I Also Don't Want To Be Like This

Grinson's Mansion

Thump!

It wasn't just Gretta who was speechless at the harsh words of an elder of the Grinsons. But also Esmeriana who stood stiffly, as well as the maids who did hide when the fight broke out.

Gretta looked at her grandmother with a perfectly rounded eye, not believing the words that were too harsh she heard.

Is this really her grandmother? The woman who once held her head gently, and gave her everything and provided for her needs with luxury?

Gretta's heart shattered instantly, she didn't want to be raped by a man who was her own ex.

She didn't want her virginity taken like this, and she didn't want them to hate her.

"Grandma..."

Gretta called out to her grandmother with a mute tongue, even though her throat seemed to be caught in a thorn until her voice was choked with excruciating pain in her heart.

"Mom! Don't overdo it!"

Grip!

Esmeriana quickly carried the silent Gretta into a hug and glared at her mother. She shifted her body which was sitting on the floor away from her mother who was also silent, contemplating what she had just said.

"Gretta, let's go to our room."

"Go."

Esmeriana, who was about to bring Gretta back to her feet, fell silent, both of them looking at the grandmother with frowning brows when they heard the lowly mutter of the elder.

"Go…."

Again a single word mumble sounded, Esmeriana brought Gretta back to sit and her own hand touched her mother's shoulder which the owner of the shoulder immediately brushed away.

"Mom-

Plaque!

"Don't touch Me," said Karina as she turned and glared at the two of them.

"Mom-

"Go away! Get out of here, you Gretta, don't set your foot here again, you're no longer the granddaughter of the Grinson family. I kicked you out of here, will not think of you as part of this family anymore. You and my daughter are no longer in a mother-daughter relationship, you can't see each other again."

"Mom!"

"From now on, my family ties are legally terminated and you are no longer part of us, leave!"

Grip!

Karina shouted again like a devil. She grabbed Gretta's arm then pulled her to her feet and dragged her with Esmeriana rushing after her.

"Get out of my house!"

Gretta who was dragged felt a sting in her wrist. Really, the pain that the man gave her was still felt and at this time the grandmother dragged her without tenderness.

Then Esmeriana, she called the names of her mother and child alternately. Hoping to stop and hear what she has to say.

"Mom! Don't throw my daughter away Mom! I promised to stay away from her like before, not to defend her. But don't keep Gretta away from me!"

"Gretta! Don't go!"

Karina deafened her hearing, she kept dragging Gretta who was silent hearing her mother's words.

What does it mean? Actually, what is the secret between her mother and grandmother?

Gretta didn't fight back, her heart and eyes blank thinking about all that had happened in her life. Even so, she just obeyed when her grandmother let go of her grip and threw her roughly until she fell down on the terrace floor.

Brugh!

"Get out of here!" Karina shouted angrily. She stuck his finger out there, not caring at all when a pained groan could be heard from her granddaughter or the child kneeling, clutching her leg pleadingly.

"Mom! No Mom! Please, don't separate me from Gretta."

"Shut up!" Karina snapped quickly.

Gretta who saw her mother pleading could only see with wet eyes. She didn't know that the mother who seemed to hate her was actually begging for her forgiveness.

Mom, do you really love Gretta all this time?

Esmeriana didn't give up, she put her hands together and begged again. But alas, rejection is what she gets.

"Mom, Please-

"Shut up you Esme! We're in," Karina interrupted quickly. "And you! Your name is no longer Gretta Grinson, just Gretta, remember that! Go and never show your face in front of me again. Do you understand, huh!" she continued pointing at her granddaughter's face and staring intently without any remaining affection.

Esmeriana tried to approach Gretta, but Karina's hand grabbed her faster and dragged her into the house, leaving the granddaughter calling out her mother's name.

"Momr!"

Esmeriana the one who was called reached out with Gretta who also held out hers. Gretta wanted to reach her by getting up and running in a hurry. However, just as their hands were about to touch, the thumping of the door separated them first.

"Mom-

Slam!

Gretta froze where she stood with her arms outstretched and stared at the door in disbelief. The flow of water from her eyes was rushing again, when she heard the screams of the mother and the angry screams forbidding the grandmother to be heard.

"Mom! Gretta is your granddaughter!"

"Shut up! Aren't you the one who wants to leave her too? Because her face looks like your ex-husband who likes to cheat!"

Thump!

Gretta's outstretched hand that was hanging in the air slowly dropped limply, when she heard a fact that was still gray for her.

Her father cheated?

Is this also what makes her mother hate and part with her father?

But, she was sure if it was true.

The screams were no longer heard, Gretta's body slowly slumped down and sat back down on the cold floor she had been stepping on.

Brugh!

Gretta could only stare blankly at the door, digesting what had happened to her today.

Gretta Fernanda Grinson, abandoned by her family, with a mother who hates her because she looks like her father. Then, she was raped by her ex and framed by two friends who were considered to love her.

It's less pathetic what she is, after receiving treatment and also bad luck.

But, of all the misfortune that happened, the thing to think about was not the feeling of sadness. However, what will she do after this and where should she take her feet?

Hiks….

Gretta wept silently, not sobbing like when she was still in there. Her world has been destroyed, knowing the facts and also the cruel expulsion carried out by her grandmother.

God, why is my life like this? Is it only sadness that overwhelms me? Will I be happy someday?

Gretta sat cross-legged in front of a door for a long time, recalling any memories that could make her feel happy. However, among the many memories, only moments with her father and twin brother that can make her laugh and happy.

She felt that the big house she had lived in had not made her happy. Slowly, she raised her body to stand straight, facing and staring blankly at the door in front of her.

If indeed her departure could make the two women in there happy. So, she will leave as she wishes.

After all, with her departure, she avoided the marriage she didn't want. Yes.... Even though she doesn't know what her life will be like when she's out there. A place she had never been to before.

With that, Gretta finally left the Grinson mansion. She walked with shuffled steps down the steps of the terrace and for the last time she looked back at the double doors flatly.

The grandmother's cruel words still ring in her ears. She would remember her for the rest of her life and promised never to let this family see her again.

"Goodbye," Gretta whispered dryly, then turned back and left the porch and headed for the gate.

A guard asked where she was going, but she only said she would leave the house for a while and completely let go of everything she used to hold.