“Mommy will come pick you up when your nut is in the right position,” saying that, Nary turned her back to her and started making her way toward the exit.
“No…no, Mother,” Bree got up to chase after her mother but before she could, she felt four hands hold her in place, restrained her arms behind her, and tied her wrists so that she would be unable to make any further movement.“Mother, you can't do this. Father and brother would be mad if they found out.”That seemed to work as Nary turned head first before making her way back to her.“I do not care about the both of them. They left right? I do not give a damn about them.” Her tone softened. “I only care about you, my dear. Only you. Because we are so much alike. You are just like me.”“No, I'm not. I'm not a crazy manipu…”*Pa*Her words were cut off with a slap from her mother causing her long ginger-colored hair to fall on her face. She quickly clamped her mouth shut as she gritted her teeth in pain from the hit.This woman had done a whole lot of shit to her in the past but this here was overboard. She barely has a memory of a time when she was ever good to her and not manipulating her entire mind that she had no choice but to believe. She became her pawn when her father left them when she was a little girl of seven after she could no longer manipulate him. Her brother also left six years ago for study leaving just the both of them.“You can deny it all you can but you are just like me, my dear little angel. Listen to the nurses and fix your nut. This is your punishment. I'll leave her to your care, nurses. When I'm back I expect to see my little submissive cat who would listen to all I say,” Nary said to the nurses and turned to walk away from the hospital. Bree’s tears were unstoppable watching her very own mother leave her in the lion’s den. She could only sob harder.Before she could register the situation in her head, the nurses grabbed her arms and pushed her fragile self into a room filled with mental health patients and pointed to a bed for her. As they closed the door behind her, she flinched. Her back slid down the wall in fear as she watched the patients both men and women, make their way to her. They looked scarier than anything she had encountered in her life.They were wild-looking, their eyes made her skin crawl and their fingers were stretched to her. Their nails, oh Lord. Their nails were sharp and unkempt. Their hairs were on a whole different level.“Do…Don't come any closer,” she warned, her voice quivering.“Pretty girl. She's pretty. Grab her.”Soon, she felt their disgusting touch on her body. Their hands roamed in different parts of her body. Her screams shook the walls of the room trying to fight back but they held her captive whispering into her ears how much she would be fun to play with and how they couldn't wait to have fun with her. She was their new prey. Their dirty hands started pulling on her black dress.The more she fought back, the more she could feel their hands on her and cuts on her skin.Suddenly, the door flung open.“Stop or I'll make you all feel immense pain,” a threatening voice came from behind them.The crazy patients immediately returned to their beds, their bodies shaking in fear. Bree turned to meet with a nurse who was holding a syringe in her hand. “Come with me, quickly,” the nurse ordered.She followed her meekly while still shaking in fear. They walked down a hallway where no one passed after they avoided the other nurses. Bree’s hands flew to her mouth as her stomach lurched. She felt a sudden wave of nausea.“Ba…bathroom?”The lady stopped. “Your left. Do it quickly.”She followed the way the nurse showed her. As she got to the bathroom sink, she quickly threw up whatever shit it was that she ate in the morning. A thin slice of bread and half a cup of tea. She felt a soothing hand rub on her back giving her the motherly comfort that she has never felt in her entire life. Once she was done and washed her face, the nurse turned her around.As she stretched her hands to touch her, she stepped backward.“Stay in place. I have to check something.”The nurse checked her temperature with her palms and then felt her stomach. “I'll help you escape this place but first, I need you to urinate in this.” She handed her a cup.“Wh…why?”“Just do as I say. What is your name?”“Bree. That's my name,” her beautiful gray eyes stared at the woman in confusion.“Nice name. I know you're not mentally unstable as your mother said so I'm helping you leave this dangerous place. Just do as I say, Bree. I have to confirm this.”The nurse walked to the other side of the bathroom, to the place where toiletries were kept, and brought out a small sealed sachet which she opened from one of the boxes. Bree almost passed out seeing her bring that out. Of course, she knows what that was. She had her friends talk about it a lot and they had even tried it in her presence once.“Urinate on the can and put it in. Do it quickly before we get caught. If we get caught, I'm going to lose my job.”With trembling hands, Bree took the kit from the nurse. She peed on the small bowl as she was instructed. She put the kit on it and waited in silence. After what felt like an eternity, she brought out the kit and held it out for the nurse who looked at it in awe.“Wh…what does it mean?”“Two lines. You're pregnant, Bree. You're going to have a baby.”****A/NHello love! If you’re enjoying this book, do not forget to drop a review or comment. If you have any ideas for this story, feel free to tell me. As I once said, I'm doing my best to present you with a good book.Regards!“W…what?”“Who is the father of your baby, Bree? Does your mother know about him?”“I'm pregnant? I'm going to have a baby?”“You are, dear.”Bree shook her head in denial. She can't have a baby. This can't be happening right now. Why on earth does God always punish her with things he knows that she doesn't want? She doesn't want a baby ever. She doesn't want to become a mother or even hear the cries of a baby in her home. Why was life so unfair to her? First, her day started with the servants at home waking her up and then her mother dragged her to this place only to leave her there as a punishment and now, she just found out that she was pregnant. An unwanted pregnancy. Her whole life was totally ruined. Bree’s eyes welled up in tears at the thought of becoming a mother to a child that she didn't want. She can't mother a child having never received motherly love from her mother. How would she give her child what she never had herself?She doesn't want to become like her mother. Sh
~Five Years Later~“Aunt.”Bree whirled around at the call of the tiny sweet familiar voice from behind. A frown creased her brow as she saw Ariel holding the hands of the man beside her. “Ariel? What are you doing?”“Aunt, this uncle agreed to pay for our ice cream.”Bree’s eyes fell on the man beside her daughter. “Hello, I'm Jack.”They shook hands. “Bree.” She smiled. “Don't mind this silly girl. I already paid for the ice cream. She’s just silly. Come here, Ariel.”Pouting her lips, Ariel hesitantly dragged her foot to Bree until she was standing next to her. Bree took the ice cream box from the salesperson and handed it to Ariel. “You do know that sweets aren't good for health, right?” She asked her four-year-old daughter who was clutching a box of different flavors of ice cream to her chest as they walked out of the ice cream shop. “I'm healthy, Mommy.”“Doesn't matter. You'll get health issues if you eat too much sweets.”“Mommy promised to buy me lots of ice cream if I a
After hearing all her boss had to say about the situation at hand, Bree slipped her phone into her trouser pocket and turned to the cab driver. “Please head to the Boston mansion instead”“Yes ma'am.”“Mommy, why are we going there? Won't you spend time with me again?” “I'm sorry, Baby. Something came up at work. I'll drop you off and go attend to it. I'll be back before you know it, okay? You won't miss me.”“Hmm. I'm a big girl. I can take care of myself.”“You're really not going to miss me?”The child rolled her eyes. “No. Only kids miss people when they leave for the meantime.”“What? But you are a kid.”“No, I'm not. I'm four already.” She sounded offended.“So what? You're four. You're still a baby.” A frown creased her brows. “You should whine sometimes and stop acting like you're an adult. You're only four. Kids your age whine all the time but you, you don't even do that. If you want something, you order me.”This topic, they have treated it times and times again and it see
Bree looked up at the man pressing the barrel of the gun against her forehead, with no trace of humanity in those familiar eyes. Her heart sank and her heartbeat thundered as she recognized him. Her very own Spencer. There was no way on earth she wouldn't recognize him. Those familiar eyes and scent had tortured her day and night for the past five years. No way she could forget them. Their gaze locked for a long while. Did he recognize her? Was he happy to see her? Those questions raced through Bree’s mind as their gaze intensified. She couldn't tell what he was thinking as the man in front of her was Spencer but not her Spencer. He was not the Spencer that she used to know. The man standing in front of her was like a god of death with cold and empty eyes, ready to wipe any obstacle in his way. The cold metal on her head proved her right. He was no longer the Spencer that she loved. The man who would never hold a gun talked more of placing it on her forehead. He was familiar yet di
“I warned you, Bree. I’ll have to show you what being a monster means. I'll break you, I'll make you pay for your sins, and trust me, there is no running away this time.“At the sound of her name on his lips, Bree’s hands curled into a fist, her nails digging into her palms. Her name sounded so well coming from him just like it always did. It sounded so right. “This isn't you, Spencer. You are way better than this.”“Do not act like you know me. We see nothing more than enemies, trust me. We are enemies and you are going to find out just how I treat my enemies.”“H…how?” Bree stuttered. “Wouldn't be fun if I mentioned, right? You'll just have to find out on your own, won't you?” His smile widened. “I thought as much.”Just then a loud sound reverberated in the lonely hallway that they were in. They had forgotten that they weren't in a safe place. They were so occupied with each other that they forgot that they had to leave the dangerous building. “I…I think this side of the buildin
“Officer. I…I think you shouldn't go that way.“What?”“I…I mean you should go the other way. I already checked this side and there's no one there. You should check that way Instead.”The officer looked at her as if suspecting something but he still nodded and ran hurried in the opposite direction. Bree released a breath she had not realized she had been holding. Her eyes fell on the floor where she was standing previously. If it wasn't for her missing gun which she knew Spencer had taken along with him, she would have doubted her mental health. She would have called him a fragment of her imagination because he disappeared like he wasn't there in the first place. Picking up her ID card she made her way out of the building. “Boss.” She saw her assistant rush to her immediately as she emerged from the building. “Giana.”“Boss, where have you been? I was worried that something happened to you.”“Nothing happens. I was alright.”“You look grim. Are you sure you're alright? Are you hurt?
“Don’t you dare move,” the little girl ordered the dogs, her voice stern and commanding. She turned to her mother. The look on the child’s face made her mother flinch. To think that she was scared of the little girl now. “Mommy, what?”“What? Aren't you afraid of these dogs? They're dangerous,” Bree said, her voice trembling as she stared at her daughter in disbelief. The child was not only unafraid of dogs but was actually commanding them. How was this possible? And why were the dogs listening to her? They were notoriously disobedient and hard to control. “What are you doing with them?” Just then, her eyes fell on the child’s hand only to see a long stick. Was she really trying to caution these dogs? Last time she checked, these dogs listened to no one else but Mr Boston and even he always had a hard time putting them in their place. But her little Ariel glared at the dogs right in their eyes and dared them to make a move. Oh goodness. She was going to faint from a heart attack i
Coming out of a grocery shop was Bree. She held the shopping bags in both her hands as she walked out of the shop, her eyes scanning the area for a cab. After standing lonely at the side of the road for a while with no sign of a cab approaching, she dropped the heavy bags on the floor. There was no way she could continue carrying them. They were as heavy as Ariel. Imagine carrying two Ariels for a long while. “The naughty little girl must be waiting for me now,” Bree spoke to herself. She had left Ariel all alone at home. She didn't know that she would spend so much time in the grocery shop and besides, the child was asleep when she left. She didn't want her to wake up and not see anything to eat as they had run out of foodstuffs already. She had spent over an hour in the shop and Ariel would have awoken by now. She must be so worried. “Where did all the cab go? It's not that late.”It was just past twilight and the cabs already disappeared. For one, it was unusual as cab drivers t
Netherlands for honeymoon was a dream come true for Bree. The whole wedding, in fact, had been a fairytale come to life. Oops, did someone forget to say that a good four months has passed? It was hard to believe that just four months ago, their relationship had been haywire. But after the reconciliation and their rekindled love, Bree and Spencer insisted on having their wedding immediately. Their wedding had been a whirlwind of emotions. Laugher, tears of joy, excitement. And now, as they strolled hand in hand through the city of Amsterdam where they came for their honeymoon, Bree felt like the luckiest woman alive.Unlike other couples on their honeymoon, they decided to bring their little bundle of joy with them. They couldn’t imagine themselves having fun on their honeymoon alone without their daughter. And so, even though Ariel had wanted them to go alone, they’d taken her with them like a third wheel and they had every intention of bringing her with them wherever they went. Arr
Spencer didn't wait another second before he dashed out of the room, closing the door slowly behind him. He took a deep breath, combed his fingers through his hair, and began to take slow steps to the living room. Once he got there, he looked around for Bree and when he didn’t find her in the living room, he made his way to the kitchen, taking slow and silent steps. Bree sprang up from the island table where she’d been sitting immediately she saw him step into the kitchen. She pushed her hair backward and stared at him awkwardly. “Hmm, do you want something?”She looked around the kitchen.“I don’t.”“Why are you here then? We shouldn’t leave Ariel’s side. She’s going to be upset.” She intended to walk past him and go to the child’s room but he stepped before her, blocking her path, his hands dipped in his pocket. “She’s not going to get angry. She gave me a go-ahead.”“She asked you to leave?” She gazed at Spencer in disbelief. He nodded. “She did. Gave us time to talk, right?”Br
“Enough, Ariel,” she repeated, her chest heaving in anger. “Who’s even feeding you all these thoughts? You have to tell me this instant.”When Ariel refused to say anything, she slammed a hand on the bedside table and leaned in. “Speak to me, Ariel, I’m talking to you.” She let out a sigh and squeezed her eyes shut to calm her nerves. She wasn’t usually this angry, especially at Ariel. But the whole situation and the events of the weeks had her burned out already. Plus Spencer was in the same roof as her and just the thought was enough to have her heaving in anger, not at him, but at herself, at her heart for still fluttering at the sight of him. When she opened her eyes again, the previous anger was gone and she now stared at the child softly. “Forgive Mommy for yelling, okay? I just want to speak to you. Remember what Mommy said about communication?”Ariel let out a low, ‘en.’“Good girl. Mommy won’t yell anymore so all you have to do is to tell Mommy who told you that a child has
In two days, Gaspher confirmed that Ariel was fit to get discharged. It came as a huge joy to Bree as she was delighted that the issue wasn’t more than that and that her daughter was fine now. It was a confirmation that there was no other child stronger than Ariel. She was able to recover even more quickly than other children and wasn’t that a flex?This evening, they were finally leaving the hospital for home and Ariel couldn’t be more happy that she was finally leaving the place that smelled like drugs twenty-four-seven. She was hyperactive for her discharge, gathering her belongings herself and singing to the little mermaid movie song that played in the room. She gathered her clothes and sanitary in the bag and zipped it afterward. “I’m done, Mommy,” she announced, her teeth on full display as she smiled. Bree rose from the couch and walked to the child, examining the room for anything forgotten. Ariel hadn’t let her father have their belongings as she wanted to do it herself. Nod
Iris scratched the back of her neck and with her head lowered, she muttered. “Emily died! Even before she could be taken to the hospital.”“What?” Bree’s legs lost their balance and she almost fell backward if it wasn’t for her good reflex and her hold on the wall. “What did you just say?”“You heard it. Emily didn’t survive the fall. The police weren’t able to set up a preventive measure before she fell. It was tragic that I couldn’t even look at her body.”Her hands flew to her mouth as she gazed at Iris with wide eyes, her hands trembling while she tried to process the words in her head. She’d thought of the possibility of Emily unable to survive the fall but it still came as a shock to her. Who would have thought that Emily would die so soon after her obsession with them? Who would have thought that she would die so easily? Only if she’d repented and lived her life as she should, getting over her obsession with Spencer and Ariel, maybe she would’ve still been alive with them. It
“Well, I agree with being stupid. Way fucking stupid for ever letting you go.”With tense shoulders, Bree walked around the kitchen while she prepared the food instead of Spencer. She carefully picked up the shopping board and skillfully continued slicing the vegetables and meat, reshaping the shapeless vegetables that he’d sliced. Afterward, she grabbed a pan, placed it on the stove, and poured oil on it before pouring the vegetables, the fresh scent of fried vegetables and meat immediately filling the air. Turning around, she stretched her hand to the top counter, stretching her foot to get to it. When she was still unable to reach the counter, she groaned, her eyes searching for the small stool that she usually used in the kitchen. But as her eyes fell on it and as she was about to move to the other side of the kitchen to pick it up, Spencer showed up behind her, her back to his chest as he stretched his hand to the counter. “What you want?” Cold shivers ran down her spine at t
Spencer’s eyes grew wide as he stared at the words on the paper that Ariel wrote, his head shattering at the words of his daughter. God, he was a fucking failure, he cursed in his heart. He didn’t deserve to be the child’s father. All she needed was protection, love, and care and all he did was the opposite. He even tried to separate her from her mother, the person that she loved the most in her life. Fuck! He deserved nothing good.How could his daughter blame herself for something that wasn’t her fault, something that she knew nothing about? He found his feet stepping forward as his eyes fell on Bree who had her head lowered as tears streamed down her cheek. He dropped the book in the closet and brought his attention to Bree. “It’s fine, don’t blame yourself, okay?” The mother and daughter were fond of blaming themselves for situations that had nothing to do with them. They found themselves overthinking almost all the time.It was a strong feature that they shared. “I didn’t kn…kno
The early hours of the next day soon rolled in revealing Bree helping Ariel back to her bed after helping her wash up. “Do you feel alright, dear?” The child let out a yawn and lay on the bed, pulling the blanket to her chest. “I’m sleepy again.”“What? You didn’t sleep at night?”“I forced Daddy to read to me after you fell asleep,” the child confessed, letting out a mischievous grin. “He had no choice but to do my bidding.”“Ariel? You’re sick. You shouldn’t stay up late. How could you force him to do that?”“Daddy looked so helpless,” her tiny laughter filled the air around them. Bree sighed as she watched her daughter speak about Spencer and how she’d made him so helpless the previous night. Well, Spencer had insisted on staying with them in the hospital despite her protest and he’d only left when they woke up after Ariel pointed out how disheveled he looked. He needed to freshen up.Last night, he’d slept while sitting beside Ariel’s bed and she’d taken the spot on the couch. It
“No, Ariel, it’s Daddy, okay? And…and…” Why the fuck was he stuttering now. The whole shit was already driving him nuts at the moment. “I mean, I’m sorry for what I did to your Mommy, okay? I was out of my mind. Daddy admits to be wrong.” Ariel still didn’t spare him a glance. She looked around the whole room, staring at everywhere but him. “Ariel, please speak to Daddy,” he pleaded. If she so pleases, he didn’t mind dropping to his knees right then and pleading for forgiveness.“What? It’s Mommy that you should be apologizing to.”“I did and…and she didn’t forgive me. Will you at least forgive Daddy? I’ll make it up to you, I promise. I’ll never think of taking your Mommy away from you ever.”“You tried to separate us.”“It was really juvenile of me. Why don’t we do it this way.” He gently took one of the child’s palms and brought it to his chest, gazing lovingly at her. “Why don’t you punish me instead? Give me a punishment, anyone.”“Punishment?”He bobbed his head up and down. “