Chapter 3 Three

"Mom!"

It's my mom. Ronald screams in pain when she slaps him on the swallow cheek. She is very enraged. She listens to everything, my goodness. Maybe.

"How dare you, I ask."

"Mom, that doesn't matter. I.."

"Rose, don't you dare! Give up defending him." I disregarded her and assisted Ronald. He appears more hurt now.

"Mam, kindly..." Mom slaps him again before he can finish his sentence. Oh no. Mom is now making me nervous. Not that my mother never struck out at someone.

"Rose, I'm up for it. Let me.."

"Oh, I see you'll deal with it now. Take care of yourself first. Come to class. You are merely a slave. Your filthy hands touched my daughter."

"Mom! Stop." I screamed. She's really rude to him. But when my mother raged at him again, Ron just stood there and listened. But then his house front door suddenly swung open, letting his parents out.

"I am aware that this is it." Something is going to go wrong, my heart is telling me. Ron draws my attention. He also feels fear. He draws me up against him like a defender while encircling my waist with his right arm.

"Rose, please don't go away from me." He experiences emotions as well.

"Not till I breathe my last."

"What is happening here?" Ron's mother was looking for explanations.

"Your filthy child used his filthy hands to touch my daughter. I suppose I've warned you enough, but we still need to take action to stop him." No. Mom reaches out to grab me, but Ron won't let go.

"Could we speak calmly? We must reflect." Mom slashed Mr. Parker.

"Please don't advise me on what to do. You share his family's blood. What does that imply?"

"Mom, stop insulting people." I'm furious with her. Why did she say that?

"Mam Although I adore your daughter, I have never touched her. She adores me as well." Mom, however, disregarded him and yanked me further away. My jewelry broke in this, and something during this, and my skin was impacted.

"You're hurting her, so stop. If you took action, then."

"Then, what?" She has already caused me harm. She had a firm grip on me, and because blood was already oozing from the cut, I felt slippery.

"Stop right away, Lilly, you're hurting her." Dad's voice caused everyone to pause. God is good.

"Laura and Carlo enter after Ronald leaves for home. Rose entered your room and waited for me to tell her to leave before returning. Get that." Ronald glanced in my direction and nodded at me.

"Okay, dad." However, Mom pulls me inside. My eyes were on him and my hand was slipping as mum took me.

Why I feel like I'm seeing him for the final time. For me, he is everything. Without him, I cannot survive. However, mom and dad will speak. Talk what? Dad I know, but mom is planning for the worst.

They've been talking for an hour and still are. Combative correction. In dad's office, there is a lot of conversation, and I'm just sitting there sobbing uncontrollably. Ronald is the greater concern to me. Imagine if mom made these.

I despise my thoughts since they are always proven to be accurate. I can't just sulk like this. I moved slowly and carefully towards my father's office. When they are conversing but are muffled, outside voices are still audible.

"Laura, be careful with what you say. If you say it once more.."

"Then what? Nobody is aware of the truth. Your life will be a living hell if it comes from outside." Mrs. Laura is here. What is reality? What are they discussing? I lightly press the door with my finger.

They were speaking, and I could still hear their words. The terrible reality lies in every syllable. The truth is dismal, difficult to comprehend, and hard to trust. What if someone finds out what they are digging up inside? Everyone is aware, and now I am too.

Jessie, Ronald, and I, how? Why? My feet can't support my weight. My legs became incredibly weak all of a sudden, and I crashed to the ground.

"No! That is untrue." What truth are they concealing, if any? My entire body shivered in shock. My airway is closed.

"I must inform him. He must be aware. But only if he is resilient enough to accept reality." After hearing each phrase, my sobbing became louder. To silence the sound of my sobbing, I placed my palm over my mouth.

"I have to be honest with him."

"You cannot." She then drew me along with her.

The following morning, when they leave, I sit in bed listening to their voices. Because of me, he is going. He's abandoning me empty and alone. Now that everyone has contributed, it's my time. My phone vibrated the entire night while his name flashed. Because of me, the wall separating us is getting higher today.

I'm going to inflict misery on him that he will never forget. He will despise me. I had cried there all night, and the spot was still wet. I can hear him calling my name. I can't give him what he wants. Rosee Posee, show courage for him. I remember all the dreams we've planned together while I shake terribly.

For our family or for us, they will finally break today. I bravely got to my feet and left my room.

"I need her. Without actually listening to her, I won't be moving forward. You're telling me wrong." Mom and dad are standing by, arguing with him. His parents dragged him along with them.

"Leave me." I commanded. "Screw you." Our eyes then merged, and I felt a relief that I never earned so as to touch his eyes.

"Rose informs them that they are lying. It's a plan, according to your mum. You merely manipulate my heart."

"Rose, you love me, right?" Sometimes it doesn't come out of my mouth. It is real love. Tell them to demonstrate my accuracy.

Nothing

"Rose!" Nothing.

"Rose! Speak up." He screamed.

Nothing

"I warned you, Ronald, she doesn't deserve you. She is manipulating your emotions." He continues to stare at me while he waits for an answer, but I remain silent. You'll never know what's going through my heart, strom running in my heart.

"She was correct. I'm only playing with your emotions. You are nothing in front of me, just look at you. Nothing, not a place, nor a job. How on earth can you ever consider me? To me, you are nothing."

"Look at me and say, Look. In. My. Eyes." I had a stone-like appearance. His eyes were green and dark. This is his way of telling me that he's growing resentment towards me.

"You're nothing to me, and I believe you should go." He chuckles continuously while nodding. He pauses after a sincere laugh.

"Mom, you are correct. She is merely a heartless bitch." Laura flashes a witchy grin, but Mr. Parker appears upset.

"I did warn you, as you can see."

"Leave my house," I said. But Ron violently grabbed me by the throat. His hold was firm.

"Please pray that our paths do not cross in the future. If it does, please wish for your death because I will ruin you every second that passes. You're pleading for death while I prepare to expose you to real-life torment." He rotates so quickly that I'm in the air in a split second before making a forceful landing. I'm dropping everything out of my hands.

Love

Life

Heart

Pain

Ron