Another day, another chapter. I AM writing a Riff's POV fic, but I don't
know if/when I'll ever post it. It's crappy so far.
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"WHAT?"
"You heard me." I stared at her in utter disbelief. She didn't know, surely, it wasn't possible, how had she found out? Riff was the only other person who knew, and he would never breathe a word to anyone. "Don't try to deny it, I've had two children of my own and I served the queen from before she even conceived Frank. I suppose you expected me to be tactful about it, didn't you? Keep my mouth shut until you decided to tell me?" She looked close to tears as she spat her words at me. I turned my face away from her, this wasn't my mother, not the gentle hearted, strong willed woman who had single handedly raised two children. She had become a monster, my own worst enemy. "Whose is it then? Come on girl, out with it, it's too late to pretend it never happened now, but you should have been more sensible, I've brought you up to use your brain before jumping into bed with all the male servants. I thought I'd taught you to be careful if you were going to behave that way!" I felt like I'd been punched in the stomach, how could my mother accuse me of such things? I felt anger surging in me once again, but this time it was blended with shame, humiliation and disillusion. I replied to her calmly, although my voice was shaking.
"The baby is Franks." I knew that this might not be true. I prayed every night that it wasn't true, but it sufficed as explanation, for now.
"I'm, sorry, I think I may have misheard you. Frank's? Frank-N-Furter? Prince of Transsexual? Tell me that isn't what you said." That had shaken her like nothing else I could have said would have done. I stared straight at her, saying nothing. "You had sex with a superior?" Her voice echoed her disgust. "What were you thinking? Were you fishing for financial support or something? Obedience is one thing but letting him take you-"
"I didn't want to, mother. He forced himself on me." Tears sprung to my eyes but I blinked them away. "He raped me." My mother's left eye began to twitch. She was completely furious.
"You lying little whore!" She moved towards me, jabbing me in the chest on every word. "Don't you DARE try to blame your own stupidity on our masters. Spreading slander like that could mean the end of our jobs, for good, is that what you want? Did you even think about the implications of what you just said? What do you expect me to think?"
"Mum." My voice quivered more violently. "I want you to believe the truth." The colour drained from her face completely.
"Get out of my sight" She hissed, pointing at the door.
"Mother, I-"
"Just go."
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"WHAT?"
"You heard me." I stared at her in utter disbelief. She didn't know, surely, it wasn't possible, how had she found out? Riff was the only other person who knew, and he would never breathe a word to anyone. "Don't try to deny it, I've had two children of my own and I served the queen from before she even conceived Frank. I suppose you expected me to be tactful about it, didn't you? Keep my mouth shut until you decided to tell me?" She looked close to tears as she spat her words at me. I turned my face away from her, this wasn't my mother, not the gentle hearted, strong willed woman who had single handedly raised two children. She had become a monster, my own worst enemy. "Whose is it then? Come on girl, out with it, it's too late to pretend it never happened now, but you should have been more sensible, I've brought you up to use your brain before jumping into bed with all the male servants. I thought I'd taught you to be careful if you were going to behave that way!" I felt like I'd been punched in the stomach, how could my mother accuse me of such things? I felt anger surging in me once again, but this time it was blended with shame, humiliation and disillusion. I replied to her calmly, although my voice was shaking.
"The baby is Franks." I knew that this might not be true. I prayed every night that it wasn't true, but it sufficed as explanation, for now.
"I'm, sorry, I think I may have misheard you. Frank's? Frank-N-Furter? Prince of Transsexual? Tell me that isn't what you said." That had shaken her like nothing else I could have said would have done. I stared straight at her, saying nothing. "You had sex with a superior?" Her voice echoed her disgust. "What were you thinking? Were you fishing for financial support or something? Obedience is one thing but letting him take you-"
"I didn't want to, mother. He forced himself on me." Tears sprung to my eyes but I blinked them away. "He raped me." My mother's left eye began to twitch. She was completely furious.
"You lying little whore!" She moved towards me, jabbing me in the chest on every word. "Don't you DARE try to blame your own stupidity on our masters. Spreading slander like that could mean the end of our jobs, for good, is that what you want? Did you even think about the implications of what you just said? What do you expect me to think?"
"Mum." My voice quivered more violently. "I want you to believe the truth." The colour drained from her face completely.
"Get out of my sight" She hissed, pointing at the door.
"Mother, I-"
"Just go."