48 SAMANTHA LILY ADAMS

'Really what kind of life have I been living?'

I look at Kai and then turn away as my smile fades away, when it suddenly hits me.

'Dad just disowned me.'

I close my eyes, wanting to fool myself that it's just a dream but I know better. I know it's not.

Instead of helping fool myself my brain just releases tears and I just cry.

My life is ruined, if I didn't have a man hugging me close to his chest, it's no joke I would break away.

But still, my family just disowned me.

Am still in the disbelief at that, still finding ways to take it when suddenly the door opens and Dad walks out.

He looks like a killing lion that is out to get it's prey.

"Dad." I manage to whisper but he ignores me like am not there and pulls me away from Kai's arms and then throws his fist at him.

He punches him so hard that I let out a gasp.

'Oh my God! He doesn't stop.'

He throws punches at Kai like he is a punching bag.

I stand there with my hands over my mouth not believing that what I see is what is happening.

I feel horrified as I watch my dad hover over the love of my life like he is about to kill him.

I want to do something but I feel like am glued to the ground.

My mom and brother walk out and when mom catches what is happening she also cries.

She lunges Yarrow to go and stop Dad and when he can do so Kai is badly bruised already.

'Oh my God, I can only imagine what he will be looking like in the morning.'

I run to him and we almost fall because he seems unsteady and dizzy.

"Oh my God Kai," I say to him as I hold on to him.

He spits blood to the side and I feel like crying.

I turn around to look at Kai.

"Dad," I say whiningly and he looks past Yarrow to me.

"What? Don't ever call me your father. Samantha is no longer your father. I just... I didn't give birth to a whore."

I feel my throat tighten and my heart breaks when he calls me that.

'A whore?! Seriously dad? Dad?'

A sob breaks out of me.

This is the nightmare of my life.

I look at Dad and slowly Mom walks closer to him.

"Stop this Barney. You can't be saying words like those to our poor child."

"Poor child," Dad growls pointing his index finger at me.

"This is the lowest, shameless prostitute, it's a pity itself that somehow she is one of my products." I do not even know how to look at him.

I turn my head away just allowing tears to fall my cheeks like a river.

His words, Dad's words are like a sharpened sword piercing right in the middle of my feelings.

"Mr Adams, with all respect. I would warn you to stop right there." I raise my head to Kai and touch his cheek.

He brings his eyes down on me and I shake my head at him.

I do not want him to fight for my honor in front of my family.

It's a shame because usually they should be the ones helping me fight for it but having them on the other side who wants to be proven right, it's a shame.

Dad chuckles and I look back at him. "Get off my porch." He says angrily.

"Please, Adam." Mom whines but Dad withdraws from his embrace and shakes his head at her.

He pulls away from her hold and walks back into the house.

My mom lets out a sob.

'Jesus, this is the most horrific thing both my life and family has ever been through. I just can't…

"Mom," I call and she gives me her attention. I walk from Kai's arms and get to my mother.

"Yes, sweetie." Her hands on my cheeks feel like heaven.

I lean in and hug her as tightly as I can but still putting into consideration the baby inside her belly.

I want to cry but I did that and it's not relieving me from this nightmare that I am living in right at the moment.

We pull away and I try to smile at her. "Let dad be," I say to her but she instantly shakes her head.

"And let you sleep on the street? No. Darling, whatever you have done. There is always a second chance of redemption. I know me and your father deserve everything you have been going through, I mean we are the ones that brought you here forcefully without your willingness." I slowly pull away from her suddenly feeling confused.

I don't know now what's worse than the other.

Dad believes whatever they have been told and wants to punish me or mom believes them and wants to forgive me.

I realize they are both worse.

How could they not know me all this time? They really pegged me for the prostitute that I have been framed as.

"Lily Samantha, come, let's go ask your father for forgiveness. I know he is just coming from a place of pain too, disappointed place, let down place but there is always a way to make this right."

"No," I say to her and I start walking away from her slowly.

"Lily Samantha."

"No Mom, no." I am realizing something.

Usually, I cried without knowing what was going on but it just, hit me.

I was taken by surprise which I still am, trust me I still don't get it but something is clear to me here.

This is not my family, how can they be when they are believing the first fake things that are being thrown at me?

They should know me, believe me, support me, fight for me, and understand me.

Not be the ones to the other side doing the opposite of all those to me.

I look at my mother and feel saddened when I understand what is happening. "I do not want your forgiveness mother." I slowly say to her and her big eyes widen in confusion.

I continue.

"Why should I when I am not guilty." She just looks at me not uttering a word back.

"You know Mom." I chuckle humorlessly, no I just chuckle because now it's starting to look so pitiful funny in my eyes. "I just realized something, I really am not deserving of you guys because it's the other way around. You are not deserving of me. How could you all jump to conclusions that I am a bad guy, that I am the prostitute really Mom?" And now I feel like the roles have been reserved.

I feel like I am the one getting angrier and annoyed.

"Tell me, have you known me to be the one to have a boyfriend? Did I ever date my whole life?

Never, never did you ever know me to be emotionally nor sexually available but some random strangers bring you fake words, and Boom you believe them." I walk closer and say the next words to her face.

"Do you know what this just showed me?" She subtly shakes her head.

"That you guys are fake and I am glad that I learned that side of you now than later." I let her absolve that before I add.

"Bye Mrs Adams." I turn to walk to Kai but I stop and turn to her again.

"Oh and tell da… Mr Adams to not worry from now on, consider me as Mrs Royal from now." I say to her turn my back on her and walk to Kai but before I reach him I feel arms hugging me from behind and by the cologne,

I know who it is.

I slowly turn and smile at Yarrow.

"Hey." I look at him and I feel something break my heart.

His eyes are red, so red and big like his been crying for ages.

His pulses are so sharp am afraid that they would cut something getting in contact with them.

"Am sorry sister." He says and I smile.

"You are sorry or am I?" I try to joke but he just shakes his head at me.

"No please trust me, I know that little whore is framing you." He says and I frown.

"What do you mean the little whole." I realize I didn't even ask who told my family the fake news, I didn't ask who brought this so prostitute me to light.

"Who is framing me, Yarrow?"

He looks like he is in between.

"Yarrow?" I push.

"It's Savannah." He says and at first I think he is shitting me.

"Yarrow be serious."

"I am afraid I really am." He says and I don't know how to feel.

"I am afraid I don't believe it."

I want to tell myself otherwise but the look in his eyes tells me otherwise.

"No way!" I only manage to say but Yarrow looks at me and says.

"Trust me, sister, I will get to the bottom of this for you." He says firmly but I feel like I have been hit with a dead end here for the second time.

First my parents? Then sister?

Really what kind of life I have been living?

I look up at Kai suddenly feeling scared of him ditching me, he looks down in my eyes.

"I got you, darling."

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