57. You Should Not Be Ashamed
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“But now the question is…” Jared cleared his throat, grabbing Adrian’s attention, who turned his neck around and stared at Jared with a very clean and plain face, wanting to know what Jared further had to say.
And once Jared’s gaze met with Adrian’s he continued with his statement and declaration “… the question is, how far are you willing to go to make amends?”
But Adrian wasn’t the only one getting chastised and daunted in this matter, the real victim of the situation wasn’t even being showed any mercy or pity by her own Aunt, whom she had just narrated the entire incidence of how Adrian had used her for his own pleasure and then discarded her.
And somehow despite of being the victim, Diana was getting chastised by her aunt.
Well obviously Emily wasn’t mad at Diana for having s*x but mad at Diana for being so much of a fool to let a guy like Adrian take obvious advantage of her and her feelings.
Emily hit Diana’s shoulder once again as she reprimanded her niece, after she came to know the truth about Diana and Adrian’s past.
“You stupid fool! How could you had been so stupid to let him take advantage of you. I thought you were smarter than that.”
Emily continued to chastise Diana, as she hit her shoulder one more time, making Diana wince in pain and rub the spot where her aunt had slapped and where it hurt her the most.
“Ouch! That hurts.”
Diana complained and Emily grabbed her ear and pulled her up from the chair, making Diana whine and cry out in pain.
“Ah! That really hurts…”
“So, all those years of us believing that you were a virgin…”
“I mean, you guys never questioned anything so i also didn’t bother to clarify it.”
Diana cried lowly, horrified at the thought of Emily’s reaction of why she never admitted the truth every time her aunt or cousin would call her a virgin.
Emily let go off Diana’s ear and huffed in aggression as she ran a hand through her hair, pulling some of the strands in her fingers as well.
“Gosh! You would be the death of me.”
She complained and Diana perched her head low in front of her aunt, assuming that she wasn’t happy to listen to the stories of her rendezvous from her past.
“I am sorry! I didn’t want to disappoint you in this way. I didn’t know any better and…”
“What? What are you apologizing for?”
Emily yelled at the top of her lungs as she continued to yell at Diana, rendering her even more confused.
“I don’t know what to say. I mean, aren’t you mad at me that I slept with Adrian and that I am not what you expected me to be… I mean…”
“Gosh! Diana, you are allowed to be whoever you are.” Emily groaned at the top of her lungs, tugging on to the hair on each side of her head with both of her hands, excruciatingly saddened yet angered at her niece’s inability to be a normal human being that would act accordingly to her age.
“I don’t care if you slept with Adrian or anybody in the past. You shouldn’t be ashamed of that…”
Emily admitted, making Diana rub the back of her head.
“So, what are you mad at me for?” she inquired, wanting to get out of the puzzle in which her Aunt that her thrown her in to.
“I am mad at you for not telling me earlier what Adrian did to you. I would’ve smacked him right in the face…”
“You would do that?” Diana asked in a state of sheer shock.
“Of course! I would’ve punched in the face and kicked him in the groin for hurting you like that.”
Emily admitted nonchalantly, in a state of complete and total anger, showcasing her frustration towards how Adrian had ended up hurting her niece and had the audacity to show up again in front of Diana.
“I didn’t know what he had done to you ten years ago and why you were running away from him but I do know now. Why didn’t you tell that to me earlier. I would’ve given him a good earful and instead of buying you a dress and all and sending you on dates with him, I would have kept you away from him. I wouldn’t have allowed him anywhere near you.”
“Really?”
Diana asked again, as her eyes filled with tears and Emily turned to look at her niece, once she noticed Diana’s broken voice.
“Of course! what have you taken me for? Why did you think I broke up with Ralph? He tried to hurt you. had it been with some other girl, maybe I had forgiven him… Gosh! Never mind, I actually did catch him with another woman and I forgave him. I left him when he tried to hurt you. I thrashed him good and wished to break a bone or two of that bastard. But couldn’t.”
“Then why were so mad at me for the past two years if you were already mad at Ralph and knew that it was all him who tried to force himself on me?”
Diana rose the question that had been bothering her for the past two years.
Emily only sighed and sat on the chair on the small table placed inside the kitchen and Diana also perched down next to her.
“Alright! here goes nothing.” Emily stated, realizing that it was the day when and her niece both came clean and admitted the truth to each other.
Diana had already done her part and now it was time for Emily to admit why she had remained mad at Diana for the pas two years, even after Emily broke up with Ralph and never upheld Diana responsible for her breakup with Ralph.
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