Mary Bea Breaks from Her Past

Mary Bea Breaks from her Past 05

Bea's past catches up with her.

There is no sex depicted in this story but it is mentioned and it is a harrowing story for Bea's family. It is also a building block for some future stories about Bea and her family.

Bea is a third year science student in college who comes from a very conservative family. In was only in her third year at college she slowly began to break out from her family restrictions with the help of her good friend Aimee.

This is a fictional story where all characters are fictional and all involved in sexual acts are over 18 years of age. The names, dialogue, incidents and plot are fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental.

Comments are always welcome.

When we returned from our trip to Pete's home we both needed to spend more time at our studies and we limited our time together to lunch times primarily. However I felt I was really in love with Pete and he felt the same. He started to stay over with me a number of times a week but only came late in the evenings so we still got our study time in. He had stayed over with me one weekend and the following one we would both go to his home where I felt very welcome. I had decided to stay in college over much of the Easter break to study and planned on visiting Pete at his home for the Easter weekend after his family invited me.

A few weeks after my trip to Pete's home there was a college open day for prospective students. I had been in regular contact with Annie and she really wanted to come to it. Our parents did not want Annie to go insisting on her going to the local college. I knew Annie wanted to get away from home like I had done. Eventually Annie got her way but both our parents insisted on coming as well. There had been no direct contact between my parent's and I since I left a number of weeks previously and I was determined to keep it that way until there were apologies coming my way. Annie had the impression that Mother wanted to have some sort of reconciliation but Father would not. Mother had asked Annie to see if she could talk to me but I wanted both of them to apologise. I felt Mother was very much responsible for what had happened as well.

The Saturday of the open day came and Pete insisted on being with me when my family arrived. I felt in some ways it was safer with Pete there but I also felt it might push Father into doing something nasty. I met them in the car park with Pete close by. Annie jumped out of the car to greet me and we had a big warm hug. I sensed she was so happy to meet me and there was a tear in both our eyes. Mother was the next over and she said hello and nothing more while father just mumbled something and glared at me as he looked me up and down in my dress. I as a courtesy said hello to both of them. I was wearing a long dress that buttoned up the middle and I left the buttons open to half way between my crotch and my knees. It was also lowish cut showing a little cleavage. As it was a chilly day I was wearing a jacket that I left open. The atmosphere was distinctly chilly between my parent's and I in contrast to the warmth between Annie and I.

I already knew what Annie's prime interests were so I was prepared but I asked them but primarily Annie what they wanted to see or areas they wanted to visit. Annie said she wanted to visit the Arts building and the IT area. She also wanted to see what my dorm was like.

I was not that familiar with the whole Arts faculty so my good friend Aimee said she would help out where as Pete's was doing IT and Business so he knew that area very well. I decided to take a gamble and indicated to Pete to join us.

"Annie, Mother, Father, this is my good friend Peter and he is studying IT as part of his degree and he will show us around that part while Aimee will show you around the Arts faculty. Is everyone okay with that?"

I already sensed father was building up to something as he looked Pete up and down.

"Mary Bernadette who is this man, you can't have him showing...."

"Father please don't make a show of us and if you continue I will have no choice but to report what you did to me to the police on my last visit home." I said calmly as I needed to stop him before he caused trouble for him and me.

His face dropped as I had never stood up to him like that before. Along with the help of my best friend and lover there were due to be various talks in the faculties about what they had to offer so I already knew the schedule for those and had them worked into my mind. There was a talk in one of the IT lecture halls first followed by a tour of the facilities so Pete and I guided them over. I messaged Aimee to come and meet us after the talk was over. As we toured the area after the talk Annie was full of questions which Pete was able to answer most of. Mother would ask occasional question but IT was not an area she knew much about. I was able to answer a lot of them and it seemed to thaw the ice a little but Father just hung back not saying anything.

We went to the Arts buildings and attended the talk. Pete stayed with us and I was glad he was there because I was in fear of what Father might do or say. When the talk was over Annie and I paid a visit to the toilets.

"What's with Father?"

"He insisted on coming and he still does not want me to come here and I am genuinely afraid of what he might do but Mother, I think wants to talk to you but can't with Father around."

We went on a tour of the Arts Faculty Aimee guiding us. Annie seemed to be most interested in the actual art facilities which was in a separate building. I had only been there a couple of times so I was very interested in it as well. Once finished there we left the organised part and headed to my apartment. Although some apartment buildings were officially on view ours wasn't and it was away from the ones that were. When we reached it Aimee said

"As we are staying in a girl's apartment building no men are allowed inside." Aimee told a lie saving my blushes if I had lied to them.

Father said he would wait in the car much to my relief as I had Pete organised to bring him for a coffee if needed. Pete headed away and Annie gave him a cheery goodbye while thanking him. I said to Father I would see him later. So Annie, Mother, Aimee and I headed upstairs to my apartment. As I passed Jess and Mandy's room on the way in the door was partially open and their beds joined together could be seen. My heart took a few fearful beats of Mother seeing it but she passed by without incident. Aimee excused herself and said she would organise coffee and some snacks while the three of us went into my room.

"You keep it nice and tidy." Mother remarked as her mood seemed to lighten without Father.

"I didn't realise you had so many books and I like the family picture you have."

"Even though I haven't been home much you are still my family and I wish circumstances would allow me to visit you."

"Bernadette if Peter is your boyfriend he seems to be a nice person but I don't think your father would ever allow you to marry him or even visit."

Yikes I thought that's a long way off but I got what she was saying and there was no comment on what I was wearing as I had a lot of leg on view. I had expected something.

"Are you coming home for Easter?"

"Mother in the current situation I cannot and I will be staying here as I have a lot of study to do for my exams and assignments to finish.

"Will you come home for the summer?"

"I have a job in a hotel already organised along with somewhere to live."

"You certainly seem to have everything looked after and what about Peter will you be seeing him?"

"I assume so unless we part our ways but I will see him if we are still friends."

"I hope you are being careful you know men cannot be trusted."

"I am aware of that Mother and I am being careful. We better go and have the coffee Aimee has organised for us."

We went to the kitchen living area where Aimee had coffee and some snacks on the table while Jess and Mandy were sitting opposite each other on the couches drinking coffee and chatting. They had been helping out with the open day earlier. I introduced Annie and Mother to Jess and Mandy. They engaged in polite conversation as we all drank coffee and ate a snack. Most of it was with Annie and what she wanted to do in college and Annie asked about what life was like in college, was it easy to make friends and so on. Annie was lucky that she had managed to get a little more leeway about how she dressed than I ever had. So she wore pretty normal clothes once she had everything well covered and was not figure hugging. After a while I asked.

"Would you like to go to one of the restaurants for lunch before you go home?"

"That sounds like a good idea."

"Would Father like to join us?"

"I expect so."

"I'll go and get him." Annie said.

We all headed out and I told Annie where we would meet.

"Mother and I took our time going down the stairs."

"You have some very nice girls living with you and you all seem to get along so well."

"Yes we are all friends now and I only met them all at the start of the college year."

"What would it take for you to come home?"

"Mother I am twenty two now and I want to make my own way in the world. If you want me to visit on occasion I need an apology for what happened to me on my last visit and an assurance nothing like it will ever happen again. I am honestly afraid of what Father might do. After all if I report him to the police he would be up for assault and battery and possibly sexual assault."

"Bernadette you would never report your father."

"Mother I don't want to but if he assaults or does something to me again I will."

"If Annie was to come here for college would you take care of her."

"Of course I would you have my promise that I will look after her."

"I think it would be better for her to move from home because of your father and the boys. I think this is a nice place even if some of the girls wear revealing clothes."

"Has there ever being any girls assaulted because of how they dress?"

"Not to my knowledge. Annie and Father should be here shortly."

"Mary Bernadette will you accept my apology for what I did when you were last home."

"Of course Mother."

We hugged for the first time in a long time, it was like an iceberg melting in our differences.

Father and Annie returned and we went to the restaurant where Father said nothing but glared at me the whole time. It was impossible to talk in that situation so we went back to the car once finished and I said goodbye to them.

I went back to my apartment and the three girls were still there.

"You have a nice sister but your Mom seems troubled."

"I think she wants to reach out to me fully as she apologised later but Father is being stubborn."

"Is your father normally like that?"

"Once he gets his way he is okay but very strict. I think he hates it that I have stood up to him and that I have a boyfriend which is against his rules."

"No wonder you don't want to go home."

"I hope you don't mind me saying this but there is something about Annie, I think she's into girls."

That hit me like a bolt from the blue but that is something Jess would know. I began to think about it before answering.

"You have got me thinking as being gay or a lesbian in our house is so taboo that it is almost a hanging offence that if she is she could not say so. Now that you mention it you could be right but I don't know. The irony is Mother said you were all really nice girls and liked you a lot."

Later on I met up with Pete and he ended up in my bed for the night. I was glad that I was able to speak to Mother again but I doubted I could reconcile with my Father unless something dramatic happened. I sent her a message to say I was glad we would be able to talk again even though I felt I would be unable to visit her at home but we might be able to meet up somewhere else.

The next few weeks flew by and the Easter break came up very quickly. I was able to get a lot of college work done and finish all my assignments ahead of schedule and got in a lot of revision for my exams as well. Being one of the few around college was a bit lonely as almost everyone had gone home. Pete came to visit on a couple of occasions for overnight stays. It also allowed him to visit the college library as well as he was doing a lot of study at home.

One evening over the Easter break I had a long phone call with Mother she was so glad that we were back on speaking terms. Father and my brothers were all out so she was able to talk openly. I could sense a worry from her about the situation at home but she was not saying anything. She did ask me again if I would be there for Annie if needed. I had a number of chats with Annie over the same period and she seemed fine so I didn't know what was going on.

I went to Pete's home for Easter weekend as all students were meant to leave for the weekend. I really enjoyed my stay in Pete's home and his family were so welcoming.

I realised I no longer had a place that I could call home as I felt there was no way I could go back there in the current circumstances. I knew where I was going to be living for the next year assuming I would still be in college but it was not home nor was the hotel I would stay in over the summer. The main reason was I needed an address for my bank and government services and so on. At the moment all that stuff was going to my original home and Mother or Annie would forward it on to me but it was no longer home for me.

The next month or so flew by and it was early May when I finished in college and happy with how I got on but it would be a few weeks before I knew what my results were. I moved to the hotel and started work as a waitress in one of the restaurants in it. I soon found I was working long hours but I was happy to do that as it all meant I could save some money. Being resident in the hotel meant that if somewhere was short staffed I along with the nine others staying there were the first called to help. I ended up doing a lot of room cleaning in the mornings followed by waitressing later in the day. I found myself working up to sixteen hour a day on occasion as a result which was tiring but I was getting well paid and when I was working I was not spending.

Pete and I continued to meet up and we went out together at least one night a week and quite often I ended up staying in his bed which I always enjoyed. We also indulged in anal sex on some occasions which I found more enjoyable the more we did it and found what I liked. It was much the same with Pete as we both continued to use the strap on and various dildos and vibrators.

In mid-June one Saturday morning while cleaning the rooms at work I got a phone call. It was Mum and she was absolutely distraught and I could hear her crying as she spoke.

"They've attacked Annie."

"How is she?"

"She's very upset."

"What happened, what did they do?"

"Bartholomew and Joseph they attacked her."

The boys that can't be good, it must be lot more than a family argument.

"How badly did they hurt her?"

"They ra......"

It seems like it was too bad for her to say possibly rape as that was a word that was taboo in our house.

"Do you want me to come home and help out?"

"Yes please."

"Okay I'll be with you as soon as I can but I am at least four hours away."

I sent a message to Annie in the hope she might respond but I didn't hold out much hope. I talked to my boss saying I had a family emergency and I was due to go waitressing in the afternoon. However I had covered for a lot of people at short notice so they said I could go. I contacted Pete telling him what I knew and I had to make it a one stop journey by train. I grabbed a few things and was prepared to stay overnight. The journey was torture because all I could think about was poor Annie and what they might have done to her. My imagination was in overdrive. I had no idea what actually happened and Mother was incoherent when I spoke to her obviously very upset as well.

A few hours later I was home and I approached the front door cautiously. I rang the bell even though I had a key. It was Father who answered.

"What are you doing here?"

"Mother called me and asked me to come."

Mother appeared behind him and I could see she was still upset. She pushed her way past Father and came outside as father slammed the door shut.

"I'm so glad you came. Annie is upstairs very upset. Can you go up to her?"

"Is the door locked?"

I was suspicious given previous experience.

"Here is the spare for your room your father has the other one."

I opened the door and shot upstairs to our room where Annie was. I found her in her bed sobbing as I locked the door behind me leaving the key in it so nobody could get a key in from the other side.

"Bea they ripped my clothes off and they....."

She said and burst into a flood of tears. I was pretty sure she had been raped in some form. The question was what to do. I knew she needed to get out of home but where to while we figured out what to do. I was reluctant to call the police straight away for what it would do to our family. I needed to talk to someone and as a family we were very isolated from others when I was growing up and had no proper friends locally. I was thinking of calling a crises help line when Mother knocked on the door. I let her in.

"Annie what can I do for you?"

"Get me out of here."

"Do you want me to call somebody that can help you because I don't think I am best qualified to do that although I will do my best."

"Just get me out to somewhere safe."

"Okay I am going to call a taxi and we will go to a hotel for the night, how does that sound?"

"Yes please."

"Okay I'll make a reservation."

I searched on my phone for a hotel found one not too far away just on the edge of town with a twin room containing a single and a double that was available and booked it. I then booked a taxi for about thirty minutes time to let us get organised.

"Okay hotel booked and I have a taxi coming in thirty minutes so let's get you ready."

"Bernadette here is three hundred and fifty if you need it."

"Thanks Mother, do you want to come with us?"

"I had best not I'll call you later."

I asked Annie what she wanted to bring as I filled her bag with essentials. She asked for a few things two of which I already had in the bag.

"I need to get dressed, Mother do you mind turning around."

I had a bundle of underwear in my hand and Annie took one pair and put them on. She was naked from the waist down and I noticed some dried blood inside her thigh. She put on a pair of sweat pants and a lose hoodie followed by a pair of runners. Mother went down stairs and beckoned us to come out, the coast was clear the men were watching a match on television. Thirty minutes later Annie and I were in the hotel bedroom.

"Thanks Bea I feel free now, I was afraid they would come back."

"Would you like something to eat?"

"No thanks it was awful Bart grabbed me around the neck in a headlock and Joe pulled my pants off. He grabbed my leg and stuck one hand up my.... It was very painful but it has eased now. I screamed but father did nothing. Then they shoved me onto the ground and Joe sat on my back. Bart stuck his hand into me, and I heard Mother scream and they ran away."

"How do you feel now?"

"Terrible, I can't explain it but it is awful."

"I think we need to get you help."

"Not tonight maybe tomorrow but I need to get out of this shitty town and as far away as possible."

This was not going to be easy as I could not keep her in my room at the hotel it would be almost physically impossible due to the size of the room even if it was allowed. I could not afford to pay for her if she were to stay at the hotel as the room rates were way above my budget and this was something I had not envisaged happening. I don't know if Mother was in a position to help either as in the past father gave her just what she needed for housekeeping and she had to ask for anything extra. She said she would call me tonight. I needed to call Pete just to let him know what was happening and wish him goodnight as we were meant to meet up tonight and I was originally going to sleep with him.