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đChapter 64
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âAllysia told everyone in the cafeteria that her brother is the reason youâre in this school,heâs your sponsor and that your sister coaxed him into paying your motherâs surgery bills,your sister took advantage of his weak sp©t for her! Thatâs manipulative and unfair!â Danielle gro-an ed and Damien went numb and pale.
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Yeah⊠Mr Harold is sponsoring him butâŠ.his sister hadnât coaxed him into paying their mumâs surgery bills, Irene would never do such and did this thing just said his sister is manipulative.
âDid you just say my sister is manipulative?â Damien asked, ti-ght£ñing his fist as he got up and he wasnât aware his eyes had turned beast-like.
All he felt was rage.
His head spin as he tried to control himself.
Heâs yet to digest everything and heâs trying to but someone just said his sister is manipulative.
âNoâŠâ Danielle shifted back, she has never seen him look this way.
His eyes shone with rage and his muscles ti-ght£ñed like heâs trying to restrain himself from hitting her.
âI didnât say that. Allysia didâ She said and quic-kly headed for her seat.
Damien badly wanted to scream and destroy everything he could l@yhis hands on.
He nee-ded to vent out his anger.
If only Allysia was a male,he would have punched her till she bleeds.
He wouldnât mind been expelled.
âBreathe in and outâ Marleneâs said quietly and hearing her small voice soothe his rage a little.
She was fuming herself but she knew Damien was more angry than she was and she could see how he was trying to restrain himself and his eyes ⊠he has never looked this way.
âBreathe in and outâ She repeated,that was the only thing she could say at the time, she was lost for words.
He had told her he could be pretty violent when it comes to Irene.
She glared at Allysia who wore a triumphant smile.
Sheâs probably thinking she would get away with this, Marleneâs patiently waiting for Damien to be calm,then sheâll make Allysia regret what she did.
Damien slowly sat down, he had breathed in and out like Marlene said and it helped him a bit.
He never thought Allysia could be this cruel.
At first,he had wanted to tell the whole school that she wasnât even Haroldâs relative, sheâs not related to him in any way,her mother was only a clas-sy maid in his house but he wouldnât stoop so low to do that right?
He thought she was someone who nee-ded peopleâs help to change but now it seems she can never be cured.
Hatred suits her like second skin.
Marlene took his palm in hers, hoping he would look at her and he did.
His eyes were almost back to normal but she could see some traces of hurt in it, it didnât sparkle as it used to,it was dark and grim.
He was indeed hurt by what that beast had said.
He laughed and Marleneâs face lit up.
She saw the sparkle in his eyes as quic-kly as it disappeared.
He had laugh, thinking she looks like a mother comforting her son for not buying him ice cream.
Her eyes looked sorry like she was the one who offended him.
Heâs so glad thereâs at least someone who cares for him in this school.
Someone who didnât turn his back on him even when every other person did .
âThank you Marlâ He smiled sadly.
âI canât believe that he is, smiling and laughing like nothing happenedâ Allysia thought glancing at Damien and Marl.
She wanted to make him sad like he had made her.
âI wonât let her get away with this Damien,she nee-ds someone to speak some s-en-ses into her skullâ Marlene said to Damien and he didnât bother st©pping her.
Allysiaâs heart skipped a beat when she saw Marlene approaching her .
She canât possibly be scared of this $h!t..can she?
Though she canât deny Marlene has the biggest guts she has ever seen, sheâs the only to ever stood up to her and even called her a bit-ch to her face.
âHey!â Marlene ban-ged Allysiaâs desk, intentionally bringing attention to them .
âIf fight wasnât prohibited in this school,i would have scratched out your eyes,gr@bbÂŁd your hair and slam your head on the wall!â Marlene said and everyone g@sped.
Allysia glared at her like she would do the same to her if fight wasnât prohibited.
âI once told you this..i donât give a damn about you, youâre nothing to me though you just proved what you are, youâre a beast Allysiaâ Marlene said and another round of g@sps echoed in the clas-s.
âTime
spent trying to diminish someone elseâs value,does nothing to increase yoursâ Marlene said and the word hit Allysia de-eply.
âAnd why acting like a nipper? You look more matured than you act. Mocking Damien for not being up to your standard is not necessary,any s-en-sible person would choose him over you,not in terms of wealth but br@ins. You claim to be so intelligent yet he crushes you in clas-s with his intelligence,teachers prefer to hear him speak even after youâve spoken. That should tell you this so called wealth isnât everything! Everyone claims heâs not up to their standard, yet no one is able to surpas-s him in looks and intelligence, yâall should be ashamed of yourselves,â Marlene laughed and truly they felt ashamed.
âHeâs not up to your standard,yet he answer questions none of you can even attempt..wow. if anyone should be mocked,it should be you all, Damien should be the one to mock everyone of you for being so dumb! He would get a lot of opportunities and thereâs a wi-de range of chance that heâll be wealthy ,but thereâs no hope for dumb br@ins like yâallâ Marlene said and they all looked pissed and insulted,yet no one was able to stand up to her.
They were surprised,they always thought her to be so calm and gentle, someone they could push around.
They always mock her than they mock Damien,she doesnât say anything but here she is putting them all in their places.
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Mrs Meg smiled, she has been listening all the while, standing by the door and she isnât even planning to interrupt Marlene until sheâs done.
Those students have some wakening up to do.
âYâall call my father an infamous safecrackerâ Marlene laughed as she said it.
She was sitting on Allysiaâs desk by then and Allysia knew she didnât even dare to tell her to get off.
âI feel sorry for you all cause my father might justâŠhe might just crack into your safes and cart away with every valuable thing you have,My father is not only an infamous safecracker but a wrestler, if anyone of you dare messes with Damien again,Iâll call him to kick your as-sesâ Marlene yelled and Damien smiled.
Marlene turned to him and win-ked. and one canât help but get jealous of their relationsh!p.
âWell..Iâm done pas-sing my message across you allâ Marlene rolled her eyes and turned to Allysia.
âYou really went so low with what you did,that was so petty, i liked you at first, i thought we could probably be friends but your ins-en-sitive behavior proved otherwiseâ Marlene said and Damien was surprised .
He never thought Marlene wanted Allysia to be her friend.
Allysia was surprised also.
âWhat did you gain from ex-posing it to everyone? Nothing! you only made a fool of yourself, i think you allowed your looks and intelligence get into your head. Allysia,you have to become a better person before itâs too late. Youâre happy to have people surround you, people are re-ady to worsh!pyou but watch them all turn away when you have nothing. Youâre beautiful, intelligent and of course wealthy,who wouldnât want to as-sociate with you? Excluding me though after watching your behavior. Iâm not always impressed with job title, social status,things you can buy,Iâm always impressed by way someone treats others. Iâm not easily triggered by wealth,maybe itâs because i have more than enough..i mean you all know my father is an infamous safecracker so weâre kinda wealthyâ Marlene grinned.
âI want you to snap out of your oblivion Ally and get a good lifeâ Marlene said and headed towards her seat.
Damien felt so proud of her that he hvgged her before she sat down.
He was almost close to tears when she defended him.
She stood up for him and defended him when he couldnât do anything.
âHow was it?â Marlene asked Damien, looking gleeful.
âPerfect! You should be an actressâ He said and they both laughed.
âThanks for standing up for meâ Damien took her hand in his.
âItâs the least i can do for you, you stood up for me the first day without even knowing meâ Marlene said and Damien smiled.
âTurns out we both stood up for each other during our weak momentsâ Damien said and Marlene nodded.
âIs your father really a wrestler?â Damien asked and Marlene laughed out loud.
Allysia picked at her f!ngers, almost in tears.
Marleneâs word really got to her, she regretted doing what she did to Damien,she regretted being rude to Irene,she regretted every bad thing she did to the innocent lady.
How could she have been so unfair.
Shouldnât she be glad her brother is helping people? When did she turn this?
When did she turned into a monster!
Marleneâs words repeated in her head and she finally let out her tears.
She looked over at Damien and really felt bad.
She so ashamed to even apologise to him.
She had went ahead to carry out her plans even after he apologized to her, twice.
She feels so remorseful that she wished she hadnât done that in the first place.
âsnap out of your oblivion Ally and get a good lifeâ Marleneâs words rang in her ears.
She totally felt like a new person after Marlene spoke to her.
Her words opened another side of her that she didnât knew existed.
Marlene glanced at her..
âDid i say too much to herâ She asked Damien who shook his head.
âYou said enough to snap her out of her oblivion, you helped her Marl.â
âAre you sure? But sheâs in tearsâ Marlene said worriedly.
She likes Allysia right from the first time but her behavior had put her off.
âNo,sheâs being remorseful. â Damien glanced at Allysia too.
âWe should be hoping for a better Allysia from nowâ Marl said and Damien nodded.
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âI..i thereâs something i want to sayâ Allysia suddenly said loudly.
Everyone turned to her .
Hey eyes were red and Damien felt sorry for her.
She seems like a very soft hearted person but with a harsh facade.
âYou all know Harold Marshall as my brother..â Allysia started.
âHarold Marshall is her brother?â Marlene was surprised and Damien nodded.
âAnd she acts like this, he was very humble when he c@mÂŁ for dinner at the palaceâ Marlene said,not realising what she just said .
âDinner? Palace?â Damien asked and Marl was lost for words for a moment.
âYeah,i mean palace, my mum works there so i go with her most timesâ Marl lied.
âOhhâŠyour mum must be working as a cook,no wonder you bring delicious meals â Damien said and Marlene nodded, smiling faintly .
Damn!
She almost spilled her identity.
âHarold Marshall is not my brother, weâre not related in any wayâ Allysia said and there was a loud uproar in the clas-s.
âHe accommod@tÂŁd my mum and i when my mum helped him find his lost puppy, i was still very little then and i grew up to know him as my brother,he told me to still call him brother even after my mum told me weâre not blood related, heâs sponsoring my education just like heâs sponsoring Damienâs and so many other peopleâsâ
They all stared at Allysia in shock.
Damien was surprised also, he never thought Allysia would reveal this to them herself.
The students look of shock later turned to disgust and they stared at her just like they had always stared at Damien and Marlene.
âHow dare you deceive everyone for years that youâre Harold Marshallâs sister!â A girl said aloud and everyone nodded in approval.
âYou must be such a fool to have being deceived, does their last names correlate? Shouldnât you have figured it yourselves since all these years,i canât believe you all are dumb to that extentâ Marlene said, shutting the girl up.
âAnyway..i said what i said, Iâm not related to Harold Marshall in any way, we were only accommod@tÂŁdâ Allysia said and sat down.
âIâm done with this friendsh!p! I was only with you cause i believed you were Harold Marshallâs sister. Liar!â Jane yelled and Allysia was shocked to the bone.
J..jane was her best friend.
She placed her head on the desk,she couldnât cope with the dozens of eyes glaring at her like sheâs thrash.
It looked like everyone suddenly turned their back on her.
She couldnât cry anymore,she only wanted to scream in disbelief.
No this is not happening to her.
âYouâre happy to have people surround you, people are re-ady to worsh!pyou but watch them turn away when you have nothingâ
âNo!â She sighed.
She hoped Jane hadnât meant what she said.
âI feel so sorry for her cause most of her friends are going to desert her, i hope sheâll be able to cope with the painâ Marlene said.
âI hope so tooâ Damien glanced at Allysia worriedly.
Her head was still on her desk.
âThatâs the reason i never wanted to have friends, itâs so rare to see one thatâll stick with you during a ha-rd time. Itâs better off being aloneâ Marlene said.
âGood day clas-sâ Mrs Meg walked in.
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Irene was in the living room when Allysia walked in.
Her eyes were red and she looked so sad.
Irene wondered what must have gone wrong.
Allysia never returned home looking this way, her shoulders were slumped and not only does her eyes look sad,she looks scared too.
Irene was worried as she watched Allysia walked to the stairs, though she doesnât like it when Allysia glare at her, she prefers it to this her presÂŁnt look.
Irene headed to the kitchen immediately Allysia was out of sight.
She met Nola slicing cabbage.
âNola, i think thereâs something wrong with Allysiaâ Irene said.
âSheâs back?â Nola asked.
âYeahâ Irene said and Nola knew something was indeed wrong.
Allysia comes to greet her first immediately sheâs back from school.
âHer eyes looked so red like she has been crying and she looked really sad, she didnât even glare at meâ Irene said.
Mrs Nola dropped the knife,rinsed her hands and headed for Allysiaâs room with Irene behind her.
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Damien and Mrs Neave ate steaming pizza rolls as they watched a movie.
He just finished completing his home work.
He couldnât help but think about what happened in clas-s today.
He wasnât even concentrating on the movie and Mrs Neave noticed it.
âWhatâs wrong?â She asked.
âSomething happened in the clas-s todayâ He said drily.
âDo you want to talk about it?â She asked and he shook his head.
âEverything will be fineâ She ru-bbe-d his back.
They heard a knock on the door and wondered who it was.
âIâll go get itâ Damien said,he got up and headed to the door.
He pu-ll-ed it open and saw a guy about his age at the door, with a basketball in hand .
âHi, Iâm Blaineâ He smiled.
âIâm Damienâ
âIâm your neighbor and i was just aware recently that thereâs a guy my age. Iâve been so bored all alongâ Blaine said.
âOhhâ Damien smiled,even though he has never seen him before.
He only goes to school and come back in.
âI want to go pl@ybasketball, will you come with me?â Blaine asked and Damienâs face lit up.
âOf course, Iâll be back,i want to inform my mumâ
âOkayâ Blaine said and waited.
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Allysia changed into a lambswool sweater and pale green linen shorts after she finished freshening up.
She sat on her be-d and stared blankly at the door.
Her mum had come but she had refused to open the door.
Her heart was not only broken but shattered.
Everyone avoided her till school was over and Jane and Paris hadnât even waited for her after school.
Chandler had told her he wasnât interested in her anymore and that she should go to hell.
Almost everyone had shut her out of their lives and it seems they were friends with her because they thought she was Haroldâs sister .
That was how Damien must have felt when people didnât want to as-sociate with him, she was even p@rt of those people that mocked him.
She was p@rt of those that didnât want to as-sociate with him because heâs poor.
Serves her right to feel the same pain he had felt.
âGeorgeâ She thought and picked up her phone.
She placed a call across George,her b©yfri£ndin Paris.
đAllyâŠhow are you?â He asked and Allysia knew he has been drinking.
đLetâs break upâ She said curtly.
đWh..why? Did i offend you,Iâm so sorry if i did Ally. Iâm sorry, I love you so muchâ
đYou did nothing George but..i..Iâm not Harold Marshallâs sister as you thought, weâre not related in any way. He only accommod@tÂŁd my mum and i.
đWh..what! Are you joking?â
đIâm serious G.
đOhh..i guess we should really break up then. Have a nice lifeâ George disconnected the call.
âIs that really how people are?â She thought and laughed at the sad reality of life.
How come everything changed in just less than a day.
She had been so happy to get to school this morning and tarnish Damienâs image not knowing hers will be tarnished along.
And he hadnât even told the world Harold Marshall is not her brother even after she embarras-sed him de-eply.
Marlene was right and Allysia is so grateful she snapped her out of her oblivion.
She made her realise she has no friends after all.
None at all.
How can she cope without Jane and Paris?
Not when Harold told her sheâll be staying permanently in San Francisco.
This is a dream right?
âCan someone wake me up alre-ady!â She screamed in tears.
â ïžâ ïžâ ïž
Allysia staggered into the dining room for dinner.
She was weak, she had cried so much that she couldnât even cry anymore.
She was too weak to cry.
She felt helpless.
Her hair looked disheveled and some of it stuck to her face,her eyes were red and swollen and her whole face was pale,like she would pas-s out anytime soon .
She looked like she was hit by a truck.
She felt miserableâŠshe had never knew what betrayal felt like.
âOh..my.. God!â They all rushed to her as they saw her.
She fell into Haroldâs arms immediately, her legs were shaking alre-ady.
âCall Doc Fern! â Harold almost yelled at Alex.
âI..i wa..nt waterâ She said and Mrs Nola was in tears as she quic-kly poured her water.
âWhat in the world went wrong!â Mrs Marshall panicked as they made Allysia drink the water.
âEveryone left meâ Allysia said, after drinking water, she felt a bit better.
Her eyes ached terribly as another round of tears threatened to stream down her face.
âWeâre here for you Allysiaâ Irene said, trying to fight back her own tears.
Ivory was crying uncontrollably alre-ady, Allysia has never looked so horrible.
She looked pale and thin all of a sudden.
âEveryone left meâ She repeated as Harold carried her to her room.
He really hoped whatever is wrong with her right now wonât affect her mental health.
âEveryone left meâ
TbcâŠ