Deceptions of the Heart

Roxanne

Pain. Pain is what she felt from the very beginning of her life. From an infant up till today. Roxanne McCathy didn't have fun in kindergarten. She had no friends. The other kids were making fun of her and beating her up. Whenever teachers passed by they pretended as if they were playing. Roxanne was good with lies. No one ever learned about her time in kindergarten. Every noon she would wait for her parents to pick her up and go home.

No, at home she wasn't having fun either. Her parents would often fight. Sometimes they also threw things at her. She was lucky that they always missed the target. Her parents divorced when she was 8 years old after her father cheated on her mother. Of course her mother didn't let it go. Roxanne would sleep alone at night while her mother was sleeping with men she didn't even know.

One day a man stepped through the door frame of her house. He didn't make a good impression to the little girl. The day she stepped into their room after hearing sucking sounds and moans stayed once and forever unforgettable. The sight of her mother tied down on the bed and her step father straddling over her while they both were naked. It was a huge mistake which she later on paid by being beaten up by her step father.

At school things weren't any better. She would still be getting bullied. At the age of 12 she started having suicidal thoughts. There was not a single day when she would pass by a knife and not consider if life is still worth living. She started becoming quiet and mysterious over the years. As for her home life her step father would beat up her and her mother mercilessly. Yet her mother was way too oblivious to see the truth. She could never forget the way her step father was gazing at her. Like a predator it's prey.

She was 15 years old when it happened. One day she came back from school. The front door was unusually open. She stepped in her house.

"Mom?" She called.

No answer. She walked further into the house. Once she passed by her mother's bedroom her eyes widened in terror. Roxanne's mother was collapsed on the floor. Next to her syringes and drug bottles were scattered. She didn't even have time to react since she felt a hand covering her mouth and pulling her violently.

Roxanne escaped her house at the age of 17 after being raped countless times by her step father. Some scars of his abusive treatment towards her remained and some disappeared. She had to live in the streets for a long time until she met a man. That was no other than Maximus Rider. That man offered her a job and conditions for a better life.

She would have thanked him but she found another love interest. She met a boy around her age at the bar she worked at. They started dating. Their relationship lasted for three months because something unexpected happened. Her boyfriend started neglecting her. It wasn't long since she discovered that he was cheating on her.

Roxanne decided that she had enough. All the bullying at school, all the abuse she received at home, her mother's murder and especially the divorce of her parents and the memory of him cheating showed up in her mind. She had enough of pain. She didn't want anymore.

The young woman snapped out of her thoughts. She found herself sitting still on that swing at the empty park. And now? Now Richard. He added more to her pain. This was the second time she was being cheated on. This was the cherry on top of the cake. That day she learned a very important lesson. Not to trust anyone.

A/N: About this chapter, I was inspired by some fan fictions I read in the past. Imma thank those who inspired me :')