Chapter 100: mother’s daughter

Grace’s pov

What did I just see?

Mom did you go through all that?

You must have been so lonely.

How can someone do this to a girl?

She was still very young when she had to leave everything behind.

I just stood there looking at the mirror that showed me a nightmare.

A nightmare that my mother had to live through.

I promise mom, I will be the Grace you wanted me to be.

I will be graceful, I will be kind, I will be brave, and I will be forgiving.

But I can’t forgive the person who caused you to feel all this pain.

I looked up, screamed at the top of my lungs.

“I want to be the daughter you wanted me to be. I want to be my mother’s daughter” I said.

suddenly I felt this pang of pain on my neck, I knew exactly where it was coming from and why.

I want to be the Grace my mother always wanted me to be. Not a monster that people will use as their weapon.

I want to be my mother’s daughter; my knees gave out and I just sat there for some time.

I looked around, I really am Joseph’s daughter, they loved each other so much.

As a child I always thought that if you love each other enough you end up together.

but there are people like Cara who don’t care about love at all.

They destroy it so they can get power.

She killed Alpha Jones’s love and she killed my mother’s love.

In so many ways you could say that she killed my mother and not Hendricks.

Her actions led to everything, they led to my mother losing her humanity.

Even though she loved me she died without even telling me.

she died while I thought that she didn’t like me at all.

I had shitty childhood because of her.

I could have had two loving parents, but she ruined that for me.

The major reason I even got rid of my humanity because I felt like I was with no purpose.

I thought that if my own mother couldn’t love me then who would?

But all this time, all this time my mother loved me.

all this time she loved me more than anything. S

he gave up all that to care for me, to protect me she left her family.

How can one person hurt so many people?

Her decisions changed so many people’s lives.

All for what?

All for power?

People like her need you to hit them where it hurts.

I opened the mind link to talk to Hendricks and he was clearly shocked. We spoke but I cut it off when I heard sound coming out of the room.

I didn’t get closer to it and watched as it opened, and my father stood there looking at me.

he seemed concerned and also confused.

When everyone looked at me they were clearly confused and surprised as well.

questions were asked and I am actually surprised that the siblings supported each other on the spot.

I didn’t expect them to lie for me like that.

My eyes landed on that woman, as I saw her the imagine of my mother crying herself to sleep came to me.

again, for the second time my knees gave out.

Harper came and picked me up, I couldn’t stop crying at all.

My eyes felt like those really dark clouds that have been carrying all this water.

I couldn’t stop them at all, they just kept flowing and coming.

Harper didn’t say anything and just help me like that until I fell asleep.

When I woke up he was sleeping next to me.

I got off the bed and moved my shirt back a little to look at the mark.

I never thought that I would be happy to see this again.

This is my identity; it confirms my identity as my mother’s daughter.

Because my mother’s daughter has emotions, she can feel happy and sad and anger.

I smiled because I never actually realized how good it feels to actually feel something.

I am no longer just a blank canvas; I am full of colours now.

Even though some of them are dark I am full of colours, I am Grace Brown.

I am Reene Brown’s daughter, “I missed that smile, I never thought I would see it again” I heard Harper say.

He got off the bed, I didn’t turn around but just looked myself in the mirror.

He came from behind me and hugged me before kissing my forehead.

“welcome back Grace” he said, and I turned and looked at him.

“no rush, I will wait… I will wait forever if I must, so let me hold you because I know you need me tonight.. let me be the shoulder you cry on” he said.

I felt his embrace getting tighter around me and I just leaned to his touch.

Its actually felt nice, that warm feeling I felt back then was the mate sparks.

I didn’t object, I need someone to hold me, and he didn’t ask any questions which I appreciated.

The next morning when I woke up he was gone I am guessing to his guest room.

There was a knock on the door, and I caught the scent for the three siblings.

They covered for me, so I am guessing they added two and two together.

“can we talk?” Mira asked me the moment I told them to come in.

Mary on the other hand started chanting a privacy spell.

“morning” I said raising my hand and they all smiled when I thought they would be angry.

And just like that I found myself being hugged by three people at the same time.

“why didn’t you tell us?” Mira asked me and I honestly didn’t have an answer for it.

“so you are wallet lady’s daughter huh? Our sister” Mary said, and I nodded.

“but why wont you tell dad?” Jason asked me while the older sisters seemed to understand.

“its our great grandmother, she is the reason why you are keeping this a secret” Mira said, and I nodded.

“the mirror, it showed me my mother’s reality. Your great grandmother is the biggest villain in their love story” I said, and they nodded in understanding.

“but now that you know we can get them together again… they can be together” Mary said with a big smile on her face.

It dropped when she noticed that I didn’t even have a small smile on my face right now.

“my mother, she is dead. Even if she was alive, her condition would have bought him pain” I said, and Mira nodded.

“is it also one of the reason you haven’t told him? Because you also need to tell him the love of his life died? He lived for years hoping she will come back” Mira added.

The truth is that I don’t know If I want to crush the poor man’s heart.

“I believe you; you will find a way to fix everything… as your younger sister I can feel it” Mary said with a big smile.

I looked at them, they accepted me so fast without any ulterior motive.

I have never met such people; such nice people still exist in the world we live in?

if I was raised by Joseph would I have been the same? So, understanding and mature for my age?

I smiled at this, and we sat down for some time and just watched a movie before packing to leave.

“you really are leaving, your two weeks aren’t up yet, stay longer” Mary said.

“I have my humanity back which means that I can’t be an ultimate weapon anymore. So please understand, we will still meet up outside” I said, and they seemed hesitant but nodded.

They told me to tell our father when I feel ready to tell him who I really am.

In the meantime, I can’t in this house with that witch that tormented my mother.

I honestly hate that woman; I can feel that hate slowly consuming me inside out.

How can someone be so heartless?

I feel like I have been asking myself this question for so many times.

But it’s because I am honestly curious about this monster of a person.

how do I take down such a person?

and that too I am only one person so how?

The siblings left after some time because Cara called them.

Derek came in without knocking as always and looked at me.

“you have your mark back, that means you also got your humanity back” he said.

“well thank you for telling, I had no idea” I said, and he smiled.

“well, it’s nice to see that you still acknowledge me. I thought you would want nothing to do with me when you get your humanity back” he said.

“why? Because I was nothing but a weapon to you?” I asked him and he shook his head.

“you know that you mean more to me than that Grace.

I am madly in love with you. I love you enough to put aside what I want and prioritise what you want.

Be with Harper, be happy with your mate. I will just watch from a distance” he said, and I looked at him.

“did you think I needed your permission?” I asked him with a smile.

He smiled as well, “of course you do, you will always be tied to me in some way… from now on I am your best friend” he said, and I smiled.

Wow, now I have two best friends.

I have always been loved; all this time I have always been loved.

Why didn’t I see it before?