81. Half Truth!

Author's POV

"What did you do to me?"

Emerald growled at him. 

"You are fucking with my mind, you haunt me in nightmares. You saw I am struggling."

"Emerald, calm down!"

Egon tried to hold her hand but she stepped away. 

"I saw you keeping me in the basement, was it true?"

She asked in disbelief. 

"Emerald, listen to me... That's not the whole truth."

He rubbed his face frustrated. 

"Did you?"

She screamed. 

"Yes!"

He sighed in defeat. 

Her face turned horrified. 

"It means you also forced me to kill the girl who was my sister."

He nodded and received a harsh slap from her. 

"You bastard, you lied. You said we have never met before... Why did you do all that to me? What other nasty things have you done to me?... Why? Why did you do that? What did I do to you?"

"You will remember why I did that!"

He looked guilty. 

She gritted. 

"Are you fucking trying to justify the inhumane things you did to me? I don't think I would do anything to deserve this?"

"Right, you didn't deserve it, but you have remembered the half-truth. I love you, I am not going to hurt you again."

He pleaded. 

"Again?"

She looked at him in disbelief. 

"Are you listening to yourself?"

She laughed while grabbing her head. 

"You are fucked up, you deceived me all this time..."

He pulled her closer forcefully and grabbed her hands so she couldn't move. Her eyes were angry and hurt. He could understand and he was expecting this situation. 

"I know I have fucked up, and there is no way that I can undo it. I regret it, I have lived hell for the last few months. I have punished myself the way I punished you... We both fucked up and we both suffered... The only truth is, I couldn't live without you. I tried, but I can't. I want to spend my life with you, and I am ready to do anything for it. This time you can't leave me."

She pushed him back. 

"You are a psycho!"

"Emerald, what's going on?"

Ruby gasped when she saw her screaming. 

Emerald rushed towards her sister. 

"He is the one, he is my nightmare!"

Ruby was stunned for a moment because she didn't know that Emerald would remember it like that. 

She nodded. 

"First you need to calm down..."

"No, I want to go away from him, from here... Let's go home!"

She was stubborn. 

Ruby looked at Egon and he nodded. He knows that holding her back might worsen the situation. She will calm down when she is in a safe place, which is her home. 

Ruby took Emerald with her, and Arabella was watching everything from afar. 

"It will take a decade if she remembers in bits... I need to do something"

Ruby was trying to comfort Emerald in the car.

"I was in his basement, can you imagine? I can't even fucking tell you how I am feeling right now... And I was falling for that man... Fuck!"

She was a crying mess. 

"Did you know about our past?"

"No! I didn't know about it."

Ruby lied because if she told her the truth, then she would leave her too, which is not good. After all, Emerald needs someone beside her in this tough time, at least till she remembers everything. 

"You used to stay with Mom, you two came to stay with me when you lost your memories"

"Does mom know what happened with me?"

She asked desperately. 

"I don't think so because her mental condition was not good, you used to take care of her."

Ruby rubbed her back gently. 

"Fuck!"

Emerald was frustrated. 

"Did he have a reason to do that to me? I don't think so because he tortures people even if they disrespect him... I don't think I have ever hurt him..."

Ruby stayed silent, not knowing how to tell her that she had given Egon the biggest pain of his life which shattered him. 

She doesn't think they both were at fault, in fact, they both are victims of misunderstanding and chaos, which the mad king created. 

They have suffered enough, now they have to make peace and love each other. 

She sighed, confused about how to solve this tangle. 

When they reached home, Emerald went to her room crying. 

Her mother looked at Ruby confused. 

"She remembered the torture part."

Ruby huffed. 

"Jesus! My child is going through so much."

She started walking towards her room but Ruby stopped her. 

"I think she needs to stay alone for some time."

Her mother nodded at her words. 

"Let's act normal around her."

Emerald sat on her bed, recalling all the funny and romantic memories with Egon. 

She couldn't believe how that man could hurt her. 

She was thinking that he faked it, everything! 

He still has bad intentions towards her. 

She scrolled through their pictures and chats, she couldn't control her tears. 

His words were still ringing in her ears. 

"If you love me then why did you hurt me?"

She buried her face in the pillow and cried. 

After some time, she went downstairs for dinner; her mother had cooked her favourite food. She smiled sadly, they could see her swollen eyes. 

It's very strange to see the girl cry who was a queen once, but she was more human-like this time. 

They tried to lighten her mood but she was silent. 

"Thank god you both are back, I was so bored."

Their mother said while serving them. 

Emerald was still silent until something clicked in her mind. 

"Egon said he punished me. Did I do something to hurt him?"

They both looked at her nervously. 

"Your life was too private, we don't have any idea about what happened between you two."

Her mother replied. 

Emerald could sense that they know something but don't want to tell her. 

The doorbell rang and Ruby got up to open the door. 

"Emerald, it's your parcel"

"I didn't order anything."

After dinner she opened it and her heart skipped a beat.