Page 70 of As the Rain Falls (Sainte Madeleine #1)

I feel so I feel sick to my stomach after what I saw. I’m not even sure of what it was but it couldn’t have been good. I can’t stop throwing up.

Beckett is getting worried. He thinks his cooking gave me a stomach bug, but it wasn’t that. My brother is not the problem. He never comes to my room like that.

I saw Nathaniel touch her. I saw him with both of my eyes pulling his pants down.

It’s her bed. It’s her room. I saw him in her room and under her covers.

I heard her cry. I’ve heard her cry before too.

It’s not the first time. I think he’s done this before.

I want to ask her if she needs help, but I don’t know how to do it.

I talked to Mr. Rivera. Nathaniel is gone now, but I think he might be coming back soon.

I’m scared that he will and Cassandra is missing school again.

He always looks at me. He always has. I remember once I saw him hitting his girlfriend really hard. I caught them kissing in the bathroom while Beckett and Antony played. I should have stayed with Angie, but I didn’t

Nathaniel Rivera once told me I’ll be a real heartbreaker when I grow up. He makes me feel really scared.