25 - THE LIGHT WE LOST

-ELLIOT-

" Why? You still love Sage, don't you?" Sabrina yells.

Why can't everyone just leave Sage alone?

"It's none of your business Sabrina," Enrique growls.

" I'm your fiance," Sabrina yells.

As if he didn't know that yet! Dumb Sabrina.

" I know," Enrique yells.

See, I told you he knew that already.

" Hey," Shawn yells, kicking the doors open.

Sabrina lets out a gasp as we walk in glaring at them.

" Don't you have the manners to at least knock?" Sabrina grumbled.

" Why knock when your words could be heard from miles away," Shawn smirks.

" What do you want?" Enrique groans.

" Sabrina, did you tell Hades' mother and his entire family that Sage eloped from her wedding?" I ask, raising an eyebrow.

" What?" Shawna and Enrique yell in unison.

" Did you or not?" I growl.

" I did and I also told them that she eloped with a boy and she slept with him. He left her that's why she faked an accident to get our sympathy." Sabrina openly says making Shawn growl.

" Sabrina," Shawn growled.

" That's not it, she even told them that your dad got that boy arrested that's why we always went to the court. She told them Sage had numerous romantic relationships and lost her virginity at the age of thirteen with a much older guy. She even had the courage to tell them that Sage broke Enrique's heart and she's healing him now." I growl, glaring at her.

Shawn was strangling Sabrina by the time I had completed speaking. Enrique made no efforts to stop him nor did I. It's good riddance if she dies.

Sabrina screams for help but none of us moved forward to help her. At last, she kicks Shawn's crotch before pushing him away.

Shawn groans falling back but Enrique catches him before he could fall back against the glass coffee table and injure himself.

" Damn Sabrina, why did you kick him there? Don't you want to be an aunt?" I yell at her, looking Shawn rub his area as if he's in great pain.

" Why would you do this, Sabrina? You saw what happened, didn't you?" Shawn screamed at her.

" I did and I hate her for that. She always came between my everything. Enrique should have always been mine and you should have been protective for just me but because of her, everything changed." Sabrina yells like a maniac.

This girl has gone crazy. She isn't even realizing what Sage has gone through, she doesn't know it wasn't easy for Sage too.

" Okay. I get it but why did you feed all this to Mrs. Romano? Sage was finally leaving our lives and going far away from us, why did you destroy that?" Shawn asked in a calm tone but I could feel the anger hidden behind his words.

" Because she doesn't deserve a good life. Sage doesn't deserve love. She's a disgusting person, all dirty and tainted, and she deserves to die a painful death all alone." Sabrina yelled when Shawn gave her a backhand slap.

I flinched back as Sabrina fell on the floor, hitting her head on the coffee table. I would have felt pity for all the beatings Shawn gave her but she deserves it.

" You don't know what Sage has gone through Sabrina and if you do know then you decide to ignore it," Shawn growled.

" You think she did everything for attention? First of all, she didn't ask to be born so you can't blame her for that." Shawn growled.

" I agree," I say, chiming in.

" Second, it was a . . . a rape. It wasn't pleasurable for her Sabrina, get that inside your head. She was in pain, they had broken numerous bones in her body before she was forced to serve them." Shawn yells.

I took a step back as a tear rolled down my cheek. It was difficult to say those words and I understood Shawn. Two years, for two years he couldn't talk about it but today, Sabrina really needs to see a mirror.

" I'm going out," Enrique whispers picking his coat.

" Where are you going my dear best friend? I haven't begun with it yet and you're leaving already." Shawn lets out a bitter laugh.

" Sit right here and listen to the truth, the truth you ran away from and still deny to accept it," I growl pointing at the couch.

Enrique glares at me, throwing his coat on the floor before he sits on the couch beside Sabrina.

" She wasn't able to walk on her legs for one whole year. Seven fucking months on that hospital bed and then five months on a wheelchair. That's how it went." I growl, glaring at them.

" Do you know what they did to her ?" Shawn whispers looking at them.

Sabrina wasn't there during Sage's therapy nor was I, she only had Shawn with her. She felt more secure with him and I'm happy that she actually trusted him after that experience with men.

" They r*ped her, for hours and hours until each one of them in that gang was satisfied. Then, they called more men. Men would pay money to r*pe my sister, they made her a prostitute." Shawn's voice was thick in pain as he stifled a sob.

" For six days," I whispered feeling a heavy lump in my throat.

Enrique flinched, looking away with teary eyes but his tears didn't matter anymore. This bastard didn't even wait for a few minutes before rejecting her and now he wants to cry!

" Her ribs were broken, her face was completely damaged, her ankles were broken, a shoulder was dislocated, there were cigarette burns all over her body." Shawn trails off, sobbing in pain.

" Her hair, she adored her hair the most because her mom loved it was shaved off. Her insides were ripped, really ripped." I say, wiping a lone tear escaping my eye.

Sabrina looked away, but Enrique had his fists clenched as he looked at me with teary eyes.

" She was so damaged on the inside that the doctors even said they'll have to remove her small intestine. Can you imagine that? How much damage they did to her body? Thankfully, her body picked up or Sage would've been going through her third surgery right now to remove her small intestines." Enrique stood up, tears were running down his cheeks, his breathing was ragged and sweat beads covered his forehead.

" No more, please," he whispered.

" There's more Enrique, a lot more." I glare at him.

" And Sabrina, my Sage didn't choose to get her organs rearranged and her bones broken. She didn't choose to get her insides ripped off or her hair shaved off. She didn't ask for a life-long trauma and whole load of mental sh*t." Shawn screams.

I walk up to Shawn, patting his shoulders as he cried. It was difficult for him than most of us. Shawn shared a different relationship with Sage with no one was ever able to understand and probably that's the reason why Sabrina got so evil.

" No one will choose that, Sabrina and Sage didn't too," I mumble but she just looks away from me, denying to accept it.

" Sage isn't an attention seeker. Even after being through so much and having so many mental issues, she still tries to act normal. She tries to act like a normal person, she tries to blend in but it's us, it's always us who pins her the odd one out. What's her fault? She's trying her best to blend in but its us who don't let her." Shawn says, much more softly this time.

" Sh-she . . ." Sabrina stutters before she breaks down crying.

" Sage loves you a lot, Sabrina. Even after so how you did to her, if she sees a tear in your eyes, I'm sure she'll be the first one to stand by your side even after dealing with so much herself. Don't even think that Enrique will be there in your hard times, this a*shole is the first one to tap out." Shawn glares at Enrique.

" Why Sabrina? Why did you use the most horrendous event in her life as a weapon to destroy your own sister?" I asked, my voice cracked again with sobs.

" Was all the love she gave you not enough that you grew jealous of her?" I growled at her.

" Hey, guys."

My body stiffens as I turn around to see Sage at the door. But she was smiling brightly like a fresh daisy. Thank God she didn't hear anything.

" You're all here. Are you having a party?" she chirps, bouncing in.

A smile tugged on my lips after seeing her so lively and happy after so many days. It was as if she was the old Sage, the Sage who would pull pranks on others and giggle all day long for absolutely no reason. There just had to be a smile on her face all the time.

Who needs a reason to smile anyway?

" Sabby, why are you crying ?" Sage frowns looking at Sabrina.

" Enrique scolded her," I say immediately earning a glare from Enrique.

Sage glances up at Enrique but he looks away from her. I watch Sage with glassy eyes as she sits beside Sabrina, wiping her tears.

" It's okay, Sabby. Please don't cry," she whispers, wiping Sabrina's tears.

This is what we were talking about, Sabrina.

" Don't cry, Sabby. I'm here for you." Sage says, kissing Sabrina's cheeks.

" If you keep on crying then I'll also cry." Sage's bottom lip trembles as she also begins sobbing with Sabrina.

Oh, my innocent Sage.

" Sage, don't cry baby, you might get a seizure," Shawn whispers.

Sabrina's eyes snap towards Shawn as anger fills them again. Damn this girl.

" This is what I was talking about," Sabrina yells, pushing Sage on the floor.

" I hate you, Sage. I hope you die or gg-get r*ped again and they take you away from us where they keep you with them forever." Sabrina screams, running out of the room.

That b*tch.

I stand there shocked by her words. We just had a talk, we just told her about Sage and she did this.

Sabrina always encourages my dream of becoming a serial killer.

I turn back to see Sage a sobbing mess in Shawn's arms. Enrique was kneeling beside them, rubbing her back but she wasn't calming down.

" Sage, baby. Listen, listen to me, she's lying." Shawn says, cupping her face.

" Sha-she." she suddenly begins taking deep breaths while stuttering horribly.

" Sage, my love. Please calm down." Enrique whispers stroking her hair.

" No. No. No." she chants, thrashing in Shawn's hold.

" Shh, calm down, my angel," Shawn whispers.

" Don't . . . hurt m-me . . . lpp–" she stutters before her breathing gets abnormal.

" She's having a seizure. Last drawer, Enrique. " Shawn yells.

Enrique crawls to the drawer, yanking it open before he begins to go through the whole bunch of bottles trying to find the right pill.

Shawn rocks Sage back and forth on his lap but her cries only increased and her breathing got worse before her eyes rolled back and her body fell limp in Shawn's arms.

" S-sage?" My voice was barely audible as my heart broke into a million pieces.

" Call an ambulance–get the car. Get the car." Enrique yells breaking me out of the shock.

Shawn picks Sage up, running out of the room with me and Enrique behind him. We ran down the stairs only to be greeted by a joyous atmosphere. Everyone was enjoying themselves, laughing without any care of the innocent girl's life here.

" What's wrong?" Hades immediately jumped up from the couch running towards us.

" Hey. Hey, baby," he whispers, patting her cheeks.

" What's wrong with her?" Hades roars, looking up at us with red eyes.

" She had a seizure and then just blacked out," I mumble.

" I'll get the car. Get her outside, quick." Hades yells, running outside.

" What's wrong with this drama queen now?" Shawn's father glares at Sage's unconscious figure.

" She had a seizure, uncle. Sabrina said really bad words to her. Blacking out like this isn't safe." I sob looking at my girl who was turning pale with every passing minute.

" If Sabrina said it then she would have done something to deserve it. Always has something to spoil our mood." He groans, rolling his eyes.

" I know I shouldn't be saying this but fuck you, father. Mother would have hated you if you were alive." Shawn yelled.

Mr. Martinez roared in anger, slapping Shawn across his face.

" Don't you dare disrespect me, boy! You saw what I did to you last night." he roared.

" Yes, do it. Kill me and then you've nearly killed Sage. I'll be happy to go to heaven with Sage. Me, Sage, and Mumma will live there and you and Sabrina can stay here. You've killed us emotionally father, come on, pull the trigger on our temples too." Shawn yells, looking into Mr. Martinez's eyes.

His words hit my heart like a brick. He was missing his mother, I always knew Shawn as the one who wanted to live life and see what more fate has in store for him. He also gave hope to Sage always but today, he just wants to give up. It's just too much for him, for Sage, for all of us.