Luna

Chapter 21

"......una.... Luna... LUNA!" lost in my own world, I was brought back to reality by Dr. Forbes.

I wiggled in the couch, trying to get comfortable, "I'm sorry I got lost for a minute there. What were you saying?"

Dr. Forbes cleared her throat as silent as she could, "You have a lot going on your mind, am I right?"

Dammit. You really can't get past her.

I turned my head a bit trying to shake off the thoughts before saying yes.

"Are you comfortable to share these thoughts with me?"

"It's just nothing special" I avoided her eyes.

She scribbles something on her notepad, "Well, shall we get to the point of this session then?"

"If you mean talk about how my sister's boyfriend kidnapped me and held me hostage for a week then sure" I could see her shock by my bluntness, and regained her composure the next second.

"Yes Luna. It has come to the point in our sessions where we need to address the issue head on. I know you are strong enough" I nodded inhaling deep, my back pressed against the soft couch. It was time to face my demons.

"Start from how you noticed that he behaved differently towards you and go on from there. Say everything you want to say. You can start when you are ready" She spoke, mirroring me.

"Okay....." I smacked my lips a little too loud, "he and my sister had not been together for long, but she was head over heels for him. Even my parents looked at him with more love in their eyes than they look at me. He was obviously from a good background so they deemed him worthy to date their golden child."

My eyes trailed the books on the shelves behind me. "They were very happy and in love of course...... then came the dinner....where both the families met to talk about their marriage. I had to attend and plaster a smile all through dinner. It was no bad though" I looked at her, "His mother was a cheerful woman and she kept the dinner alive."

"It was during desserts when it all began. My sister was originally sitting next to me but she was off to the bathroom or somewhere else. He took her seat and started talking to me. We rarely talk so it came off pretty surprising to me. For the first time we were doing well though, he made a few jokes and I genuinely laughed. I decided he was not bad company after all."

I fell silent, words forming in my brain but unable to say. ".......hooo ummm.... Then I felt it...." I looked at Dr.Forbes, "I felt his hand on my thighs..... I thought he was mistaken so I looked at him but he just smirked and kept it. ... and then the bastard started circling his hands like he was giving me a massage." Anger started brewing under my skin.

"He kept doing that the rest of the night and when I tried standing up his grip tightened..... the next day I told my mother and do you know what she did?" I looked at a blurred Dr.Forbes, with tears forming in my eyes, "She slapped me.... and told me that her son would never do that..... those were her exact words. She called me out as a liar and attention-seeker" the tears started falling onto my lap as I lowered my head.

When I looked up again, Dr. Forbes handed me a box of tissues. I took one, wiping the tears away.

After a few minutes, she asked, "What were you thoughts when she said that?"

"... I was angry ... but mostly I was hurt and heartbroken. My own mother accusing me of such when all I was trying was to tell the truth"

"Did he do anything else?"

I laughed out hysterically, "I'm sorry.. its just your question is funny..... Oh doc....." my laughter changed into a frown. "He didn't stop... he would invade my privacy... my proximity every chance he got.... he would brush his hands on my hips, or grab my ass... he even tried to kiss me once.... I was so mad that day. I pushed him away, he ran into a wall and broke his wrist..... I have no regrets because he stopped doing any of those stuff. I think he even stopped coming to the house for weeks after"

I exhaled deeply, a sense of lightness in my chest for sharing it with someone.

"Did you tell anyone about this?"

"I couldn't. He blackmailed me that he would turn it all into me trying to seduce him... making him the victim.... Knowing my family, nobody would believe me..... also I did not have sufficient or yet any evidence to prove any of his actions."

"and then he kidnapped you?"

"Correct"

"Do you know what his motive was?"

I looked her straight in the eye "Yes....He found out the papers.... Leanna was an idiot to leave them out in the open for anybody to read"

"What papers?" I could sense curiosity from her tone.

"I only found out about it that day. Leanna was the one who showed it to me. I was at the office before he came in..... She told me she found it out a few days ago too"

I looked at her straight in the eyes, "The papers hold the biggest and the best-kept secret of our family."

A/N:

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