The Life Changing Vacation

~Chapter 186~

Kristina's POV
I went to talk to Joanna. I felt I was finally ready. ''I know you love Dory'', I told her. She didn't answer, she just looked at me and then she continued reading her book.

''Stop pretending you don't care.. we both know you do'', I said.

''Then why am I able to slaughter whole families? Why am I able to watch people suffer without feeling anything at all?'', she asked.

''Because you're hurt! I know there is something good in you, I know you care about Dory. It feels like you're not able to give her up after you finally got her back. At first I thought you didn't care about her just because you gave her up for adoption, but then I remembered my biological parents did the same with me. It wouldn't mean they didn't care about me. It just meant that they couldn't manage to take care of me like parents should. I know it's the same with you. You gave her away because you knew you couldn't be a good mother. But listen to me. Everyone is capable of love. And anyone capable of love is capable of being saved. Me talking to you this way doesn't mean I'm forgiving you for killing my foster parents, it just means it's not too late for you to get help. I suggest you find a therapist as quick as possible'', I explained and walked away.

But Joanna stopped me. ''Do you have a death wish? Like a literal one?'', she asked. I didn't know what to say. I just stood there not saying anything. And after a while, I answered her question. ''Yes, I have a death wish. And I would gladly let you fulfill it'', I said.

Joanna's POV
I didn't know what to do about that situation. I didn't even know if I felt bad for her or not. But I knew I had to do something about it. She was right. I had to find myself a therapist for my cruel behaviors. And if I really didn't want Kristina and Dory to escape, then I were gonna have to try my best, and make this their home again. I knew Kristina wouldn't fall for it after last time when we were manipulating them, but I tried my best. And if drugs was necessary, then I were open to it. It looked like it wasn't necessary to try brainwash Dory, since she had been behaving all the time, but Alex and I went to talk to Kristina. We explained that we were really sorry for killing her parents, and for ruining her life. We explained that if she was gonna be happy again, then she was gonna have to work for it. She was gonna have to think positive, and try her best to realize that this was her home now, and that it was nothing she could do about it.

''Oh I know. I've been kidnapped enough times for me to understand that. Every time I manage to escape, you're tracking me down and then it doesn't take a long time before I'm back in this fucking house. You always win'', she rolled her eyes.

''Finally you said it'', Alex said proud.

''Alex, shut up, you're not helping'', I explained.

Dory just sat there looking confused. Alex and I knew that talking weren't enough. We started drugging Kristina down with medicine against depression and other types of drug, every day without her knowing. It worked a little sometimes. She became a lot more happy and appreciable for us not taking her life. Of course she didn't know why she was happier than earlier, but that wasn't the thing that mattered. The thing that mattered was us succeeding on brain washing her into appreciating the world more. As cruel as it is. The medicine didn't cure all her pain of course, but it made it easier to talk to her without pissing her off, or her threatening to lit the house on fire so that she finally is free. She weren't complaining about her miserable life at all as long as we talked to her. Sometimes we even lied for her and said things we didn't mean, just to make her calm. After a short while, we also moved on to a higher level. It was some kind of manipulative serum. It made it easy for us to make her believe in everything we said. So when we told her that we were sorry about murdering her parents, she believed us. Sometimes we even had to drug down Dory, because she defended Kristina and told us it was wrong what we were doing.

One day, we were playing monopoly after dinner. It all turned out so well. That would mean until Kristina found out everything that we had been doing. We had forgotten to clean up a bottle of some kind of manipulation serum, that she had found on the table in the living room.

''What is this?'', she asked.

''It's nothing'', Alex said and took the bottle away from her.

''No! What is this?'', Kristina repeated.

''It's none of your business, go to your room'', I demanded.

''Shut up, you bitch!'', she yelled.

''What did you just say?'', I asked seriously.

''I'm not going upstairs before you've told me what the hell that is'', she explained.

''You will when I get my gun'', I told her.

We had drugged Dory too, so she were also curious. ''Mom, you need to tell us what that is'', she said. I didn't have the heart to lie to my own daughter anymore. It was hard for me to find out who she really was.

''It's drugs. Manipulative drugs, and medicine for depression'', I told them.

''What? What do you mean?'', Dory asked.

''Joanna and I used drugs to make you realize that this is your home, and that this is the place you're gonna stay for now. It made you accept it'', Alex explained.

It didn't take a long time before both Dory and Kristina were gone. They ran upstairs, because they got really upset.

Kristina ran to the bathroom, Dory went to their bedroom. I went first to the bathroom to see how Kristina was doing, but she denied to open the door. And I knew that it just made it worse to force her. I then went to see how Dory was doing. I just hugged her. ''Why did you do this to us?'', she asked me. ''For your own good. I couldn't see Kristina suffer by not feeling home so I knew we had to do something. But then you tried so hard to make us change our mind so we drugged you too for you to not ruin everything'', I whispered.

''But it's lying. It's wrong'', she told me.

''I know'', I said.

''If you want Kristina to not want to call the police on you, then you can't manipulate her. You have to let her find out of it herself'', Dory suggested.

Author's note
Woah, dramatic as always! I hope you enjoyed! Have a good day❤️ @EdsLor57 helped me planning the chapter a little btw
-Kristina Leonora