Betrayed in Love

The door flew open as an enraged woman stormed in, clutching a handful of blue pills and cursing vehemently. I backed away, feeling trapped by despair. Only at this moment did I truly grasp the depth of Kylo's resentment towards me.

Desperate to escape, I smashed a nearby vase, grabbing a shard to cut my wrist. Blood flowed out, and the naked woman, shocked, stumbled back in fear. My laughter was faint, echoing emptily in the room. Visions of my mother became vivid before my eyes, but my sight grew increasingly blurry.

"Mom, are you here to take me away?" I reached out towards her ghostly image, but a comforting presence pulled me back.

As my vision cleared for a moment, I found myself looking into the concerned, weathered eyes of Adelaide Palmer. Then everything faded away.

I battled with the chaos inside me, finding no release until a stabbing pain in my wrist led me to a brilliant light at the end of a tunnel. When I finally opened my eyes, I was met with the fierce glare of Selena.

She had one foot planted on my hospital bed, the pointed heel of her shoe pressing harshly into my wound.

"Knox Rice, who gave you the audacity to defy me? You think you can ignore my commands now?"

Cold sweat covered my forehead, but the physical pain was nothing compared to the harsh reality of her words. Despite the distance between us, I had never truly believed she sought to ruin me. I blamed everything on Kylo’s schemes. Yet today, her words demolished my last illusions.

For the first time, I was overwhelmed by an urgent need to escape this place, to flee from her presence.

"Look at you, just staring! Even your mother's belongings couldn't survive because of that face!"

Selena wasn't satisfied yet. She pressed her heel even harder into my wound. Blood seeped through the gaps in the bandages, and I lay there, staring at her with vacant eyes.

Selena threw her head back, laughing with a chilling madness.

"I was the one who ordered your mom's cherished trinkets destroyed. What are you going to do about it?

“Everything you eat, wear, and possess comes from me. You despise me, but can you really leave?

"Knox Rice, if I want you to suffer, you’d better brace yourself!"