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"Dev, accept this. Mother and father already given me a lot of clothes, bags, and stuffs. I know they don't buy you clothes and bags like this" she said to me.
I just shook my head in refusal and smiled.
"It's alright, Dev! Accept this, or I'm going to get mad at you. Go ahead! Hurry up! Before mother saw us" my twin Era insisted.
I sighed.
"All right, Era! Thank you, hehehe" I said and took what she was handing me.
Eventually....
Because all my clothes, except the one Era gave me, were in the laundry. I have no choice, but to wear one of the dress that she gave me.
I'm off. They were there to eat and as usual they are praising Era for her intelligence again
"Good Morning, mother, father, and Era” I greeted them. Though I hate mother and father, I'm still thankful for them for treating Era so nicely, and of course for still letting me stay here in this house despite of my marks.
I saw mommy raised an eyebrow at me.
"Earlier it was good now it's bad, because I've seen you!" she said irritated and scanned her eyes all over me.
Then suddenly she stood up.
"Wait ... is that Xiera's clothes you're wearing?! Why are you wearing her clothes? Are you really that jealous of your sister that you even stole the dresses that we bought for her and just FOR HER. You thief!" Mother screamed and slapped my face and hold me tightly on my shoulder.
I cried....
Again. And the same reason as usual, it's because of her. It's because of mother. It's because of my own parents.
"Aaah! Mommy, it hurts!" I said while hurt by his grip on me.
"M-Mommy! I gave that to Dev!" Era explained, but mommy didn't listen.
"You really a re a disgrace to this family! I don't have a child like you. I don't have a thief, stupid, and brainless child! You don't deserve to be in this family, you deserve to live in an orphanage. I should've know. I should've just send you to an orphanage back then! You stupid little girl!" Mommy said and pushed me hard, causing my body to hit a stand where mommy's favorite vase was held, and causing it to fall and break.
I cried even more. I can't do anything, but to cry. Just cry...
"Oh my God! My vase!" Mommy exclaimed and looked at me with glaring eyes, causing me to be scared and nervous.
"Look what you've done! Nothing you really do was good! You're just destroying everything! You even broke my favorite vase!" Mother screamed furiously at me.
Because of my fear I was pushed back even though I had nothing to back down!
'If you didn't push me it wouldn't break'
Wait what is that, why did I think of that? It's really all my fault. If I hadn't accepted what Era gave me, mommy and daddy wouldn't be angry.
"Hon! Get me a stick!" Mommy cried.
A s-stick?!
"Mommy, p-please don't, that hurts! I-I'm sorry. I-I promise I will never do it again." I beg while stuttering.
"Heh!" Daddy has already handed a stick to mommy.
"Now, I'll teach you a lesson! So that you'll grown up!" Then she start beating me with the stick. Reason for me to scream ....
In pain.
I see pity in the eyes of our servants and butlers, and even bodyguards. They wanted to help me but they couldn't do anything. Because mommy and daddy are their boss.
Mother did that one after another. And every hit of the stick to my body I was screaming. And also every hit makes the numbness bigger and starts ruling over me until I start feeling completely nothing but numbness.
I still scream every hit but...I felt nothing at all. The pain was gone, still I'm crying. I don't know why.
I saw my twin crying as well. Maybe she felt sorry for me and she blamed herself again because she was the one who gave me the dresses.
Mommy suddenly stop.
"You're lucky enough, Xyna. We have work. Maybe you already learned your lesson right? But the next time you do that again, you already know what will happen? I'm just giving you a warning. Hon, we need to get going now!"
As soon as they left Era came up to me and hugged me and she cried. I winced because she touched my bruises.
"Ouch! Y-You hit my bruises!" I complained.
"S-Sorry" she said and hugged me.
"I'm sorry, because I'm always the reason why you're always hit by mother and father" she apologized, while sobbing.
I smiled at her and wiped away her tears. Of the two of us, I am her sister even though we are twins.
"It's not your fault, Era. Don't blame yourself, you just care about me so you gave me the dresses. Thank you for that, Era. I will never be angry with you. Because we are twins, we love each other. And we continue loving each other." I said sincerely and smiled widely like what I used to do to say that everything is fine. Just fine.
I tried to stand up, but my knees weakened so I fell again. It's because of my bruises.
Era helped me and led me to my room. She also brought me food.
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