Chapter 49: Changed Plans

Ella’s POV

The days were finally starting to move fast. Selena and Willow kept making my life hell, but I refused to give them the satisfaction they craved. Through all the torture, I kept a smile on my face.

My child was my strength and the very thought that Esther and her friends were working behind the scenes to make sure that my escape was successful, gave me all the courage I needed. I didn’t cry when they slapped me. I didn’t let the discomfort get past my skin because I knew that it would soon be over.

“Ella?” Aunt Emily’s voice reached my ears while I was in Selena’s toilet -she had forced me to clean up the mess she made while she and Willow watched recorded dramas and documentaries on their phones.

Aunt Emily’s footsteps were getting closer, so, I quickly dropped the toilet brush I was holding and pretended to have been washing my face by the sink.

“Are you okay, my dear?” she exclaimed as our eyes met through the mirror, and from the corner of the door, I saw Willow and Sel