Chapter 2
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Aurora ran back home, deciding that running all the way would ease the pain that she felt inside but how wrong she was. It seared into her heart so badly that she didn’t know if she was going to survive this betrayal.
She got into their villa and met her father, Robert, lazily lounging around. He knew that something was off immediately he set eyes on her. Her tear-stained face did not tell a good story. She immediately went into his arms, crying her eyes out. His arms were the only place that she could find solace for now.
“Aurora dear, what could be the problem this time? Did your mother try to hurt you again?” Robert asked, his voice filled with concern.
He knew how miserable his wife had made Aurora in the house simply because she doesn't like her. His wife never supported him in bringing Aurora into the family. She never let a day go by without reminding her that she is an illegitimate daughter.
“Elliot and Emily….” Aurora started, muttering incomprehensible words
Robert pulled her away from him and wiped her tears.
“What about them darling? What happened?” Robert questioned
“They’re sleeping together, father. Elliot is cheating on me with Emily” Aurora finally managed to get the words out of her mouth.
“Oh, darling. I’m so sorry about that. I wish there was something that your old man can do, but I’m helpless here” Robert said and guided her to a chair.
Of course, her father cannot do anything even if he wanted to. Somehow, he had become a pawn in her stepmother’s hands. Sometimes, she wonders how a good man like her father ended up with someone as malicious as her stepmother.
They’d sworn to make her life a living hell in their house. She palmed her face, the sobs racking her body. Just a few minutes after, Emily walked into the house, throwing Aurora a side glance as she did so.
“Awwnn…is this you trying to complain to your daddy? Is he going to come to save you now?” Emily taunted.
“Emily, you have a dashing young man who is courting you at the moment. Why did you have to go after your sister’s fiancé?” Robert asked
“First off dad, that girl seated there is not my sister and I have no business with her. Second, I do not care if there are tons of men courting me. Elliot is too distinguished for this trash, dad. She doesn’t deserve him”
“And who are you to say what and what not she deserves? You do realize that she is your elder and you will speak to her with respect”
Emily laughed so hard that she clutched her belly.
“She is your daughter but not my sister. There is a difference. She is nothing but a bastard who has come to reap where she did not sow. Don’t you see dad? She has bad fortune following her about”, Emily said
“Enough! I won’t stand here and watch you talk to Aurora like that” Robert scolded.
“And what will happen if she does? Mmm Robert?” A voice said from behind Robert.
He turned to see his wife, Amelia, and his daughter Rhoda standing behind him. They walked to the front and glared at Aurora.
“Hey. Is it that time of the week when you try to paint my daughters and me in a bad light to your father? Eh? Why is it that you hate it when my husband is at peace with my daughters and me?” Amelia said, keeping her glare on Aurora.
“I’m not trying to paint anyone black, mother. I caught Emily in bed with my fiancée today. I went to visit him and caught them both having s*x” Aurora said, sniffling
“So?” Amelia questioned. “What if you caught them in bed? Was it not consensual? Are they not adults? What is the taboo in the actions that were done?”
“Mother! It is my fiancé that we’re talking about here, not just any other man” Aurora wailed
“Yes? And so? The young man must have finally come to his senses. I always knew that there was something uncanny about the way he clung to you then. I mean, who will choose you over my two beautiful daughters? You had him in a tight grip but thank goodness, he has finally come to his senses”
“She seduced him,” Aurora cried. “She seduced Elliot. Emily you-”
Aurora was interrupted by a slap on her left cheek. The tingling pain brought fresh tears to her eyes. She looked at her stepmother with tear-filled eyes.
“Don’t you ever, ever in your miserable, stupid life, associate my daughter with such terms. A man who wants to be taken will be taken. If your Elliot didn’t want her in his bed, she wouldn’t have been there. You should even thank her for taking care of your ‘fiance’ when you couldn’t. The young man needed a release and my dear daughter offered to help him. Since when did helping people become a sin?”
“Amelia, I cannot believe that you would say such things. Are you trying to paint what Emily did as right?” Robert asked his wife.
“Come on, Robert. You and I know that this trash whom you picked from the gutters is too dirty to be with a sophisticated man like Elliot. Who knows, maybe the witchcraft that your stupid mother passed on to you right before she abandoned you on that trash, is what you used on poor Elliot.”
The tears fell, unrestrained. Aurora was used to their bullying and maltreatment but hearing her speak about her mother like that, broke her heart even more. Even if she didn’t know her mother, she wouldn’t let anyone talk about her like that.
“Do not talk about my mother like that. I-”
She felt the tingling effect of another slap on her cheek which nearly set her to the ground. She was sure that the force of the slap left imprints on her face.
“You shameless w***e. Do not speak to my mother like that” Rhoda said, pulling her hair.
“I know your type; going about deceiving an innocent man that you’re a virgin when in reality, you’re a good-for-nothing, pretentious, slut. Get out of here before you infect my daughters with your bad fortune” Amelia said, pushing Aurora toward the kitchen.
Just as Aurora was about to leave, Emily came in front of her, visibly gloating.
“Elliot is mine now and he will be coming to make his intentions known. Do not try any gimmicks or else I’ll skin you and feed you to my dogs”.
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