Chapter 280

280 – Stop This Suffering

Yuvonne:

“Yuvonne, get ready. Baxter is coming with his mother.” I heard my mother’s voice echo in the room as she opened the door with a thud.

I jolted awake under my blanket. Every time somebody made loud noises around me, I got scared.

I hated that I was feeling this way. I missed my old self, but the news itself made me happy.

“Really? He is coming over?” I asked my mother, smiling at her.

It was the same broken smile that my mother said gave her the chills, but I could not help it.

“Yes. He is coming over. His mother just texted me.” She repeated herself quickly, reaching the closet to grab me a new dress.

I had been in one dress, and I had been able to change. I changed out of those clothes.

I could never wear them again, but after that I did not feel like getting ready. If I am honest, I hated my body.

“What are you doing? Do not pick anything too flashy. I do not want to attract attention,” I said gently, sitting up and making sure the blanket was covering me.

“You need to stop saying nonsensical things. That time has passed. You are focusing too much on it. The more you remember and the more you try to think about what happened to you, the more you will feel like a sad little puppy. It seems like you do not want to get out of that mindset either. It is okay if you want to act like that in front of Baxter so you can get his attention, but you do not have to do that when he is not around. Just go back to living your life.” Those words from my mother made me feel horrible.

I did not say it out loud because who else would take care of me?

So I dragged my body out of the bed and noticed that she gave me a white dress.

“This looks like a victim’s perfect dress.” The minute my mother said that, I began to feel disgusted with myself again.

I did not understand why she had to make me look like one. I was a victim.

“I am not going to wear this one.” I snapped at her, and she rolled her eyes.

“Okay, fine, I will not call you a victim again, but then stop acting like one.” She rolled her eyes once more and threw the dress at me before she walked out of the room.

Ever since I returned from the hospital, I noticed that my mother was very judgmental of me.

She did not want me to express my fears. She hated whenever I jolted at even a little noise.

She did not understand my mindset, and it seemed like she did not want to either.

She just hated that I was not my cheery self right away.

She wanted to gossip with me about Madeline, but every time she said her name, I felt like the world was laughing at me and pointing at me, telling me that all this happened because we had been horrible to Madeline all our lives.

After my mother left and I got ready, she marched in to apply some tint on my lips and cheeks.

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I did not like it, but every time I turned my face away from her, she grabbed my head and put lipstick and makeup

on me.

Finally, she made me walk out to sit on the couch and wait for him.

“ If he is coming here, who is going to take care of Madeline and the children?” Those words left my lips without my acknowledgement, and my mother let out a loud grunt that made my body shudder. 1

“Why do you care? Do not pretend you are this sweet, naive girl who cares about that vicious woman. Remember, this happened to you because of her,” my mother snapped at me, more angrily than ever.

However, I shook my head.

“No. Let’s not put a man’s actions and blame on someone else.” I spoke softly, but it was enough to gain harsh glares from my mother.

“Is that man coming over? Make sure he takes her away with him. We cannot have a victim here. People come here and look at her as if she has done something great.” My father walked past the living room and did not bother to ask me once how I was feeling.

I heard he was upset that it happened to me. He said it ruined his reputation among his peers.

Those men did the deed, but somehow my life was the one that had been ruined.

I could not go out. I could not do anything. My mother reminded me nonstop that I needed to cash this incident out, even though I wanted to forget about it so badly.

Finally, she clapped her hands and gestured to me, letting me know they had arrived.

Then she pointed at her eyes, made a fist, and rolled it in circles.

“Cry. Come on p>

As soon as she said that, I felt something crack inside me.

None of them wanted to help me. They just wanted to use me. 2

Alexis Dee

Author

Your thoughts on Yuvonne, do you think Baxter should save her from her family? or is it a very brutal plan of hers to win him back?

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