A Snow White Story (Aborted)

Chapter 4: Stars And Scars

Recently, Roxy's father had been staying away for the most of the time. This left Roxy and Karrina alone, with the servants. Ronnie had thought that this would be a good trick to make her wife and daughter to get along with each other. Roxy, of course, didn't approve of it. This was a bad idea.

Karrina had become more distant and cold than she was before. Of course, she was cold but now she'd become colder. She'd treat Roxy unwell, blackmail her and control her. Roxy cried silently at night. She couldn't tell her father that she was tortured but she feared that witch. Feared if she might do anything to her loved ones.

"Hey, you beauty queen," Karrina called in a mocking voice, "Come here, come here."

Karrina was sitting cozily on her bed smoking a cigarette. Roxy hesitantly walked to her. Yes, she was in her room, arranging Karrina's clothes and accessories. Karrina didn't like servants to touch her clothes, so she preferred a billionaire baby girl. How racist!

As Roxy sat on the ground, trembling, right beneath her stepmom, Karrina ran her long fingernails down Roxy's soft and clear skin. They were so damn sharp that they seemed to pierce into her skin. Roxy, certainly, didn't like the feeling of that.

"You're beautiful," Karrina's voice hissed, "And I don't like it. I used to be the most beautiful lady before you, duckling. But now they're talking about you. That you're beautiful. And I don't approve it." All this time, Karrina's nails seemed to dig into Roxy's skin. The words pierced into her.

"But, Karrina. . ." Roxy mumbled.

"Shhh," Karrina hissed, "Call me Mistress. Mistress Karrina."

"But I. . ." Before Roxy could finish, Karrina slapped her. Hard. Tears rolled down her cheeks before she knew it. Nobody slapped her before. Nobody. This feeling was wickedly alien to her.

"You will have to be ugly for me," Karrina said, "Both from the inside and the outside. They talk about your inner beauty, too. Be ugly for me. Tell me, daughter, will you do that for your mommy?"

"Certainly," She said in fear, "I- I will."

Karrina laughed wickedly.

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That night, Roxy couldn't sleep. She couldn't stop crying, either. It was all dark in her room. Not a tiny of light was there. Her eyes hurt like hell. She probably gave up. It's been so damn many days that she was facing this cruelty. She just couldn't take it anymore. She felt so down. Even lower than the floor.

This was enough. She'd tried to tell all of this to her daddy but whenever she tried this Karrina's voice roared in her mind.

Then she decided what she had to do. She whipped her tears and pushed herself up. She headed to the cupboard, grabbed her bag and started packing. Yeah, guessed it right. She was to run away. She knew that she was being selfish but she had to. This was her escape. She packed everything and waited till everything was silent.

She slipped into her ripped jeans and a white top. Then she hung a big cloth down her window and climbed down. She made it safely. Then she went for the gate. It was locked. Thank god, that she was in the sports group of the school. She climbed up the wall and landed outside safely. The night was cold. She put on her beanie and took out a sweater. Putting it on, she walked to the road.

There was too much fog on the road and she couldn't see. Her mind was full of Karrina's harsh words and all, and the memory of her slap made her wanna kill everyone she saw. She fisted her hand and clenched it. The nails were sharp so they dug into her skin making her hand bleed a little. She was looking at her hand when she heard a car horn. But it was too late.

Before she could turn or defend, everything went black.

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