I will Love You Forever - Chapter 107

“Why did you have to do such a thing at school today?” Kel barged into Kara’s room and yelled at her. This was the very first time she was having such a conversation with Kara.

Kara who was seated in front of her computer looked up at Kel calmly. “Why are you worried about such an unimportant person? I’m sure she probably did her research and found out that we know each other. She’s probably just using you.” Kara spoke emotionlessly.

“Kara can you even hear yourself speak? Everything you just said is based on assumption. You keep saying probably, probably, probably. You don’t know Ayla and you can’t threat my friend the way you feel like.” Kel yelled at Kara forgetting about their age difference and neglecting all forms of familiarity between the both of them.

Kara folded her arms and raised a brow. “Are you honestly going to pick a fight with me simply because of that riffraff?”

“Don’t you dare call her that. What has gotten into you Kara? You never look down on people and I’ve always admired and loved you because of your humility and kind heart. What went wrong?” Kel asked with her tone lowered a little.

She looked at Kara with concern but the latter did not look bothered at all. She stood from her chair and walked up to Kel.

“Tell your friend to stay far away from me if she doesn’t want to get humiliated again.” her response surprised Kel who always viewed Kara as a role model.

“But sis…” she was still talking when Kara cut her off.

“Don’t make this harder for the both of us.” Kara turned her back at Kel and indifferently asked her to leave.

“I have a lot of assignments to handle so if you don’t mind, I need to be alone.”

Kel was stupefied. Kara had never treated her this way not even when they had quarrelled.

Angry, she walked out and bumped into her mom who had just come home from work. “Kel what…” she was still talking but Kel simply walked away not even bothering to look at her mother a second time.

Elizabeth was surprised to see her daughter in this state. Kel had never acted out this way at least, not after Kara came to live with them.

She looked at Kara’s door where Kel had just come out. Her gaze turned dark and her face turned red in anger.

Elizabeth pushed the door open aggressively and Kara stood from her computer immediately.

She knew what Elizabeth would do to her because of Kel and was willing to take in the punishment wholeheartedly.

The door slammed shut and nothing was heard from the inside.

Elizabeth walked out a few minutes after. She had a stern look on her face but there was also a smirk.

She went to her bedroom and washed her bloody hands in the sink. Elizabeth felt a sense of relief after making Kara pay for treating Kel badly.

This has been the routine since Kara arrived at the mansion. Although not everything was revealed to her father, her stepmother was a pain in the flesh.

Elizabeth would practically tie Kara to the fan and beat her repeatedly. Even now that Kara was older, the mistreatment did not stop but it reduced.

When Kara just moved to the mansion, there was a time when Kel twisted her ankle when they were both playing and Elizabeth took it out on Kara. She locked Kara up in her room for two days without food or water and whenever the father asked of his daughter, Elizabeth would say she was either doing homework or sleeping or playing or even went on a field trip.

There was no end to Elizabeth’s heartlessness but all this was done without the knowledge of Kel.

Elizabeth knew how much Kel loved and cherished Kara and knew that it would only destroy the relationship she had with her daughter so she always told Kara not to say a single word to Kel.

In the room where Kara was, the door was locked and she lay on the ground looking at the ceiling. She had become numb to pain to the point where Elizabeth’s beating don’t affect her anymore.

She sighed and couldn’t remember the last time she got beaten up like that. “Ayla should never get associated with this family or else that would be my breaking point,” she murmured to herself and a drop of tear rolled down her eyes subconsciously.

She closed her eyes and listened to the sound of the breeze blowing from outside her window.

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I ate dinner with Lucy and went straight to my room afterwards. I stayed up for hours waiting for Gerard to call or text me but he didn’t. I was tempted to call him but I was worried that he would be busy in a late-night business meeting.

I sighed and looked at the time on my phone. 11 pm. I bite my lower lips and placed the phone on the table beside me and prepared to sleep but as soon as I covered with the blanket, my phone began to ring.

Happily, I got up and checked who the caller was. To my dismay, it wasn’t Gerard nor was it an international number.

I answered half-heartedly. “Hy Kel.” Kel was the person on the other end.

“Ayla… Please can you come to my house? I need your help.” she sounded desperate and I got worried.

“Kel… What’s the matter? Did something happen?” I asked but she didn’t say anything and just cried over the phone.

My brow furrowed. I looked up at the time and bit my lower lips. It was way past my curfew.

“Ayla… My sister had an accident and I don’t know who else to call. Please come.” Kel sounded more and more desperate and I couldn’t say no to her.

“Ok… Text me the address.” I request and ended the call. I hurriedly got out of bed and changed into something casual from the pyjamas I was wearing.

I locked the door to my room and snuck out of the house without Lucy knowing. Or at least that was what I thought.

I went straight to the address and it was a mighty house filled with guards but I wasn’t asked any questions. It seemed as though they were informed of my coming already.

I didn’t know that Kel lived in such a mighty house but then again, I never asked.

I rushed to the house and called Kel when I was at the door. The devil and angel in my head surfaced again and warned me.

‘Don’t go there Ayla. It’s dangerous.’ Vienna warned and Valerie also joined.

‘This place isn’t safe. I smell trouble.’

It didn’t take long for Kel to answer the door and I didn’t listen to my senses and rather went in with her.

“Where, where is she?” I asked worriedly and Kel led me upstairs.

“Why didn’t you call your parents or something?” I asked confused but Kel couldn’t give a good response.

“They are out for work.” was her response.

I didn’t think too much of it and followed her to the room. I could see bloodstains on the doorknob and the floor. I knew that something was obviously wrong. I then tried to open the door but realized it was locked from the inside.

“It’s locked. What do we do?” I asked.

Kel was so worried that she wasn’t even thinking straight.

I couldn’t wait any longer and hit the door multiple times. This rang a bell in my head. And my shoulder hurt by this act. It felt as though I had tried to break down a door recently.

I didn’t dwell on the thought and just continued hitting the door repeatedly but nothing worked.

“Open the door. We need to take you to the hospital or else you’ll die from bleeding.” I spoke to the person on the inside but got no response.

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Very close to the street, Elizabeth sensed something strange in her house and made a U-turn. She rushed back feeling uneasy about leaving the house.

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‘Ayla… You don’t have much time. I can sense danger. Just forget it and go back home now..’ Valerie reprimanded but just then, the door cracked open and who I saw made my eyes pop out.