Chapter 3 A Shocking Reunion
Bella's POV.
“What did I do to deserve such treatment from all of you?!” I asked angrily as I squeezed the passport in my hand.
“That's enough now, go to your room and stop throwing a tantrum,” he said with a deep frown.
I looked at every single one of them in the room, the people I called family and trusted so much.
Memories of when I first met Lucas came flooding into my mind. He had accidentally bumped my car and offered to pay for the repairs.
Then he asked me out several times but I turned him down. He never gave up and kept showering me with gifts and attention until I fell in love with him.
Now I am hearing that all of it was a well planned plot to deceive me into a contractual marriage.
“Lucas asked me to tell you that he has deposited enough money into your account which should be enough for you to live comfortably abroad.
You are quite lucky compared to my friend's daughter. She made her partner angry and ended up being crippled but look at you, all covered in diamonds” my mother said with a proud expression which I found extremely irritating.
“What's with that expression? You are not the first girl to be in a contractual marriage, so stop acting like a bullied little girl” Magnus said with an irritated expression.
“You better shut your mouth Magnus!” I glared at him and our mother immediately flew up in rage.
“What is wrong with his words? You better stop glaring at my son and focus on yourself” she warned angrily.
Someone that doesn't know, would think that I wasn't her daughter.
“Bella, can't you be sensible for once? Do you have to always make your mother angry?” My father asked me angrily.
How was all of these my fault?
I am the victim here but they are just making it look like I was being unreasonable.
“So the only reason you were all nice and sweet towards me in the past three years was because of the deal?” I asked them while holding back my tears.
How could I have forgotten how badly they had treated me before I left the country. I guess I was just too desperate to be loved by my family.
“Can you stop already, you are giving me a headache” Diana said while slowly sipping her wine.
SLAP
She didn't have time to swallow the wine before I slapped it out of her mouth.
“Ahhhhhhhh” She screamed and Magnus rushed to her side.
“How dare you! Guards!” he roared while looking at her swollen cheek.
A mixture of blood and wine flowed down her cheeks as she glared at me with hatred.
“Where are those useless fellows? Weren't they instructed to not let her in?!” my mother yelled at the top of her voice while my father remained calm and unfazed.
Hearing such heartless words from my mother made me speechless. I didn't know if I wanted to laugh or cry.
“Look at what you have done, you bitch!” Magnus rushed towards me in anger, his hand raised in a bid to slap me.
BANG!
I didn't hesitate to pull the trigger and shattered his knee cap.
“ Argghhhh… Bitch!” He yelled while gripping his leg in pain.
My mother was too stunned and just stared at him in shock. They must have noticed the gun earlier but they probably didn't expect me to really use it.
“Call an ambulance” My father said to her coldly.
He slowly walked towards me and collected the gun without saying anything.
Some guards rushed in after hearing the gunshot.
“I will take this as you venting your anger and frustration, now you should prepare to leave tomorrow morning” he said after handing the gun to one of the guards.
“You are just letting her off? She shot our son!” my mother yelled angrily but he ignored her and returned to his seat like he couldn't hear her.
I looked at Magnus, whose face had turned pale from blood loss and Diana, who was holding him with tears streaming down her swollen cheek and sighed.
I couldn't even feel a little better despite their miserable condition.
I looked at my passport and the flight ticket before turning around to leave.
“I don't care where you plan on going to but ensure you get to the airport on time tomorrow. You must leave the country” my father's voice came from behind but I didn't stop.
An ambulance sped past me as soon as I stepped out of the Ricci estate.
I walked aimlessly on the road without any destination in mind as I thought of everything that has happened in the past three years.
Now Lucas' behavior all made sense. His refusal for me to interact and make friends and overly possessive attitude.
I had thought he was just afraid of losing me and I always felt very special when he acted all possessive with the excuse of not wanting other men to see me.
He was just making sure I wouldn't have the connection or power to make things difficult for him when he wants to leave me.
I felt an urge to confront him but I restrained myself as it would definitely not be in my favor.
I continued walking in the cold night wind until I arrived at a high end bar. The loud music gave me a headache as I slowly made my way to the counter.
I could feel lots of eyes on me but I didn't care, I just wanted to drown myself in alcohol and forget everything.
“Give me your strongest drink” I said to the barman and tossed my diamond necklace to him.
He picked up the necklace and walked away, a few minutes later, he rushed back and immediately handed me a glass.
I didn't care to know what was in the glass as I downed it all at once. Then passed the glass back to him for another round.
“Hey beautiful, do you mind if I join you?” a drunken man's voice came from beside me but I ignored him.
“How dare you ignore me… Do you know who I am?” he slurred and tried to touch my face.
Crack!
“Ahhhhhhhh!” he screamed and looked at his hand in horror.
His wrist was now twisted in a weird angle and his face turned pale from the pain.
“You bitch! How dare you injure our boss?!” a tattooed man yelled from behind him.
I noticed that there were about five of them and they looked like thugs.
“Madam, I suggest you leave immediately” the barman advised but I knew there was no way they would just let me leave.
And I was a little excited to get some scapegoats to pour my anger and frustration on.
The tattooed man that spoke up earlier was the first to attack, he rushed forward aggressively and I sent him flying and crashing into a table with a kick.
The others decided to attack all at once and I immediately beat the freaking hell out of them while their boss trembled in a corner.
I didn't know how much I have missed the feeling of watching people tremble in fear of me.
“Don't tell me you are tired… CoCome on let's go for another round”I said but they all cowered in fear.
“I never thought that you would be in such a miserable state when I see you again… Seems like it wasn't true love after all” I froze as soon as I heard the voice.
I didn't look behind me because I felt like I was hallucinating, what would he be doing here?.
“It has only been three years and you can't recognize my voice anymore?” he asked and I slowly turned around.
I didn't know how to face him after how I acted when I left three years ago.
“Ethan… “ I said softly with my head lowered.