Page 150 of His Cursed Heart

"It's me, Mamma. Your Althea." I grab her hands in mine, and with wide eyes, she flinches.

I remove my hands too, putting my face in them, feeling myself lose in all the grieve. It's been so much time since I've cried that right now it feels odd for me to do it.

I see Mamma look at my wedding rings and I let out a long sigh.

"I'm married now. I married my Everest and I think he actually hates me." I laugh brokenly. "You remember him? I told you immediately about me saving him immediately after he was in the mansion."

She just stares at me.

A wave of frustration comes through my bones, and I snap at her. "Keres said you two always talked about different topics. Why can't you talk to me too?"

A sob wrecks my body and I almost faint in front of her.

"I'm your daughter too. Why is everyone choosing Keres over me? Why am that cursed? Why am that ugly?" I ask Mamma.

Please just give me something.

"I don't know you, girl. I might be your mother, but you are no daughter of mine."

I cry harder when I say to Everette the words

Mamma threw at me. The words that broke me until I had no other pieces left.

Everette slams my body to his, hugging me so tightly that I feel air leaving my lungs, but I don't push him away.

I will never push him away from me.

I hug him just as hard, burring my head in his neck.

"Mamma would never say that to me if she would be sane." I sob.

"Shh," His big hand makes circles on my scalp.

"I swear I wanted to tell you when it was time for me to take my mother's place." I hug him harder, scared that he'll disappear.

"I know, baby." He kisses my forehead multiple times.

How can she break me so easily? How can she look into her daughter eyes like she is a waste of space?

Was it really meant for me to suffer this much? Is it normal for one person to go through so many?

All these questions are making my knees weak. I look at Everette who still looks at me with the same soft, green eyes, and I want to cry harder.

I love him so much that I would put my life before him just to make sure he'll be okay. I love him so much that I consume myself for him every day and every night. Because he deserves everything and more.

"She loves you, Althea. But she wants you happier more." Everette whispers and kisses my puffy eyes.

I close my eyes and imagine her brown hair, skin and eyes. I imagine her when she looked at me so lovingly that it made my little heart beat like crazy.

Sometimes I blame her for my life, because she chose to hide and stay with Hanibal, but now that I have

Everette in my life, I can image the love she felt for him. She loved Hanibal and her lover, but she chose to stay with the safe option.

I feel my phone buzz again in the grass, and I groan.

Why is everyone calling me today?

I lean over to take the phone, seeing Venus calling me and another two missed calls from her.

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