Chapter Two

"You are such a disgrace to this family, what have we done wrong by bringing you in to live with us?" Her aunt's husband, Ben, raged at her when Bella went back home from college, she had just wanted to run into her room and shut herself off but unfortunately, she met her family sitting in the living room and one look at their faces, she knew that they had seen the video

"Bella, how could you allow that boy take record of you while..." Her aunty Christy burst into tears and couldn't complete her sentences, Bella felt so ashamed of herself, she hate to bring distress to her family

"I didn't consent for him to make video of me aunty"

"Oh please shut up, you slut" Ben angrily shut her up, pointing a finger at her

"Ben please, don't call her that" her aunty Christy cried, covering her face with her hands while she sobbed into them

"If course I'll call her that, she is nothing but a slut, didn't you see the way she was moaning in the arms of that guy? Exactly like a slut"

"Please, uncle, I beg you stop, please, I never gave him permission to make video of me, he did that and uploaded it without my consent" Bella cried

"If that's the case, then we are going to file a complaint against that wretched guy" aunty Christy cried angrily as she banged her palms against the table

"Did you just say file a complaint? So we can be more of a laughing stock than we already are?"

Just then, the door opened and her aunty's only child, Jesse walked in

"Mum, dad, I was so embarrassed in school today when I saw a video of Bella and.....arrrghhh" he screamed angrily and didn't dare to complete his words, "I even got into a fight, you're so embarrassing" he yelled at Bella before stomping into his room

"We are not going to file any complaint and that's final. Your Niece is a slut and I don't want to see her in my house again" Ben spat before stomping off.

In one day, her whole has come crashing down, except for her aunty's house, she has nowhere to go, she had lost her parents in a car accident at a very tender age, she didn't even recall their face or how they died but her aunty had told her that she was right there when the accident had happened but she could not remember anything.

Her aunty was all she had and she hate to bring trouble to her

"I have a friend who lives in the state, I'll send you her address so that you could stay with her for the time being until everything is settled" her aunty told her as she scribbled the address on a piece of paper and handed it to Bella

Bella felt hurt that even her aunty wanted her to leave, well, she had given her enough trouble and the poor woman might just be tired of her

Taking the slip from her aunty, she put it in her pocket and left without another word. She ran out of the house but one thing was clear to her, she had no intention of going to see her aunt's friend.

Bella didn't stop running, she couldn't stop until she came to a dead end, a cliff.

Why don't she just end it all right now? Her dreams were shattered with that single video because she wouldn't dare go back to college, how about her part time job? She knows they would have seen that viral video of hers and they'll all be judging her by now, just like those in college and her aunt's husband, even her cousin Jesse feels so ashamed of her, she stared at the cliff below, one jump from this height will end it all, tears flowed down her cheeks as she thought about her dreams if finishing college, get a good job and help out her aunty with some expenses, she had dreamt of getting married and having kids but it was all in her head because the person she had dreamt of having those with had ended up ruining her life.

She dropped her bag on the ground and moved backwards to make that jump that will end her life.

"Bella, noooo" she suddenly heard her friend Ana's scream and she couldn't stop the sob that raked her body, she did not want to do this in the first place, she wanted to live and fulfill her dreams but now it's all gone and she does not have any reason to keep on living, she heard running footsteps and made to jump but Ana caught her arms so that she was dangling on air, looking below where death awaits her, she finally realized that she didn't want to die

"Bella, you can't kill yourself because of that jerk" Ana said as she held tight, "don't let go"

Slowly, she pulled Bella up and they both fell to the ground panting

"Have you gone nuts? You want to kill yourself while that jerk keep on living?" Ana fumed at her friend as she sat up

"I don't have the will to live Ana, I can't go back to college. Who would want to employ someone with a scandalous story as mine? To top it all, my aunt's husband kicked me out of the house" Bella sobbed and Ana wrapped her arms around her, sobbing along with her

"But you can't kill yourself, how about you file a complaint?"

"Does it matter? Who would believe me? Besides, I just want everything to end as soon as possible"

"My aunt has a cottage downtown but she's not living there, her son lives there now but he's out of town, you can stay there for a few weeks while we think of what next to do"

"How did you find me?" Bella suddenly asked

"I was scared that you would do something to yourself but I never imagined that you'll actually commit suicide though. Here's some money that will take you to the cottage, at least you'll have a place to stay for the moment "

Bella hugged her only friend and accepted her help. She boarded a vehicle that will take her downtown with nothing on her except the clothes on her back and the little money Ana had given her.

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Bella was asleep in the cottage when she sensed that she wasn't alone any longer, she felt a hand on her thigh and she jumped up to see a boy with blond hair bending so close to her

"Who are you and what do you want?" She shrieked as she tried to move away from him

"You came to my home to look for me beauty" he replied with a leer on his face and then it dawned on her that this could be Ana's cousin, why has he returned so soon and on top of it all, he is a total jerk from what she is seeing"

"I didn't come to look for you, I was only lending this cottage"

"Of course, of course, you can stay but if only you give in to me"

"You're such a jerk" she gritted, pushing him away

"Don't act like you're innocent, I recognized you immediately I came in here, did you think that I didn't know you're the one in that viral video?" His hand fisted on her hair so tight that her scalp burned, he jerked her head backwards, exposing her neck to his raw gaze, his lips kissed her throat and Bella fought against him with the whole of her being. She felt the hand of her dress rip off in the struggle and he slapped her a few times

"Stop playing games slut and just give in already" he clenched out and Bella grew still and quiet

"Alright, you can have me but you're going to allow me stay here with you" she said quietly and he smirked as he released her to undo his zipper, Bella's feet rose up and she kicked him with her might, he wasn't expecting that violent kick from her and he fell to the floor with a thud and grew still.

Bella's eyes widened at the pool of blood that was coming out from the back of his head, she was trembling all over and placed her ears on his chest, her eyes widened, she had killed him.

Standing up, she ran off from the room, ran and never looked back.