Destined to be

chapter 19

Previously :

Tyler : " What ? . . . . . . .What ? . . . . . . . . she said that ? What made her say that ? . . . . . . . . .We both understood each other's personal life as well as professional life . We gave space when needed . I don't know why she said that . . . . . . . . . "

Clara: " She also said that she believed that you two were in a toxic relationship . . . . . . . "

Tyler: " She really said that ? "

Clara: " Yes . . . . . . . why will I make all this up ? "

Tyler: " We were in a toxic relationship ? "

Clara: " Yes , those were her exact words . "

Tyler: " I can't believe this . . . . . . . . "

Steven: " So can't I . . . . . . Isn't it pathetic ? "

Tyler: " Till yesterday I had the visions of my bright future in front of my eyes . "

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Emily was feeling very lonely . Her family just went somewhere without even informing her . Steven's mother Estella has given her a shoulder to cry on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Emily: " I feel like everything is just slipping out of my hands , you know . I try and try and try so hard to get the things back to normal but it's just not enough . You know , I am tired . . . . . . . . I am exhausted of fighting . Every morning I fear to get of my bed because I don't know what the day will bring for me . . . . . . ."

Estella: " You can't predict the future child . And that is the beauty of future . Like you said you never know what it has for you . And I think your future has roses for you . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  "

Emily: " Not sure about the roses but I am definitely sure about the thorns . I can even feel them . "

Estella: Every one has problems you should learn to live with . Don't try to fight your problems , you will never win because they are so strong . They are freakishly strong . The more you will try to fight them , the more they will hurt . You should learn to adjust with them . Try to look on the better side . . . . . . . . . . . "

Emily: " You are saying this because you never had to adjust . . . . . . . . . "

Estella: " What do you think I have done my whole life ? I never ever saw a happy family . My father was the worst father , the worst husband . You know he don't even deserves to be given these titles . My father had a brother , Mark . My father used to be a filthy businessman but then he got into gambling . In fact Mark dragged my father in the mess . I have always figured out that Mark was jealous of my father's success and he had a grudge against him . He was just waiting to get hold of him . My father then lost everything to Mark and he brought Mark to our home to live with us . Actually he didn't brought him , he lost the ownership of the house to him . Mark was quite generous to let us stay with him or at leas I thought that at first . But with time we realized his true motives . Once I went to my mom's Jennifer's room and I saw .her with Mark .  "

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Mark: " Come close to me . "

Jennifer: " Are you out of your mind ? I am your brother's wife . "

Mark: " Oh I know what kind of person he is . I am sure you must be regretting marrying him . . . . . . . . You must be regretting staying with him . Your husband is an i***t he has such a beautiful wife and he don't knows how to take care of her . Trust me if I had a wife life you I won't even go out of the house or even better I won't even come out of the bedroom . After all he is not able to fulfil your need being it emotional , financial or ' physical ' . I will help you through all of these . I won't kick you and your daughter out of this house . I will pay for her school fees and I would even afford her college fees . See I am ready to do all those things but don't you think you should pay me a price . ( he goes close to her and runs his finger through her face ) I want you , even if for a single night . . . . . . . . . I am crazy about you . . . . . . . . . .  You know since I saw you for the first time I got the desire to have you . And you must be knowing by now that I get everything that I put my eyes on and it's not like you have an option . You life has become a disaster . I am the only solution to all your problems . I want to help you , you better let me . "

Jennifer: " You are a sick man . . . . . . . . . . You are a sick - sick man . I don't regret meeting my husband or marrying him or living with him . I know he is going through a rough phase right now but you know what I will be there beside him always . . . . . . . I will be his pillar and we will get through this phase . We don't need you to help us through it . You better go . Or you can stay it's your house but I am leaving . . . . . . "

Mark grabbed her hand and pulled her close to him . He grabbed her by her waist and was reluctant to let her go . She tried to free herself but she was not able to ;

Jennifer: " What do you want ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . Please let me go . "

Mark touched her skin from his lips ;

Mark: " Like I have said a zillion times I want you . . . . . . . I want to touch you ! . . . . . . . I want to feel you . "

Estella ran to get help ;

Jennifer: " And like I have said a ' zillion times ' that it is not going to happen . You and me it's never going to happen . If you think that you have a chance then you are wrong . You are . . . . . . . . ."

Mark slapped her with force ;

Mark: " Shut up ! . . . . . . . Shut up ! ! I see things . . . . . . . . .  I like them and then I want to have them . "

Jennifer: " That's my point Mark , I am not a thing . . . . . . . . . I am not a thing . I am a human , I have feelings . You can't just have me because you like me . "

Mark: " Oh really ! let's see then. "

He pushed Jennifer on the bed . Jennifer was scared. He jumped over her and tried to force himself on her . Jennifer got hold of the flower vase from the desk and she hit Mark with it . Before Mark could understand anything she ran out . She found her husband , John on the hallway . Estella found him and brought him to rescue Jen . Jen hugged him and cried out . Mark tried to act the victim there John took a stand for his wife . Mark got annoyed and he threw three of them out of his house . They had to live in a small farmhouse which they still owned . Things got worse . John thought that all the things that Mark did to him was because he liked Jen . He blamed Jen for everything . He blamed Jen for ruining his life . He became violent with time and he started hurting her when Estella tried to defend Jen he used to lock her in the room from where she could only hear her mother's scream . Estella used to ask her mother to leave John but she said that with time we will get better at handling things and I am sure that our future has roses for us . Few months later John left them , Jen restarted the business from the scratch and became very successful .

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Emily: " I am sorry to hear this . "

Estella: " No , no , child you should not be sorry . I told you because I thought that at some point you needed to hear . "

Emily: " You thought that ! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May I ask why ? "

Estella: " I wanted you to learn that at times all you have to do is adjust with time and have faith in the all mighty , he will drive you through your worries . He will figure out a way to get you out of this problem . "