Chapter 16

LYRA POV

Marco and the other maid helped me inside the room. Compared to yesterday I was feeling much better. The pain on my leg was gone too.

"I can do it myself" I said to the maid. She nodded her head and went inside the washroom. I heard her open the tap she must be cleaning. Marco was still inside.

It was weird how comfortable I was feeling with them. I wanted to remove the bandage. It looked dirty and I wasn't feeling the pain. I removed the clips which were holding the bandage and slowly started to unroll the bandage from my leg.

Marco's hand stopped me from doing it.

"Stop doing things on your own" He said and I looked at him. He looked angry.

"Leave" I said to him straightly. He removed the bandage and threw it in the dustbin. He came near and showed me his wicked smile.

"Remember you are nothing" He said rudely. I was taken back by his words but still refined myself from crying. Why was he acting like that? It's always been hard to understand those People who are crazy.

He started moving towards the exit but stopped when he was one step away from the door. He turned and I could see the wicked smile again.

"Your tricks will not work here" He said and smiled at me. I wasn't doing anything. More than that I didn't know how to do magic so how it's possible to do tricks.

After he was out of the door I signed deeply. I was glad he was out. He was speaking ill about me. Soon after he left maid entered the bedroom. She looked at me and smiled. I guessed she heard our conversation.

"I've prepared the bath for you." She said sweetly.

"Thank you" I thanked her for her kindness. She smiled again and started leaving the room.

She stopped near the table and Pointed her finger at the telephone.

"If you need anything Press 5 and it will arrive in your room" She told me and I smiled at her. Some people were so nice to me except for a few.

After she left. I went inside the washroom. She truly prepared my bath. The tab was filled with water. I touched the water and it was warm. I removed my clothes and looked at myself in the mirror. This is what I taught myself to not look in mirror and this is what I'm doing.

I was thin, very thin I must say. I wasn't beautiful, just an average looking girl. There wasn't any charm in me. Not I was good at any work.

Marco's words repeated in my head. "Remember you are nothing" Now as I think about it I truly was nothing. I was hurt because he was right about me.

It's not like I didn't try to be the best in everything but it's Just not in my hands. People have so many expectations and it's not easy to fulfil them all.

I ran my hands from my left shoulder to my room right. This was the ugliest scar on my body.

Flashback Start

He was late that day and I was waiting for him to return. It was pouring non stop that day. I cooked meat that day. He liked meat and I wanted to treat him well. Because he liked my cooking and he would not hit me that day.

I was cooking him rabbit today.

I have learnt to make traps which would block animals and today only one Rabbit was caught in the trap.

"LYRAA…" I heard him shout from the door. I rushed to open the door. Though he had keys with him but sometimes he forgets that. I unlocked the nobs and opened the door as soon as possible.

I looked at him and he was completely drenched in water. Not only that his mouth was bleeding and his left leg had a huge cut. I quickly brought him in and made him sit on the floor.

I rushed upstairs to bring him towels and some sanitary products to clean his wounds. I was wiping him when he swiftly pulled me close to him. He made me sit in between his legs. He was scaring me.

I tried to remain calm which was not easy because any time he would start beating me.

"I am Hurt Lyra" He said for the first time I could feel pain in his voice.

"It will go away" I said, making a fatal attempt to console him. Drunk men were very dangerous. Their actions and words had no connection.

"No IT WON'T " He barked at me loudly. Something I knew was going to happen. Next he made me face him.

"I want you to feel the same pain I'm feeling" He said dangerously and I gulped my fear down my throat. He pulled the knife from the table. I tried to stop him but he was too strong compared to me.

"Please Stop" I begged him.

"I said the same Lyra" He said, trying to justify his actions.

In one Swift dug the knife in my left shoulder and slowly started pulling the knife down my breasts and ended in my stomach. I screamed my lungs out in pain.

"They didn't stop.Lyra" He said like he was innocent, like this happened to him without his mistake. I knew what kind of man he was.

My clothes were drenched in blood, my skin was oozing with blood. I looked at him and he was happy with his art. He looked satisfied with the blood.

"Now Lyra, It will go away," He said repeating my words. He was smiling like a kid. I could see his teeth and he looked happy. He left me there and went to the kitchen.

I heard him open the sink and I guessed he was washing his mouth. I laid on the floor. I didn't have the will nor energy to get up. My eyes were closing. I was sure I was going to die. Nothing in heaven could protect me now.

I always wished for a happy World so Even if someone was happy in my suffering then I was happy because other than that I didn't know how to put my pain in words.

"LYRA…." I heard him near me. He was trying to wake me up. Go away, I wanted to shout but I was helpless.

Flashback Ends.

I went inside the tub. I finished taking a bath and came out. I saw a long dress placed on my bed. I wiped my body and wore that dress. It was tight up to my waist and loose down the waist.

I was hungry but didn't feel Like going down. So I pressed the button she pointed earlier and asked them to get me breakfast.

Main reason for not going out was because the guards would be present in the door. As soon as I cut the call I heard some chattering.

My curiosity was just so high so I walked upto the door and put my ear close to it.

"I don't understand why she is still here. The report clearly says she is not Waltons daughter" It wasn't Marco because his voice got imprinted in my mind.

"Shut up. Never again bring this up" One of them said.

"Today Madam is coming. After knowing the truth she will surely throw her out" First one said.

Are they talking about me? If that girl is me then I'm beyond happy. Are they going to throw me away? These things should make me scared for my life but unfortunately it wasn't.

I was going to get away from everything. Nobody will be there to watch me over.

No Humans No pain.