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I was walking peacefully, yep, was. A group of girls cornered me. Yay! Took you long enough. I was actually bothered by the fact that they didn't do this for a week. I know Liose was always with me, but still. They have a lot of time back then.

"Hey, you freak! Who told you to get all chummy with Liose? Know your place weirdo."

And that is it. The Queen of all Queens, that's what she wants to call herself. She signaled the other girls beside her and they hit me again and again. Shall we make a little introduction.

That's Runa Yournei, 17 years old. If you're going to ask my relationship with her, well you are in for the drama.

You see, Runa, she's my step-sister. Yup, one and only. My dad is hardworking, so much so that he died doing his work. He must have loved that job. More than me and mom I guess. I was 10 when he died. That made it 7 years ago. My mom suffered a lot. Physically, mentally, and emotionally. We don't have any relatives, it's just me and her. To lessen her problems, she decided to marry someone again.

That is where Uncle Rac Yournei joins the picture. He had a daughter, the same age as me. He and my mom were friends back when they were in college. And Uncle Rac was divorced with Runa's mother, for reasons that me and my mom didn't know yet.

He was abusive to my mom and it looks like that's what happened to her former wife. My mom endured it for 3 whole years, for me. Until she can't take it anymore. She killed herself. And I don't blame her.

The thing is, Uncle Rac cherished Runa. He would never raise his hands, or voice at her. He spoils her. I would always wonder. Why was he abusing Runa's mom when he loves Runa? It just doesn't make sense. Does he love being a father and not a husband?

I brushed it off. Yeah, maybe he's just like that. We can't do anything about it. He doesn't like me, for obvious reasons. Back when my mom was still alive, he would make me do all the chores. Just that. Yeah, because he still had a punching bag at that time, my mom. But if you guess it right, you'll know. After my mom died, he started hitting me. Making me do chores all day. Starve me to death when I do something he doesn't like. Like a damsel in distress where a girl is bullied by a stepsister but a little bit different.

I'm used to it. Runa would blame me for everything. For her grade, her mistakes, and for her whole d*mn life. She still does that. Nothing new.

This was actually something she never said to me. I know her parents died but I just found out about the abuse 'that' day. I never suspected anything. But maybe I did, and chose not to see it.

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