Ophelia? (Entered In 2022 Wattys Award)

Devil : A Cruel Father

"Ouch! "
Amelia touches the back of her head. It's moist. She brings her fingers in front of her eyes. It's coated with red blood.

She is lying down on a dark cold floor. She sits and looks around.

It's a spacious room. Empty except for a bulb. Its faint light is flickering. Its yellowish color is adding intensity to the situation.

She tries to stand but her head starts spinning. She clutches her head and stands wobbly on her feet.

Suddenly the door clicks and she subconsciously takes a step back toward the wall of the room.

" You are awake?"
Richard enters the room and smiles at Amelia.

Amelia looks terrified. She again feels the same manly scent. It's his perfume.

" Sandra was right! You are Ophelia! "
She says; the voice is laced with venom.

" Haha! Oh, dear! "
He laughs loudly.
" Why didn't you believe her then? "

" I...didn't know! "
Amelia whispers, clutching her head.
" Oh, God! I am so sorry, Sandy! "

Then she looks at Richard and screams,
" Why? Just why are you doing this? How did you change your voice?"

" The first one is not your concern! "
He smiles darkly.
" I am gonna tell you though! "

He then approaches Amelia. Amelia also steps backward until she is caged between Richard and the dark wall.

" I love the tears in Sandra's eyes! "
His whispered remark makes Amelia shiver.

Richard then goes back towards the door. He then says,
"It's just a voice modulator!"

" But Sammy loves you! "
She says softly.
" How can you do this to her? "

" Oh, stop mentioning that old hag! "
He looks irritated.
" Sammy or whatever! "

Amelia looks astonished. This dark side of his is new to her.

" And what about me? I am your daughter!"
She looks so sad.

" Oh! You are just a mistake! "
He exclaims as if it held no importance.

" What! "
Amelia whispers. She is so heartbroken.
She now wishes she never met him.

" Yes! The night Sara came to know the truth about me, she told me she hates me! I was devastated and in anger, I used her sister! Haha! "
He laughs.

Amelia just watches him with her teary eyes.

"I wanted to kill you the day you were born! But I didn't. Because I knew you would be useful! "
He says these cruel words to his daughter.
" See? You are useful! When I hurt you, it hurts Sandra! So it's a win! "

" Please stop! "
She spits at him.
" You pathetic psycho!"

Suddenly Richard's face becomes darker.
" Don't call me psycho! "
His voice is stone cold. It's as if this word triggered something in him.

" What else should I call you? You are a pathetic, monstrous psychopath! "
She screams at the top of her lungs.

Suddenly Richard lungs toward Amelia and smashes her head to the brick wall.

" Ah! "
Amelia screams. Blood has started dripping from her head.

" I said stop! "
He says darkly and puts more pressure on his grab on Amelia's head. Blood is seething between his fingers.

He leaves her and she collapses on the floor. She looks lifeless.

He looks at her distressed body and says,
" You are not needed in my plan at all! "
He kicks her stomach and leaves the room.