Jonas woke her as they got home and she was so sleepy,that she did not see the person standing by the door, welcoming them with a smile.She had almost passed him by when he grabbed her hands thinking that she had intentionally ignored him.She looked up to find Joel there. She was shocked. She had not expected to see him, then she recalled that he had not come to court. He could stay at home bit not come to court. It could only mean that he was ashamed of her and didn't want to be identified with her. Jonas had left them tactfully and gone inside.Mirabel tried to snatch her hands away but Joel held on tightly.'You make a wonderful speech. I did not know you could beat that lawyer at his own game', he said laughing.Mirabel was surprised. How did he know? They had just got home and Jonas had not had the time to speak to him, except of course if he had actually been there. But how could he be there and at home at the same time? He must have followed it either on TV or newspaper but i
'Please, please, don't do this. I am like a daughter to you. It is not right' Mirabel pleaded.'Will my manhood refuse to penetrate you because you are like a daughter to me? Answer me, you whore and point of correction, you are not my daughter. I have no blood connection whatsoever with you. You are just like any other girl to me and that is why I can feel my lust for you rising anytime I see your lovely young body'. he screamed at her like someone deranged.He was done being kind to this fool. He had tried being nice to her, to win her over so that she could come to him of her own free will or at least submit to him willingly enough when he eventually made his demands but she had continued to show animosity towards him and looked at him as though he was beneath her. The fool who did she think she was anyways?Mirabel could not believe this. Her mother could not come to her aid because she was in a drunken stupor, dead to the world.'Come now, you know you want it. You hear me hitti
What just happened? What had happened while her eyes were shut? Where had her mother got the bottle she had used on Ken? It was obvious that he had been hit on the head and very hard too for him to have passed out.She offered a silent prayer of thanks to the Lord. She knew that the nightmare was not over but for the night at least, she was safe.She kissed her mother on the cheeks,even in her stupor, she had still managed to stop Ken from defiling her. She had saved her daughter and she might not even know what she had done and might not remember it when she woke but that was okay. She would see how they would go far away from this beast. They were better off without him anyway.The bottle had shattered as it fell from her mother's hands as she collapsed from the exertion of hitting Ken with her strength.She carried her mother with some difficulty to the flat bed that was no more than a mat which they had in the house and taking a broom, she started gathering the bottles together an
Both mother and daughter looked up to find Ken looking very angry and very conscious.They wondered, for different reasons how long he had been conscious and what he had heard.'Mirabel, I took you as my own daughter. Like the daughter that I had always longed for but never had. I came in here loving your mother. That was the wrong that I ever did you. You hated me.I tried to show you by my actions that I am not taking your late father's place but wanted to fill the void that he left that you and your mother may not be lonely.I admit that I had ulterior motives as well', he said and paused deliberately, so that his next words sank in and have the desired effect.Mirabel who had been spell bound by what she had been hearing, felt a little relieved that he was about to confess to a vice of his that his mother may not have been aware of. She prayed that he exposed himself with his own words but the next words he uttered dashed her hopes.'My ulterior motive was that I needed your mothe
'Ken, you do not have to go just yet. Let us figure out a way to resolve this issue. I shall see if there is a place I can send Mirabel to. She is grown now and should not be living in this little room with us'Mirabel could not believe what she was hearing. Had this man somehow hypnotized her mother? Had the alcohol taken over her senses?'Mother, what are you saying?''I shall find out which of the people you work for will be willing to keep you with them permanently. They will give you a place to live in their house since you shall be working for them full time'.That should make Mirabel happy but when she looked at Jen, he saw him wink.No! It would mean that Jen had won and she will not have that. She was going to expose him before leaving the house and maybe, then, she would not have to leave but he would be thrown out.'Okay mother but you have to ask them first because I do not think they have quarters for their helps. If any one of them had, I would have left here a long time
Mirabel went to work and though she did not really want to leave her mother in the care of that beast of a stepfather, she still asked the three people she worked for as a part time housekeeper if there was an accommodation for a housekeeper who would want to be employed full time.The first two did not have but the third said they could consider that if it became necessary.For two days, nothing bad happened. They slept peacefully but Mirabel was determined not to let down her guard. She could never trust Ken anymore.She never trusted him from the start but now her distrust of him had taken a more drastic turn.After a week though, Mirabel started thinking that Ken may have decided to forget about his lust for her and focus them elsewhere.That was okay by her. At least she could now sleep at night peacefully and not fitfully. Though the dagger she had acquired for the purpose of warding Ken off in case he repeated what he did the other day never left her body. She knew that she would
The next day, Miranda was still in that state, staring off into space. It was her mother who woke first and with a hangover could not believe what she was seeing.She went to the washroom and washed her face to satisfy herself that she was seeing right.She came into the room again and still saw her daughter sprawled on the floor, blood and semen on her thighs, her eyes focusing only in one direction. She was motionless and at first Mira thought that she was dead.Mira went to her and felt her heartbeat. It was very slow as though she was gradually moving away from this world.She looked listless and stoned like a statue, as though she had lost the will to live.Mira needed no fortune teller to tell her what had happened to her daughter.She wept. She knew who had done this. She had suspected this for a long time but had hoped that Ken would overcome his perverse desire for her daughter.Even the other day, when Miranda had complained to her, she had not totally disbelieved her but sh
Mirabel had not wanted her mother to leave but she understood that she had to and had made no comment. She was afraid of staying in the house alone but she could not go anywhere because the pain in her thighs and vagina was excruciating.Now that she was getting over her shock,her body was no longer numb, she had started feeling the pain and knew that she could not possibly walk well without everyone guessing what must have happened to her and she didn't want to be a laughing stock.If only her mother had agreed and they had left,this would never have happened. She was still pondering on all this with tears streaming down her cheek, when Ken came into the room.Her heart skipped a beat, once she head his heavy footsteps. She had assume that he won't be back till night of that he had become remorseful and had run off.Mirabel could see that she was sadly mistaken.'Oh, darling,you have had your bath? That's good. You did not go to work but stayed home to wait for me? You enjoyed the ex