154 An interesting concept.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Leilani,\u00a0<\/p>\n
I was at work that morning when I got a sudden call from an unsaved number, and at first, I didn\u2019t want to pick it\u2026 for,you know, obvious reasons, but when my phone kept ringing over and over again, without pause, I picked it up, slapped it against my ear and remained silent, listening only to the sound of the other person\u2019s quiet\u00a0<\/p>\n
breathing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A second passed\u2026 ten passed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And geez, I was fast growing impatient. However, just as I was about to put it down, a hoarse voice suddenly called out; \u201cLeilani?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I froze.\u00a0<\/p>\n
No shit, it\u2019s Mrs Blackthorne!\u00a0<\/p>\n
The rage I\u2019d been bottling up spilled over when I\u00a0<\/p>\n
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heard her voice.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ladies and gentlemen, do you know what was even more infuriating?\u00a0<\/p>\n
When she talked in a self-righteous tone. She said; \u201cYour father and I received a letter from the court around midday yesterday. Do you have anything to do with it?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I closed my eyes briefly to calm the storm which was my mind, because at the moment, all I felt was anger. A wave of weird sensations ran up my spine and before I could make sense of what was happening to me, my fingers elongated and retracted, followed by the strange sounds of bones breaking which filled the room, before I sighed and whispered; \u201cI do.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d She cried like I had hurt her by wanting something better for myself; and goddess, it wasn\u2019t until this moment that I realized something that I\u2019d probably never thought of\u00a0<\/p>\n
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154 An interesting concept.\u00a0<\/p>\n
before:\u00a0<\/p>\n
And that is the fact that she had been there when I exposed Chalice\u2019s crimes\u2026 She had seen proof too\u2026 along with her husband, but even until now, they never for once thought about apologizing for anything.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Not for wrongfully accusing me or for hurting\u00a0<\/p>\n
That thought came with a fresh wave of anger, coupled with the fact that I now knew that they were probably the reason behind my wolflessness for so long. I smiled darkly and asked; \u201cDid you just ask why, Mrs Blackthorne?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI am your mother, stop calling me that!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I am an adult, and I have the right to call you whatever I wish to. Moreover, you\u2019re not my mother. You have never been my mother for as long as I can remember, and you lack what it takes to be anyone\u2019s mom\u2014\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cLeilani, stop!\u201d She yelled, sobbing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I rolled my eyes one more time because if this was her pathetic little way of trying to guilt trip me into bending, then she doesn\u2019t know what she has coming.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I continued; \u201cNow, I\u2019ll say this once, and I hope that you understand: Yes, the court summon came from me. Yes, I am the one suing you and your husband. I am suing your husband for mistreatment, battery, emotional and physical abuse\u2026 and I am suing you for negligence.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She gasped, her quiet sobs filling my ears before she finally said; \u201cWe raised you better than this!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
For a moment, I couldn\u2019t speak. I couldn\u2019t bring myself to respond to that hypocritical statement. I slowly pushed the phone away from my ear and stared at the screen as if I\u2019d just seen-or heard- the vilest words on planet earth.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It took me a moment to finally calm the raging\u00a0<\/p>\n
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anger flooding through my veins and I spat; \u201cYou forget that you never raised me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re such an ingrate!\u201d She screeched. Now, her voice had lowered into something dark and menacing. It felt as though she was finally taking off the mask she\u2019d put on for so long.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I shrugged carelessly, because truth be told, I have finally gotten to the point where I didn\u2019t care one bit about what she thinks about me\u00a0<\/p>\n
anymore.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My voice was cold- colder than the freezer she\u2019d locked me in seven years ago when Chalice lied that I had bullied her in front of other kids- as I spat; \u201cAnd you\u2019re a hypocrite, Mrs Blackthorne.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She gasped.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cA few days ago, it came to light that I had been wrongfully accused of most of the things that you punished me for years back, and yet, you felt no remorse\u2026 you weren\u2019t even regretful. You and\u00a0<\/p>\n
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your husband acted like you didn\u2019t hear shit-\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd why would we be remorseful when you had to ruin your sister\u2019s wedding just to prove a point?!\u201d She yelled, and as soon as I heard those words, I knew then and there that she had finally gone mad.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That I couldn\u2019t listen to whatever garbage she had left to spew.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I also realized that she was no different from Chalice. In fact, they were peas of the same pod.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I nodded. But then realizing that she couldn\u2019t see me, I hissed slowly; \u201cI think that\u2019s all for now. And in case you never realized, I\u2019ve been recording this call from the moment I realized that it was\u00a0<\/p>\n
you. And this right here, will serve as more evidence against you in court. Have a great day!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLeilani!\u201d She yelled, \u201c\u2026my daughter!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
But before she could say something else-\u00a0<\/p>\n
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something that I was sure would push me into driving to her house just to pull out her hair- I took the phone away from my ear and switched it off.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I lifted my head just then to see Jarek leaning against my door with a cup of hot chocolate in his hand. He placed the cup of sugary goodness onto my table and muttered;\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI think you handled that just fine.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, right!\u201d I grimaced. \u201cDid you hear what the old lady had to say? She wasn\u2019t regretful that I\u2019d been mistreated all my life but she\u2019s mad that I ruined Chalice\u2019s perfect wedding?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s not worth it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, she isn\u2019t!\u201d I snorted, picking up the cup of hot chocolate, and as soon as I took a sip, I felt some of my anger dissipate slowly, replaced instead with a strange warmth that only Jarek could bring.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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I sighed. \u201cShe isn\u2019t worth it\u2026 but I\u2019ll make sure that she isn\u2019t worth shit by the time I\u2019m done\u00a0<\/p>\n
with her.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI trust that you\u2019ll do that.\u201d Jay replied softly, coming to pat my hair gently.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His eyes gleamed with excitement and I could feel that there was something he wanted to tell me even though he hadn\u2019t said a word of it yet.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I tipped my head back to meet his gaze and cocked my eyebrow when I saw the small smile playing on his lips. I asked curiously; \u201cWhat is it?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
But he simply shrugged, his smile widening as he asked; \u201cDo you still intend to ruin Chalice?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I frowned. \u201cI don\u2019t want to ruin ruin her. I just want to give her a taste of her own medicine.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
At my words, he plopped into the chair in front of me, crossed his arms over his chest and said in a juicy gossipy voice; \u201cThen you should know that\u00a0<\/p>\n
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she has a mate.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
My jaw dropped. \u201cReally?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, really!\u201d He answered, smiling. \u201cHe\u2019s a complete menace by the way and just yesterday, after finding out about him for the first time, I overheard him talking about how \u2018Candy\u2019 wants to bury all that they shared under the rug. How she intends to move to stardom\u2026 and how he\u00a0<\/p>\n
plans to make the best out of it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I froze. \u201cHe knows she\u2019s called candy?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, he does. And with the way he spoke to whoever it was over the phone\u2026 I think he\u2019s still in touch with her, so much that the baby she\u2019s carrying might actually be his and not the triplets\u201d\u201d@\u00a0<\/p>\n
And dear heavens, as soon as I heard that, I spat out my chocolate. My eyes widened in shock and\u00a0<\/p>\n
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154 An interesting concept.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I burst out laughing when Jay soon began to\u00a0<\/p>\n
laugh.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Goddess! This is interesting!\u00a0<\/p>\n
66\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u2019m so sorry I couldn\u2019t put up much chapters today. I\u2019m so drained.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ahvahh_\u00a0<\/p>\n
Creator\u2019s Thoughts\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Healing Slowly But Surely By R. Joseph 154 154 An interesting concept.\u00a0 Leilani,\u00a0 I was at work that morning when […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chosen-by-none-feared-by-all"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23357\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}