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CHAPTER THIRTEEN
“You need to explore a certain kind of vice in order to be accepted by darkness.
Funny, isn’t it?
Even darkness has the power to reject you.”
Isla
From Isla’s mother's diaries…
The past few weeks have been hell.
John arrived two days before Isla’s birthday, bringing a lot of gifts and smelling like the finest of colognes. He tried to kiss me relentlessly.
It took all my strength to keep my smile intact. My mouth still hurts from the efforts, and I explained to him that I had some period pains, and my doctor advised me to chill on the sex for a while.
Thankfully, he didn’t insist. I guess it would have gone against his perfect fucking husband image, right?
Life continued as if nothing happened.
I researched online for the best lawyers but everything required finances, though.
John is a finance guy, so he always watched over our accounts, and I didn’t mind his control.
What a fool I’ve been. I can’t even help myself right now because all our accounts are joined, and he’ll see if I take any large sums of money.
I finally have a perfect plan, though.
During the wedding, one of my college friends will be there. She married John’s distant cousin a few years back, and we somehow lost touch once she became a district attorney. According to John, she seemed too standoffish, and of course, I listened.
All the people in my life are his friends and not mine. In true fashion, he isolated me from everyone.
It wasn’t so hard to do with me being an orphan and all. My God, even I was a victim to him, a prey he caught in order to freely hunt for the innocent.
My old friend would help me. She has a pure heart. I just have to prepare for it.
And pray.
Pray that God has forgiveness for someone like me.
Isla
I rush downstairs, pushing through the crowd as my heart beats wildly and pain washes over me.
You were a great lay, kitten. Now get the hell out.
I scrunch my eyes, biting on my bruised lip and buttoning up my shirt with my trembling fingers.
I’ve just had the most amazing experience of my life, my whole body buzzing with satisfaction, only for it to become my greatest shame once Octavius spoke and tarnished it to pieces.
The man who occupied my fantasies and nightmares alike sees me as a convenient lay and probably not that great either since he kicked me out right away.
I shake my head of the memories and push all my emotions aside, hooking a strand of my hair behind my ear while looking around for Penelope, needing to find her and leave to drown my sorrows in some criminal TV show.
All my plans went to hell the minute Octavius brought me to that room and a hollow chuckle escapes me. How foolish I’ve been, thinking I can get what I want from him.
