It's Called Revenge

Human Feelings

I woke up the next morning with a headache, dreading the day I had waiting for me.

I threw my legs over the side of my queen sized bed and stood up, my feet making contact with the fluffy carpet I had placed when I moved in, unable to look at the hideous hardwood floors of the bedrooms.

I yawned as I made my way over to my bathroom, intent on using the bathroom and taking a shower before I had to wake up the girls, only to nearly jump out of my skin when I saw Pierce standing at my sink, brushing his teeth.

I held a hand to my racing heart, having thought that he was still passed out in the girls room, where I had made him sleep because I couldn't quite deal with him being there yet.

"What are you doing in here?" I asked, trying to keep my gaze from wandering over his naked torso as I realized he had just taken a shower, a towel slung low on his hips.

He rinsed his mouth out before responding, his voice no longer comforting and sweet as I had remembered it from the year before, but it was cold and filled with hatred.

Hatred directed at me.

"Susie said I have to use your bathroom because her bathroom wasn't clean."

I felt my heart nearly break in two as I forced a smile to my face with a nod, unable to find my words. I went to shut the door in order to step out, but he stepped out of the bathroom quickly.

I inhaled sharply when he gripped me by the neck, slamming me into the door frame roughly, his nails digging into my skin as he crushed my windpipe with his strong hold.

"Why the hell didn't you tell me I had another daughter?" His voice came out low and deadly and I realized the he was sober, he wasn't the drunk guy I had cried my heart out to the night before.

I grabbed at his wrist, trying to pry his hand away from my neck in order to breath, but his grip only tightened further.

I whimpered in pain as his hatred filled eyes stared into mine.

"Mommy?" The sound of Susie's voice had Pierce instantly letting go of me, resulting in me falling to the ground as I gasped for air, gripping my own neck as I tried to get rid of the burning feeling.

I felt Pierce's foot ram into my side and I inhaled sharply, it not helping my already hurt throat.

I wasn't healing like I should have been. The time I had spent away from Pierce had resulted in me becoming weaker.

Becoming human.

I felt pain instantly spread through my chest as I heard several cracks around the room, my eyes filling with tears as I looked to my daughter, who had silent tears running down her face and sobs shaking her shoulders.

"Go to your room." I managed to gasp out through my pain, watching as Susie nodded and quickly fled the room, shutting the door behind her.

I couldn't let my daughter see me that way. I couldn't let her see me being hurt by her father.

Pierce gripped my chin, pulling me up to my feet as I whimpered again, holding my rib cage as it throbbed in pain.

But then he slammed my head against the wall and punched me across the face, resulting in black spots dancing across my vision.

Only when he punched me in my stomach, resulting in me doubling over in pain and coughing up blood, did he realize something was wrong.

His gaze completely softened when he stared at me with worried eyes and I knew that he was only taking out his anger on the woman who had neglected him his children, not the woman he loved.