Trapped (Bullied Book 4) (Bullied Series) by Vera Hollins

Author:Vera Hollins [Hollins, Vera]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: novel
Publisher: Vera Hollins
Published: 2021-02-17T18:30:00+00:00

Blake had told me to tough it out. He was right about that because overcoming my cowardice was long overdue. His words stayed with me the whole day long, playing on repeat, inviting each bullying memory back into my mind.

If I’d fought back, would things have been any different? Mel seemed to have it under control. She never let others walk all over her and always fought her battles on her own.

How many times had I thought about fighting back but not been able to because I felt smaller than a mouse? After all, what could one girl do against so many people? And even if I defended myself, who could guarantee it wouldn’t get worse? If you defeat your bully, who can guarantee they won’t come back tomorrow with someone to back them up?

I’d seen that scenario too many times before. I’d seen boys punch their tormentors back, only to get beaten to a pulp in the school’s back yard the next day by those same tormentors and their friends. Victims couldn’t win. They were brutally silenced.

So I suffered in that lonely silence and hoped for all the bullying to stop one day. But it never did, becoming even worse when I came to East Willow High and met Blake.

“And even if you get hurt in the process, at least you aren’t a pathetic coward in the end,” Blake had said.

I was ready to fight back for Kevin. So why couldn’t I fight back for myself?

Fighting back at all costs or remaining a coward.

Both choices could cost me a lot, but I’d been a coward my whole life, and what had that brought me? I was even ready to sacrifice my future—my whole life—and go to a college my parents preferred just so they would be pleased.

So when Melissa asked me to come with her to the track on Friday night because Steven hadn’t come home for days and she wanted to make sure he was okay, I agreed without a second thought. If I wanted to become stronger, I had to break out of my shell and experience some excitement in my life. I needed a bit of danger to prove to myself I wouldn’t break that easily.

I didn’t like lying to my parents again, feeling like the pile of lies I’d told them had grown a lot bigger lately. This time, I said Mel had invited Sar and me to a sleepover at her house, and they only let me go after I promised I would spend the whole weekend studying and working on my assignments.

The old guilt seeped in. I was supposed to be their perfect daughter who remained in her bubble that kept her away from the horrors of the real world. I wasn’t supposed to mingle with people who had one foot in a prison cell.

But then again, I was tired of trying to be perfect for them. I was tired of the limited freedom.

I glanced at Mel, who was deep in her thoughts as she drove us to the track.

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