Her Capture,His Desire

Chapter 3

                                  Emily's POV
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Here I am,at my parent's door eavesdropping on their conversation. I'm a bad child aren't I.

I could hear them arguing but I didn't know what they were arguing about. My dad was speaking in a very cold and dismissive tone and my mom sounded really frustrated and panicked.

I listened intently trying to make out the specifics of the conversation,my mother's voice becoming more desperate and upset.

"She's leaving tomorrow". I heard my dad's gruff voice.
But wait, who's leaving.

"Why" now my mom was speaking.
"Because if she doesn't we'll all be in deep shit, don't you get it".
"What do you mean 'deep shit'?. What did you do now?".
"That's none of your fucking business woman".
"It is my business, please just tell me why she has to leave tomorro-".
"It's not,stop asking questions and stay out of it".

My dad's voice raised a little and it sent shivers down my spine. Something bad was happening...

"I have a right to know" my mom said,I could hear the fear in her voice.
"You don't need to know".
"Please don't do this, think about how she's going to feel".
"It doesn't matter how she feels,I don't care about her feelings".
"How can you say that?, she's our daughter, she's part of us. How can you not care about her feelings?".

Daughter?. That word knocked the air out of my lungs. I was their daughter,their only daughter. Where am I leaving to?...

"Don't be so sentimental, she's nothing but a problem, we're better off without her"
"How can you say that?, she's sweet and kind and wonderful, how can we be better off without her?, she brings so much light into our lives".

"Don't be so naive. She's always a burden, always asking for attention and causing trouble. We'll be much better off without her around".
"Why are you doing this, she's our daughter, we're supposed to love and protect her not put her in danger".
"Love and protect her?, bullshit. She's never given us anything in return, she's nothing but a waste of time and energy".

Those words didn't surprise me, but hearing it from him pierced through my heart. I can't believe I was actually worrying about him. All this thoughts made a stray tear drop from my eye.

"That's not true, she gives us so much. She brings us joy and laughter, she makes our lives better".
"Joy and laughter, that's just a waste of time. We don't need that,we need stability and order and she constantly disrupts that".

"Please, please don't do this, think about what it's going to do to her. She's still just a child". It broke my heart to hear my mom begging so much on my behalf.

"She'll get over it, she's strong. She'll survive".
"But what about us?, what about our feeling?. How are we gonna survive losing her?".
"You'll manage, you'll get used to it, just like you've gotten used to everything else".
"I can't believe you're saying this, this is our daughter. We're supposed to care for her, not cast her aside like she's nothing".
"Enough with the sentimental nonsense,we need to be practical. She's more trouble than she's worth. It's for the best".

"How can you be so heartless?. How can you talk about our daughter like she's just a thing we can use and discard when we're tired of her".
"Because that's exactly what she is, she's not a person to me. She's just an inconvenience and I'm tired of dealing with her."
"How can you say that about your own flesh and blood? How can you be so cruel?"

"I never wanted a fucking child,I never wanted the responsibility. I wish she'd never been born. I never wanted her and I certainly never cared for her, she was always just a burden, always taking and taking and never giving anything in return"
"How can you talk about her like she's a mistake?"