His Black Rose

A memory of that fateful day.

Amelia .

"It should have been you, you should have drank that ... you piece of shit not my darling daughter, you swapped the food didn't you? you're a good for nothing, looking at you also disgusts me I should have killed you when I got the chance ...useless thing, I don't have a daughter like you"

This words kept ringing in my head over and over, I can't forget that fateful day, December the twelfth . It was a rainy gloomy day, and maybe the weather indicated that something awful was gonna happen that day, I was so jumpy that day cause I felt like I was being followed . I was done with high school working from a nearby Cafe as a waitress to save up money for college, I was ready to get out of that hellish place so I made sure to save every cent I got from working my ass off in that Cafe, I had to lie everytime I came back home with nothing that I was volunteering for my cv, before anything else after getting a job, I talked with the manager about my situation and asked her to save my salary for until I was ready to get out of this place, I was lucky that she was a kind woman, Lily ... that was her name .

When I got home that day, I found my step sister making food and I was actually surprised cause she is way to lazy .

" Hey sis, I was thinking that it's time we fixed our relationship, and I'm sorry for being a bad sister, come on sit down I made our favourite toast, here this one is yours" she said giving me a fake smile which I ignored .

The moment I saw hate twinkling in her eyes before she hid it, I knew then that something was wrong, I looked at the food with suspicion and she noticed, she took a bite out of my plate and said it wasn't poisoned, we quickly ate the toast over an awkward conversation .

I wanted to be done and go lock myself in my small room. As soon as I finished eating Rachel came with two glasses of juice saying she made it herself so I have try it ...

I was lucky that she went to the bathroom leaving me with both glasses, I checked the drinks out looking for the spiked one, hers was slightly cloudy and had excessive bubbles when i looked at it carefully, if I didn't know about spiked drinks I'm sure I wouldn't even notice the difference, so she knew that I'd somehow swap the drinks and made sure that even if I swapped them I was still gonna end up with a spiked one, I pretended to swap the drinks incase she was watching .

A few minutes later she came back, sat down as she watched me gulp down my drink, she smiled satisfied that I finished my drink, I later excused myself to go lie down, I went to the bathroom first to puke everything that entered my stomach just to be on the safe side .I didn't even notice that Rachel followed me to the bathroom as she asked if I was okay, I pretended to be sick and feeling all fuzzy ... I guess that was the reaction she was looking for as I caught her smirking before hiding  it and feigning concern for me .

I went to my room, I stayed alert as I listened to every movement outside my room .

" I'm sure she is out by now mom she drank the whole juice like a starved rabbit she is, you can call them inside I'm going to lie down in my room I feel a bit funny and tired, maybe it's just nerves of what I did" Rachel whispered to her mother.

" Good job, I'll call those men in so they can have their way with her, are you sure you want to remain inside the house ? You can come with me and celebrate that witch getting what she deserves " my mother said

" no, you can go and have fun mom, I'll put on my earphones not to hear anything, but I would love to hear her painful screams " they giggled at that.

I was shocked and so terrified at what I heard, I remember asking God what have I done for my mother to hate me that much . After they went away I thought of how I was gonna get out, that's when I heard two voices of men asking which room was it, I jumped out the window and made sure not to make a sound, I was so nervous that time ...the only thing I could think of was running to Lily's Cafe.

After telling Lily everything she told me to go back and say I was at the library not to look suspicious, I didn't wanna go back there ... but I understood Lily and I also had to pack everything I had and my most important documents because Lily offered me a place to stay until I go to college.

I went back after two hours, it was 7pm, I entered the house at the same time as my mother, she looked at me like she was seeing a ghost as her hands trembled I don't know from anger or shock .

" Amelia, where are you coming from ?" She asked with a shaky voice.

I came up with a story coming up full of lies that I went to the library after feeling sick, and that I fell unconscious there until a librarian woke me saying it was closing time.

Her eyes widened and she ran inside the house calling Rachel's name, I followed her inside with my heart beating so fast .

" No! No! No! Baby no, Rachel my baby I'm sorry, Rachel! " I found her cradling Rachel who looked out of it, I noticed marks on her body as she was naked I felt guilty but I knew that, that was gonna be me.

My mother looked at me with so much hate that I almost suffocated .

" YOU! YOU DID THIS!" She said with so much vernom
She continued throwing insults at me and telling me how disgusting I am to her ...I couldn't take them anymore as I rushed to my room and packed everything and ran back to Lily's place leaving my mother yelling and screaming her baby.

My phone rang taking me out of that memory I thought I buried deep inside my mind, I didn't even notice that I was crying

I looked at Leo calling, I just let it ring ..

I took a quick shower and went to Angie's room .

"Angie, you still up ?" I asked standing outside her door.

The door opened, and Angie just hugged me making me cry all over again .

" you up for that ice cream and some movies for the whole night ? I can't stay alone with my thoughts"