I NEED YOU, ELENA

Chapter 0001

ITS HIS DEMONS.

ELENA

"Don't leave me Lena, please stay with me. I love you." Evan said holding my hands. "You keep doing this Evan, I can't do this anymore. I said and walked away.

"Nooooh stop saying that." He yelled, shaking his head in disagreement, anger in his eyes. You can't leave me, I'll never let you." He yelled, pulling me back.

"Let me go Evan," I screamed, trying to get his hands off me. I woke up with a pool of sweat all over me, my night clothes clinging to my body, I had been dreaming.

Realizing that I had fallen asleep on the sofa waiting for Evan, I reached for my phone to check the time. Still in my confused state, I was jolted out of my reverie by the knock on the door, jumping in fright as I turned on my phone. It was after 2 am,

As Evan stumbled into the room, his words slurred and his breath heavy with the smell of alcohol, I tried my best to hide my disappointment.

"I'm sorry, I didn't hear the knock," I mumbled, trying not to provoke him any further. He paused and turned to me, walking slowly toward me. As he staggered towards me, anger burning in his eyes, all I could think about was how much longer I could endure this toxic relationship.

With each step Evan took toward me, a knot tightened in my stomach. His drunken state only exacerbated his already volatile temper. It felt like walking on thin ice around him these days - one wrong move and everything would come crashing down.

"Sorry!!" He asked angrily, "Shame!!! How do you manage to sleep when your husband isn't home?"

I didn't know how to answer, "It was a mistake, I fell asleep, I'm sorry." I said apologetically, hoping he would understand.

"You fell asleep, are you crazy Lena?" He thundered, his eyes blood red with anger as he came into the room. He approached me and slapped me. I held on to my cheeks, the sound of the slap echoing in my head as I groaned in pain.

"I'm sorry, please don't hurt me." I cried and after a moment of hesitation he slowly nodded and smiled faintly as he approached me and held me by the neck as if he was going to strangle me.

"You're hurting me, Evan," I stammered as I struggled to speak, tears streaming freely down my cheeks. He smiled mischievously and pressed his lips to mine.

"You can't keep me waiting Lena, all right?" He said as he unbuckled his belt.

"Why did I sleep off?" I muttered to myself, I knew I was going to get a beating for my mistake.

He leaned over and held my hands as he began to unbuckle his belt. I was wearing a loose nightgown. He planted a kiss on my lips and pulled my pants off.

"Don't do this, Evan, please." I pleaded, pain in my voice as I begged to be released from being held up like an animal to be slaughtered.

"You know how much I love seeing you like this, having you beg me while I fuck you amuses me." He said as he took off his pants and pulled me onto the couch.

"Ouch." I groaned in pain from being pushed onto the couch, my face hurt, my back hurt and Evan didn't care, he wanted to have sex and that was all that mattered.

"Please...." I groaned and pleaded with Evan as I lay helpless. I couldn't fight him any more and decided to let him have his way. From where I lay helpless, my legs spread apart, I could see his cock erect as the surge of veins that ran through it.

He planted a kiss on my lips and inserted his cork into my vagina, causing me great pain. I moaned in pain and he laughed, clearly amused at punishing me. He was thrusting back and forth and moaning clearly excited.

"Ahhhhh." he exclaimed as he came, he got off of me and pushed me to the side as he got up to go to the bedroom.

Evan had raped me again.

I lay on the sofa crying uncontrollably. Being married to Evan at such a young age was overwhelming. It wasn't so bad at first, but it got worse over time.

It felt like I was dying, but I soon got used to the abuse. Buried in my misery, I cried when I remembered how I met Evan. He was the sweetest soul, or so I thought, but months into our marriage, Evan became the beast he was, or just showed his true colors.

I remembered my mother's words when she introduced us.

"Evan is the best man for you, his father is the prestigious owner of one of the universities. Our families were friends and our parents couldn't have it any other way.

Evan's demons made him harass me every time. It was hard, but I loved him anyway. Growing up in a home where marriage was important, I couldn't afford to let my family down. My marriage had to work.

Every time I got pregnant, Evan beat me until I lost the baby. After several miscarriages and injuries, you would wonder why I stayed. As much as I wanted to leave. There seemed to be no way out for me.

I could hardly sleep through the night. I cried so much that I soon fell asleep. The buzzing sound of the alarm woke me up in the morning. I opened my eyes to see Evan holding a tray over my head. He had brought me breakfast.

" Hello beautiful, sorry about last night, I don't know what happened." He apologized, sincerity laced in his voice.

I got up and sat by the bed, " I brought you breakfast." He said as he dropped the tray and handed me a cup of coffee.

" No Evan, you don't get to do this, not after last night, you hit me, raped me and now a cup of coffee makes it fine." I blurted out pushing the coffee away, it spilled all over the sheets and poured on him.

" Shit!!! Are you crazy Lena?" He asked me with fury in his eyes.

" Look what you did." He said pointing at the sheets and he raised his hand to hit me.

" I am sorry." I pleaded, tears welling up my eyes and I trembled in fear. He paused and looked at me for a while.

" I love you Lena, stop being stubborn."he said and kissed me,

" Take this, have some food, it took me a deal to make this for you." he said, handing me the tray full of scrambled eggs and some toasted bread. I took a bite and smiled. " Thank you." I said amidst tears.

As he left I dropped the food and since I had a class that morning, I hurriedly got ready to leave for work.

I applied makeup to cover the scars on my face. After the slap from last night I had a black eye and could not afford anyone seeing it.

I got some sunshade and wore it and just as I was about to leave, Evan's voice stopped me, " I am so sorry about yesterday, you know I love you."

" I do and I love you too. " I faked a smile and grabbed my keys to leave.

I drove to work drowning myself in the songs that played from the CD player in the car, my mind filled with thoughts of what had transpired the night before.

" Will Evan ever learn to treat me right?" I thought to myself.

Still consumed in my thoughts, the car soon came to a halt. I looked at the mirror, " You are stronger than you know, Lena." I told myself, staring at my reflection on the rear view mirror. I got off with my bag and pile of papers. They were the tests from last week. I was going to hand it back to the students so they could see their scores.

I walked to the class trying not to think too much about my miserable life and as I got to the hallway, I stumbled as a feeling of unease overcame me. The sounds of the students surrounding me dwindled into the background as the air became heavier.

It was then that I saw him.

He was standing close to me, he was strangely familiar and just then, a sudden realization hit me when his gaze met mine.

" THIS CAN'T BE, YOU ARE DEAD. I muttered inaudibly. My surroundings became hazy, and darkness covered everywhere. The only thing visible in the darkness was the man covered in a hoodie.

He moved closer, I was scared to my bones and could barely move. I stood staring at him, unable to do anything. His presence was overwhelming and it numbed me.

"You can't run forever, Lena," he said, his voice echoing as he spoke in the darkness.

"ITS HIS DEMONS OR YOURS."

Suddenly, everything fell back to place.

I gasped, my heart pounding as I quickly blinked, attempting to ground myself. The hallway was as it had been before. Students shuffled past, laughing and chatting, ignorant about what had just happened to me.

"Ma'am? Are you okay?"

I turned to see a young man in front of me holding the papers I had dropped. He was one of the students, he stared at me, his brow furrowed in concern.

"You dropped these," he said, offering them to me, staring at me suspiciously.

I stared at him, trying to make sense of what had just happened. My hands trembled as I took the papers from him.

"Thank you," I murmured, my voice shaky.

The student hesitated. "Are you sure you're alright?"

I nodded, forcing a smile. "I'm fine. Just... a little distracted."

He gave me a suspicious look but when he pressed further, I snapped at him and walked away clutching the papers to my chest.

"You can't run forever, Lena. It's his demons... or yours." As I walked away, the words echoed in my mind as my heart raced.

HE IS BACK... I muttered quietly as I walked to my office, scared to my bones about what had just happened.

My sins were haunting me, he was back to make me pay.