Lavender: A strong woman
"I am not a good person. I'm not who Atlas ends up with. It's just a fact of life. The good guy ends up with someone good, the hero with the heroine, and the villain is left to die." Or rot in jail, as it is in my case. "And I'm not the hero of this story, Eli. I'm the villain. And the villain never gets a happy ending."
Lavender is a stripper with a dark past. A year ago, she ran away from her abusive husband and changed her identity. She thought she was finally able to start over, when her husband finds her and demands that she goes back to him. However, before he can take her back, he is shot in the head by a mysterious stranger with mismatched eyes.
Lavender runs away, knowing the cops are going to frame her for the murder. Still, she decides to learn how to protect herself in case the stranger ever finds her, but finds herself getting close to her annoying and overly enthusiastic self-defense teacher, despite knowing that he would hate her when he found out the truth about her.
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Chapter: Betrayed, again“You go to court in two weeks. And obviously you’re not eligible for bail, so you’ll wait here.” James says as I sit down behind the desk. “Besides, I found something good so you’re welcome.”“Two weeks?”He nods. “Yes. I don’t know everything they have on you, but I’m feeling quite optimistic, so you’re gonna plead not guilty.”I lift my brows. “You sure about that?”He glares at me. “Lavender, you’re suspected of murder that you didn’t do. If you plead guilty, you’ll probably be stuck in here for at least 20 years. If you don’t, we at least have a chance of pulling you out of this mess you made.”I lean back into my chair. “Okay, whatever. I still think we’re gonna lose the case.”He sits down on the chair opposite me and nods curtly. “It’s nice to see you’ve calmed down.&rd
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Chapter: PredatorsThe days pass by slowly with the only thing to look forward to being the shitty food. I don’t have any privileges such as phone calls or the access to the library so all I do is pace around the room and try not to think.There was no contact from Eli or from Atlas, so if I was lonely before, now I’m the loneliest person on the planet. To pass my time, I sometimes sit down on the floor next to the bars of my cell, trying to provoke my guard into paying attention to me and most often failing. I also sleep a lot. As much as I can, which leaves me unable to sleep for long periods of time so my sleep cycle looks like it’s fresh off Chernobyl. I sleep every two hours for two hours.Somehow, my biological clock adjusted to the meals so I can feel when the next meal is coming and I start to feel anxious and restless, pacing around the cell until the bell finally rings and the bars open, taking me to the cafeteria.I have a whole new respect for the ani
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Chapter: Unwanted helpWhen I open my eyes, it can see that it’s morning based on the light coming in through the tiny little window so high up on the wall that I wouldn’t be able to look through it even if I tried. I lie there, refusing to open my eyes, and then when I finally try to open them, I see that the left one doesn’t open, anyway. It must be swollen because of the bitch who hit me last night.I’m absolutely starving, but it doesn’t bother me so much because everything hurts so bad that it’s just another type of pain that I’m trapped in right now.Soon, I come to a conclusion that the worst thing about jail isn’t the lack of freedom or the shit food or lack of various things I use every day. It’s the abundance of time and the lack of things to do. It causes overthinking.And overthinking fucks you up.It’s obvious Atlas screwed me over. The exact thing I was scared would happen, happened. I trusted somebody an
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Chapter: Emotionally damagedThere’s a question which emerged in my mind many times since I realized my upbringing was a bit different from that of most people. I started noticing that people treated me differently, like they would treat an abandoned wild animal on the side of the road.Carefully, waiting for their unpredictable reaction.With time, I realized this was because I was emotionally damaged. At least, that’s what others call it. It’s what people who were not shown love and affection while growing up are named.The question I continuously asked myself was whether people like me could ever learn how to love and be in a happy romantic relationship. Can someone who wasn’t exposed to it learn it once they become an adult? I wish I knew the answer, but the only thing I know is if it is at all possible, it would take a shitload of work.Unfortunately, nothing in my life has ever given me the motivation to start working on it. Until quite recently.
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Chapter: Mouse in a trap“Okay. Well, I’m still driving there because I’ll need the car afterwards.” I say and he’s silent for a moment or two.“Job?”I sigh and shrug. “I’ve missed so much already. Yesterday was Saturday and I didn’t go. I really have to today.”“You said you saved up some money. This would be a good time to find another job, Lavender.”I swallow. “It’s a part of who I am, Atlas.”“No. It’s a job. Easily switched.” He argues. I guess he has a point, but it’s not something I want to talk about right now. “We have to talk about us and what we’re gonna do about Kristen.”“Okay. We’ll talk about it later.” I go to exit the car, but he pulls me back and gives me a kiss on the lips. “See you at dinner.”I smile and leave.***It takes me around 30 minutes to pick the o
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Chapter: Dark cloudsOnce the kitten discovered everything about the house, she wanted to explore the outside, too. She asked to be let outside but when she was denied, she snuck out anyway when the master forgot to close the door.At first, the nature and the sun overwhelmed her with beauty. There were so many interesting smells and animals and she wanted to know everything about the garden.But then the sun disappeared.Dark clouds appeared, along with cold rain and thunder, and everything that was previously exciting and beautiful turned dark and frightful. She rushed to the door of the house but couldn’t snuck back in and nobody saw that she was stuck outside. She looked to the warm inside of the house wishfully, regretting ever wanting to find out what was hidden from her.It took an hour of shivering in the cold until she was discovered. When she was back in the warm home, she swore to never leave the house again.In the morning, all of us have an open disc
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Chapter: EPILOGUEThe next day"Hey baby." Axel's raspy voice greets me as I open my eyes, beyond tired.Something seems different, but I can't exactly put my finger to it."Axel?" I ask, but I'm answered by a baby's cry. "Shit." Axel silently curses and I'm completely awake all of a sudden.
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Chapter: XLIII"This is not how I imagined spending the last day of the year." Amber groans, holding me up by my arm, Liam on the other. I can walk, but they insisted that precausion was necessary."Sorry, guys, I just- I couldn't spend another day locked inside the house without... Well you know." I muster up a shitty apology for the shitty situation I'm in.Axel's been gone a week today and I can't stand to even think about it.
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Chapter: XLIIAxel's P.O.V."I'm sorry, okay? Fuck, I've forgotten what it's like to ask forgiveness from people who aren't Sophie." She always caves in quite soon, thankfully."Yeah, well, I'm not fucking Sophie and that's a pitiful fucking apology, you need to do better." coach replies, shutting the door of his bedroom in my face.
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Chapter: XLIAxel's P.O.V.I slam the door behind me, kicking the snow underneath my boots as I make my way to the car. I'm still hungover and my alcohol level is probably way fucking higher than it should be, which is why Catherine brought me home. She was the only one sober in the apartment and wouldn't let me drive on my own.Well, she's not here no stop me now so she can suck dick.
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Chapter: XL"You were with a woman?" I ask, careful to not let my voice break. Deep down, however, I know he wouldn't cheat on me.Would he?No, Axel wouldn't.He rolls his eyes, like the child he is. "No, I wasn't. I thought you trust - why are we even talking about this? What is he doing in our f
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Chapter: XXXIXI push him away in shock. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" I'm beyond angry at this point and I wish I pushed him harder and he'd hit the ground. The baby inside me kicks, like he's excited."What does it look like? I'm trying to show you that he isn't the only one who can make you feel good." he responds calmly and I wonder for a second if he has an actual death wish or he's just plain dumb.I don't remember him being like this.
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