Loveless♣

Cuts

  "She'll be fine.Just make sure she takes her medicine consistently, and please call me if she shows any more suicidal symptoms," the doctor said,as he closed his bag and adjusted his thin wired glasses.
"Believe me,I will. Thank you so much,Doctor Terry.I know you don't usually make house calls,but this was an emergency," Bella said softly.She was holding Nina's hand,which was bandaged.
Doctor Terry smiled."It's no bother,Bella.We're old friends."He paused."If I may ask,Bella,what would make a young and beautiful girl like Nina slit her wrist?I can't fathom why she would do that."
Bella sighed.She was exhausted.When she'd entered the bedroom and had seen Nina sprawled on the floor with a pool of blood gathering around her hand,she'd cried out,thinking Nina was dead.Then she'd gathered her wits and had hastily dialed Doctor Terry's number.He'd arrived as swiftly as she'd expected.He and Bella put Nina on the bed gently, and she watched as he wrapped her injured hand and injected her.
Bella had cleaned the blood on the floor,crying as she did so.
"It was her family.I mean,it had to be.Nina hadn't seen them in ages,but she went home today because her sister had some big announcement or something," Bella said,shaking her head."They've never accepted her."
The doctor shook his head in sympathy. "Most suicides are caused by depression and dejection. The victims are mostly affected the most by their loved ones,surprisingly."
" Yeah,doc.Nina has suffered from athagoraphobia for a long time. I've tried to help her get over it,but-"Her voice broke and she started crying."I will make them pay for this."
The doctor patted her shoulder gently."Try not to do anything rash,dear Bella.Get some rest,you need to be strong for you and your friend."
Bella nodded and stood up.
"Thank you.Let me escort you out."

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The loud incessant knocking on the door startled them.Who on earth could have come to call on them at this hour?
She groaned,removed her face mask and walked brusquely to the door.
"Who is it?"she asked.
No answer.
She turned to go back inside,when she heard the loud knock again.She groaned and yanked the door open.She gasped in shock when she saw Bella on the other side.
Lola was livid.
"How dare you come to my house at this hour,knocking as though you own the place!"
"What's the matter,honey?"Nina's father stepped behind her.He blinked in surprise when he saw Bella."You?"
Bella was wearing a black hoodie,her hands tucked in her pockets.
"Yes,Chris,me."She brushed roughly past them and entered the house.
"What the-Are you insane?"Lola yelled.She looked at Chris incredulously."Can you believe this?"
"Come in!"Bella called and to the utter shock of Lola and Chris,two hefty dark skinned boys entered the house through the already open door.
Lola screamed and clutched Chris.
"Jesus Christ," Chris muttered softly and held his wife.He glowered at Bella."What in the world is this?"
"Close the door,"one of the boys harshly said to Lola.She obliged immediately.The boy was twice her size.
"Now,"Bella said,removing her hoodie and placing it on the arm of the chair."Why don't you make yourselves comfortable while I get the rest of your beloved family?"She smiled."One wrong move and my friends, Claw and Cobra,will end you.No kidding here.I told them y'all were racist."
She proceeded upstairs as the boys shoved Lola and Chris harshly towards to living room.

Ten minutes later,the whole family was gathered on the floor with Cobra and Claw flanking them on both sides. They were wide eyed with fear,but also terribly sleepy and terribly pissed.Bella sat down comfortably on the chair facing them.
"I'm glad you're all here.And you're all cooperative."She smiled and looked at all six of them.Peyton,Grandmother Margaret, Aunt Tiwa,Lola,Chris and Brandon,Peyton's fiancé.Grandmother Margaret looked angrier than the rest.
"What do you want,you little bitch?"she hissed.
Cobra cracked his knuckles loudly enough to pass across a threat.
"Call me that again,old lady,and your life ends here,"Bella said softly."Now,I'll make this quick. A few hours ago,I walked into my best friend swimming in her own pool of blood."
There were collective gasps.Peyton began to sob gently.
"Oh please,don't act like y'all care,"Bella said,clearly disgusted with them."All I wanna know is what happened."
"Is she okay?"Aunt Tiwa asked in a quiet voice.
Bella turned to face her. "Tiwa,Tiwa,Tiwa.All you care about is your goddamned wigs.What you don't know is that they make you look like a freak show.But no one here ever tells you,do they?"
Tiwa gasped and sat back,quiet.
"Tell us what you want,for chrissakes!"Chris yelled.Claw moved towards him and grabbed him by his pyjama shirt,causing Lola and Peyton to scream.
"Alright! Alright!" he raised his hands in surrender.
"It's fine,Claw,put him down,"Bella said and shook her head."He's always been a coward."
Claw dropped Chris like a sac of grain and went to stand behind Bella.
"Are y'all gonna cooperate now?"she asked.
They all nodded quickly,including stone faced Grandmother Margaret.
"Good. Now,I'm gonna ask again,what happened that made my beloved Nina try to kill herself?"
There was silence.
"Hmm,"Bella said and arose."I know it couldn't have been Tiwa or Brandon,you're both barely around her. Peyton's sickeningly kind,so it can't be her either."She walked up to Grandmother Margaret and stooped down to look her right in the eye.She felt the hatred towards her and it only made her smile."I'm not afraid of you,old lady,neither do I respect you one bit.You,being the head of this home,are supposed to love and nurture your children and grandchildren regardless of their height,weight or skin colour.What did you do instead,huh?You made my Nina feel rejected because of those very qualities.I have no doubt in my mind that it was you who pushed her to do what she did today."
"I did not push that child to do anything.I only told her the truth.As long as she's connected to you,you little French bitch,she'll never be accepted as one of us,"Grandmother Margaret replied coldly,without blinking.
"Mother,"Lola warned softly.
"So,if you think about it,Isabella Bronze,"Grandmother Margaret continued,"you're the cause of your friend's misfortune."
Bella paused for a few seconds,then she broke into a sweet smile,startling everyone.
Without taking her eyes off Grandmother Margaret's,she said,"Claw..Cobra."
"Yeah?"they chorused in their deep voices.
"Tear this house apart,"she ordered.She watched Grandmother Margaret and the rest of Nina's family let out different sounds registering shock.
Then she got up and walked to the door.
"You will pay for this!" Lola yelled after her,and wished she hadn't a few moments later,for Bella turned and smiled at her.
"Oh,Lola,if you were my mother,I'd have thrown you off a cliff ages ago,or probably cut off your tongue in your sleep.But fate smiled on you and gave you a sweet daughter.By the way,your sister and your husband are sleeping together right under your silly plastic surgery nose."
"What!"Lola screamed and threw glances at both Tiwa and Chris. The looks on their faces told her that what Bella was saying was true."Oh my dear Lord!"she cried out and covered her face as she sobbed.Chris lowered his head in shame,Tiwa shifted carefully to the opposite side of the floor,Peyton sobbed on Brandon's chest while he comforted her.Grandmother Margaret looked at Bella balefully.The boys continued to tear down wallpapers and break various items.
"That's enough,boys,"she called out."Lets go.And as for you guys,"she pointed to Nina's family."One word of this to la policia and you'll wish you'd never been born.I know all of your dirty secrets,and I'm not afraid to air them."
Then she walked out with the boys,satisfaction written all over her face.