Wild Secrets

8 - CAUGHT

"Hi Ms. Shantel Wilder, daughter of the famous Greg Wilder" Monica said.

"How-" She cut me.

"Do you think you can fool us? You and your father had been a burden to our life for years!" She explained.

"No one can recognize you as a Wilder, why? You went to California and stayed there for years and no one knows what happened then you returned here secretly and no one knows then you changed your identity. You can't fool us"

"Why are you doing this to me?" I asked.

"Wanna know why?" It's a familiar voice from behind so I had to turn around which I wished I didn't.

"Good to see you, friend" Mary greeted.

"Do you think you could just went inside this school without being noticed? I had memorized your face, dear. The face who destroyed my career and so does my parents. Do you really not notice this face, dear?" The way she says dear sent down a shiver on my spines. I examined her face. I can't remember her.

"I don't recognize you"

"It's because you don't care about the others" she said.

"Why are you doing this to me?"

"These are the people you destroyed! Stacy's mom was suspended because of your dad, Kelsey's dad was forcefully sent from a far by your dad, Dianne's parents are fired and Monica's mom died because of the pressure your dad had given to her ill mom" I was shocked to know all of these. Dad destroyed too much and I guess this is not all of these.

"So what about you?" I asked Mary.

"You destroyed my career in gymnastics and had my parents got suspended just because of your freaking little kidnap scenario!" Mary said angrily.

"I told my dad to stop filing sus-"

"You had it stopped but do you think I can continue gymnastics with my mom and dad unemployed for one year, we all had to work!"

"I didn't know dad did that" I explained.

"No more explanations dear, you're done" I didn't fight because I know this is our fault. He created the beasts and now I have to face all of them.

Suddenly, a wood knocked me on the floor. Stacy was holding it. She soon passed it Kelsey. She hit me but not as strong as Stacy then she passed it Dianne then to Monica. They hit me one by one except for Mary.

"Hey! Stop!" Kelsey shouted before Mary giving her third hit.

"That's not enough!" She then continued it until I was feeling dizzy. Her hit becomes harder and harder. I noticed that there are teardrops falling in her eyes. I had to close my eyes so I couldn't see her from crying. I do care about them it's just that i'm not allowed too care. My dad doesn't want me to be soft.

"They will just take advantage at you so be the hardest flame and you'll burn them to dust" he said.

She let out a load groan and I suddenly felt the hard foot in my face. I began to struggle opening my eyes.

"Blood! Stop it Mary!" Monica said.

"I hope you learned your lesson!" I heard Mary freed the wood from her hand.

"Let's go before somebody sees us"

"And one thing, stay away from Zac or your life here is over" Mary said.

I didn't have the strength to open my eyes because the hit still stings on my face. I just rested there and hoping that somebody will see me.

Why does my dad have to be so mean? He ended so many careers and destroyed so many lives. I didn't expect him to be a living hell. Evil. I didn't expect of calling him that but that seems to be appropriate. I'll never forgive him. I don't want to be a Wilder anymore. I want to be someone else, someone who's away from him, someone he can't control. I became blind for years, thinking our life is in it's perfect place but it looks like it's not. I wished i'm back to California with nothing to worry about. Since the time I came here, I experienced the downs of life. Raphael's right. I'm entering a danger zone and no one's here to protect me. I lost Raphael. I'm lying to my friends here which means they're not actually my friends. I only have Paul whom dad also destroyed years ago.