Fool Me Twice Shame On Me Novels & Stories

Without a single thought of me. History seems to have a way on repeating itself, doesn't it? Now, I was left by the love of my life after he got what he wanted. His dream. After I served my purpose of being an available option to warm his bed. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Indeed. The shame is on the fool me. Fucking shame on me. Right. I just wanted to find my love. Like my parents. Like my best friend. Why is it so hard for me?

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. I knew better than to fall for Sapphire’s wide smile and her kind-hearted behaviour in the days that followed, but I played along. She joined me in my morning exercises, she sat with me at the dinner table and did a little chit-chat while we ate, she told me she was over Slade and apologized for upsetting me. She even went the extra mile of getting me a diamond-studded earring as a ‘make-up gift’

"What the fuck!!" Allison screamed in outrage as I cut off her live video. I stood my ground, staring at her with disbelief and disgust. "What the fuck? So you think you have the right to say that after what you did? You should be ashamed of yourself for stooping so low. I thought you were classy, always carrying yourself with grace. But now I see the truth - you're not classic at all; you're just a shame, Allison. A shame," I spat out, my words sharp with condemnation.

“You know nothing.” “Didn’t I? When you thought I was just a nobody, it was too easy for you to throw me away. But finding that I was not what I appeared to be, you changed your tune. Sorry, Kingston, but you are busted. You can not fool me a second time. “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” “Do you honestly believe that I would use innocent children to gain favor for my business? Is that how callous you think I am?” I shot back.

“Like it or not, for the time being, you’re stuck with me.” “And after?” I demand. “You’re going to go through all of this, pretending to be doing all of this for me when, in the end, you’re just going to turn around and take my baby away!” If he thought I was going to fall for his bullshit, he had another thing coming. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. I was burned enough, and there was no way I was going to let it happen again. “Do us both a favor and just forget that I and our child exist.”

I can’t trust it. There could be a million reasons why he was upset once he learned what was happening to me. But the one I won’t believe is that he cares about me. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. When Tammy said high alert, she meant it.

Why then was he shocked or pretending to be shocked? Was it because he thought I had created a dangerous path for my self? I shivered fearfully with the thought. The weightof my shrewdness falling on my shoulders. I realized who the greater fool was, among everyone and how I had dug my grave with my own hands. But everything was soon forgotten with the shape cry from the cop. "What? She left with a motorboat twenty minutes ago?" The shock in the cops face was priceless. And I nodded my head knowingly,

The only truth left after stripping away all the excuses and lies I spent years feeding myself. I take a deep breath and let it out slowly before nodding. “I understand that now,” I say, meeting Grandpa’s gaze. “Don’t worry. Hunter won’t be able to talk his way back into my life this time. As they say, fool me once...But fool me twice?” I shake my head. “Now that’s nearly impossible.” Grandpa smiles and cover my hand with his, squeezing it gently. “That’s my girl.” The lovely moment lasts exactly three seconds.

They looked at me, somber looks on all their faces. “I didn’t get in.” Lia pulled me into a gentle hug, rubbing my back. “It’ll be okay, Rain. Can’t you try again?” I nodded. “I can, but I was supposed to do it the first time!” What if I were to fail a second time? That meant I only had one last attempt and if I failed the third time there would be no more attempts for me. I stared straight ahead, refusing to look at anyone but the wall. Shame was mostly what I was feeling now. A hell of a lot of shame, but there was nothing I could do about it.

She wince as if my words had hurt her physically. "I am sorry for hurting you," she sounded anxious and desperate. Her eyes searched mine for something but the only thing she was going to get was hatred. "Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me," I ground out through my clenched teeth, glaring fire at her. Her tears and her innocent face cannot fool me anymore. I've come to know her words were as shallow as her soul. "I am not lying," she extended her lanky arm from between the bars to cup my face but I recoiled. Hurt swept through her features. She grabbed the bar instead.