FIFTY-SIX

Valerie's POV

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"How dare you talk to me that way? You worthless being!" Fiona spat angrily. She was about to slap me but I grabbed her arm just in time and retaliated with a punch to her cheek.

She stumbled backward in shock. I'm sure that she was not expecting that. Usually, I would stand there as she and her goons taunted and slapped me. But today that would end. Fiona held her stinging reddening cheek and groaned in pain.

"Oh my goddess, Valerie!" Skylar exclaimed.

"How dare you lay your hands on me? You will pay for this." Fiona rushed back to me, her hand rising in the air.

I swiftly dodged the attack and landed a punch on Fiona's face. She screamed out loud in pain as she fell to the ground. Blood pooled out of her nostrils.

I felt some kind of dominant power overtake me. I wanted to see more blood. I wanted Fiona to suffer how I had for the past years I had suffered in her hands. This was too little for her. She needed to bleed even more.

At that moment, I wished I was good at