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"Mia," I heard Kiyan's voice close to my ear and at the same time he shook my arm.

"Yes?" I breathed tiredly and with my eyes closed, because I was so exhausted that I just wanted to go back to sleep at that moment.

"We have to go, little one," he pulled me up by the arm and when I slowly opened my heavy eyes, I looked at him pleadingly.

"Where to? I don't want to get up," I whispered, struggling to hold his gaze.

"Come on," he said again and carefully lifted me onto his arms, on which I clung directly around his neck and closed my eyes again, yawning.

"What about my parents?" I heard Cody behind us, but Kiyan didn't even answer him and I felt us run down the stairs and then disappear into the slightly cool night air, which perked me up a bit.

"What happened?" I asked him, still sleepy, as he carefully parked me in front of the car door.

"You were right. They wanted to call your mother and-"

"They did too," I interrupted, wide-eyed, and saw my mother getting out of the Porsche with Thomas in tow behind Kiyan.

My heart was racing like crazy and I immediately went for protection behind Kiyan's back, who gave me his hand.

"Both of you come home with me immediately," my mother said sternly and carefully I looked past Kiyan's shoulder to be able to look at her.

"Gabrielle, in all reasonableness, I won't let Mia go anywhere with that guy," Kiyan hissed, but my mother, as always, didn't want to be told.

"Aren't you the one who has a woman on her conscience! And then you have the audacity to take my daughter away from me! If you don't want me to call the police immediately, then you kindly let her go!" she yelled at him angry and I glanced at Thomas who was standing behind her, grinning triumphantly.

"Go on then! Call the police!" Kiyan retorted in a trembling voice, but at the thought that he really could be arrested for something he hadn't done, I let go of his hand and stood next to him.

"Don't do that," I breathed, tears welling in my eyes, and he broke my mother's cold gaze to look at me with a sad expression.

"Mia, I can't help it. I'd rather turn myself in to the police and take him with me than you have to spend even a second near him," he whispered and I looked at him completely confused.

"What do you mean, you're taking him with you? Why should he be arrested?"

He gave me a pitying look, then avoided my gaze to regard Gabrielle condescendingly.

"So what are you waiting for?" he then asked and when I looked at my mother who was just taking Thomas's cell phone, I quickly ran over to her and grabbed the cell phone.

"No one calls anyone here!" I got unusually loud and bold, but I couldn't bear to lose Kiyan now as well. How could he even think about turning himself in? It wouldn't change anything, except that he would leave me alone with these two monsters. "We'll follow you," I said quietly and ran back to Kiyan, who stared at me in bewilderment.

We got in the car, waited for the Porsche to pull away, and only then did I turn to Kiyan.

"How could you risk her calling the police?" I accused through tears and then looked over at him. "You can't leave me alone, please."

He said nothing and then started the car while I burst into tears next to him. I would put up with my mother and Thomas, but only with him, but he was about to just let me down and the thought of it sent a deep ache to my heart.

When I got home, I immediately got out, walked past my mother and Thomas and when I got to my room I slammed the door and fell on my bed crying.

My father was dead, my mother a maniac and I was always afraid that Thomas would harass me again if we were alone. How am I supposed to do this? My life was getting worse and worse and when I had hope for a moment that at least something would change for the better, the next blow came...

Sobbing, I sat up and looked at the photo of me and Juline, then collapsed back into bed in tears.

"Mia," Kiyan knocked on the door and then came in to lock it behind her.

"I want to get out of here," I whispered softly and he immediately sat down at my side to rub my back soothingly.

"I promise we'll smash it together, wherever you want to go," he brushed a strand of my hair out of my face. "But I still have some things to do."

Overwhelmed, I took a deep breath and then stretched out my arms to be hugged by him.

He immediately lay down next to me with his leather jacket, pulled me tightly to his chest and gave me several gentle kisses on my forehead.

"Promise me," I breathed, then looked up into his eyes.

"That we leave together?" he asked quietly and put his hand on my cheek, whereupon I nodded to him.

"I promise you."

As soon as he said those words, I snuggled close to him and just tried to block out what had happened, even though it was barely possible.

When I slowly woke up and the sun was shining brightly in my room, I could have cried again in desperation, but I didn't have a single tear left. From now on, the deep grief for the loss of my father was simply part of my life, even if a small part of me still didn't want to admit it.

Kiyan was still asleep and actually I didn't want to leave this room without him, but he looked so sweet and peaceful as he dozed quietly that I would never have dared to wake him up, even if thirst and hunger made me get up pushed.

I slowly and carefully got out of bed, unlocked my door and tiptoed into the living room, where luckily no one was around and I could breathe easy.

Eager to find something to drink and eat as quickly as possible, I opened the fridge and then suddenly felt a hand clamped over my mouth, which shocked me.

I wanted to scream hysterically, but no sound came out from under that warm hand that was pressed tighter and tighter to my trembling lips. "Shut your sweet mouth or I'll shut you up forever," Thomas whispered in my ear, making my whole body tremble.

As he silenced me with one hand, his other ran over my side and then as he lightly stroked my heavily breathing chest I winced violently and then heard a sickening noise from his mouth.

"It's really too bad Kiyan had you first," he whispered excitedly, running his hand down to the waistband of my sweatpants, letting it linger there for a moment. I just stood there, but wasn't able to defend myself anymore. I felt his touch as if stunned and then looked next to me at the kitchenette, where I saw our kitchen scissors lying not far away.

"And that with your father, that couldn't be avoided. He knew too much, I couldn't risk that," he breathed and immediately the adrenaline shot through my body. As if out of all senses, I grabbed the scissors, took them tightly in my trembling hand and hit them full force in his thigh, so that he let go of me cursing.

My heart was racing with fear and I quickly ran past him to my room, where Kiyan met me halfway. "He... He wanted me..."

I couldn't bring out more and with an angry look Kiyan just left me and ran into the kitchen.

Trembling, I kept hearing the sounds of a fight, leaned against the wall breathlessly, and then saw my mother come out of the bedroom, who looked at me in amazement and then ran into the kitchen as well. It all happened so fast that I threatened to have a nervous breakdown and then it just happened without me being able to do anything about it.

I became extremely hot and dizzy. Swaying, I tried to stay on my feet for a while, but I collapsed helplessly and saw only deep black.

I awoke from my deep sleep, completely beside myself, and looked around my darkened room. I no longer knew if all of this was real and immediately got up to look for Kiyan. He wasn't in his room or in the bathroom, and when I got to the kitchen, my mother was sitting at the table with Thomas, which seemed unimaginable to me.

"Oh god, Mia. You might have given me a scare! Everything's going to be alright my dear. The police took that psychopath away," she said, smiling, getting up to come towards me, but I immediately backed away.

"What are you talking about?" I whispered in disbelief and then looked at Thomas, whose face was barely recognizable.

"Kiyan attacked Thomas with a pair of scissors and attacked him for the second time for no reason. But don't worry, he's gone and will remain so for sure."

I laughed hysterically and looked back and forth between her and Thomas.

"Are you actually blind?!" I then yelled at her angrily and shook her shoulder to somehow bring her to some sense. "Thomas tried to rape me and killed papa and you have Kiyan arrested???"

Instead of listening to me, she suddenly looked at Thomas, who then just nodded and left the room to walk past us into the hallway.

"Are you even listening to me!?!", I desperately shook her again, but suddenly she calmly stroked my hair.

"Everything will be fine. Thomas noticed it earlier," she whispered and gave me a kiss on the forehead.

"What did he notice? What are you talking about?!", I asked her completely confused, but then suddenly there was a knock on the door and she broke away from me in tears.

"Mia, you've been through so much in a very short time, it's normal to be mentally so upset, but I'll let you help. Everything will be fine," she smiled mildly and then opened the door through the two Men dressed in white came.

I was stunned to realize that she didn't believe a word I said and was convinced I had a crack in the bowl when all of this was the truth.

Hands shaking, I turned to run to my room, but bumped into Thomas' chest, who just grinned down at me.

"When I visit Kiyan in prison, I give him greetings," he grinned softly and I immediately took a step back from him to turn to my mother.

"Mama," I said through sobs and looked at her intently. "Thomas is dangerous and he has-"

I was interrupted when one of the men grabbed my arm and tried to pull me away.

"Let go of me!" I hissed and tried to free myself from his grip, but then the second one came to my other side.

"He killed him!!! Can't you get that!" I kept screaming, but my mother just cried and when I watched her crying and snuggled up to Thomas' side, I realized that he had won would have. I would probably be stuck in an institution for months and Kiyan in jail. He had successfully got rid of my father, and since me and Kiyan were no longer credible witnesses, he would even get away with it.