Princess Without Pack by Mark Twain 4
Chapter 4
Chapter 4
I don’t remember getting home.
When I came to it was already six days into the New Year.
Mom and Dad saw I was off, but didn’t ask.
They just kept trying to joking, distracting me.
That morning Mom asked carefully.
“The Reeds invited you for dinner. Do you want to go?”
I glanced at my phone.
Ashton had finally replied yesterday.
Two messages.
One deleted.
The newest one just said: “Okay.”
I agreed to go anyway.
Some things needed to be faced head-on.
There was a crowd outside the Reed house.
Their eyes were strange when they saw me-some pitying, some just curious.
My chest tightened. I walked in and saw Ashton kneeling in the middle of the living room.
Standing awkwardly beside him was Jade.
He must’ve brought her home the second he saw my breakup text.
Mrs. Reed’s face was bright red, slamming the table.
“You ungrateful brat! How could you do this to Stella!”
Ashton looked rough, but his expression stayed defiant.
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“I’ll explain it to her. I don’t love her anymore. Jade’s my girlfriend now.”
It felt like someone was squeezing my heart.
Hearing him say it out loud still hurt like hell.
Mrs. Reed was almost laughing in anger.
“Then tell me what’s so special about her that you’d throw away ten years with Stella.”
Ashton’s face lit up with happiness and pride.
“She cooks for me. Smooths out my always-wrinkled shirts.”
“Even when the company hits a crisis, she stays up all night with me, working through it.”
“Stella just hid back home ignoring me. Couldn’t even bring me a hot meal.”
“So why would I stay with her!”
He sounded so righteous, so convinced.
Like he was trying to convince his parents. Or maybe himself.
Someone in the crowd muttered.
“Guess the Morrison girl wasn’t cutting it. Relationships are about being there for each other right?”
I stopped, a bitter knot rising in my throat.
Hilarious.
Nobody knew I’d planned to stay in New York too.
Better opportunities. Better career prospects. My dream jobs were all here.
But Ashton wanted to start his business, and his parents were worried.
They were older and wanted him close after marriage.
So I gave up my plans for his dreams, took some boring job and stayed home to take care of his parents.
During those brutal startup years I gave him every paycheck.
When his parents got sick I handled everything.
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And now he was saying he preferred another girl’s company.
Fingers dug into my palms without me realizing.
Mrs. Reed rushed over when she saw me.
“I’m so sorry Stella. Ashton’s just confused right now. Let me talk to him-”
Ashton jumped up.
“Stella YOU broke up with ME. Tell my parents! Tell them Jade’s not a homewrecker!”
Mr. Reed had enough, kicked him to the floor.
“You piece of shit!”
“Kick that mistress out. Apologize to Stella, or get out of this house!”
Ashton curled on the floor, unable to move.
Jade shrieked and ran over to help him up.
She lifted her head, eyes stubborn.
“Mr. and Mrs. Reed, people are free to love who they want. Ashton doesn’t have feelings for Stella anymore.”
Then she glanced at me.
My stomach dropped.
Next second she raised her voice.
“You can’t force your son to waste his life taking care of Stella, just because she was abused as a child!.”
“That’s not fair!”
The words hit me like thunder.
Gasps rippled through the crowd.
Everyone’s eyes on me, pointing, murmuring.
My mind went blank.
The thing I’d feared my whole life just happened.
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Terror and rage flooded through me.
I lost control, rushed her, shoved her down, yanked her hair.
A powerful hand grabbed my arm and slammed me away.
I slammed into the corner of a table. Pain blacked out my vision.
Ashton pulled Jade into his arms, eyes blazing with fury,
“Stella are you insane!”
I screamed back hoarse.
“You didn’t see she did that on purpose?! She WANTED everyone to know!”
“So what!”
Ashton cut me off furious.
“She’s telling the truth!”
The whispers around me got louder.
“Oh my god it’s real. That poor girl.”.
“Still she shouldn’t have hidden it. That’s tricking someone into being with damaged goods.”
The words-pity and scorn-pricked at my back like needles.
I swallowed hard, tears burning.
“I told you that secret so you could announce it to everyone?”
Ashton looked at me without an ounce of the care he used to have,
“You told me yourself. If you didn’t care, why should I keep it secret.”
“And why did it even happen to you anyway.”
“Takes two to tango. Maybe if you didn’t dress so slutty all the time-”
SMACK.
Ashton’s head whipped to the side. Red handprint on his cheek.
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Mrs. Reed hit him with everything she had, eyes full of disappointment.
“You monster!”
“You know Stella went through all that because of YOU!”
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