Chapter 5

HAYLEY'S P.O.V

Living with Enid was hell for me. He hated me beyond measure and treated me like trash, like I was a nobody. He had his way with me whenever he liked, all because I lied about my identity.

It was the first month after living with Enid when I was informed that I had a visitor. I wondered who it was as I rushed downstairs but to my dismay I met my mother. The woman who had put me in the mess I was.

"Mother…" I was quite surprised to see her. I wondered how she must have gotten into the palace as people were hardly allowed inside.

"Hayley my dear.." she ran to hug me tightly which came as a huge surprise to me, my mother was never this affectionate, when things suddenly changed.

"Thank God I was able to come see you. I've been trying to get in for almost two weeks now but finally got in thanks to a nice guard.." she said as we both sat down.

"Why are you here mom?" I asked as I wanted to go inside as soon as possible. I had been feeling sick lately and felt dizzy from time to time.

"Well I came to tell you that Miley is back…" she announced and I scoffed.

"Did she come back after I cleaned up her mess, right?"

"It's not like that my child. We are your family and we love you a lot. It's actually a good thing that we sent you away. Look at you living like a queen…" she fawned and all I could do was frown.

If only they knew what I went through in the hands of Enid behind those closed doors.

"Jackson is also back…" she added, which piqued my interest. I've been meaning to meet him and ask him about what my mother had told me. I still didn't believe that he loved Miley.

"Really?" I asked if I could go out for a while but Enid had forbidden me from doing so.

"Yes, he returned back with Miley…" she said and my brows furrowed in confusion.

"Miley?" 

"Yes. They both eloped together.." my mother informed me and my heart shattered.

Why was I always the unfortunate one, Jackson did not only see my sister behind my back but ran away with her and left me in the hands of a beast.

"I came to ask you a favor Hayley.." my mother began. That was what she always did, asking for favors. Each time that she was sweet to me was because she needed something from me.

"What do you want, mother?"

"Well since you're now married to a rich man. I think it's best if you talk to him about us. We could really need some help.." she says smiling widely.

"Sorry mom, I can't do that!" I blurted out.

Enid never listened to me and it was all their fault. Even if he did, there was no way I was going to talk to him about it.

"What did you just say?"

"I said I can't do it mom…"

"Are you even my mother? Do you even care for me at all? I know you only came here to seek favors not to even ask about my well being.." I blamed her for it.

She didn't even ask if I was doing well.

"I see you're still very ungrateful…" she accused as she growled in anger.

"Yes I'm selfish and I love it that way!" I yelled in anger.

"All you care about is Miley. Now you're coming to me because of money. Sorry to say mother I don't have any money.. " I announced standing up on my feet.

"I care about Mikey because she cares about me but you! You're just as selfish as your mother.." she fired angrily at me and I stilled.

"You're my mother!!" I yelled back at her.

"Oh no. I could never give birth to a curse like you. .." 

"Forget about our family, because we've forgotten about you. You were never a part of it in the first place…" she stated and turned her back to leave.

"Mother…" I called after her so she could elaborate more on what she said but she walked away from me angrily.

I would have loved to run after her but I was not allowed to leave. The guards at the gate would stop me.

I dragged my feet helplessly to my room and I sat weakly on the bed. Now my life is getting more complicated. 

Did that mean Clara was not my real mother? Judging from the way she acted, I would actually believe that.

But if she wasn't then who was?

I was still lost in my thoughts, when I remembered I had planned to take a pregnancy test as I had been feeling kind of weird.

Walking over to the bathroom, I brought out a pregnancy strip.

"Oh my gosh.." I gasped out in shock at the results.

"No this can't be.." I stammered in disbelief.

Enid had been giving me birth control pills, then how come I got pregnant.

Then I suddenly remembered the first night we had sex, I didn't use anything for protection.

I trembled in fear at the thought of what Enid would do to me. He warned me against getting pregnant.

If he found out now. There was a possibility of him asking me to abort my baby.

"I can't stay here.." I thought to myself in fear.

I couldn't afford to tell Enid about it. I also needed to protect the life of my child.