EPISODE TEN.

EPISODE TEN.

JENNA'S POV.

I stood there, rooted to the spot, dumbfounded.

What the hell just happened?

Ryker lying to my face that Lana always looks unkempt around her own daughter when she's always been obsessive with looking good?

Did he think I won't call his bluff or he's just straight up lying to me about this?

Fuming, I watch both of them get refreshed and chat at each other heartily, I couldn't take it anymore, I run back to my room to freshen up and clean the dried blood off my body.

After I was done with that, I returned to downstairs to look for something to eat, hungry is an understatement, I'm fucking starved.

Getting there, I didn't expect to see the fridge stacked up with cooked food and fresh groceries, for a guy who's an asshole, Ryker surprises me every time.

Or maybe someone does it for him.

I took out my favorite soup and made some rice with it, after it was done, I settled down in the mini dining in the kitchen and had my meal.

I was almost done with it when Ryker walked with Arlene plates.

"Glad that you took time to get yourself cleaned up." He teases and makes a move to leave but I slammed my cutleries on the table angrily, causing a shrill noise which startled the hell out of him.

Hot air puffs out of my nostrils as I try to keep my anger at bay because I don't want to mess up in front of Arlene again.

"What the fuck are you trying to do?"

His face morphs into something confusing and nonchalant which almost made me look my cool.

"Why did you have to lie in the presence of Arlene about her own mother?"

Ryker's face dissolves immediately and he raises his upper lip, as if he's trying to suppress his dissatisfaction at the mention of my sister's name.

"Have you ever sat down to think about all of these? The reason why I'm trying to shut you out of I and Arlene's life but you managed to weasel your way in again?"

"Don't you dare try to raise that discussion." I snap, thinking about the lowly things I did to get him to marry me which I'm already regretting barely a few nights into the marriage.

"No Jenna, I'm going to sit you down and raise that discussion properly because you're such an avoidant adult who refuses to take accountability for her wrong actions." Ryker bites back at me, taking a few steps to where I am, his expression bitter.

"What did you just say to me?" I scoff, swallowing the lump in my throat.

"I will ask you again, have you ever sat down to think that I'm not trying to make this up? Your sister's actions and how she behaved before she ended up like that?"

"Don't you dare talk about the manner of her death like that?!" I yell angrily, fisting in the fork in my sweaty hand, livid.

"If you believe I have the mind to kill Lana off in a brutal manner like that, then, you must be fucking stupid."

Angry tears clouds up in my face again, making me feel like a dweeb and a fool who believes that her sister is a sunshine while the rest are the evil ones.

Maybe yes, or maybe not.

But I won't let Ryker give me the impression that Lana was a bad person, she wasn't, at least, not to me, and that's all I want to care about.

"The next time you talk about my sister in that manner, I will make sure you live to regret it for the rest of your life." I threaten, trying to keep my voice coherent.

"No, Jenna. The next time I want to talk about your sister, you're going to fucking sit down and listen to me because I'm tired of trying to let you have the impression that she's the person you thought she was."

Ryker moves his big calloused hands inside his pocket and walks out of the door, leaving me there to soak up in his words.

I wipe the tears off my face and wash my hands and face off in the sink, not giving a fuck if it's proper or not because I'm not staying another minute in this house until I find out if Lana was truly the person I thought she is.

I watched the Uber who dropped me off in front of my parent's house forcefully, as if I don't know where I'm going, whereas, I'm scared of turning to that horribly painted gate of my parent's house and endure them chew me out because I'm too tired to exchange words with them.

After some minutes of standing there like a stranded ghost, I strutted in reluctantly, not giving the few workers lurking around a glance as I walked inside.

Getting to the living room, Dad was there with a familiar guy dressed as a cop but I couldn't just place where I saw his face or how I knew him so I ignored both of them and went to the kitchen knowing Mom would probably be there working her ass off to make a meal for Dad.

Mom might be a horrible mother and all of that but she's the best cook I've ever known, she made sure we had enough to eat, but not enough to love.

She noticed my presence immediately and wards me off a smile while she turned off the gas.

Thankfully, she's done cooking, I won't be forced to run errands for her again.

I watch her plate the food in a beautiful manner with her attention all focused on it.

"Mom, did Lana ever rub on you the wrong way?" I suddenly ask, causing her to mess up the whipped cream on her plate.

She rolls her eyes off in distaste and glares at me.

"What do you want me to tell you?"She finally replies after eyeing the living out of me.

I shrug because honestly, I don't know what I want to hear from Mom.

Maybe I want to hear only the good side because I don't want to sully my conviction about my dead sister, or I want to hear the bad side so I can stop chewing Ryker out and getting emotional over her death, or I want to hear both so I can know the way forward in my plan.

"I don't know."

"Well, she was a good daughter to us, as you know, but you know what they say about people who try out to please others?" She ask, diverting all her attention to me.

"No." I mumble carefully.

"There's always someone or others who's at the receiving end. You can't be good all through."

"What are you trying to say? Are you telling me that your dead daughter might be a bad person?"

Mom shrug and her big expressive eyes water a little bit, almost making me to blubber.

"Maybe yes, maybe not, Jenna."

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Two chapters today!

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