- 2.
The ceremony and dinner at the hotel wrapped
up an hour later.
My loser programmer husband got called back
to the office to work overtime.
I was going to go back to my parents‘ house
with my daughter.
It sounded like they had a few more “wedding”
traditions to take care of.
But my daughter didn’t want to go.
She’s got poor self control, the fact that she
behaved this long was an accomplishment.
I didn’t want to pressure my daughter.
After sending my family home, I took my
daughter to the nearby shopping center,
because I promised to buy her a toy for
behaving herself.
On the way there, I turned off the airplane mode
I turned on when I got the first call from Emily.
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As soon as I turned it off, my phone blew up:
“Rachel, how dare you hang up on me!”
“Answer the phone, answer the phone, dammit answer the phone!”
“I’m giving you one last chance! Answer the phone and give me the address!”
“3!”
“2!”
“1!”
“Ahhhhh, Rachel, you piece of trash, you’re
dead to me!
“You’re ruining the only chance I’ll ever have at
being happy, you’re ruining my life!”
“Ah! That man is mine!”
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“I’ve been single for so long, I finally found a
man that checks all my boxes!”
“I’ve been waiting for him, he’s meant to be mine!”
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“You! You trash! Pick up the phone! Answer the phone! Ahhhhhhhhh!”
I was stunned at the stream of insults, a wave
of dread and shock washed over me.
After knowing her for all these years, I’ve never
seen her act this way.
How could she hurl insults so easily, after being
wrong from the start?
While I was re–evaluating my relationship with
her, I heard footsteps approaching.
My daughter, who was next to me, reacted first.
She tugged on my hand, moving forward.
“Auntie Emily…Auntie Emily, hold me…wanna
play…”
Auntie Emily?
I looked up after hearing my daughter.
I noticed the quick footsteps, it was Emily.
She found us!
Ignoring my daughter, Emily came closer with a
face full of anger, grabbing my shoulder.
“Where is he?! Take me to him!”
It’s been over an hour, and she hasn’t calmed
down.
Г
She was still going to crash my sister’s engagement as some random stranger.
I shook my shoulder, getting her hand off of me.
“The ceremony is over, it happened. Just forget about it…”
I was cut off by Emily’s yell.
“I don’t give a f*** about what you do!”
“Where is he?! Where’s my man?!”
“Tell me now! I need to see him!”
“Her man”
She’s lost her mind.
Ignoring her, I turned to leave with my daughter.
But Emily wouldn’t aive up.
“Talk to me, take me to him!”
“I’m serious! I’m not kidding!”
I was always serious.
Not looking back, I kept walking.
But Emily was actually crazy.
She raised her hand, and grabbed my hair.
I immediately felt pain, my head felt like it
would explode!
But she didn’t care about my pleas.
Pulling my hair, she tried to drag me back to
bring her to him.
I wiggled, trying to get away.
Being dragged backwards, I wasn’t able to
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The sudden turn of events caught me by
surprise, my daughter did not know what to do.
Chasing after me, she grabbed Emily’s hand.
“Auntie Emily, Auntie Emily, let go of mommy, she’s not feeling good…”
“I have long hair, you can pull my hair, I’ll play with you!”
My daughter still thought Emily was the same woman who would visit our house to play with
her.
But she wasn’t anymore!
Emily raised her hand, hitting my daughter in
the face before pushing her down.
“Get out of my way, you little brat!”
I couldn’t believe how much force she used.
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My daughter fell, flying backwards.
I was going crazy!
She hurt my child!
Ignoring the pain in my head, I lost my footing,
frantically reaching out.
I reached around in a daze.
Finally, I grabbed Emily’s hand pulling on my
hair.
I dug my nails in with all my strength.
A scream rang out.
At the same time, the pain in my head
increased.
Emily didn’t let go, even after I grabbed her.
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She squeezed my hair tighter!
But at least she stopped moving forward.
I was able to stop as well.
Biting my teeth, I managed to steady myself.
Once I stabilized myself, I kicked forward.
I was wearing high heels.
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The high heels made me lose my footing when
she dragged me, making it hard to stand.
But the high heels were also powerful!
I kicked her with the heel.
The second I made contact, my hair was
released.
A huge scream rang out, and a person fell to
the ground.
I didn’t care, but I looked for my daughter.
After looking frantically, I found her.
She was lying on the floor.
Almost falling, I rushed to pick up my daughter.
Shaking, I called my daughter’s name.
Thankfully, she responded.
She started crying, calling for her mom.
That’s when I realized that only her body was on
the ground.
She fell in front of a new store.
There was a deflated inflatable doll near the
front.
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My daughter’s head was on the doll’s foot.
Thankfully, her head hit the doll.
If she had fallen another way, her head would’ve
hit the steps, with horrible consequences!
Her head was fine, but her hands were hurt.
Her palms were red and black.
Dirt and pebbles were embedded in her bloody
hands.
She got hurt when she slid backwards.
Raising her hands, her eyes filled with tears.
Her face had a look of fear.
“Mommy, hurts…”
“Auntie Emily is bad, don’t like her anymore…”
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Looking at her hands, I could only imagine the
pain!
I picked her up, consoling her, and taking her to
the nearby hospital.
I only took one step before a bag hit my back.
Emily spoke.
“Rachel, you b****, you aren’t going anywhere,
stay here!”
“You hurt me, ruined my chances, you think you
can leave just like that?!”
I was filled with anger, and I wanted to comfort
my daughter.
It wasn’t the right time for revenge.
But hearing her voice, I couldn’t help myself.
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Picking up my daughter, I quickly turned
around.
I kicked Emily’s shoulder as hard as I could.
Again, with my heels.
Emily fell with her head down, hugging her
shoulder in pain.
Feeling good, I raised my hand, smacking her
face.
Emily’s face was red, and her cheeks were
swollen.
After spitting water, I spit at her face, picking
up my daughter to leave.
