Falling For The Girl I Bullied
Chapter 125

Violet’s P.O.V.

“Did you guys take precautions?” Sam asked me in a hushed tone and I looked at her in confusion. “What precaution?” I asked her in confusion. She looked at Mrs. Parker, who was sitting beside me on the other side of the couch, while Sam was sitting on the single seat. I looked at Mrs. Parker in confusion too. They both shared a look and then looked back at me, making me jerk my head, looking at them suspiciously. “Honey.. you know that you can tell us,” Mrs. Parker said while taking my hand in hers. Her words and the expression on her face put me on alert immediately. I had this feeling that they were up to something.

“What are you two talking about? I don’t understand,” I asked her cautiously while looking at them in alert mode. They both sighed and looked at each other once again before looking back at me. The expressions on their faces set my heart racing. Mrs. Parker squeezed my hand briefly before scooting close to me, making me shrink in her presence. “Honey… you know that you are too young, and still in high school,” she spoke again while wrapping her hand around my shoulder. “Yeah…. So?” I asked her, still looking at them cautiously. I knew they were doing something strange, but I couldn’t figure out what was going through their heads right now.

“I’m too young to be called grandma,” Sam grumbled, squeezing her nose in the process. I snapped my head in her direction while widening my eyes in shock and disbelief. “Gr… grandma?” I almost choked on my own saliva as I uttered in disbelief. They both immediately nodded while blinking rapidly. “O My,” I exclaimed in horror when I realized what they were asking me. “Are you guys crazy?” I yelled in panic and hid my face inside my palms immediately. I was completely flushed due to embarrassment. How could they even think like that? “Honey… it’s okay. You don’t need to be so shy. Who else will talk to you about this matter if we don’t, huh? You are my daughter and I know that I should be the one who should talk about this with you,” I screamed inside my palm in embarrassment when I heard Mrs. Parker coaxing me.

“Or is he not?” I immediately looked up at Sam, making her stop whatever she was going to spit on now. “Sam,” I yelled in frustration, and then looked at them angrily. “What? I am your aunt. Of course, I’ll be concerned if your boyfriend isn’t good in bed,” Sam said again, as if she was saying something very important, and my eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. “Hey… guys… don’t trouble her,” I looked at Helene with relief when she suddenly appeared in front of me. She sat down on the armrest at my side and put her hand on the edge of the backrest behind me. “You need to understand, Violet. You are too young to get pregnant. You are still in high school and you have some dreams to achieve. So either you take precaution or ask him to use protection, you know,” Mrs. Parker once again coaxed me while making weird gestures through her hands. I wanted to dig a hole for myself so I could hide there.

“You guys… stop this nonsense now. Nothing like that happened between us,” I yelled while asking them to shut their mouths. They were really getting on my nerves now. “Really?” Helene whispered in disbelief, and I widened my eyes in disbelief once again. She was only fourteen, and she was asking me about my s****l life. “Helene,” I yelled, scolded her, and she pouted. I stood up immediately and then, before saying anything, I stormed upstairs. “Violet wait…. What do you mean that nothing happened like that, huh? Is he really not that good?” I heard Sam yelling behind me, but I didn’t stop and almost ran up the stairs.

I locked the door behind me and threw myself on the bed while huffing angrily. Why did I have such a weird family? Who asked her daughter if her boyfriend is good in bed or not? Of course, mothers like Sam, and…. Mrs. Parker…. Even she was interested in knowing what happened between me and Kyle. I hid my face inside the pillow and screamed in anger once again while beating my legs on the bed. Sam and Helene came last night here, and we decided to have lunch together with Mrs. Parker here. Kyle went for his photo shoot in the afternoon yesterday after instructing so many things to me. He had been away for less than a day, and I was missing him badly. But I was glad that he was not here or else I didn’t know what I was going to do after what happened downstairs. How could they ask me such things?

In the past three days before leaving, Kyle was almost glued to me. He didn’t even leave me for a second, like a possessive boyfriend. David and Rein even made fun of him that he was smitten by me. That was so annoying and embarrassing at the same time, but I didn’t say anything to him. I liked his possessiveness. It didn’t mean that he didn’t give me time to breathe, or tried to control my freedom. He was always with me, but I was doing everything in the same way that I used to do. I was free to talk to anyone, just like I was before. It was not like I had so many people with whom I was friendly, but now I had a few people with whom I was comfortable. The best thing was that he stopped taunting me as he used to whenever I was with any other boy in the past, especially Noah and Ethan.

I sighed and then picked up my phone from the bed where I threw it earlier, and looked for any message from him. I scowled when I didn’t see any new message. He must be busy with his shoot. He told me in the morning that he would be busy the whole day today. I wanted to talk to him but I didn’t want to disturb him during his work. He wanted to finish his work there as soon as possible and I also wanted him to come back early. I looked in the direction of the door, when I heard a knock on the door. Helene peeked inside with a grin on her face. “Are you going to talk to him?” she asked me while closing the door behind her.

I sighed and then lay down on my back. “No.. he is busy with his work,” I told her truthfully in a sad tone. She also lay down near me on the bed and put her head on the side of my shoulder. “You are missing him,” she asked me in a soft tone. I closed my eyes but nodded. “You two really didn’t do anything?” she asked me in a low but curious tone after some time, and I immediately moved my head toward her and glared. “Helene,” I glared hard at her and she immediately raised her hand in surrender. “Okay… okay… I got it… you are still a virgin,” she said and this time, I slapped her arm.

“Ouch girl… it hurts,” she immediately yelped in pain and complained while rubbing that place. “You deserve this,” I scolded her and she shrank her nose. I moved my head back to the front and closed my eyes again. She then flipped towards me and put her hand around my waist. “I am happy for you, Violet,” she said in a light tone. “I haven’t met him, but I can say that he is concerned about your safety and well-being more than anything else. Mom told me how he took care of you when you were hurt. Mom said that it’s not easy for a boy or a man to stay this close to a girl without doing anything…. You know… if she is not his sister, daughter, or mother,” she trailed the sentence but finished what she wanted to say.

I smiled while remembering those days. No one knew but he once helped me with changing my pad one night when my period started there. Mom was not at home at that time, and all the maids had retired for the night. I had no option but to ask him for help. Then the incident in my room, where I was in his embrace half-naked came back to my mind. He never peeked at my body, no matter in what condition I was. He always respected my dignity and I guess that was why I fell so hard for him. Suddenly I heard someone yelling downstairs, and opened my eyes. “Uhhhh.. it’s nothing,” I was about to sit up when Helene stopped me by tightening her grip on my waist.

“Who is downstairs?” I asked her while removing her hand from my waist. “It’s nothing, Violet. Mom said that you have to stay here until she calls us,” she said in a nervous tone, and I raised my brows at her. I sucked my breath when I realized who could be downstairs. I immediately ran sit up and almost jumped off the bed. “Violet… wait,” Helene tried to stop me again, but I didn’t stop and ran outside. I stopped in the middle of the stairs when I heard Sam yelling at him angrily.

“You ruined her childhood. You ruined her every happiness, and now you want her to give up what truly belongs to her, huh? She didn’t ask you to bring her into this world. You were the one who brought her into this world and then abandoned her. You are a coward, John, who only knows how to put blame on others for your wrongdoings.” I gulped down the invisible lump that formed in my throat when she cursed my father in an angry tone. I felt Helene’s hand on my shoulder but didn’t look at her. She was right behind me. “That doesn’t concern you, Samantha. This is between her and me. Call her and let her decide what she wants to do?” I heard my father’s voice, who also yelled back at Sam.

I took a deep breath and then ran downstairs. “Sam,” I stopped her when she was about to say something. “You… why did you come down?” she immediately came to me and asked me in a worried tone. I smiled faintly and held her hand that she put on my shoulder. “I am okay, Sam, and I am sure that I can handle him. I am not that nine-year-old girl, right?” I replied to her. She looked at me worriedly but nodded with a faint smile on her lips. I looked at my father, who was standing in the middle of the living room. He had a cold face right now. I gulped hard once again. This was the first time in the past eight years that he came in front of me.

“What were you saying, Mr. Carter?” I asked him in a cold and firm tone while holding Sam’s hand. His eyes immediately widened in shock, but it didn’t faze me. “She has every right to decide anything for me, Mr. Carter. I am an orphan and she is my guardian. According to our law, she has every right to make a decision on my behalf as I am still a minor. You (I pointed a finger at him).. on the other hand, have no right to come here, and yelled at her. I can call the police for threatening her,” I spoke to him in a cold and firm tone, holding my ground firmly.

I heard a gasp from behind, but this was not the time to see others’ reactions as my eyes were glued to my father. He was still in shock while looking at me with wide opened eyes. The tension in the air is so thick that it could be cut by a knife. I felt a squeeze on my shoulder but didn’t look at Sam. I had thought of so many circumstances in which I could meet my father or mother again, but this was not what I expected. I knew that he would come here today, but the way he yelled at Sam, I lost the remaining residue of respect for him in my heart. He was not there but Sam was there whenever I needed my parents or someone to lean on.

“You… you are just like your mother,” he spat angrily, breaking the thick silence in the room. I scoffed and tilted my head a little. “Are you sure, Mr. Carter, that I am your daughter, huh? Because of the difference between yours and my IQ, I am now having a doubt about that?” I taunted him for having a lower IQ than me while looking at him with disdain. His eyes almost popped out of their sockets. I heard two giggles behind me. “I am not like my mother, Mr. Carter. I am like my grandmother, who raised me well, and taught me, how to defend myself and the people whom I love, and you (I once again pointed a finger at him) are certainly not on that list,” I said again in the same taunting tone.

He gasped in shock, and I saw him balling his fists tightly. “I just need your signature on the property papers. “Just sign the papers, and I won’t bother you again,” he grumbled, motioning to a file on the table in front of me. “And why will I sign this property to you, huh? My grandmother gifted this property to me on my fourteenth birthday. On what ground, you are asking me to gift you my gift, huh?” I retorted back in a firm tone. “You gave up on me when you decided to leave me to my grandmother. Grandma disowned you, and you also signed those documents. Then on what basis, you came here to ask me to sign the property papers, huh?” I reminded him of what happened eight years ago in a very cold tone, looking straight into his eyes.

He gulped hard while breathing heavily in anger. I was sure that he didn’t expect that I would stand up against him. “Don’t make me go through the legal procedure, girl,” he threatened me and I scoffed bitterly. I slowly removed Sam’s hand from my shoulder and then walked slowly towards him while looking straight into his eyes. “Do whatever you want to do, Mr. Carter. You made my life hell back then. What worse can you do to me now, huh?” I asked him while standing in front of him with my head up. His jaw clenched immediately. “O… and one more thing,” I abruptly changed my tone and placed one finger under my chin, pretending to think hard.

“I heard that you have another daughter who is only a year younger than me, right?” I raised my brows wickedly while pointing a finger at him again. He gasped and his mouth hung open widely. “Go and file a case against me. That way, I can tell the world how cruel and disgusting a father you are. I can tell the world about your adultery, and also that you had a child out of wedlock when you were still married to my mother. Are you sure that your other daughter is brave enough to bear the humiliation after that, huh?” I asked him in the same taunting tone.

“You will not do any such thing,” he immediately threatened me, and I lost my control completely. “And why not, Mr. Carter?” I roared at him at the top of my lungs. The frustration, the anger that I had bottled up inside my chest all these years, was now bursting inside me. “Why should I be the only one who suffered so much because of you? Let her suffer too, so that she can know your real face. You ruined everything for me. You made me a laughing stock for everyone. You left me alone to bear the consequences of what you did to me and my grandmother. I can only give you back what I received from you,” I roared again, trembling hard in anger.

“Violet,” suddenly both Mrs. Parker, and Sam wrapped their hands around my body, and I collapsed in their embrace. I didn’t realize that I was crying also. My face was completely tear-stained now. “Go and do whatever you want to do, but keep this in your mind that I will not suffer alone, Mr. Carter. If you are ready to see your other daughter in tears too, and also the consequences of your infidelity, then you are most welcome to this hell. I will wait for you and your case,” I said to him in a firm but a low tone, and then hid my face at Mrs. Parker’s chest. My whole body was trembling hard, and I was glad that they had embraced me.

“You heard her, Mr. Carter. You can leave now or else I will really call the police,” I heard Mrs. Parker asking him to leave and then threatening him in a cold tone. “You,” I clenched my jaw in anger once again when I heard him uttering some words again. “Yes, Mr. Carter, it’s me. I am going to adopt her on her 18th birthday, and if you don’t know who I am then I will suggest you to go and enquire about me first before saying even a single word to me,” Mrs. Parker threatened him again and I smirked on her chest. I heard heavy footsteps going away from us. “Come here,” Sam asked me, and then they both dragged me back to the couch.

Sam removed her hands from my body, but Mrs. Parker kept holding me even after I sat down on the couch. I was still breathing heavily on her chest. She started stroking my back gently while holding me tightly. “Here… drink some water, Violet,” I heard Sam’s worried voice and slowly lifted my head up. “I am sorry, Sam… I am sorry for his behavior,” I apologized to her for my father’s bad behavior to her in a cracked tone while looking at her apologetically. “He is a jerk, and I know that, sweetheart. You don’t need to feel sorry… in fact… I am proud of you for how strongly you stood up in front of him, showing him his right place,” she immediately comforted me and then praised me in a cheerful tone, making me smile faintly. “Now drink some water first,” she ushered me again and I took the glass from her.

I gulped down the whole content and took a breath of relief after finishing the glass. She took the glass from me, and Helene gave me some tissues to wipe my face. “You amazed me, sweetheart. The way you faced him, you made me feel proud of you too,” Mrs. Parker also praised me in a cheerful tone. I lowered my eyes while smiling bitterly. He was ready to drag me onto the court but he was not ready to let his other daughter suffer a bit. It was not like I was greedy for the property that my grandmother left for me. The point was why I would give him back anything. If he wanted something from me, then he had to give me my childhood back first he ruined it for his selfishness. He had to give me back the time that my grandmother could spend peacefully but spent in sorrow. I didn’t know anything about legal procedures and laws about the property, but I knew one thing that I would not let him win without a fight, and I was ready to fight him.