CEO's Forgotten Memories His Secret Obsession

Nancy's pov

"Look who decided to show up!!!! The fat ugly cow" someone yelled as i entered the cafeteria. I kept my gaze down and continued walking till counter. "She is so ugly and fat. No wonder her parents hate her." They kept yelling and yelling profanities at me. The voices became louder and violent. I froze. "fat fat fat fat fat ugly fat cow ugly ugly ugly......."

I shot up in bed. Sweating and panting. Another nightmare in a week.

The clock showed time of 2:36 am.

I was looking aimlessly around me as sleep was now long lost friend. I put my fluffy flip flops and walked over my small balcony.

Moon was shinning in starry sky. I loved observing night sky since i was a little girl. It brought me peace. Hope. Calm. Whenever i looked at it, it reminded me of my lovely mother, the only person who loved me truely.

Then my mind wandered to my evil-of-father who started abusing me when my mother passed away.

My mother had last stage breast cancer. She fought hard for years but as it was detected lately her chances of surviving were very low. My father could not take her death and started drinking. He would often come home drunk. In beginning it was okay but after some days he started beating and abusing me. Since i was a chubby child he would often call me names.

Not wanting to overthink i strolled back to my bed. It was 4:17 already.

I went to bathroom. Brushed my teeth and took a nice warm shower. My light brown wavy hair was shinning after i dried it. One thing about me; i really liked my wavy curls which reached till my chubby butt.

I went in kitchen and made some coffee and scrambled eggs. I always preffered light breakfast. After breakfast i put my worn out phone for charging and decided to clean the house little bit as it was dusty. While cleaning my father came to kitchen.

"Where's my coffee you fatty bitch? How many times do i remind you to make my coffee before i wake up??!!" He practically barked at me.

Without any words i hurried to kitchen and prepared him his delicious coffee. Till i did all housework it was 7:30am. Time for high school. I packed myself some sandwich and a chocolate bar and made sure i took all necessary things including phone and i was off to face another unfortunate day of my life.

As i walked inside of school Dylan and his friends blocked my path.

"Going somewhere miss universe?" He smirked and others burst out laughing.

"She can't even walk properly and you are saying her miss universe now thats some ironic shit" one of them commented while laughing.

I stood there trying to refrain myself from crying because of embarassment.

"Fat ass pigs like you don't deserve to be in this school" he joked out and purposefully knocked me down and they walked away laughing loudly.

By now all eyes in corridor was on me and they were whispering among themselves. I quickly gathered all my things and fled to the lockers. Tears were streaming down my eyes till now i but was used to this kind of situations. I got bullied all my life because i am fat.

"Scar" someone shouted so i peeped out to see that was my only friend and bestie Tessa.

Tessa Kings was only person in my day-to-day life who wasn't awful towards me. To her i was an open book so was she to me. She saw my tear stricken face and hugged me quitely. She did not need explanation of earlier events as she knew why i was pitiful.

"Don't be upset scar i love you . You are perfect you know that"she cooed in my ear.

Calming myself down we both went to our classes as our first class of english was together. The day went in blur since we had all periods and some students were passing comments on my figure but i chose to ignore it.

Tessa's mom dropped dropped me home. I dropped my bag on floor and crashed on sofa. My house was dark and gloomy since my mom's death. We weren't living in large house, it was small and morderately furnished. After resting for a while i went to my room and quickly changed into some cotton shorts and over-sized tee.

I decided to cook dinner since it was already dark. My father was not home yet. Not that i expect him to be home before 11 pm. So now it has kind of become my routine to finish housework in morning then go to school, come home and prepare dinner, eat it and go to sleep.

While cooking my phone started ringing.

The moment i saw the caller ID i lit up with joy. Quickly recieveing the call i exclaimed in excitement,

"Aunt Luciana"

I was jumping on my spot. Aunt Luciana is my momma's sister. She is like my mother since my momma passed away. She took care of me and always would consider me as my child. She didn't marry and stays alone in Chicago. She always sends money from Chicago because she knows about my condition. She is the reason why we didn't have severe financial crisis. She also pays for my school.

"How are you sweetpea?"She always called me sweetpea.

"I'm fine aunt Luciana. How are you? I'm so happy that you called" she giggled on phone.

"I'm good as heaven hun. Is Mason treating you right? Or do i need to give him an earful?" She asked ,concern evident in her tone.

"He is. He started coming home late recently all drunk and sloppy. By that time i'm asleep. The only time i see and converse with him is morning, not for too long. So there is nothing to worry about" i assured her.

"I'm relived to hear that. Actually i called you to inform that i'm flying to Texas by end of next month. As your academic year is ending i'm thinking of enrolling you in highschool over here" she stated. I was speechless by now and happiness and excitement was overflowing out of me.

"I'm so damn happy you are coming. Jesus, i haven't seen you in ages." I laughed and she giggled. We talked some more and then hung up. I had my dinner and cleaned up the kitchen. I went to my room and locked the door. I slopped in my bed and soon drifted off in sleep.

Nancy's POV

The loud banging on door woke me up.

I glanced at clock.

7:15

Shit!!!!

I overslept.

Dad will probably be pissed off till now. I quickly took shower brushed my teeth and put on ripped jeans and a crop top and sprinted off to kitchen.

There stood my very pissed off dad with you-are-so-dead look on his face. As soon as he saw me he took long strides towards me and grabbed fistful of my hair. I yelped in pain.

"Done with your beauty sleep princess?"he mocked.

"S-sorry dad my alarm didn't go off. I will make you coffee right now."

"Just shut your damned mouth. I haven't kept your fat shitty ass in my house to behave like you want. Next time you fuck up your ugly ass is out of here. Do you understand??!!"he shouted.

Tears were flowing down my cheek. I said nothing just stood there frozen to a spot.

He yanked my hair again and slapped me hard. I tumbled down.No sound came out of my mouth. I sat there crying. My cheek must be black and blue till now.

He leaned down towards me and asked again "Did i make myself clear?"

"y-yes"

"Good now get your face out of my sight."

I ran towards my room and locked the door. I went to bathroom and stood in front of mirror. Three fingers were clearly imprinted on my left cheek. It was burning and stinging. I washed my face and tried to cover bruises with concealer. My eyes were red and puffy from all the crying. Fuck my life.

I brushed all the thoughts away and grabbed my things and phone and took bus to college. While travelling i receieved text from my bestie.

Tessa: hey!!! You okay?? You are still not in school. Reply me ASAP.

Me: hey gal! I'm okay. Got stuck with my dad so running late. On the way. Will tell you everything once we meet. See ya soon ;)

Tessa: okay see you. Xoxo

I made it to school pretty late. Nice Nancy. I mentally rolled my eyes at myself.

Tessa stood there waiting patiently for me. I waved at her as soon as i saw her. She waved me back. She was little surprised when she saw me.

"Oh my god scar, again??!! Doesn't your father have a little sense in his drunk brain." She said angrily. "Those marks look like some animal attacked you!! Are you okay?" She asked with concern

"i'm okay lee, really. I'm used to these things till now. I have accepted my life like this. So it's no major thing. But i tried to hide marks. Does it look that bad?!" I panicked.

"They are still so visible. Probably will fade in sometime,okay? Don't worry lets go. Our maths period is about to start. We already missed first lecture" she said and we both hurried to our classes.

Maths class was boring as usual. And my mind being a great traveller wandered to my past. Those memories are clear as day when i was in 2nd grade i got bullied first time.

Look at her. She is so fat. What if she accidentally sits on us?!! I'm scared."

Someone said.

"she looks like a mini elephant but much more uglier."

And they all began singing, "elepahnt, elephant , elephnat......."

I could not take it anymore so i ran to washroom and cried my eyes out.

When i returned to class they all started laughing loudly. I wanted to hug momma and cry.

The bell rang and lee was staring at me with worried eyes.

"hey are you alright?" She asked.

I gave her assuring smile."Come on let's go, i'm starving."

She nodded and we both walked to canteen since we didn't have our tiffins.

In canteen Dylan was sitting on his usual table holding hands with Ashleigh, a beautiful girl from our class. I secretly wished i had someone who loved me till moon and back.

Calm your houses down. You are not even in highschool yet.

I sighed.

We both ate sandwich and some apple juice while talking girly stuff.

After school lee droppod me home as usual. I followed my usual routine , finished my homework and went to bed.

The month passed in studying as the finals were closing on us.

One month later:

Finally the exams came. I was good in studies so exams were no extra pressure on me.

Today was last paper and i was so happy.

"hey babe. Finally exams are over!!!" Tessa exclaimed happily.

"yup" i replied back popping the P. Just then Dylan and his group approached us.

"I'm so glad i will not see more of your shitty ass face again" he rolled his eyes and others were smirking.

"oh baby don't say such things. The fat cow will cry." One of his minions said sarcastically and this time all of them laughed.

"Leave scar alone you fuckfaces!! Or i will shove your teeth in your ass" Tessa growled.

"whatever" dylan said and they walked off.

"ignore them lee" i said bored. We both bid our goodbyes and went to our paths separately.

I was walking home. It was exactly 6:34 pm and sky was filled with all shades of pink, orange and yellow. The dusky atmosphere comforted me.

Birds were retreating back to their nests and cool breeze was flowing.

I put keys in keyhole but the door was already open. My father does not come home early then what is it with door.

I cautiously walked inside and found a figure in kitchen rumagging through drawers. I was a little scared. Every sort of wild and fearful thoughts were running in my mind.

I took a vase from table and cautiously approached the mystery person.

With vase held high in air and ready to strike i asked timidly,

"Who are you?" My hands quivered.

The person turned towards me. As soon as i saw the person's face my mood went from complete fear to complete joy.

Nancy's POV

I practically ran to hug aunt Luciana. She smiled widely as soon as she saw me. By now tears were flowing down my face. She saw that and quickly wiped them.

"How have you been my darling?" Aunt asked me while smiling.

"I'm good. And obviously very much happy to see you. It feels like we haven't met in centuries." I said.

"Awe sweetpea i'm more than happy to see you." She smiled again.

But her smile quickly faded as she saw my bruised cheek. The marks were not as clear as in morning but they were still visible.

"Nancy, who did that?" She asked in angry tone. I flinched. You definitely don't want to mess with angry Luciana Collins.

"It's nothing. I'm okay." I tried to comfort her and close the topic.

"Did Mason do it?" She asked worriedly. Man, she is stubborn as fuck.

I remained silent.

She came forward and gently lifted up my chin. Her eyes softened.

"Tell me sweetpea. Trust me i won't let anyone hurt you emotionally or physically." She reassured me.

I gave her a sad smile and noded.

"Y-yes it was father" i said almost whispering. No doubts she heard that.

"why?" She asked patiently.

I sighed and said " I overslept so got delayed making him his coffee. So he slapped me hard."

She sighed loudly. "It's okay. I will talk with him. But hey i have a good news. You are coming with me to Chicago. I'm planning to enroll you in highschool over there since it's far better and besides i will be able to take proper care of you over there. We will be leaving in few days. And don't you worry about your father i'm going to talk to him."

My mood instantly lightened at her words and i gave her a goofy smile. I always loved Chicago. I used to spend my summers there. I always cried while leaving aunt's home. I have lots of precious happy memories of that place. Ah! The good ol'days. I was smiling to myself.

Aunt Luciana broke my trance and asked me about dinner.

"Your famous chicken pasta please." I gave her puppy eyes. She laughed lightly.

"Ok sweetpea i will make it for you." I nodded and went into living room and switched t.v on. My favourite movie 'ice age' was playing.

"The dinner is ready scar." Aunt Luciana shouted from kitchen after some time.

"Coming right away." I sprinted to kitchen. The mouth-watering smell of pasta filled my nostrils causing my stomach to growl. I was starving.

We both had dinner while chit-chatting about my school and everything. We were talking sitting on couch and sipping coffee.

The main door opened and my drunk father entered . I realized it was late night. Where the hell did time go??!!

As soon as he saw aunt Luciana he stopped dead in his tracks. His eyes widened and he froze. Aunt Luciana's expression changed from happy to angry in speed of lightening.

"We need to talk Mr. Scarlett-Owens." She said deadpaned.

"When did you fly from Chicago to Texas?" Dad asked still surprised.

"My arrival is not imitate right now." She pulled me up and turned my head to right by gripping my chin so my left cheek was in front of my father's face.

"Care to explain this?!" She said angrily referring to finger marks on my skin.

Dad said nothing and stood there staring those bruises. I was on verge of crying. My own father hurt me physically and mentally. He treated me like shit and considered me maid of the house. Many times he locked me up in rooms for days without water or food. He blamed me for my mother's death.He never paid for my school or anything in that matter.If not for aunt Luciana and Tessa my life would be absolute living hell not that it already isn't.

"She did not listen to my words and delayed my coffee. She cannot do one simple task everyday without getting on my nerves."he said defending himself like its no big deal.

"Mason Scarlett-Owens!!! She is your daughter. Not your fucking maid whom you order to do everything. Rose's death took toll on all of us. But the way you are treating your own daughter is pure cruelty. How can you slap your own flesh and blood?!" She shouted. Anger oozing from her.

"She took away my wife from me. She should be grateful i am sheltering her fat ass. She deserves to rot on streets." He said angrily.

That did it. I burst out crying. How?!! How the fuck i'm responsible for my own mother's death??!! I love her with all my heart. She is my world. I would never do anything to hurt her. Do i really deserve to be treated like shit?? All negativities filled my mind. I was getting numb.

"Enough. Are you even hearing yourself?! What does she have to do with my sister's death. For christ's sake Mason she is her daughter. YOUR daughter. Why are you doing this?!" Once again she shouted. Her words were not reaching me. Everything became stagnant.

My mother's smiling face flashed in front of my eyes. The beautiful woman who was light of my life. And now she is gone. Forever. Away from me.

"Rose used to overthink about Nancy even when she was sick. She was more concerned about our 5 year old daughter's health when she was the one who was dying slowly. She started to skip her medicines. She always wanted to go home to her daughter when she was admitted to hospital. Nancy was the only thing on her mind even when she was suffering worst. She refused her treatment and demanded to see her daughter. She knew she was slowly dying. Going away from me. But only thing she still thought about was this useless piece of shit." He said slightly sobbing. "She even forgot me and my love for her in her final days.' I love my Nancy' were her final words before she left me. Alone." now he was crying. This was first time in my life i am seeing him crying. My heart broke at sight of him. Agreed his abused me but his pain was far more worse than me.

Aunt Luciana's expression softened a little at his words.

"What happened back then is none of Nancy's fault. She was a toddler back then. Losing her mother was worst thing for her. But you treating her this way pushed her to hell. Don't be hard because of Rose's stubbornness. She's gone. But your daughter is right here. She just looks like her mother." Aunt Luciana looked gently at me with slight watery eyes.

I smiled back. My father was being too hard on himself and extra hard on me too. But i decided to let it go as my father was one adamant human being. Aunt Luciana wiped my tears. My father was now silent and had blank face.

"I'm taking her to Chicago with me for her further education. She will be staying with me. We leave after few days." She spoke after sometime.

My father's head shot up upon hearing that statement." You are not taking her anywhere. I need her to get housework done." He stated looking straight in her eye.

"You cannot lock her up her whole life Mason. She is not your housemaid. And staying or leaving part is all upto her. Nancy, sweetpea do you want to come with me to Chicago?" She asked simply. I looked at her then father. I stared at both of them.

"Do you want to leave Nancy?" My father narrowed his eyes at me, his question was no doubt a threat.

"y-yes." I stuttered.

"Good girl. We leave in 6 days. Start packing." Aunt announced.

I looked at father and he was pissed. I nodded and went upto my room. I took a hot shower and changed into my pjs and tried to sleep. I can still hear the voices of my father and aunt Luciana from other side of door.

I suddenly thought about Tessa. I should tell her. She will definitely be stunned. But i was too drowsy to text anyone so i decided to tell next the very next day.