Chapter Ninety eight

Rebecca stood in front of his aunt house, she remembered coming here with her daughter she has loved to spend time here but not everything seems incomplete he never wanted to come back here because it reminded her of all the suffering happiness she bore when she was pregnant and also given birth to her daughter on a second thought she wanted to turn back and drive home. 

Just then the door pulled open "Becca, her mother callee standing by the door and staring happily at her. " I'm glad you came" She smiled and embraced her mother, she needed it and also guess that her mum has missed her too. "What have you done to your hair? She pulled back and held out a little strand to check out. " You cut your long hair? The look on her face was priceless. "You don't have to go this far... " "Mum I wanted to do it" I replied, She looked at me and back to my hair. 

"Okay, let's just forget it I'm happy that you came" She held out her hand and escorted me in where others were. "Dad! I screamed inside. " He came back with mum but why wasn't he at the hospital or... That reminds me, I was no more his daughter, I fixed my gaze at him in anger someone who had opened his mouth to disown his blood, he was heartless to the core.  "Becca, Mum called touching my back slightly to draw my attention away from him. 

I turned, just as I was about to walk out on him. " I told you earlier that you're going to lose this case but you were so strong-headed now...look at you, look at what you have done to yourself because of your possessiveness" I stop on the track to listen to him. "And I guess now that they are visiting your daughter hard for you if you had given in earlier you would have maybe secured a home close to your daughter and also a better future" I could hear the anger and hatred in it.

"Sometimes, I just ask myself how things turned out this way? I shook my head and the memory of the love we once shared flooded in  "And I'm now asking if the reason you're like this is that you cared for me or because of the money" I shot him an angry glance. "A daughter shouldn't hate her parents but the truth now is that I hate you! " Becca, mum held my arm afraid that I would disappear into the thin air. 

I turned toward her. "Please, don't go, please for my sake" I wanted to walk out of the door without turning or coming back here again but I couldn't just decide to hurt my mum, I don't was to hurt her.  "I'm staying for dinner I said even if it ass the last thing I wanted to do, I turned and walked away. Everything had added to my pain, Emily arrived a few minutes later and aunt kept talking on and on just to fill in the deadly silence in the house and to my relief, Dad didn't join for the dinner.

I tried as much as I can to join in the discussion, just whatever makes my mum happy. " You look like a different woman in this new hair". "Of course, I'm a different woman now". " That sounds great" Emily nudge me. "I'm happy you decided to spend time with your family". I nodded still not finding the right word to say. " Becca, I looked up at the table to meet my mother glance. "Please, how is Becca? How is she doing? I remembered how happy my daughter was, half of me was angry because she was happy staying at the house of that beast and the other hand wanted her to be happy no matter what, her happiness is only what matters to me.

" Becca, is happy" Mum smiled and waited for me to say more but there was nothing to say anymore, she was happy and that was it.  "I'm glad to hear that m" she finally replied and looking from Emily to aunt something was fishy. "What? I turned to look at every one of them but they had their tongue-tied to their mouth, whatever they're going to say to me I was sure I wouldn't agree to it since they were looking for who would speak first. I ignored them and kept forcing the food into my mouth. " Becca, please... I know it was Emily who was going to speak but I won't agree with what they wanted. "I'm staying single, I'm not taking Andrew in again" That's it, what they were afraid to ask me aloud.

"Becca, please! That was aunt. " you have gone far with home to go back now, I want you to be happy, we all want the best for you. We know that things have gone the way none of us expected it but please we don't need you to back down on the people who love you so much". Emily moves to where I was sitting, you can give life another chance, don't resign on this type of life you're leaving now where none of us matters". I shook my head. "Is this a dinner or sought of the convincing scene, life hasn't been fair to me and you guys wanted me to try out again maybe this time, it would have all my had swallowed, this is the way I want to live and if you guys love and care for me the way you said you do, you have to respect my decision". 

" We do Becca, but please listen to us" I grabbed the plate on the table and flung it to the wall. "If you guys don't respect my decision theirs no reason I should be here, I don't want anyone in my life a lot has been taken away from me, My studies, the one I thought I love, my father and now my child and I just want everyone to let me be the way I choose to!!