Chapter 28

Jaselyn's POV

My cheek stings and there's a slight ringing in my ear but I refuse to accept defeat. I refuse to let the tears escape.

I pull on a mocking smile and look up at her. “Is that all you’ve got?”

Another slap lands on the other side of my face. But I still don’t succumb. So there’s another. And Another. And another and another. I lose count on the tenth slap but I still refuse to cry. Isla finally stops and backs away, breathing heavily like she’d just ran a marathon. My cheeks hurt like hell, they’re probably red and swollen. A metallic saltiness fills my mouth from my teeth causing cuts in my mouth due to the assault. My lip is also busted and bleeding but I swallow all my pain, disguising it behind a laugh instead.

“Are you satisfied now? You know, I’ve always wondered if you cause others pain just to make up for the joy that you lack. But I know now that you’re just bitter, it’s only your nature to make others suffer. And I really don’t know who’s to blame for that. Ma