Valencia

The music blasted too loud in the gym as my feet hit the treadmill. I loved the music and knew well enough that it was far too loud and not at all of the same taste that anyone in this house liked. Well, my intention was for others to lose their beauty sleep. I had taken the liberty to wake up far too early after the ass kissing apologizing to Nana last night and blast the speakers inside the gym with music none like. She has forgiven me but warned me to not ever do that or she will treat me like she treats my mother. She had reminded me that she has raised me better. However, I have asked her to please listen to me when I ask her to go. she doesn't need to the vile creature I had become.

Sweat stick all over my body made remind of other times when I was sweaty. Times that I have taken a break from, left behind. I had thought so many times before coming here was it all worth all. After so long I knew it was. Betrayals and too many lies had blinded some people and in the influence of those, they lost me. I was so engrossed in my running and thoughts that I didn't notice the presence of someone else in the room. He was just there on the other side of the room doing weights. The blue-eyed man who was my first date, kiss, love, and lover. I looked at him with hooded eyes. He was a part of me, one part that when taken from me left me with nothing. He was more to me than my family. I weaved a dream of happy future with him, a forever. It collapsed into nothing. My love for him was far greater than I loved myself and it got destroyed into tiny pieces having themselves flown out with the wind. Knowing that I couldn't concentrate anymore I put my run to an end. It was of no use.

I cleaned off the sweat with a towel and on the way out when his voice stopped me. Two and a half years since I last heard his voice. Three years since I last saw his face and 40 months since I last saw love in his eyes for me.

"Why are you back?" His voice still the same, sexy enough to make anyone's insides melt. I turned around and looked at him with a raised brow. Same blue eyes I fell in love with now stared at me with coldness meant for intimidating me, to scare me. Well, nothing worked on me. He didn't have any rights to ask me that question.

"Have you developed a hearing problem, I told last night why I'm here. If you have some hearing problem I know a great doctor who could help you out. Want me to make the appointment?" Did he really think that I would give him any special answer?

"Cut the bullshit! I know that is not the real reason you could have come a year back. You turned twenty-one last year. you could have come back then but why now?" He exasperated.

"With what rights do you ask me these questions Huh?" Striding towards him I stood face to face with him. "Who are you to ask me these questions? My family or my boyfriend?" I taunted.

"You haven't got no fucking right," I spoke slowly and dangerously to him. "You are nothing but a charity case living in this house with that pathetic excuse of a wife of yours."

"Valencia!!" He shouted.

"Don't you dare shout at me" I roared with my eyes burning with anger.

"Truth hurts like a blade through your heart Alexandro. I'm no more that pathetic girl that I was three years back. You and your wife are just charity living over the fruits of the wealth my grandparents built. You are a pathetic piece of shit who couldn't build himself a home. Don't you have any shame that you live with your wife in the house of your brother-in-law and his family?" I asked with a quirked brow. Not waiting for him to answer I taunted him.

"Oh, I forgot, you sold it to the devil in exchange for luxuries and other things in life. Well, This is my house too. I own most of the things now Alexandro from the company too much more. There is too much wealth and I own fifty-one percent of it while my dearest father and brother weep for the leftover forty-nine percent. So both of them can't say and do shit if I kick you out of the house. So don't dare to shout or raise your voice with me or you will be out of the house with that bitch of a wife of yours right then and there. I really don't think that your pathetic wife would really want to get out of this house." I taunt and turned around to walk out of there. He was a pathetic man with no shame. I really didn't want to waste my breath on him. When the time comes he will pay as well as his wife. However, the worst will happen to him and when it comes I will stand there and watch him fall down the wagon.

"You weren't like this." He uttered out making me stop midway out of the door. "You were never this kind of person to hurt others. This is not you." For a moment I saw the old flame of love flicker in his eyes but it was gone too soon. My heart didn't hurt, there was no pain but a little disappointment. He was my first love and the first is the one that is so hard to forget.

"That is where you are wrong, Alexandro. This is me now. You with all the others let me know very accurately how devastating it is to be naive and innocent. You all told me how pathetic it was of me to love everyone else more than my own self. What I'm now is a product of everyone else's betrayal and lies. The best part is that I am glad about the way I am. At least now I am not so naive and foolish enough to be in the same place that you with all others put me in." I turned around fully and strode towards him until we were just a few feet apart.

"Look at me carefully Alexandro," I ordered him. "This is the new me, the real me. The one who has been formed by your betrayals and hatred, with of all the others I loved. Look at me well enough, imprint this image of mine inside of your brain. This is me for now and forever. Hear out my next words carefully." I said stepping inside his personal space. Only space left between of us wasn't even enough for a butterfly to pass through.

"You lost me and I am here, back. I am going to remove the mask of lies that you all see. I will bring out the truths that you don't even have a clue about. Truths that will shake the pillars of this happy family, make you all hate in your own eyes and will make you wish for your own death. When all this happens I would be the one watching you all in pain while enjoying it as much I could." I spoke dangerously each and every word loud and clear for him to ear as I stare right in his eyes. Saying all that I stepped away from him and turned around and walked away. It felt like God was on my side. I saw Claire, Alexandro's wife, and bitch number two just on her way to the gym. I was a bitch, something I think I had established well enough. Just as she was a few steps away from me I cut in her way. She turned away her face from me and I smirked.

"You know Claire, Alexandro still tastes the same as he did years back. It feels like you can't satisfy his libido at all. Want me to give you some tips?" Her eyes grew wide like saucers as they burned with hatred and anger.

"Save your words for later. I bet they will be of a better use when I would completely annihilate you." Saying that I walked away from a fuming Claire. Life was good and far entertaining than ever before.

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For the rest of the morning and evening, they all went tension free and my things arrived from New York. I was busy with setting them up. The wide eyes, when so sweet sister in law saw my things coming, was one that I loved so far enough until now. She really thought that I was here for just a bit but there was where she was wrong. This was my house and I am gonna be the queen of it. Now it was time for someone to pay for what they did to me. For last one year, or half I had myself preparing for everything. I scraped out the dirt on everyone to be used against them or humiliate them or just for the fun of having them get hated.

With closed eyes, I took out a file from the box where I had all the shit over them stored. I opened my eyes as if I was unwrapping my Christmas present. It was medical reports from the nearby hospital. The number of the doctor clearly written by me from hand over the top. The name Hilda wrote clearly over the top. Well, sister-in-law, I think it is time for you to pay for few of your sins. I clearly knew what was in the report. It boiled me from the inside knowing what she had done. It was barbaric. Never in her wildest dreams, she would have thought of this truth to come unraveling. This was not going to chink in her armor it was going to shatter it. The worst part was knowing that this would affect Karl and Alexandro both, even my parents. She gained more of my hatred ever since I came to know about it. Today it was her day to pay for it. Today she will be falling down from the pedestal that my family had set her on. Picking up my phone I dialed the number. The phone rang and someone picked up.

" Hello," the sweet female voice came from the other line.

"Hello, Dr. Elisa Kendrick there?" I questioned.

"Yes, it is. Whom am I talking to?"

"Hello, doctor. My name is Valencia I have something very important to discuss with you. Should we meet or would you rather have your medical's license being taken away?" I asked with a sickly sweet voice.

"Who are you?"

"Doesn't matter but I do think you want to be just sent to jail with the whole of your family and friends hating you isn't it? Think about how they would feel when they all will come to know the source of the money you lavishly spend on them. Huh? Wouldn't it be just exciting Dr. Elisa?"

"What do you want from me?" Her trembling voice asked.

"I can be your savior or your worst nightmare Dr. Elisa. You don't need to know anymore. Meet me at Sugar sweet bakery near your clinic in two hours or you would be losing it all. Hope you have it all clear doctor?"

"Ye..s"

"Ah, and one more thing Dr. Elisa. Please come dressed for a dinner with my family." Before she could say anything else I hung up on her. I had not let my last name slip in our conversation. She was in the dark about all I knew about her and that was how it will be kept for. I got out of my room and walked towards the kitchen to let Nana know about the last minute guest we were going to have. I saw our dearest Claire crying while my mother and Hilda trying to calm her down. I walked down letting my heels click against the marble purposefully.

Hilda's hateful gaze met with my cynical one. I smirked at her. By the end of the night, Claire would be the one calming her down and giving her support only. You are going to get fucked up from earth to moon Hilda Crawford and I will make sure of it.