Chapter 3

Kim opened her eyes and it seemed all her memory had been wiped off. She couldn't remember a thing. She got attacked by a headache and she held her head to show her pain.

“No, there has to be an explanation for what happened” she said to herself.

She knew something happened to her but she totally forgot about it.

"Can you keep off those shows and get your irritating self here? " Liza shouted.

That familiar and angry voice made Kim recover her senses. She then knew that she was back at the Lion's den she called home. She couldn't remember how she got that into the house. The last thing she remembered was her being shoved at the wall. She quickly checked herself for any injury knowing no one would do the checking for her. She noticed she was fine. No bruise was visible despite the harsh way she hit the wall.

"Have you gone deaf?" Liza's voice rang again.

Kim didn't even notice that she was right in front of her until she looked up. She quickly stood up and met the familiar angry and disgusted face.

"Good morning ma" she bowed.

Liza didn't see it dimmed fit to reply.

"Follow me" she ordered and left.

Kim followed without hesitation. She wasn't even feeling the earlier headache anymore. Not because of her usual fear of Liza but because her mind was occupied with what happened yesterday and the person she saw.

The vision started becoming clearer and clearer, as she began to remember the face she saw right from the restaurant to when she was walking home. She wondered who brought her home and what was told to her family that happened to her. What surprised her most was that she wasn't thinking of what was about to happen to her but the guy she saw.

She didn't even know they'd gotten to the living room until Mani spoke.

"Who exactly was that guy that brought you home?"

His voice was calm when he asked but Kim wasn't fooled by it. They were all birds of equal feathers and none liked her.

"Which guy?" she asked naively.

She knew it would be even better to keep her mouth shut than to reply to any of their questions but she also needed to clarify things. She wasn't intending to tell them any of this. It wasn't her secret to tell. In fact they are people who do not believe whatever she says. So it was just better for her to keep her thing to herself.

"Have you suddenly gotten deaf?" Liza snapped.

Tasha was seated with her phone smiling at it as if she never cared.

"I don't know any guy," Kim replied with a low voice.

"Liar!" Liza shouted.

She gave her a slap because she was right beside her.

" How would you know after he brought you home and you smelled of heavy alcohol" she asserted with an angry and wicked look.

Kim was shocked at what Liza said. She began to wonder if the guy came to lie to her family or her family were the ones putting up the lies here. She couldn't believe he would do that to her. She never tasted alcohol in her entire life. She also didn't trust Liza because she couldn't count how many lies she had lied just to put her in trouble. She felt, wasn't it enough that she shoved her to the wall? He lied against her again. Kim was between twixt and didn't know who to put the blame on. Whether it is the mysterious guy she saw or Liza.

"I've never tasted alcohol in my life" She said quickly.

Liza slapped her again. Kim didn't even bother to touch her already red cheek. She has gotten used to the slap. It was as if their hands were made for her cheek.

" Did you just insinuate that I lied?" she was almost screaming.

" Mum you are shouting" Tasha said with a disgusted look.

She looked at Kim and eyed her.

"So sorry darling, this child of a bastard is annoying me" she apologised sweetly to her daughter.

Kim has started to cry because she knew that Liza just found more chances to make her life a living hell.

"You've started to sleep with men right?" Mani asked with a very cold voice.

"No sir I wouldn't do that" she defended herself quickly.

The looks on Mani didn't tell that he believed.

"Didn't I tell you how she throws herself at men all around? You all thought I was exaggerating."

That was Tasha. She wore a grim look.

To Kim, Tasha was talking exactly how she does behave. She was always with a guy or the other. She was only slandering Kim because she rejected all the guys that came to her. Kim didn't even wince at the lie.

"I thought she was a good kid" Mani said as if he was so sad to hear what she did.