Chapter 28: chapter 28

Isabelle's POV-I woke up with a slight knock on my door. I get off the bed and opened the door. It was Leah. "The dinner is ready. He told me to bring you two down." She said still looking down and not in my eyes.This afternoon I didn't get to see her face clearly. Now when I was looking at her up close. I can tell without any doubt that she is very pretty. The little glance I had if her eyes it was of very light blue. The blue color of the sky. Her skin was white as paper. "You know, you don't have to treat me like this. You can relax when with me." I said and tapped her shoulder as a gesture to tell her that I am telling the truth. But what I saw later was heartbreaking. She started crying soundlessly. "Hey, what... what happened? Are you ok? Is it something that I said?" I asked. I couldn't understand why she started crying suddenly.After a few minutes, she stopped and reminded me to come down soon then she left.I woke Eva up and went downstairs. Richard was watching TV and Leah and her brother both were in the kitchen. "Why do you need a maid? It is not that much work." I asked Richard. Eva left in the kitchen so only I was with him in the hall."I was busy at work when I was away. I had to earn money so that I can come and fulfill your needs. So I needed someone to fulfill my needs. She needed money desperately, and I needed a her...to cook and wash my clothes. I helped her. I even took her brother in, you see I didn't have the heart to separate those two. They have no one but me." He said. He again was portraying himself as a God. I know who he really is."Mama. Hungry." Eva shouted from the kitchen. I went to her leaving him behind."Let's eat, baby." I said. I put her in her chair and then sat next to her. Richard came and sat in front of me. Leah served us."Leah, come and have dinner with us. You too boy. What is your name?" I asked the little guy."Mama, he is Chase. He is my friend now." Eva told me with so much excitement."No, you can't be his friend. He is just a servant, an insect, nothing more." Richard said with disgust. Eva flinched away with his rude words."Richard. You have no right to talk like that about another person. Whoever they are, they still are human." I said to him.The murderous look on his face made all of us stop breathing. I started to get the memories of all those painful nights. He is a demon in human skin. We ate in silence. I took Eva in our room and locked it. I didn't want that man to come in this room."Mama, I miss Xavier and Grandma and Ben and Grandpa and Sabastian." Eva said while counting everyone on her finger."Me too." I whispered."Can't we live there with them? I don't like it here. This bad uncle is scary." She said."Eva... I want to tell you something. You need to... You... He is your..." I sighed. I don't know how to tell you that this bad person is your father."What happened Mama?" She asked. "Nothing love. You should brush your teeth and then go back to bed." I told her and then went near the window.I heard her doing what I told her. She is a very obedient girl. I saw her came out of the bathroom and change her dress. She wore her nightdress. I tucked her in bed. I sat there. I read her a story. She slept after the second story was complete.I closed the storybook and put it on the bedside table. I stay seated. The day I entered this house again after my marriage, everything changed. I grew up in this house but my dad transfers this house to Richard. He even put his garage under Richard's name. He told my dad to live in the room he owns. And I accepted it without any objection. The day my dad died after two months of our wedding, Richard changed. It was not like the first two months were blissful. He forced me for my first time with a man. He was my husband, he should have understood that I was not comfortable with him yet but he didn't care. That night, I could never forget. The pain, I could never forget. I didn't see my face in the mirror for weeks because I was disgust with myself.The time I spent with him in this house was never happy. Not for a second. Only for the time when was not in the house but when he came, he will misuse my body again and again, until I was about to faint from the pain.It was just that he used my body for his enjoyment. I accepted that thinking, maybe this is how a husband and wife's relationship should be. He used to tie me up. I never touched his body and I never wanted to. He kept the room dark while doing his dirty deeds with me. I never understood the meaning behind it. Maybe he didn't want to see what sin he is doing with his own eyes. But after dad passed away, he sold our garage the second day of his death. When I got to know about it, I scolded him, and that day he hit me for the first time.He didn't say sorry after that, he just behaved that it is normal for him to do that. This routine continued for almost a year. He used to start drinking in the morning. After having breakfast he left the house to come late at night. I had to wait for him even if I had to stay up in the 2:00 in the morning.He used to come all drunk and then again use my body and even beat me if I refuse.I remember that horrifying day. When he brought some men with him. It was nothing new that he brought some of his friends but this time it was different. These men didn't look like his friends. They were three and all of them were in business suits.As usual, I prepared dinks for all of them. When I bring the tray full of bottles and ice bucket, one of them hold my hand and tried to pull me towards him. I was beyond shocked and scared.I pushed his hand away with all my power."Oh, so she is playing 'hard to get'. She looks so innocent. You sure she doesn't mind serving all three of us." He asked Richard.What are they talking about? What does hard to get means? What serving?My heartbeats started to lose its rhythm. What Richard said next shifted the ground beneath me."Yes, boss. You can take her in the room upstairs." Richard looked at me."Go upstairs with him." I was looking at him in shock.The next thing happened in a blur. All I know is that I was holding a knife in my hand and I even injured one of them. "Control your bitch. We are leaving and the deal between us is over now." With that those three men left.Richard was beyond angry. In anger, he crossed all the lines of humanity that day. He raped me and then beat me so much that I could not get up for hours and it took days for the pain to go. After two months I found out about the baby. I wanted to kill it with myself but after a day I decided to live for her and for myself. I started to look for a job and found one which was just what I needed. With the mention of the job, I remembered it. Now that I am back, I should try joining it again. This time I will not let him ruin my life. This time if he did something then I will call the police. In the past, I didn't know how a man treats his woman but after meeting Xavier. After experiencing his care and his tender touch, I know exactly how a real man treats his woman.Now I can understand why my women colleagues at the job always said that they loved it when their husbands or boyfriends spent the night with them. That time I used to remember my time with my husband and except pain, I felt nothing else. But after staying a few days with Xavier, now I can understand what they meant. What they meant when they said that they felt butterflies in their stomach whenever their man touched them or even look at them with intense.I experienced this with Xavier. Every feeling that should have felt with my husband, only Xavier introduced me to them.With Xavier's thoughts in mind, I slept the first night in this hell hole.***********Hello, lovelies.Isabelle's whole past is now out. I know it is very dark. Tell me about it in the comments.See you guys soon.