Hatred from family

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"Scarlett, get your fucking ass down here!" Mrs. Petersburg furiously shouted, she was standing down the long stairs.

In five seconds, Scarlett drifted out of her room in a swift, running down the treads like a spooked cat.

"Yes, mother!" Scarlett answered timidly when she reached out to her mother.

She knew she was in trouble with the vicious look on her mother's face; there is no doubt that her younger sister must have lied to her again.

Nonetheless, Scarlett's face was welcomed with a dirty reverberating slap!

"Arg! Mother!" Scarlett shrieked painfully, and her knees dropped to the floor. She clamp her burning cheek with her palm, brushing the red spot as she tried to numb the pain.

"Oh, mother... Why did you have to hit her, huh?" A voice gloomily said behind Mrs. Petersburg, it was her second daughter, Sally.

She was sounding sad and depressing. But hell, she wasn't feeling awful and Scarlett knew that in her mind that Sally was making jest of her.

"Sally," Mrs. Petersburg called as she turned to her second daughter "Your sister needs to be taught a lesson for what she did to you!" She shouted.

Sally faked an unhappy expression, biting her lips as she lowered her gaze to the floor.

Meanwhile, Scarlett was crying profusely on the floor. It wasn't in her temperament to cry so easily like this but this is the eleventh time her mother would be hitting her face today!

"Mother!" Scarlet called and she stood "What did I do to Sally? Why do you have to hit me this way mother?" She asked her mother tearfully.

"Oh, will you shut up, huh!" Mrs. Petersburg yelled and she swiveled outrageously and faced her first daughter.

"But mom...

Mrs. Petersburg raised her hand again to slap her harder this time. However, Sally quickly intervened and held her mother's hand in the air.

"Sally!" Mrs. Petersburg called her shockingly.

"No, mother. I won't let you hit Scarlett again!" Sally said with a bold expression, and she instantly let go of her mother's hand.

Scarlett inwardly scoffed at Sally's facade and gut, she knew she was only pretending so her mother would praise her (Sally) for being a decent child.

"Why are you fighting for her, Sally? Scarlett snatch your boyfriend from you and you still defend her, huh?" Mrs. Petersburg scoffed.

Scarlett's eyes widened in shock at her mother's words and she hysterically screamed "I didn't snatch Sally's boyfriend, mother!"

"Please, don't lie, Scarlet." Sally turned to face Scarlett who stood behind her "Just spill the truth of what happened between you and James!"

"You are a cheap liar!" Scarlett cried to her face.

Sally sneered mischievously at her elder sister; she knew her mother couldn't see her face right now since her mother happens to be standing behind her at this moment.

"Deal with it!" The expression on Sally's pointed out to Scarlett.

"Oh, Scarlett!" Sally broke down into her crocodile tears, turned around slowly with a sad face, and went to sit on the sofa.

"Did you fucking see what you did to your sister? Yet she Is defending you?" Mrs. Petersburg snarled at her daughter.

"Believe me, mother. I didn't make love with James, I didn't snatch him from Sally!" Scarlett cried achingly to her mother.

However, her mother was indifferent and cold to her —her mother hated her, a lot!

But there was a reason for it; two years ago when she had passed out from college, it was her prom night and her elder brother drove in that heavy rain just to be there for her.

However, he got into a ghastly accident on the roadway and died miserably on the spot!

Ever since then, her family denounced her for his death and they despised her from the depth of their hearts.

"I won't do anything to you until your father is back from the board meeting, I'm certain he will teach you a very good lesson!" Mrs. Petersburg said maliciously.

She positioned her both hands on her waist, and she waited impatiently for her husband.

Sally giggled inwardly, covering her mouth to hide her sneers. She was extremely delighted that her parent was gonna punish Scarlett.

For all she knows; Scarlett was initially innocent of her allegation. But ever since she found out that her boyfriend has an eye on her sister, she then decided to make Scarlett pay dearly instead.

Scarlett was shivering and shuddering fearsomely on spot, floods of fright and uncertainty welled her whole body as she thought of what her father would do to her when he hears this...

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It was late in the night and the time was exactly 10: 00 PM when Mr. Petersburg came back home to his mansion.

Sally and her mother bombed everything that happens earlier to him, they told him of how Scarlett had snatched her boyfriend from her.

Oh! Poor Scarlett, before she could have the time to explain her side of the story, her strong father pounced on her and landed blows.

"Father!"

"Oh!"

"Father please!"

Scarlet was screaming in pain and trying to avoid her father's attacks as he kicked, and punched her mouth, nose, head, and belly!

"You!" Mr. Petersburg cursed, pointing his index finger dangerously at his daughter "You did not only cause me everlasting pains by killing my only son, but now you want to snatch my daughter's happiness too!"

"But father, I'm your daughter too! I swear with my poor life, I didn't snatch my sister’s boyfriend!" Scarlett wailed in misery, another rain of tears cascaded heavily down her face.

"You liar! I caught you both!" Sally invaded with a deadly glare at her sister "You were foolishly forcing yourself on him!" She clamored.

Mr. Petersburg was fuming murderously at Scarlet and yet again, he attacked his daughter viciously.

Mrs. Petersburg burned grievously, and she went ahead in hitting Scarlett alongside her husband.

"Beat her more, mother!" Sally gingered her parent, she was grinning victoriously and clapping her hands in mockery.

"Please, mother! Please, father!" Scarlett lamented in despair and anguish.

Having no other choice, she bawled as she luckily sprang to her feet and ran out of the mansion when she could no longer bear the suffering, the torture.

"Oh, God!" Scarlett was whimpering and sobbing rawly, flying on her feet non-stop down the dark secluded road until she finally got to a long bridge.

"It's best if I take my life!" She grieved, weeping in deep pangs she felt in her fragile heart.

Shakily clenching the rails of the bridge, Scarlett was sniffing bitterly.

"Brother..." She hiccups "I'm coming to join you in the other world, I can no longer bear the pains!"

Scarlett stood on the railing of the bridge, the cold cement nipping at her bare feet. The air was chilly tonight, akin to her frozen yet bleeding heart, the wind causing her hair to fly about her face where streams of hot tears chased one another down her cheeks.

She was tired of it all, tired of her so-called family, tired of the undeserved sufferings, the pain both physical and emotional. Most importantly, she was tired of life.

Scarlett sniffled, shutting her eyes momentarily before opening them to gaze at the ocean beneath her. The water was still, peaceful almost, but Scarlett knew it was only a façade. A means to draw people to its beauty only to take their lives for indulging; people like her.

She knew what she was about to do, what she was forced to do. Her only option left, yet she couldn't help the small fear that thrummed lowly in her heart.

In a last bid to seek hope in her life, some candle flicker at the end of the tunnel, she searched her mind for something, anything that could make her want to continue living. She searched for someone that could be her anchor, that could give her reason to keep pushing, but as always... she found none.

Sobbing from the pain that continued to burn her heart, engulfing it in flames of agony, Scarlett raised her legs to the other side of the bridge.

She prepared to free fall into the ocean, she shut her painful eyes, dragging in one final shaky breath and she jumped into the sea!