"He ruined your life? Jackson, what are you even saying, son?"
Lizzy's eyes where now overflowing.
"I am not going to hold back anymore,Mom."
Jackson wiped a tear and continued
"You think I don't remember how much he had abused you? Both verbally and physically? You think he hasn't done the same to me and Viviaan?"
Jackson opened his shirt and showed his back.
There were scars from the past. Scars that he even hid from Jewel!
"Check Viviaan,too. He also was a victim. You still want to call that man as the father to your children?"
"Jackson, sometimes parents use violence to discipline their kids."
"Really,mom? You really have to say it like this? He made my life a living hell. Let me say it out loud today. The best thing that happened to me as a child was your divorce."
"Jackson!"
Lizzy screamed at him.
"Scream all you want but I will say it again and again. I will not tolerate that serial abuser anymore. Had it just been us, I would have let you make this decision. But he hit my wife. He is lucky that he will get only jail."
"So once again, its because of that girl,isn't it?" Lizzy still was clear of her blame-game target.
"Aren't you tired mom? Father ruined my childhood but you ruined my marriage!"
Jackson spoke up.
"It was you who broke up my marriage."
"Jackson, she is bad for you. Just listen to yourself! Just look at the language you are talking to your mother, about your father!"
Jackson smirked and said
"Don't be so sure,Mom! If I am alive today,If you have all this wealth that you are so arrogant about... You gotta thank two people for that- Rolex and Jewel."
"What? She married you because you were rich,you fool"
"No,Mom. I built this empire to be a good son to you and to be worthy of the woman I fell in love with when I was a teenager, who had nothing but a delusional mother"
Lizzy was stunned.
"You were so stuck up with your stockholm syndrome that you couldn't see that your kids were hurting. I had nightmares of that man you call as my father. No,I refuse to accept him as my father"
" I have what?"
Lizzy couldn't get it.
"Its crazy,Mom. That man had literally gaslighted you and held you captive in this toxic relationship and you willingly let him do that to yourself and your children. You think he is what you need? No, its therapy that you need,Mom. In fact all of us need it"
"I AM NOT CRAZY"
Lizzy yelled at him.
"I would have ended up worse if not for Rolex who took me for therapy. I had to register under his name to get treatment for post traumatic stress disorder, which I kind of got passed on, because of you and dad. Had you known about it, you wouldn't let me get help and I would have killed myself long ago!"
"What? you took therapy? My son, you are not crazy!You are perfectly fine!"
Jackson couldn't believe that whatever he said was not really registering into Lizzy's brain.
Delusions are unshakable beliefs for sure.
"I didn't take therapy because I was crazy. I took that to NOT go crazy. I had no other option,Mom."
"My son, was I that horrible to you? We are your parents! I went through hell to give birth to you and I believe that you are the greatest gift that god gave me. "
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Jewel and Jackson
Romance"I don't want a divorce" His declaration that changed her life. Jewel was 29 years old when Jackson came into her life. By that time, she was already a leftover in the arranged marriage market, while he had been in demand. She knew he was way beyond...
