Some readers may find this chapter offensive so please no negativity. My ideas are based around SVU and flowers in the attic. All SVU characters belong to Dick Wolf and all flowers in the attic characters belong to V.C. Andrews. Alyssa is my OC.
Sinners. That's what she called us. Looking back maybe she was right. Maybe us four seemingly innocent children were indeed evil. Maybe we were never meant to be born. But there we were in that house. That prison. With no escape. The twins Cory and Carrie were so innocent and full of life, Elliot was always the optimist .. so what does that make me? I felt so out of place .
As time went on I just got used to being locked away . Our grandmother brought us food each day and our mother brought us new gifts to make up for our lost childhoods. I had such evil thoughts it made me ashamed. Thoughts I couldn't seem to shift. Thoughts about him... my own brother. I had a sicken feeling. What was wrong with me? I wanted out.. I wanted the twins to grow up and look back on their childhood as a beautiful time . A time of light, hope, freedom, innocence. None of which they would get here. But if we were to escape... Where would we go? I thought about this quite often. On one occasion Cory sat on my lap and looked up at me. "Livvie... Why do you look so sad? Momma is coming later" he smiled. We had all developed the habit of calling her momma because of Cory. It suited her warm and loving nature... In the beginning at least. So as I looked down at his tiny pale face I got tears in my eyes.
"I'm not upset" I said shakily, not realising the tears that started to flow down my face.
Alyssa closed the journal shut as the realisation hit her. She felt pity but also disgust. She walked down the stairs where Olivia was cooking. "How did you and dad meet?" she asked.
"We were young when we first met" Olivia said softly
"That's not what I asked" she replied coldly.
"We both fell in love in a very dark time of our lives. A time I'd rather not discuss with you" she said quietly
"You mean the attic" Alyssa mumbled.
"What did you just say?" Olivia asked shocked.
"The attic. The place where you slept with your brother! Y - you're you're a freak!" she yelled and Olivia stepped backwards in shock. "Your grandmother was right. You're evil! You... had me. .. which means... oh my god... What did you do?!" she screamed running up the stairs. Olivia quickly followed .
"Alyssa please. L-let me explain" Olivia called after her. But Alyssa kept running. She ran until she reached the attic. When she got to the door she roughly pushed Olivia inside and locked the door. As flashbacks overcame her Olivia began to panic. She banged on the door tearfully. She needed to get out.
"You're a sinner! You should've died in that room!" Alyssa screamed before running to her room and locking the door in tears. Olivia walked to the window and opened it stepping out onto the roof. Elliot was just getting home when he saw her. He quickly ran inside and to the attic. He banged on the door desparately trying to get to her. In the end he ended up kicking it open. He ran in and out onto the roof. He gently pulled her back inside
"She... she did this to us" Olivia said trembling. "We're freaks because of her" she cried and Elliot sighed sadly . He kissed her head. He knew she found it a lot harder to let go of their past than he did. And now Alyssa knew. This would only make things worse . There was still much she didn't know. ...