Filed to story: Dumped by Scumbag Adored by Billionaire
What the hell was happening? Emily couldn’t understand a thing. She looked towards Judy who was as lost as her. Everything was happening too fast.
But to Emily’s shock, when the box was unveiled, exquisitely designed rings with diamond clusters were displayed.
“I know you young people have your preference and style, but this ring is a family heirloom that was once passed down to your father and me, and now you – that is if you would accept it. I don’t know if it would fit but some adjustments could be made,”
“Of course, we accept the ring but don’t you think this is going too fast?-“
“Thanks – that is all I wanted to hear,” She handed the ring to him, “Now get on your knees and propose to the girl,”
Judy sighed, running his hand through his hair. This felt too good to be true. One moment his mother hated Emily and the next, she’s loving to her.
“Mother, perhaps we should all take a breath and -“
“Fine,” The queen’s dowager patience had thinned, “I’ll give you motivation then,”
“What?”
Judy was still asking what she meant by that when he felt a pain in the back of his leg.
“Ouch!”
The queen kicked him on both legs, forcing him to his knees.
“A little violence does get the problem solved after all,” She dusted her hands to signal her mission accomplished. But her once bright expression changed into a scary one as she ordered,
“Now propose to my grandchild’s mother,”
Gosh, he was suddenly scared of his mother.
The third point of view :
“Tommy settle down!” Kim chided her son running around the room, becoming a distraction to her.
“But mommy, I want to play. I’m so bored because all you do all day is spend time with grandma!” he threw a tantrum.
However, that comment made Kim angry and she took offense, “Are you stupid or blind enough not to recognize your grandmother’s sick?!”
“Kim, let him be,” Angela interceded, “He’s just a kid,”
“No! Don’t point to me the way I should train my own kid….” Kim faltered when she saw the way her mom blanched from that statement and realized she shouldn’t have said that.
“Mom, I’m sorry. I just lost it for a while there,” She apologized with a guilty conscience. The stress was making her say things she really didn’t mean to.
It wasn’t easy for Kim to take care of her sick mother and also a four-year kid who wants to do everything except sit in the hospital room all day. But then, she can’t divide herself into two, neither can she afford to take her son to play, leaving Angela all alone.
Sometimes, it just gets so hard she wants to sit down in a dark corner, bring up her leg to her chest, hugging her knees, and cry. What has she done to deserve all this? It was too much. Why couldn’t she be happy?
But most of all, Kim was too scared to lose her mother. Angela was the only family she had left, if she dies now, she was all alone. After what she had done to Maria, it was obvious that the woman wouldn’t dare to welcome her back as a family – she didn’t even let them into her wedding.
What about her father? Alfred had been freaking mad when he found out the secret about Maria. She couldn’t exactly blame him since Angela had hidden the truth, lied to him for twenty-four years!
Who wouldn’t be angry at such a discovery? Though they didn’t divorce officially, he dared Angela never to step at his door. Even though everything Angela has done was for him and the family business, he chose to abandon her.
As for her, the man withdrew her from the company even though she was his blood daughter. The company that was supposed to belong to her, her father had chosen to appoint a qualified proxy to take over.
Kim didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. She had maltreated Maria because she had felt her “bastard” sister was a threat to her position, who knew that in the end, the same company she had fought tooth and nail for wouldn’t even belong to her. It was disheartening and darkly comical at the same time.
Looking away, she wiped away the tears that had slipped down her cheeks – unfortunately, Angela had seen it.
“Are you crying?”
“No,” She answered abruptly with a little bit of coldness.
“Seriously, talk to me Kimberly,” Angela pleaded, trying to keep her face in her area of focus, however, Kim tilted her head away.
“You want me to talk to you?” Her brows raised challengingly, “You seriously want me to talk mother?”
“Kim…”
“Why did you indulge me?”
“What?” Angela’s brows furrowed as she tried to comprehend what she was referring to.
“Why did you let me turn out this way!” She raised her voice on her mother for the first time in a long time. All those years, Kim hadn’t said a word to her because Angela had been along with her at every step. But now, the thought of her leaving; the fears, and stress made her reach her boiling point and was ready to detonate.
“Why didn’t you stop me when I turned out that way? Huh? You did this to me!” She pointed to her chest angrily, “You knew everything, the way I made living hell for Maria, the maltreatment she received from me, yet you turned a blind eye to it!”
“Kim, I -“
“Do you even know why I hated her in the first place?” she hissed, feeling the resentment she had buried for years rising to the surface.
“Because you hated Maria and when you didn’t rebuke me for bullying her, I?thought it made you happy and what do you expect a six-year-old to do? if not to make mama proud,” she taunted her.
Tears flooded Angela’s eyes and spilled down her cheeks, “I’m so sorry -“
Kim’s expression suddenly changed when her mother turned pale and began to reach and she, knowing what that meant, grabbed the disposable vomit bowl and brought it to her face. Angela threw up into the fowl.
The anger Kim felt dissipated at once. No matter how angry she was, seeing her mother in that condition was more heartbreaking.
“You’re getting worse,” Kim noticed blood in her vomit, worsening her fears.