The Life Changing Vacation

~Chapter 161~

Kristina's POV
The next day, Joanna was pissed the whole day. I wasn't happy either. She denied me to go to school, and she denied me to go to the store. She didn't even let me go outside to get some fresh air without her or Alex coming with me. I felt like a prisoner. That day, she caught me crying in my bedroom.

"You know that I'm just doing what's best for you, right?", she asked.

"No, you're not.. you're never doing anything for others than yourself! You're the most manipulative selfish woman that has ever lived!", I went into the bathroom, slammed the door and locked it.

"I know I can be a bad person sometimes, but you don't get it! I'm trying! I really am trying, whenever you see it or not", she explained.

"Leave me alone", I said.

"Fine, just stay there be a depressed little kid if that's what you want! And by the way, the dinner shall be finished at 6:00 pm", she said and walked away from the door.

It looked like she switched personality when I talked to her the way that I did. From when she told me she did it for me, to when she told me the dinner should be finished at 6. I tried to wipe my tears. When I made dinner, Dory came to me and asked if I needed help.

"I'm good, thanks", I said.

"Kristina, I'm here for you", she told me.

I just continued cooking.

"Kristina, you have to talk to me! Stop pretending you're okay! What Joanna is doing to you it's not okay!", she explained.

"I know", I said.

"No you don't! Cause if you knew, then you wouldn't be standing here doing everything she tells you to do", said.

"Do I have a choice? No. She's gonna kill me if I don't", I explained.

"Trust me, she won't. Cause if she did that, then her psychopathic manipulative plan wouldn't work anymore. She would have showed us both that she didn't love you. She would have showed us who she really are. So why not test her. Check if she is the one she shows", she suggested.

"I don't dare", I told her.

"Kristina, please", she said.

"Okay, fine", I said as I threw away the dishes I was cleaning. I managed to break something. Joanna came.

"What did you do?", she asked.

I didn't answer.

"Kristina, answer me!", she demanded.

"I'm not doing this for you anymore. Not after the way you treated me", I said nervous, but tried to act confident.

"Trust me, you're not gonna like what happens", she warned me.

"What are you gonna do? Kill me? Well, sadly that just shows your true colors. If you really love me the way you tell me you do, like a daughter, then you're not gonna do it", I explained.

"You're right", Joanna sighed.

I could tell she knew it was a bad thing. She walked over to me and hugged me.

"I'm so proud of you", she told me.

"For what?", I asked.

"For standing up for yourself the way you did", she explained.

"I want you to know that I'm really trying to become a better person everyday", Joanna told me.

"I know you are", I explained.

"Wait.. the day I kidnapped you, can we talk about it?", she suddenly asked me.

"Why?", I asked.

"Just tell me about you point of view etc", she said.

"We arrived in New York, left our bags in our hotel rooms, went to McDonald's alone. I recognized a creepy woman also known as Joanna Murphy, while ordering our food. Dory told me it was probably nothing. We saw you staring at us while in a phone call and then we got nervous. We went out of McDonald's because we didn't feel safe. We saw you walking out of McDonald's in a hurry with your fancy clothes and high heals. We called my parents, but they didn't pick up. We went to the toilet and then you came and threatened to kill my parents if we didn't find that weird guy you were talking about. You hit us hard as fuck, we passed out and woke up in the room we've been woken up in everyday for so long. At least before we moved house. Twice. Remember this is the third house in New York, what the heck, we've only just been here for a year", I explained.

"Okay, that's enough, you're talking too much", she told me.

"Sorry, you asked", I said.

"Wanna help me make dinner?", she asked.

"Sure", I said.

We made dinner together, and then I marshes to burn the chicken.

"What!? That was the only chicken we had", she explained.

"I'm sorry, I forgot to watch over it", I told her.

"You know what? You cut the salad, I'll go to the grocery store and buy a new chicken and then I'm watching over it", Joanna said as she went to get her car keys.

"Fine", I said as I was about to cut the salad, but then I managed to loose all the salads on the floor.

"Kristina Leonora Murphy!!", Joanna yelled.

"Shit", I whispered underneath my breath.

"You know what? Go. Leave the kitchen", she said as she slammed the front door and went to buy chicken and salads.

Author's note
Guy, I'm sorry for my weird af humor😭✋🏻 Thank you for reading☺️

-Kristina Leonora