Standing before the mirror and staring at her reflection, another drop of tears slid down the corner of her cheeks as she touches her sore cheek which has the printed fingers of Wendy on it. After she got a slap from her she has been inside her room and crying her eyes out all day without any hope of stopping anytime soon.
Taking a deep breath, she assures herself that everything will be fine before she finally walks out of the room to get something to eat. She has been feeling her stomach grumbling for hours, and she tried to hold the hunger, but not anymore. Besides, she’s pregnant and needs to eat very often so her baby can be fine. It’s already 11:15pm and everyone has gone to bed.
Descending the staircase, she walks over to the window and opens the curtain to check the parking lot for Max’s car. She was surprised that he didn’t even come to check up on her when he came home. Seeing his car parked there, she sighs sadly before making her way to the kitchen to make something to eat.
“And what the hell do you think you’re doing?” Alicia’s voice startles her as soon as she picks out two packs of noodles from the kitchen cabinet. She turns around to see her glaring hard at her.
“I want to make something to eat…”
“In my kitchen? After messing with my husband, do you still have the effrontery to come inside my kitchen and touch my food? Do you have a conscience at all?” Alicia snaps at her, and she sighs briefly.
“Ma’am Alicia, I haven’t had anything since I came back from work, and I’m feeling so hungry. I won’t be able to sleep if I don’t eat. Can you please let me make this food and eat it?” She pleads with Alicia.
“And does it look like I care if you have eaten or not? Does it look like I give a damn about what happens to you? Listen to me, this is my husband’s house, and you’re nothing but just a breeder to us, so you better save yourself some respect,” Alicia reminds her of her place in the family.
“I was going to be nice enough to let you stay here later, but it seems like you’re eventually going to take my husband from me…”
“What have I done to you? What the hell have I done to deserve this from you? I am young enough to be your sister, and tell me would you treat your sister the same way you’re treating me now?” She fires back at her as tears finally stream down her cheeks. She has been trying to endure everything, but this is becoming too much and she can’t take the pain anymore. She can’t let her keep treated like a piece of trash even if her parents had sold her to them. The more she tries to take the pain, the more she’ll keep giving it to her.
“How dare you talk when I’m talking!” Alicia sends a slap across her cheek and before she can react, Alicia grabs her hair and starts to pull it roughly while hitting every part of her body. She’s quite aware that Ariel is just a little girl that’s no match for her in fighting, so taking advantage of that to beat her up doesn’t seem like a big deal to her.
“Let me go! You’re hurting me,” She cries out in pain as Alicia keeps hitting her, but she didn’t stop.
“You’ll learn not to talk back at me, you bitch!” Wendy snorts as she pushes her to the floor and holds her lips while pressing them so hard that Ariel bursts into tears.
“How dare you mention my sister with your dirty stinky little mouth?” Alicia slaps her again.
“Alicia, stop that? What are you doing,” Max shrieks as he rushes into the kitchen and pulls Alicia away from her.
“Let me teach this bitch a lesson,” Alicia snaps angrily, trying to release herself from Max’s tight grasp.
“What is wrong with you? Can you keep it down?” He snaps at Alicia angrily.
“Leave me the hell alone, you bastard!” Alicia pushes him away as tears stream down her cheeks.
“What did you say?” Surprised that it’s the first time she’s ever going to speak to him in that manner, he asks with a shocked expression written on his face.
“Aren’t you a bastard? Just because you know that I’m not in the office with you, you chose to flirt with this thing. Where the hell is the love you prophesied to me? Where is the love you have for me? I guess you have thrown everything into the trashcan as if we never shared anything. What happened?” Alicia cries out with pain in her voice as more tears stream down her cheeks.
“What are you talking about? Who’s feeding you with all the lies, babe?” Confused, he inquires while she just scoffs as more tears find their way out of her eyes. She further turns to glare at Shirley that’s leaning against the counter with tears in her eyes as she struggles to catch her breath.
“Are you asking me that, Max? Deep inside you, I’m sure you know what I’m talking about. You expect me to be happy to see you with another woman?” She yells at him again.
“Don’t even go there, babe. It was all your idea I was against this…”
“And you’re suddenly happy that she’s here, isn’t it? If you weren’t happy, you wouldn’t have been playing such dirty games with her. Do you know the pain I felt when I saw you two kissing so passionately in the kitchen and almost made love to her? When have you ever done that to me, huh?” Alicia laments painfully as she flips her hair backward.
“Do you dare to deny it? Am I not good enough that you now find this thing more attractive than I am? Have you suddenly lost your feelings for me because of her? I miss you, Max. I miss the old Max that’ll never look at another woman, I miss my husband that praises me all the time and tell me how much I mean the whole world to him. I miss Max that was always by my side during my hard time, is that too much to ask?” Alicia finally falls to her knees and breaks down in tears, while he looks down at her with guilt written all over him.
“Babe…”
“Get away from me! She’s the one you love now, just go ahead and meet her. Stay the hell away from me. She’s the one carrying your child, she’s the one that’s going to bear your heir, so I know that I’m not important in your life anymore. Just leave me alone, please,” Alicia cries more painfully, trying to push him away as he hugs her tightly and stroking her hair, but he wouldn’t let her go.
Ariel stares at the two couples as more tears stream down her cheeks. She wishes that she can be held in his arms, she wishes that she can be comforted just the way he is doing to her now but is that ever going to be possible? Besides, she’s nothing to them. She’s just their breeder, how could she expect this much?
With a heavy heart, she walks her way out of the kitchen and rushes up the stairs. As much as Max wants to go to her and comfort her, knowing that it’ll worsen the whole situation, he knows that he has to stay with his wife. He’s stuck between two women. What is he going to do?