er's car was her stepmother as they

pmother get here

to fall. She kept on walking without taking notice of her surroundings until she collided wit

Bennett," Lawr

rom him, she entered the car, and

tared out the window, trying to hold back tears as the familiar streets of her childhood passed by, t

as what was on her mind was heavier. She had just been sold to pay h

r became her nightmare; she lost her caring grandmother too; she lost her only lover to

eturned home with no one to comfort her. Instead, she was informed of Jason, her ex-fiancé's engagement with Jenny. She wasn't even gi

o torment her, but her grandmother had been there for her. She had seen to it that Aurora was educated just as Jenny was sent to school. Aurora and Jason had met at the university, and in their second year, their love grew

d off her grandmother and her IT skills while she was in school. As a well-known programmer and designer in college, she does not need mone

out. She hesitated for a moment before taking it, grateful for the small act of kindness amidst the overwhelming fear. She did

mansion that lay ahead of them. The iron gates opened slowly, revealin

vealing a tall, stern-looking woman who regarded

nce said. "This is Mrs. Conti. Sh

faced her. He thereafter informed Aurora that Lorenzo would be

s taking in every detail of Aurora's appe

he air was thick with an unspoken tension, and Aurora felt a chill run down

here until you are summoned. Do not wander the ha

onti left without another word, closing th

ter the devil left. That is what she could m

rroundings feeling the weight of her new real

her new prison while she awaited her warden. Her eyes widen

t deeper. She was glued to her spot for a while but moved on and threw a glance at the room as she walked to s

tains, a huge king-size bed dominated the space, covered in white satin, and pillows embroidered with gold designs beckoned her to sink into their softness, promising her

st the urge and sheer exhaustion, she walked towards the chair and sat on it. She felt the soft texture, and her mind drifted t

g all her walls and letting loose a dam in her eyes. Her heart raced on as memories of her home and past flickered like ghosts in the recesses of her mind, taunting her with visions of warmth and safety. But here, in this f

onger hold. In her mind's eye, she saw her mother's gentle smile, heard her brother's infectious laughte

d travelled to the day she had lost h

mily was supposed to go support him, but Aurora had been d

come see my work,

Let's allow her to stay in to get b

from them for a whole day, and when her father came back home that night, he was looking depressed with a swollen eye. Her naive mind couldn't

she had asked, but his respons

t with the promise that her mother and

nd her little mind was confused as to why her father's secretary was in bed with her father instead of her mom. She had summoned the courage to walk into that room that day, but her fathe