yet to come, oh well it was.
• All Normal…or Not
• The escape was scheduled for three days, the time to organize the things they were going to take, little, just a backpack each to be easier to carry.
• Leo would rent a car, and that would be where they'd run away. The car would stay on the road and they would run there.
• Everything was ready, everything was going well and the day was today.
• Evy had a good dinner, she did everything she could to avoid being conspicuous, she felt very nervous, leaving everything behind didn't bother her, what bothered her was leaving her mother. But she was going to let some time pass, and after she was of age she would come back, to see her mother. She knew her father and brothers would never forgive her, but she didn't care about them. She did want to go away with the love of her life, the rest would settle down with time.
• It was 11:00 pm when she went to bed, and she had arranged with Leo that she would meet him at 3:30 am, at the same place where they planned to escape,
• She left her house, it was 3:30 am sharp, with only a backpack on her back, she felt a noise behind her, turned around and didn't even have time to scream, a cloth was placed in her mouth, and she lost consciousness.
• And when everything goes wrong
• Narrated by Leo
• I'm so excited to get out of here with Evy, I can't wait.
• The savings I've been saving will be enough to start our life far from here, they were supposed to pay for my university, but patience, something will be arranged later, I'll have to go to work, we can't live off the air, isn't same?
• It's 3:15 am when I leave my house, as I go by car it's fast. I left a letter to my parents, explaining everything and then I called them.
• I know they will understand, they will be sad, because this was not the future they wanted for me, they wanted me to study and be someone in life.
• I arrive at the place and park on the side of the road, from here it's about three minutes on foot.
• Already close to the wall, I stop and wait there.
• I hear a rustle in the tall grass, it must be her, and when I was about to smile at Evy, Jack appears in front of me, and I feel like everything has collapsed at this moment.