chapter 4

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It stopped what it was doing when it saw the tears coming from my eyes, it turned its face away from me and looked at me in surprise, while I just knelt on the floor because of fear when it realized what had happened, it still held my hands while tears continued to fall from my eyes.

when it realized what it had done it slowly let go of my hands, when I recovered my hands I saw some marks of Martin's strong grip there, I also noticed my muscles shaking my phobia attacked me again.

i was also abused before by my stepfather so I decided to live alone to escape that situation but now what happened before has happened again.

I covered my face in shame, I was still shaking with fear.

When I felt Martin leave, that's when I felt relieved and then I just sobbed and became dazed

I am still recovering from my past trauma by myself, but here I am again facing the same painful situation that haunted me before

I feel like a floating soul every time I think about what Martin did, but there is a part of me that says that I should not be weak in this situation, if I was able to escape my stepfather's pain before, I can also overcome it now, I will not let that Martin trample on the dignity that is rightfully mine that I have built for many years.

I am not Louisiana, I am Maya and if Louisiana is weak, I am not, I will make Louisiana a strong woman while I am still here in her body.

I may have phobia and fear of getting hurt, but I won't let that fear control me, I will prove that I am stronger than my fears.

I did NOTHING else at Martin's house but think about what to do next, I thought now to walk around the area where the incident happened so I could see my condition, I can't just pretend.

I went up to the room and rummaged through clothes to wear and other things I would bring temporarily to find myself

I brought a sling bag that I found and filled it with a ballpoint pen, paper and money then left the room, I couldn't find a cellphone so I didn't bring it

I was just walking calmly when I met Martin outside the house, he seemed to be getting some air outside, I just ignored him and continued walking, I heard him call my name but I had no plans to talk to him after what he did to me, he thought I would talk to him, maybe I would only forgive him when hell freezes over.

I just kept walking, I had memorized what we had passed earlier while on the way to Martin's house so I didn't have any trouble getting out of the village where Martin's house was located, if I could find a place to live right away, I wouldn't bother going back to Martin's hellish mansion

When I left the village, a taxi had just arrive,,so I immediately flagged it down and gave him the address where I used to live.

It took me a few hours to travel from Martin's house to the house I was living in before. When I arrived, I immediately asked the people there. When I saw my mother, Cynthia, I immediately approached her.

"Mother, Cynthia, do you know Maya?" I asked her. Mother, Cynthia, was the one who always gave me barbecue, which was my favorite. She looked at me with surprise before nodding.

"Do you know where she is?" I asked hopefully. She hesitated to answer, but eventually she answered.

"Yes, I will visit her later when my sale is over. Why did you ask her how she is?" she asked, I couldn't answer because I was already in tears, my mother cynthia has been my mother since I escaped from my hellish life with my stepfather, she always brings me barbecue at my house when she knows I'm home from work that's why I'm close to her, she still doesn't abandon me

"daughter? are you okay? why are you crying?" he asked when he noticed the tears in my eyes, these weren't tears of pain, these were tears of joy

"Because it's smoky" I lied

"Can I come with you later to visit Maya? I'm her friend" I explained, she was surprised by what I said

"Are you sure? As far as I know, that kid doesn't have any friends" he said

"We were childhood best friends, I just found out something bad happened to him so I was worried" I lied again

To be honest, I don't want to lie to the person I considered family, but I have no other choice now but that's all because if I say I'm reincarnated, she definitely won't believe me, mom cynthia is the type of person who doesn't believe in supernatural things, like me, mom cynthia always believes that things have a scientific explanation.

I was waiting impatiently for my mother cynthia when someone called Louisiana's name, I turned around and was shocked when I saw Martin, I stood up from my seat and stared at the man in awe

"What are you doing here? Is that what changed you? You're leaving the house without saying goodbye to me?" he asked irritated, I was annoyed by what he said

"I should be asking you, what are you doing here? How did you know I was here?" I asked in surprise

"seriously? you shouldn't leave without telling me, do you really think I'd let you go out alone? I've told you before that DO NOT leave the house without MY PERMISSION." I was annoyed by his answer

"What do you think of me? I don't have my own legs? I am free to do whatever I want, I can go wherever I want to go. I am FREE to make my OWN DECISIONS, and fyi you have no right to dictate to me where I go, MY LIFE, MY CHOICE. excuse me!" I argued, then I turned my back on him without saying a word

I walked towards my house before to have a chat and to get rid of my annoyance with Martin for following me, while walking, people I passed looked at me, I wasn't surprised anymore because what I was wearing was expensive and I looked the same so I just ignored it.

When I got to the house, I saw that it was locked, no one was there because my body was in the hospital even though I was crying from so much frustration I tried not to cry because people looking at me might think I was weird.

I flinched slightly when someone spoke behind me

"GO HOME" Martin said with authority, I knew his voice so I knew it was Martin even though I didn't look at him, I didn't flinch and I became even more stubborn, I walked away from the house so he wouldn't think too much about what I was doing there, I heard his footsteps following me so I was forced to look at him

"If anyone should go home to us, IT'S YOU and not me, I decided to come here so go home I don't need you" I said

"I SAID GO HOME" there was emphasis in his voice

"Go home alone" I said, I rolled my eyes so he would be even more annoyed and think of just leaving

"YOU'RE GONNA HATE MY NEXT MOVE LOUISIANA" he said seriously, his face showed the anger and irritation building inside him

"That won't happen anymore, because I'm not going home to your house, live there alone until you become a story "Okay," I said sarcastically then turned away from it.

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