BLEEDING PEARL❤

Three 💔 broken hearts💕 😢

With tears flowing down her cheeks,jade bounded homewards,grinding stones in her wake,and peeling off the hard skin,under her feet.

She felt no apparent pain,just a feeling of numbness since,
All else was clouded from her weary thoughts.

She just badly needed comforting,and loving arms to coax her.
Phhhmmm..she fought back tears as she opened the front door.

Piercing cries of her arguing parents,reached her ears,and her heart abruptly sank."you're going to do,as I say!her dad thundered

Of course I'm not going,to follow your orders like a stupid sheep!I work too..

I go out there to help,put meals on our table,and yet you feel you can order me around?
Milan,am not your puppet!her mum screamed on top of her voice.
Lyn,had a way of replying twice or thrice,her husband's heated questions.
Both were hot blooded,and couldn't end a single sentence without disagreements.

Jade often wondered how they even got together,in the first place.
She had never had the honour,of seeing her parents get cozy.Once in a while,her young mind noted,the efforts of Milan to make his wife,feel loved.

A gesture she always seemed to hate,ever since she landed that new job..

Gathering her wits,she managed to prise open the door,and met her parent's red,angry faces."hey jade'..

Lyn exclaimed running towards her daughter 'You're back early..anything the matter?
she quizzed searching for answers in the girl's sullen face . nothing mum..I just have a bad headache,and a quick nap would do.

She sadly noted that her parents had forgotten her birthday too,and decided not to remind them.
Her mum nodded silently not wanting to press her further.

How long have you been standing at the door,jade?asked Milan.
He hated for his two kids,to witness their ugly quarrels,and tried to minimize them,anyhow he could,for their sake.
Jade:I just came in..she lied

Okay..stand upright like a lady!Must I always remind you,how crooked you'd turn out if you always crouch your back,like that?
Go in,gulp a glass of water ,and get some rest,he added touching his daughter's forehead and muttering under his breath.

Jade obeyed,walking past her mum, who was shooting daggers at Milan with her eyes, and standing akimbo.
Take in warm water girl,cold ones rot the teeth.
Lyn added as an afterthought.
Okay mum..she murmured back

How I wish my parents never quarreled..I would have no problem sharing my pain,at school.
Jade mused, locking her door,and embracing the warmth it came with.hmmmmm..
I need a home,and not just a house where my parents would always pick on each other.
Jade tightly hugged her pillow,closing her bloodshot eyes and welcomed some sleep.

Lyn worked as a secretary in a vast company, that paid her quite well.
Her pay turned out bigger day by day.
Milan's ego,was pilfered with,and he tried fruitlessly,gaining his respect in the eyes of his gorgeous wife,as a respectable and responsible man,but to no avail.

It was obvious the rapid way,in which Lyn was gaining wealth and catering for her lavish needs, had started to tickle her,and this development was affecting her home.
Of course she couldn't care less..

Lyn was applying her fresh dose of makeup removers,later in the evening,when she felt a hand entangling her waist.

Stunned,she quickly turned and met Milan's loving gaze.

A sigh erupted from her lips..what is it now?Can't I hold my wife anymore huh?
MILAN asked,with a wink.
It was so clear to him that his wife,was growing distant each day,but he couldn't bear to lose her.He could never. .
But in Lyn's mind her husband was no more than,a worrisome ant,that needed to be silenced, once and for all.

She loved her kids but,this sacrifice was too great for her.In her heart now,she could only see Arden..He was rich,and had promised her the world.
What's more,she'd even offered her body,as a token of her love and broken her sacred marriage vow,the day he kissed her.
Now nothing else mattered..not even her kids.
Milan,it's late..she lazily strung out her words,whilst rolling her eyes.
I need to get to work early,tomorrow.
Let go of me now,I have to catch some sleep.
Her words,stung Milan,like a mad bee and painfully, he let go.
Okay sweetie..I'm sorry for the drama,earlier .
We've been arguing for so long,I'm tired of it.
Please let's bury the hatchet and move on.Yes?
His brown eyes dazzled and pleaded with her jet black ones.   Hurghhhhh!
LYN'S thoughts raged.Just when she wanted to use this last argument,as a means to get a divorce and cruise with her new found lover,here Milan was,about to ruin everything!

Dont worry about it,am cool.she muttered under her breath.
Goodnight..She quickly brushed past her husband and lay on the bed,signalling the end of their discussion.
Blinking back salty tears,Jade recalled how their mom abandoning them,had affected the family,especially her dad.

He saw it coming,but clearly couldn't come into terms,with it.
Milan began to abuse his two kids,both verbally and physically on a daily basis.
It made her feel,their dad had only lived,for his prodigal wife,and never for the sake of his kids.

Twenty seven years of her life,spent trying to find a place in her heart,to forgive people who never apologized,and years of mending the heart and being of her little brother,who'd been distraught when their mom,chose wealth and fled with her lover.

Kerry would always visit her room,with worried expressions plastered on his young face."jade,when is mom coming back?he'd look up with those big brown eyes,that made her extremely angry at her mom.

She loathed her so much,and never laid eyes on her,since then.

Not even after the senseless death,of her dad Milan.
The sobs were shaking her uncontrollably now, and she steadied herself,trying to control them.
Rap..rap the door rasped,very loudly.
Jade straightened herself hurriedly,and grabbing a hankie, dabbed at her bloodshot eyes.
It must be Kerry,she thought..always coming home late from school with flimsy excuses.

'Kerr..oh well who do we have here..she smiled and opened the door wider for the unexpected intruder."You thought that might have been your brother huh?Ben quizzed,as he shove his heavily built body,into the room. 'haaa..right Ben,I've been expecting him for ages now, she continued,desperately trying to hide her reddened eyes from his piercing gaze.

In her thoughts,she was in complete turmoil.Sweet Jesus!what in heavens name,was he doing at her end,during that hour??God!was this man persistent!

Too late,he'd already grabbed her by the wrists,having noticed the bulge in her eyes."have you been crying again Jade?!he quizzed staring into those eyes,that made him coil inside.

He hated to see her,this way.If only he could break,that hard shell,and make her believe in love again..
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Who exactly is Ben,and why does jade seem to shy away from him?read on to find oùt👈vote or comment pls