Nathan’s P.O.V Her voice was barely above a whisper, but due to the eerie silence of the night, I could hear her. “It’s Nathan,” I answered almost immediately. “Can I talk to you for a minute?” “Sure…” She answered as she opened the door slightly, revealing only her face, her eyes darted to the empty passage way fearfully, I could tell she was on the lookout for dad, then her eyes returned back to mine and she smiled softly. She opened the door wider to let me in. “Thank you.” I started, this was the first time I was ever coming to my elder sister to speak to her, Norah and I have always hated her right from the time we were born. Our parents have always made her seem insignificant, she was never allowed to join us during the family meal time, I had never once seen her hang around the living room. It was almost as though she wasn’t a member of the family, and we have never done anything about it. I also thought about it, and I am just as guilty as my father. “I waited for you bu
Nathan’s P.O.V “It’s quite late, don’t you want to go to your room?” Valentina asked as she glanced at the time from her worn-out alarm, my eyes went in the direction of the alarm as well. We have an hour and thirty minutes till the next day. “Can I stay with you tonight?” I offered pleadingly and Valentina blinked owlishly at me, she was suspicious of me. “I just want to sleep here.” “My bed is quite small and you might not be as comfortable as you would be in your room.” She began to adjust her bed, trying to get her clothes away from it. “Are you going to be, okay?” “Yes, I will be,” I answered confidently, climbing into the bed first even without asking for her permission, she didn’t seem offended. “Would you mind telling me about this Ethan?” “Uh?” She flushed turning her face away from me, I could tell they were more than friends as of now. “Why would you ask me that sort of question in front of him?” She then suddenly started scolding me, it took a while before I recalled
Valentina’s P.O.V A small smile reached my lips as I stepped out of the bathroom, I was in the middle of changing when my phone beeped. I slipped my panties on limping towards the bedside table to check my phone, the message was from Melissa. I just sent her an impromptu text telling her I was unable to come to work yesterday and I begged her to cover up for me. Another beep came and this time, the message was from Ethan. “What are you doing today?” I read the message out loud, I hadn’t finished mentally reacting to it when the phone beeped again. “I would like to meet up.” “What is wrong with this man?” I asked myself, at first, I threw the phone back to the table and turned away from it in an attempt to ignore the message. The phone beeped again and she could almost swear that the message was from Ethan and when she picked the phone, she was damned right. “If you don’t respond, then I will come find you at your place of work.” It was his audacity for her, he was so confident
Valentina’s P.O.VDaughter of a murderer? Who? Me?“Daddy what do you mean by the daughter of a murderer,” Norah asked curiously, as she inched forward towards me. “Dad please answer me.”“Right… you guys have the right to know what kind of beggar she is,” Ron said as he stared down at me condescendingly. “And about how ungrateful she has been to do something like this to you, Norah.”“Dad please stop.” Nathan inched towards us, but his father glared at him. “You have done enough.”“This is nothing compared to what she had done to me.” Ron kicked me again and a small scream escaped my parted lips. I was in blinding pain as I tried to shift away from them, Ron grabbed my hair hurling me to my knees. “And to your mother that I love even more than I love myself, all those wounds that wouldn’t heal.”Ron seemed to be crying, as heartless as he was… Ron cried.“Years, years ago your mother used to work in a bar, just to make ends meet, your grandparents are very poor and she was a very amb
Nathan’s P.O.V“You can’t tell the police anything.” Norah lectured me at the hospital’s reception, “If they question you too much just tell her she slipped and she fell all by herself.”“And what about the bruises on her?” I asked sarcastically. “Do you think the police are fools?”“Then do you want to tell them father is responsible?” she asked me in a harsh whisper, she paused to look around vacantly, before she continued. “Valentina got what she deserved, she deserves that and more, I can’t forgive anyone that hurts Mom.”“Do you have any idea what position she is now?” I asked tears filled in my eyes. “Valentina could die from that fall.”Norah became silent, and without waiting for her to continue with her annoying ramblings I got up and left immediately. Valentina fell from the stairs, or rather, her father threw Valentina from the stairs and she landed on her head. I’m not too worried because I know she isn’t going to die, she fractured her arms and broke a leg, and she wou
Ethan’s P.O.VThe boy grabbed my hands and he tried to push my hands away from his neck, but I held him even tighter pushing him harder into the wall. Valentina was fine when she left me yesterday, and I spoke to her this morning, even though her replies were quite harsh.I understood her, but why would she suddenly be in a very serious condition all of a sudden?“Let me go…” Nathan said breathlessly as he tried to disengage from me, “…This is a hospital, you shouldn’t be doing this here.”“Tell me, what happened to her truthfully… I don’t care where we are,” I snapped at him and the boy quieted immediately. “Was it Ron who did that to her?”His eyes widened in surprise he seemed to know what I was talking about, I pressed him even tighter into the wall.“I-I don’t know what you are talking about.” He denied it almost immediately.“I’m asking you if your father did that to her!” I yelled once more, attracting the attention of the passerby, but I couldn’t care less about that right now
Ethan’s P.O.V“You’re right, it was Father who did that to her,” Nathan had already calmed, and he wiped the ends of his eyes with the handkerchief that I gave to him. We sat down just outside Valentina’s room as we discussed, the doctors said she was stable and would wake up as soon as the anesthesia wore off. “Norah accused her of hitting her, and then father took it personally, I tried to make Valentina leave but my timing was too late.”Norah… that bitch, I clenched my fist, I better not meet her alone one of these days, even though I was fuming mad at the two assholes, I didn’t want Nathan to feel bad.How could he even think of doing something like that to Valentina?I admit that I was also a terrible person towards her, I’ve always complained that she was a helpless and clumsy fool but I would never go to such an extent to leave her hospitalized with those nasty fractures… It was inhumane and it was almost as if he was trying to kill her.“What would you do if Valentina would a
Valentina’s P.O.V It was hot… I felt hot and very uncomfortable, there was something heavy on my neck and it felt as though the weight was sinking me into the bed. I groaned in pain, maybe it’s because I was now awake, but I felt a very sharp pain in my jaw and legs. My eyes flung open and I was met with sharp bright lights that made me wince. I was in a hospital, and there was no one in my room, I wanted to call for help, I didn’t need anything at the moment but I wanted to know why I was there and why is there a cast on my neck. Oh now that I remember, the events of Ron beating me up flashed across my mind, and I sank back into the bed in defeat.Who would have thought that was the reason why I have always been hated and stigmatized all those years? Tears well in my eyes, it’s not my fault… but it was also my fault.I tried to turn but it was close to impossible, I felt so heavy and I burst into tears, the pain came from inside my chest. I didn’t know how long I lay there cryin