Chapter 146

SCARLETT

I was a teary mess by the time I left his office. Now, I didn't care if anyone was watching me. It didn't matter if I was a celebrity walking out of my father's company in tears.

In fact, I wanted people to see me in tears. I wanted them to talk, to warp their own stories up. I wanted them to take photos of me and make videos too. I wanted a picture of me to surface on the internet so it could make my father uncomfortable, because what sort of father would be aware of their daughter being abused for several years and say nothing? What father would push their child into the fire, knowing fully well it was going to burn them and mar them for life? 

It was f*cking unbelievable. It pained me that my mother knew too. I laughed to myself and shook my head. She knew all along. She took anything my father said seriously and it didn't even matter. She cared more about how he saw things than she did and I hated her for it. I hated them both. I was tired. I am t