255: IN MY MANSION

LUKE’S POV

“Lakel Luke!”

I awoke to the sound of resounding screams, my name plastered across the mouth of whoever was carrying out that nonsense. I turned to Ariel; she was still sleeping, her hands wrapping around me.

But then I heard my name again. “Luke! Come down here!” And that voice sounded like my great- aunt. No need for arguments; it was definitely her.

I slowly took Ariel’s hands off me, put on some shorts, and then put on a shirt. I left my room to see what all the screaming was about.

Treading down the stairs, I saw my great–aunt in the living room, dressed in her night outfit. Undoubtedly, she had recently awoken, yet she was present and generating this abhorrent din.

My eyes went further, and my mother stood close but not too close to the canon. She looked kind of broken and hurt; the expression on her face said it all.

My great–aunt finally caught sight of me, and she didn’t hesitate to give me a glare. But I couldn’t be terrified by that.

“What am I seeing here?” she barked

at me.

I looked at her in a confused manner. “I’m sorry. Say what now?”

“What is this trash doing here?” She gestured toward my mother.

“Who, she?” looked at my mom, then I looked back at this woman. “She, of course; who else would I be talking about?”

some respect; that’s my mother

gave me a disgusting face. “She doesn’t deserve respect.

to say that?” I

me that. Have

already tried to do that before, but I don’t think it’s possible. Since you don’t deserve respect, the same way you talk sh*t about

come into this house?”

you asking that?”

going to make that person pay. I will ensure that person gets

I’m the one who did it,” I told her at that very moment. “I’m

to this mansion.

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did you do that?”

wouldn’t I let her come in? I can’t bear to see

deserves to be

really think so,” I continued my

“Do you

this woman has done all these

was she just going to accuse her of doing something terrible? My grandfather and this woman had never liked my mother.

great–aunt. Hatred, the powerful emotion that could consume my goddamn soul with a fiery intensity, found its roots in the depths of my heart before ever reaching my eyes. This woman really had me fucked up. At times, a mere glance could unveil a world of disdain and animosity that simmered just beneath

brewing within. With each passing glance, a torrent of contempt flows unchecked, coloring my perception of the world in shades of loathing

I could see the hate my great–aunt had for my mother, and it was definitely not because of my father’s death. I knew, for a fact, that she had no knowledge of that. So, I

cross my path. My dark path which has not been revealed to her, Because those feelings were concealed. But right now, my gaze was a dangerous weapon–ready to strike fear and unease in this woman’s heart. But I knew she was also a tough

ourselves, seeking out what only God knows for this silent moment. A fleeting glance was enough to condemn, categorize, and dehumanize: The weight of my disdain was clear in the air, suffocating this woman in its path. A stare that was a dagger, an expression that was a blow to the spirit of this woman who dared

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