88 THE HATE WITHIN


    LUKE’S POV


    Just when my aunt had stormed out of the room, I marched out as well, anger written all over my face.


    My eyes were filled with intense rage, and I could just burn this woman to ashes, Phoenix shit.


    Because she had taken things too far, forgetting who she truly was. Forgetting her ce, lifting her


    shoulders, thinking she was a god, always creating a sense of irritation everywhere.


    A venom catching your throat, killing you in the inside, ripping apart your liver, and ruining your


    intestines. Making your life dark, taking away the brightness, inserting the anger, killing you slowly.


    A scorpion with intense poison, a snake in disguise. A harmful bee ready to sting bitterness, a snake


    fully prepared to spit its poison, ammonia that was going to make you insensible.


    Family but not family. Human but not human. A heart within her, but no heart. It was all about evil for


    her, brimming with exhrating pride. Her evilness spreading far and wide, devouring the weak within


    two seconds.


    “What were you even doing at my house?!” I snapped. Aunt Mariam was walking right on the stairs, but


    she stopped, and turned around.


    “I can see you don’t want this fight toe to an end!” She snapped back, crossing her arms.


    “I have better things to do than fight with a venomous serpent like you!” I gave her a look of disgust.


    “Then why ask me this silly question?”


    “Because I wanted to know who the hell gave you the nerve to do this nonsense!‘


    “It’s your worthless mother. Oh sorry, she’s dead,” she taunted, forming a mocking smile.


    Her words caused my anger to increase the more. “Have some respect!”


    “Why should I? It’s not like you even give me the respect that I deserve.”


    “Because you don’t deserve one!”


    “Then what makes you think your mother deserve one as well?”


    “She’s in the grave for crying out loud. Why do you have to keep insulting


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    someone that’s already dead?”


    “Be dead or alive, that’s none of my business. I will curse who I want to, and nothing’s going to stop


    me. No one dare try to seal my lips,” she spoke pure


    nonsense.


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    “I see. I just hope you die any time soon. So people can start cursing your dead ass in the goddamn


    grave!”


    She wanted to p me, but I quickly seized her hand. We both red at each other, and I thrust her


    hand far from me.


    “Why are you getting so angry, now? It’s just a wish. Like they say; not all wishese true.” I wore a


    corrosive smile. “But don’t start feeling too happy. You’re going to die before you know it. And I’m a


    hundred percent sure devil has prepared a special ce for you in hell.”


    “You worthless fool! You have to be the most irritating creature I’ve ever seen.”


    I chuckled. “Look at who’s talking.”


    “You want to know the reason why I came here, right? I’ll tell you.”


    “I don’t think I care anymore,” I faked a smile.


    “I’ll tell you anyway,” she said after ring at me for moments. “I heard you’ve been broken ever since


    Riley died. I just came to see how broken you were.”


    “And then you had to y with yourself,” I let out a mockingugh. “How nice is that?”


    “Silence!” She snapped. “I think you it’s high time you start knowing your ce in our family. You are


    nothingpared to me. I came to this earth before you. I’ve seen the things you haven’t seen.”


    “Is that something to be proud of?” I arched an eyebrow. “You might be older than me. And you might


    have seen some goddamn things that I haven’t seen. I literally don’t care about that. But guess what, I


    made money that you couldn’t make. To the point that you even came to lodge in my house.”


    “And you must be feeling so high of yourself.‘


    I exhaled deeply. “Well, not actually. I’m just bringing out facts. Since you were trying to act like you


    own the world.”


    Aunt Mariam shook her head slowly, still ring at me. “I can’t believe that you can be this irritating,”


    she spoke bitterly.


    “And I can’t believe that you’re this disgusting,” I scanned her whole body, a disgusting look directed to


    her. “I think it’s better you leave this ce. And I


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    don’t want to ever see your face again.”


    “You think I want to see yours as well?” She retorted.


    I turned my face away. “I love the mutual feeling. You can get the hell out now.”


    “I will, but I need to go and change first,” she told me, and started walking upstairs, but I seized her


    hand immediately.


    “You are not going anywhere,” I told her bitterly, and dragged her to my “Are you crazy? Do you want


    me to go out like this?”


    front.


    “I don’t see anything wrong with that.” I forcefully let go of her hand. “Fools are supposed to be treated


    like one.”


    “I’m always baffled with the way you keep insulting me. Like, don’t you even have manners?”


    “I’m only trying to be like you. But I can never like you. Because you are so bitter, and cruel, and


    heartless. All you care about is money.‘


    “If I were so bitter, do you think your parents would have gotten married?” She revealed, almost


    underneath her breath.


    I became speechless for a moment. “What did you just say?”


    “Oh, how were you supposed to know? You were still in your mother’s belly at that time.”


    I couldn’t help but get curious in this. “What did you do?”


    “I don’t have to spill all the beans.‘


    “Then you don’t have to be in this house as well,” I told her, capturing her hand. And then I dragged her


    out of the house.


    “Let go of me!” She struggled to get my hand off hers, but I held her so tight, that nothing could


    separate us at the moment, not even an explosion. Nor a razor- edged knife, or the force of a lightning.


    Even a hurricane wouldn’t be a match.


    Still having a hold of her, I continued to stir forward, moved by anger. A rage that’s forceful like a


    whirlwind. And if care was not taken, I could m her goddamn head to the ground, and let the blood


    ssh, left to be consumed by fleas, and her body, devoured by vultures.


    As we approached the gate, I let go of her. Marcus did nothing but watch the both of us.


    I turned to him. “You see this woman right here? Don’t ever let her step foot into this ce. I don’t care


    what you have to do. If she act stubborn, you act stubborn


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    as well. If I find out she marched into my house, I’ll have no option but to fire you. Is that understood?”


    “Yes Sir.” Marcus nodded.


    “Fools,” Mariam uttered lowly, but I could hear her clearly. And then I shot her a threatening re.


    “Stop staring at me like that you idiot! I need to get these clothes on,” she spat. “You can get them on


    somewhere else.” I grabbed her hand, and haled her out. Standing outside the gate were Ariel, and


    that woman, whose name was Elizabeth.