"You slapped her? Have you fucking forgotten your place Amelia!

You fucking dare slap Victoria?!”

“Instead of blaming me why don’t you tell everyone how did we lose Mila and our son?!” I sneered at Alexander making Victoria’s cries stop for a moment as she looked at me in surprise..

“It was because you were fucking careless! Mom was right, I could never be hard on you and you fucking took advantage of the fact and always bullied Victoria!”

Alexander closed onto me his eyes filled with fury,

“Today I will not repeat my mistakes, I will teach you a lesson you never forget in your life!”

With that Alexander held my hand dragging me out of the room as I kept resisting, amidst cries and tears his pace fastened making me trip multiple times yet all my sorrowful broken sobs fell on deaf ears.

“Leave me! Where are you taking me?!”

Soon with a kick the dark storage room without a single source of light was kicked open.

I shuddered in horror as I looked at my husband of three years whom I once loved with all my heart.

“I didn’t want to do this, but it is you who has forced my hands Amelia.” With that he pushed me inside the small dingy storage room despite knowing my absolute fear of darkness and shut the door tightly.

Falling down on the ground with a thud, I banged the door as I suffocated, clawing at my throat in desperate attempt to breathe.

Alexander looked uncertain for a moment before he was reminded of Victoria and Austin.

“Amelia is phobic to darkness so this is a good lesson, let her scream all she wants but nobody is allowed to open the door! I will come to bring her out tomorrow.”

“Open! Let me out! Let me out please!” The door was banged for two hours, it was only when my bleeding hands could not take any more that I fell down on the floor helplessly, my body convulsing violently with the lack of oxygen.

My biological mother once locked me inside a dark room when I was little, stuffing my mouth with a cloth so that I would not scream, often ‘forgetting’ to feed me for days just because I broke Victoria’s doll.

It was Alexander with whose help I learned how to smile, a husband who married and brought me out of the hellhole that was my parent’s home but this was the truth of his love.

Betrayal

Lying limp with a completely broken body I rocked my body back and forth in a slow rhythmic motion as I hallucinated.

My Mila was crying.

My son was weeping.

“Baby? Where are you my dear?” I stood up quickly searching each corner of the room but my children were nowhere to be found.

And it was at that moment the last thread of any relation between me and Alexander snapped and altogether the absolute fear in my heart stopped.

Taking out my outdated cellphone I dialled a number.

“It is me Amelia, Doctor Anderson.

If I am not wrong, it was you who injected me with a sterility drug right?” The panicked male voice on the other hand made me laugh through tears.

“If the truth comes out do you think you can survive? The only way I will let you live is if you follow my command.

By tomorrow arrange a deadbody that looks like me and yes don’t forget to bring an antidote of the drug you injected me with.”

Sitting like that for hours, I did not even get a wink of sleep and as soon as morning arrived the doors of my prison opened with Alexander entering inside looking at my eyes with some guilt.

“Amelia…are you alright? Why did you went against me-” Before the sentence could be completed I limped to my husband and embraced him lovingly almost as if nothing had transpired.

“I know I was wrong. I will apologize to your mother and Victoria.

Today is Victoria’s birthday right, how about I plan a grand party for her? I will cook all her favourite foods to show my change of heart.” Startled by my change in demeanour Alexander beamed not finding my sudden change suspicious.

He forgot that not only today was Victoria’s birthday but mine too.

A new birth of the woman whose dreams he murdered.

“That’s more like my Amelia! Docile and obedient, how can you ever go against me!” Alexander gave me permission not noticing the trace of ruthlessness that flashed in my eyes.

“Do you forgive me then Alexander?” He smiled gently as if he had not locked and abused me at all.

“Ofcouse Amelia. How can I not forgive you?”

But I have not forgiven or forgotten your cruelty Alexander.

Anyone who played a part in turning my word to ashes would pay a price.

A villaness you desired so a villaness you will get.

“Today is Victoria’s day, since you both look so similar can you please not appear in the party. I don’t want her to feel uncomfortable.”

After I worked relentless for hours decorating the mansion and cooking like a maid Alexander asked me hesitantly.

“Ofcourse” The words would have earlier shattered my heart but now it only made me smile widely as a glint of eerie excitement shone in my eyes.

“Today I have prepared a gift that neither you nor Victoria will ever forget so go ahead and enjoy.”

Enjoy while you can.

Alexander gave me a gentle kiss to which I turned my face away making annoyance flash in his eyes for a moment before he turned away to leave

The entire Salvatore mansion was decorated with tulips as Alexander invited dignitaries from all over the world, even going as far as to invite my birth parents whom he once hated for abusing me.

“Our beloved daughter! You are finally back!” My biological mother Lisa Vance embraced Victoria with love as they created a picture perfect family.

“Do you have any idea how much Mr.Alexander missed you! He waited for you all these years!

To think I see you two together now, I am hoping that I will hear a good news soon-”

“Mom!” Victoria looked shyly at Alexander as his hand went around her waist embracing her shamelessly.

“Ofcourse after Austin, we can still have more children. I am still young and Victoria is so beautiful so it is only natural.” My mother-in-law smiled as the perfect family huddled together to cut the lavish cake as fireworks went in the background.

“For you darling.” Victoria gasped holding a bouquet of flowers in her arms as Alexander smiled gently sliding a diamond pendant in on her neck.

“To the most precious woman in my life!” Cheers erupted throughout the mansion as Alexander pressed a gentle kiss on Victoria’s cheek.

“To think he treats his wife’s sister so well, Mr Salvatore is such a caring husband.”

“Now that Mrs Amelia Salvatore is sick and bedridden, it is so considerate of him to take care of her sister on Madam Amelia’s behalf- ah! What’s happening?!”

The words of a guest were interrupted as suddenly the power went off completely and entire banquet hall immersed in darkness.

I was watching everything that happened from a place they couldn't see me, and I pressed the remote control in my hand.

"Alexander, now it's your turn to receive the gift I carefully prepared for you."

The next second, the big screen in the banquet hall that was supposed to be showing Victoria's beautiful photos lit up, attracted everyone's shocked eyes.