Chapter 81

STACEY'S POV 'Open your eyes, Stace" 'Drive faster, Jay!" There was a jumble of different commands as I heard people screaming, it was faint, but I could still hear them. With my eyes closed, I waddled through the bushes towards the voices. Were they calling out to me? Was it mum? The house was quiet as I walked into it, I knew I wasn't supposed to go back after mum had told me specifically to run but I was tired of waiting for her to show up. Ken was a smart kid, he was going to wait for me to get back without moving. Sneaking around in the house made me remember the first time dad had ever laid his hands on me, it was a night I knew I wasn't ever going to forget. Even more than penny wise haunted children, the sexual assault was going to stick itself to me, my stigma. As I started climbing the stairs, I could hear voices, faintly, coming from a far away place, echoing as I waited in the hallway to see if I would catch a sight of mum. No, it wasn't the hallway, but why did it lo