Broken but Not Defeated || 18+
10 parts Ongoing Mature'He lies. He's not proud of you. It's all lies.' Her sibilant words cut through my one-liner thought process like a knife to hot butter.
'What is there to be proud of? Have you seen yourself lately? Look in the mirror, you stupid girl! You are not the type of person someone could be proud of. And to think," she crooned, 'you actually believed him when he said, 'I am proud of you.' Ha! Puh-lease, do not make me laugh. They were right about one thing, and you know it, don't you? Don't you?! Admit it, Ana. You're stupid! Just a stupid, insignificant, broken little girl who doesn't know how to do anything right. And one day," she crooned softly, 'you'll see that I have been telling you the truth the entire time. And when you do, I'll be there. To guide you. To comfort you. To avenge you.'
This is my dark, twisted take on the popular Mafia, Older Brother, and Lost/Found Daughter plots.