Marked: Part 2; The Wronged

Chapter 66

Amilia leaned on the wall of the living room. She had her arms crossed as she looked down to the floor. She was listening to the three of them talk.

"Maybe you can do something." Cristel said pointing to Amilia. "I mean she doesn't know you're alive." Amilia looked up to her and then back down to the ground. Cristel walked over to her and rubbed her arms. "Oh, Amilia, honey, are you alright?" Amilia looked away from her, off to her side. Amilia looked so sad, so tired, so... depressed. "Amilia?" Cristel said, pulling her face towards her. Amilia didn't say anything, rather she just looked down to the ground. Cristel took her by the hands and moved her. She made it so that they were sitting on the couch together. "Are you alright? Are you feeling ok?" Amilia gave her a small nod. Cristel rubbed Amilia's arm again and looked at her. "You want to talk about it?" Amilia nodded to her again. "That's ok, you don't have to." Amilia pounded her head into Cristel's stomach. Then she turned her face to the side. Cristel put her hand on Amilia's head and stroked her hair. Oglm sat down on the other side of Amilia and put his hand onto her back, he patted her and rubbed her. Then he grabbed her body up and held her in a hug.

"Are you alright?" He asked her.

"Mhm." She whispered to him.

"That's good." He said looking into the distance. "Are you traumatized?"

"Mhm."

"Oh." He said. "It's alright, you're among friends and family now. We aren't going to let anything happen to you, ok?"

"Mhm." Amilia teared up for a minute. Oglm took his hand and wiped them away. "Now why are you sad, hm? You're alive, you're ok, you're doing well, you're family and friends are all safe." She shook her head at him, then she whispered something.

"I caused this." She started. "All of this, this situation is because of me."

"No, it's not." She looked to Oglm. "Did you want or expect any of this to happen?"

"No."

"Well, there you go. It's not your fault. Nobody could have predicted this, ok? So Wipe those tears away and stand up, because now that you've lost, you're stronger." He let Amilia go thinking that she would keep her body up, but she didn't. She hit right back down on her mother.

"Ugh." Cristel said as Amilia hit her. "It's ok." Cristel said going back to stroking her hair. Oglm got up and went back into the kitchen.

"Why." Amilia said.

"Hm?"

"Why are you here with me? I'm not your daughter, Nsefen is. I'm just a shell. You could go with them and be happy, you could have Nsefen back."

Cristel laughed, "You are both my daughters. You were a part of Nsefen, you are still related to me. I miss Nsefen, but I'd never want to see her the way she is now. She is a mindless zombie who is at the command of a sociopath. I want to remember Nsefen as a strong independent women, who doesn't need to ask for permission." Cristel looked to Amilia. "You like Oglm don't you."

"Hm?" Amilia said, looking at her.

"He knows how to get you to talk." Cristel said. Then she laughed. "You know, he could have been your father." She paused. "We dated for quite some time. I never knew why he decided to end things, but he did. I suppose you could say that he's bad with women."

"What do you mean?"

"Oh, just that he has had many girlfriends. Something always happened in his relationships. Most of the time the family had to move or they couldn't be with a pure or they had an accident and passed away. I guess he didn't want me to get hurt with his Oglmy curse or whatever. I thought he was going to ask me to marry him, but he dumped me instead, without a reason. All he said was that it was for my own good. I didn't see much of him after that, but I suppose that's the way it goes." Amilia looked off into the distance like she had been.