Author : K. Sepsey
Email : fadedrosepetals@yahoo.com
Websites : faded rose petals | The Doll House : VC Andrews
Intro : This is a VC Andrews fanfic, all characters are copyright to her and her trust.
I make no claims on them. I was just inspired to write and this is what came about.
Many Spoilers for the Dollanganger series!!!
Chapter Seven Betrayed
As Corrine grew up, she grew more and more beautiful. She already had the charm to captivate any man. And she knew it. But I never noticed any of that. All I saw was my little girl. And I never wanted to see anything else. When my daughter grew into her teen years, we lost our two sons, Mal and Joel. Mal died in a motorcycle accident and Joel died in a skiing accident. Olivia was devastated and furious with my lack of emotion. I would show no one my weakness. No one at all. She cried openly and mourned their deaths like the doting mother she was to them. Corrine recovered quickly and soon was filled with the sunshine she used to be. I was happy about that but Olivia thought her insensitive.
"Do you expect her to end her life because her brothers are dead? She is a young girl, she deserves to have a carefree life!" I shouted at Olivia after she tried to reprimand Corrine. Olivia retreated into her thoughts and I smiled smugly. Corrine chatted on and on about parties and social events. I welcomed it gladly. She turned into the only sunshine in the house and I longed to be in her light. I never wanted her to leave. I wanted her with me always.
When we threw our wonderful Christmas parties, Corrine really stood out. Her beauty caught the attention of every young man in the room. She loved the attention and blossomed right before my eyes. She was the most beautiful young lady in the room and the men flocked to her like devoted followers of Christ. I would smile and remember my beloved Lauren and how she captivated me the same way that Corrine did to the many men at the party.
My mind went back to the elegant dinner party we had thrown to announce our engagement to my friends. She had entered the room and all the eyes of every man at the table filled with appreciation and all the women's eyes filled with envy and admiration. She had been the most beautiful woman in the world to me and I wished we had the chance to marry and have children. My heart ached and I looked over at Olivia who was staring at me with questions in her eyes. I quickly looked down and held the tears behind my eyes. I walked away from the party and quietly entered my office where John Amos was. I looked up in surprise than in anger.
"What do you think you are doing in here?" I asked gruffly.
"Don't you see what is going on right before your eyes?" I stared at him impatiently and instead of answering I sat down at my desk and looked through some papers. He marched over to me and slammed his fist down onto my desk.
"Your precious daughter is a harlot!" He proclaimed with red-hot anger in his face. I nearly pushed him to the ground. I stood up and he cowered away.
"How dare you come in this office and make these remarks about my daughter. She is a good girl." He smirked and shook his head.
"You and I both know that she has harlot blood in her, yours and Alicia's." He smiled when he saw the look of shock on my face. How did he know, I thought to myself. Did Olivia tell him everything?
"Olivia confided in me. She does that more than she does with you." I stared in disbelief. What made him think that I cared whether or not Olivia told me any of her secrets. I shook my head and looked into his eyes.
"Get out! And don't come back here again." He walked away and I sat down, unable to go back to the party.
A few months later, a surprise landed on our doorstep, my half brother, Christopher, came back into our lives. Olivia was joyous for she had gotten very close to him when Alicia was pregnant and she had to care for him. I smiled knowingly. She was upset with me for spoiling Corrine and she favored her boys and Christopher. I knew why too. She hated looking at Corrine, it reminded her of what she would never have.
But over the months something occurred that both of us were too blind to see. Something sinful and wicked was happening before our eyes. Olivia's cousin who had come to live and serve us, John Amos, had tried warning us both. But we dismissed him, claiming it was just a family bond. But we were proven wrong. One day Corrine and Christopher came to us with a shocking request.
"You expect us to accept this? You are sinners! You can not be married!" I looked at Corrine and continued. "He is your uncle!" I shouted at the top of my lungs. We never told them that they were really half brother and sister. I looked out the window, rage burning inside of me. Olivia just sat there stunned. I glared at her and then back at the incestuous couple. "Get out, now!" Olivia opened her mouth to protest, but I quickly shut her up. She remained silent. I sensed John watching us from somewhere. I couldn't see him but I heard his thoughts. They were full of "I warned you. I told you this was happening."
[rest of the chapters and the epilogue are separate]
The Doll House
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