"The money, factory and this mansion are all for BECA!"
"FUCKING HELL! LEAVE!" She said as she pushed her aunt towards the door.
Stacie just looked at the redhead with a smirk.
"Is it true?" Chloe asked in a shocked voice as she looked at the brunette with nothing but hurt, sadness, and heartbreak. "Everything was yours this whole time?"
Beca stood there in shock, she didn't want Chloe to find out this way, she shook her head as she walked closer to where the redhead was standing. "Chloe, you have to calm down and listen to me."
"How could you do this to me Beca? Why did you lie and tell me that everything was mine!?" Chloe yelled as tears were falling down her cheek.
The short brunette sighed sadly. "Because I wanted you to stay here Chloe! I wanted to be near you," Beca responded as she stood in front of the redhead.
Chloe backed away from the brunette as she wiped her tears. "Leave Beca."
"But Chlo-" Beca began speaking but was stopped by the redhead.
"Please leave Beca, am begging you to please leave my room and leave me alone," Chloe stated sadly and angrily. She saw Beca just shake her head and leave the room, all she could feel was hurt, betrayed and lied to. She leaned against the wall and started crying, all she wanted was to go back to her parents home and forget all about the past eight years.
Beca, on the other hand, made her way to the living room and sighed as she saw that her aunts left and Stacie was sitting in the living room. "Beca! I'm so happy for you." Stacie said as she saw Beca entering. "I'm sad about Chloe but I expected such a thing." She said with a shrug.
The short brunette's eyes went wide. "W-What?" She asked in shock.
Stacie smiled. "Your aunts hinted such a thing, and I am really happy that everything is yours."
"How could you say that you are happy for me and your best friend is upstairs having a breakdown?" Beca asked as anger started to boil up in her.
The tall brunette shrugged. "She had it coming."
"What kind of a best friend are you?" Beca asked as she shook her head. "You know what? Forget it am going to my room."
"But Beca, your room is here, this is your home. You own everything and you can't sleep in the guest house."
"Stacie, where a person is living doesn't define him. It's what is inside you that counts." She said as she left the living room and went to the kitchen. "Elissa," She called for the housemaid.
"Yes, Ms. Mitchell?" She asked nervously, she knew what happened. She overheard the yelling that took place now she knows that Chloe doesn't own anything.
"Prepare dinner for Chloe and give it to her, and even if she yelled please don't get upset. Okay?" She asked softly, she didn't want Chloe to stay without food or drink in her system.
"Of course Ms. Mitchell, is Ms. Chloe leaving?" She asked sadly. "I overheard what happened and I don't want her to leave."
Beca smiled softly. "She won't leave, this is her home, Elissa. I'll be in my room as soon as you are done with her please come and tell me how she is doing."
Elissa nodded and began working on dinner for Chloe, and as soon as it was done, she took the tray and made her way upstairs to the redhead's room. She knocked a few times before speaking. "Ms. Chloe? It's me, and I brought you dinner, may I come in?" She asked from behind the door. When she heard Chloe grant her the entry, she opened the door slowly and looked at the tired redhead, she felt bad for Chloe. "Here you go Ms. Chloe,"
"Thank you, Elissa," Chloe replied sadly as she sat up straight and wiped her tears. "Please go get Jacob, it's time for his shot."
"But you are tired, I can ask Staci-"
"Don't ask her for anything, just please go get Jacob," Chloe demanded softly. Elissa nodded and left the room. Chloe looked at the tray and smiled sadly, she wasn't in the mood to eat. All she could think about is going back to her parents home, all she wanted is to be away from everyone especially Stacie. She smiled as Jacob entered the bedroom. "Hey, tough guy, ready for the shot?"
Back in the guest room, Beca changed her clothes and was ready for bed when Elissa came. "Elissa, come in," Beca said as she noticed the housemaid. "H-How is she?"
Elissa sighed sadly. "She looks so sad and tired, I have never seen her in this shape,"
"Did you give her the food?" Beca asked carefully as her heart broke at the thought of the redhead being sad.
"I did and I just sent Jacob to get his shot, if you don't mind me asking Ms. Mitchell, what are you going to do?"
Beca smiled. "You don't want her to leave?"
Elissa shook her head. "I'll never forget how she stood by my side and how she helped Jacob."
"Don't worry, everything will be alright. Keep checking up on her alright?"
"I will, goodnight Ms. Mitchell," Elissa said as she left the room.
The next morning, Chloe woke up with a strong headache, she got out of bed and opened one of the drawers that were beside her bed, she smiled sadly when she saw the clothes she first came to the house wearing, it was a simple white t-shirt and blue jeans alongside with an old white converse shoes. She picked them up and looked at her reflection in the mirror. It's time for me to leave this place. This place was never mine. She thought as she failed to notice the tears that fell. What would I do if I left this place? I doubt my father will take me in. She said to herself as she got dressed in her old outfit and left the room.
She went into the kitchen and found Elissa cutting some vegetables for breakfast. "Good morning Elissa," Chloe said walking further into the kitchen.
"Ms. Chloe? Good morning," The housemaid said in shock. "Is something wrong?"
Chloe shook her head. "I just wanted to tell you that I need you to take care of Jacob very well, and stop making him feel that he has a dangerous illness, he will be fine and he knows how to inject himself, he is a tough guy," She finished with a smile.
"A-Are you going somewhere, Ms. Chloe?" Elissa asked in a sad voice.
Chloe nodded, "I am, take care of Jacob, and please take care of Beca." She said sadly as she took a deep breath trying to stop the tears from falling. "After he went to sleep, I did a small search on the internet and found a couple of good schools nearby here, talk to Beca about it and I'm sure she'll transfer him."
Elissa's eyes went wide, she cleared her throat and looked at the redhead. "Ms. Chloe? Are you leaving this house?"
The redhead gave Elissa a small smile and said nothing as she left the kitchen and made her way out. As she was going down the stairs of the front door, she saw Beca approaching. "Good morning." She said to the brunette.
"Good morning Chloe," Beca replied as she looked at the redhead's attire. "Where are you going?"
"I'm leaving." The widow replied sadly.
"W-W-What? Where? Chloe no, please don't leave." Beca pleaded with wide eyes.
"Beca, my place was never here, I can't stay in a place that isn't mine."
"But Chloe, where are you going? Please, we can find a way to solve this."
"How? How can we solve this?"
"You want me to kick Stacie out?" Beca rushed out.
"No," Chloe said with a sad smile. "She has no place else but here, I should be the one leaving."
"B-But Chloe you can't."
"Why not?"
"Because..."
"Because? Beca I have nothing here, it's my time for me to go."
"Can you please go wait for me in the forest? Please? I need to talk to you alone."
Chloe sighed. "Okay," She said with a nod as she started to make her way to the forest. Beca ran to the room and got the financial bonds from the drawer and ran back out to the forest.
Unknownest to the two brunette's, Stacie who was still fuming with anger decided to speed up her game. She looked at her phone deciding whether to call Luke or not. Sighing, she picked up her phone and dialed Luke's number.
"Stacie, good that you called, I was about to call you."
"He-Hey Luke,"
"What's wrong? Is Chloe okay?"
"You need to come here first thing in the morning."
"What the fuck is wrong and stop being so cryptic!"
"I-It's Chloe, she found out something horrible."
"I'm coming over right now."
"No! Luke you can't, she's sleeping." Stacie rushed out. "Look, she found out today that the house nor the factory isn't hers, Larry isn't the millionaire you thought he is." She said with a sigh. "He did terrible things to her."
"WHAT?" Luke all but screamed. "STACIE ARE YOU SURE?"
"Why do you think I came to live with her !? Your sister is sick Luke, she takes medication to calm her nerves, she has anxiety and panic attacks."
"Why didn't you tell me till now?"
"B-Because, your sister is getting treated the same way from Beca."
"Beca is hitting Chloe? Fuck this! I'm coming over now!"
"Luke you need to calm down and -" She wanted to continue only to find that the line was disconnected. She smiled to herself knowing that she succeeded, it was a start of her plan to keep Chloe away from the house, she got dressed and made her way to the living room to find it too quiet, not thinking too much she sat on one of the sofa's and waited for Luke to arrive.
Chloe had her back against one of the trees and she was sitting Indian style as she was looking at the sky and tears were falling on her cheeks, she was tired and she didn't have any energy to fight with Beca, she then was hit with a sudden reality, she won't be able to see Beca everyday, she won't be able to go to work with her. How will she be able to stay away from the short brunette?
Her thoughts were disrupted when Beca cleared her throat. "Chloe? I've been calling your name for the past few minutes. She said sat beside the redhead, "Why are you crying?" Beca asked softly.
"It's nothing, what did you want to talk about Beca?" Chloe replied as she wiped her tears.
Beca sighed, "I get why you want to leave, but can you reconsider and stay here? Just until the final sale with Jesse and your dad happens, where are you going to go if you leave now?"
The redhead shrugged. "I'll go talk to him, maybe he'll let me back?"
"I have something to show you," Beca said as she pulled out the financial bonds from her pocket and handed them to Chloe.
Chloe's eyes went wide and her heart started to beat fast. Those were the papers that made her lose her future, family, and life. "Where did you get those?" She asked in a panic voice.
Luke knocked angrily on the mansion door, Stacie quickly opened and saw the brother of her best friend who was furious. "Where is she?" He asked angrily.
"Come in and calm down, she can't see you like this." She said as she moved away from the door. "She hasn't left her room since last night." She said oblivious to the redhead's whereabouts.
"Why didn't you tell me that Larry used to hit Chloe!? Why Stacie!? You are a part of our family! I thought you care about my sister!" He yelled angrily.
"I care, Luke! Why do you think I left my whole life and job to come and live here? So I can take care of your sister!"
"Tell me everything," Luke said as he balled his fists.
"It started eight years ago..." Stacie started as she recalled everything to Luke.
Beca shrugged, "I got them, do you want to tell me why your dad owns my uncle 52,000 dollars?" Beca asked carefully. "Did your dad embezzle the money?"
Chloe threw the papers on the ground and grabbed Beca by the shirt. "Don't you ever say that about my father, my dad is the most honest, honorable man ever! Do you understand me Beca? You don't get to speak to him!"
The short brunette's eyes widened. She had never seen the redhead this angry. "Chloe, calm down. I just asked a question. I want to know why my uncle left those bonds to me." She reasoned as she held Chloe's hands gently. "I don't mean to speak badly about him, but I am in a position to know the reason."
The redhead's eyes started to tear up as images of her father started to rush into her mind. "He is a good man Beca," She said in a low voice.
Beca wrapped her arms around Chloe's shoulder and got her closer. "I know he is, but please tell me what happened, and why you married my uncle so I can help you."
"I can't, you need to understand that you can't know everything Beca!"
"CHLOE!" Luke yelled through the forest, "CHLOE! GET YOUR ASS HERE RIGHT NOW!"
"Shit! What is he doing here?" Chloe said in confusion as she stood up. "Luke!" She waved for the boy. "What's wrong?" She asked Luke as he noticed her. The brother all but ran to Chloe, as soon as he see's the short brunette, he sends her death glares. The act didn't go unnoticed by Chloe, she frowned as she placed her hands on her brother's shoulder. "Luke? What's wrong?" She asked worriedly.
"You're coming home with me Chloe," Luke demanded harshly. "I won't keep you in this place one more second!"
"Woah! Luke, what happened?" Beca asked the brother who was clearly angry.
"Stay out of this!" He yelled back then looked at his sister. "Why didn't you tell me used to abuse you?! I can't believe you!"
"WHAT?" Both Chloe and Beca yelled in shock.
The redhead began to panic, "Luke, shut up! You don't know what you are talking about!" Chloe hissed as she pushed Luke to make him walk away. "Leave now!" She demanded but Luke didn't listen, he looked at Beca with anger in his eyes. "Don't you dare hit my sister or I swear on my life I'll hurt you. Do you hear me!?"
"LUKE! PLEASE LEAVE!" Chloe begged.
Luke ran a hand through his hair as he spoke. "No Chloe! I had enough! YOU DIDN'T TELL US ANYTHING! WE ARE YOUR FAMILY!"
"Luke, I wouldn't ever hurt your sister, I will never lay a finger on her, please calm down and tell me what the hell you are talking about,"
"No!" Chloe yelled in panic. "He won't tell you anything!"
"Your uncle used to hit my sister, do you honestly not know?!"
"I'll tell you everything Beca, just please Luke leave! I can handle myself!" Chloe interfered pleadingly to her brother.
"I'm telling dad about this Chloe! And you are coming back home!" Luke said as she walked away.
Beca looked at Chloe who was sobbing. She held her tight as she tried to calm her down. "Calm down, please."
"Y-You w-w-w-w-weren't supposed to know," Chloe said as she sobbed harder.
"I am bound to know. What did my uncle do to you?"
"Nothing, stay away from me." The redhead said as she pushed Beca away.
Beca's eyes widened. "Chloe, I never touched a woman unless she wanted me too, what did that asshole do to you?"
"Nothing!" Chloe yelled through the tears.
"He used to hit you didn't he? Just tell me! He did more than that! Just please tell me, Chloe!" Beca yelled back as tears of her own started to fall.
The redhead shook her head. "I can't!"
"Then I'll tell you what he used to do!"
"No! Please don't say anything!" The redhead pleaded.
"Then you tell me."
"He used to hit me," She said as she cried harder. "He used to hit me a lot and..."
"And what? What else happened?"
"Nothing!"
"And what Chloe!?"
"H-he used to hit me and he used to tie me up and it was painful, so painful Beca." She said as she sobbed harder and clinched to Beca's chest.
"I'm here, calm down."
"Are you happy now!? Are you happy?!" The redhead said as she punched Beca's chest.
"All I want is for you to be happy Chloe!" She said as she brought her into her arms again. "Cry Chloe, let all this pain be free." She said as she kissed Chloe's head repeatedly. "I'm here." She whispered softly.
"I was treated like an animal," Chloe said in a voice full of pain. "I was nothing but an animal to him, I deserved a better treatment."
"I'm so sorry baby, you know what, I'm here, I'll always be here for you. I won't let you suffer again Chloe, I promise." She said as she held her tighter and tears were falling from Beca's eyes. "Let these tears out, I'll be here to catch you." She said as she lifted Chloe's head and kissed her forehead.
Luke was angry at himself, angry at Chloe and his father, he drove as fast as he could wanting to have a talk with his father. A talk that they were supposed to have eight years ago. He parked the car and entered the house calling out for his father. "DAD!" He yelled angrily.
"What has gotten into you?" Mr. Beale asked as he emerged from the living room.
"For the past eight years, your daughter was getting hit, rapped and humiliated from Larry. Look, dad, I'm bringing her back home do you hear me!?"
"What?! What are you talking about? How did you know all of this!" Mr. Charles asked in shock. "Is Chloe okay?!" He then asked worriedly.
"She's not okay dad, you just left her, do you know how much she needs her father?"
Mr. Charles ducked his head in shame, "Please get her back here, please Luke, I need my daughter."
"Now you need her? After eight years dad?"
"I made a mistake!" Mr. Beale yelled in anger. "I thought she was happy with all the money he gave her, she should have never married him!"
Luke sighed. "Dad, it's going to be okay, I'll get Chloe tomorrow."
"C-Can't you bring her now?" He asked in a broken voice. "I need my baby girl."
"She told me to leave, I'll give her until tomorrow I promise," Luke said sadly.
After calming down the redhead, Beca pulled Chloe onto her lap as she ran her hand through the redhead's locks. "Tell me everything."
"65,000$," The redhead stated simply. "That was the amount of the financial bonds,"
"65? The bonds I have are worth 52,000$"
Chloe nodded, "Within those past eight years my dad was paying as much as he could, and 52,000$ remained."
"So you mean the whole time you were married to my un- Larry, your dad was paying the debt?"
Chloe nodded. "Yeah,"
"So you married him because of the debt."
"I married him so he can't put my father in jail,"
"I don't understand."
"My dad had two choices, either to sell the house and pay the debt or go to jail. And for my dad, it was easier for him to go to jail instead of selling the house he spent so many years building."
"And why you dad stopped talking to you? You did all of this for him."
The redhead shrugged, "Maybe he would have preferred to go to jail than me marrying Larry."
"Was he aware of anything concerning Larry?"
Chloe shook her head, "No, no one knew. But to him, I deserve better than marrying Larry."
"He does have a point."
"And he wanted me to continue my studies."
"Again, he does have a point, can I ask you something?"
Chloe giggled. "After everything that has happened, you get to ask questions."
"Why did your father take money from Larry?"
"To get me educated. To pay my fees, my dad didn't want to take money from him but Larry offered. Your uncle saw me at the factory one day and I think from that time he had it planned. I was getting my dad flowers and Larry asked about me and of course my dad told him that I just finished high school and I was applying to more than one university and I got accepted by all, and one of the colleges gave me a 50% scholarship, and that's when Larry offered to pay the other half and my dad accepted, he didn't want me to enter any university, and so Larry started to pay the fees for each year. And my dad used to sign these bonds on the bases of when I graduated and start work I'd pay Larry." She said as she took a deep breath. "And after five years of paying, Larry asked my dad to pay back the debt and asked for the permission to marry me. My dad refused and Larry came to my university and told me it's either I marry him or he'll put my father in jail. And a couple of days later I married him, and you know the rest."
"I don't know what to tell you, I can't look you in the eyes anymore."
"It's not your fault, you're not like him, you are different."
"I was very young when he traveled, and after twenty years he came and lived with my aunts, I used to see him in holidays, I really don't know him that much and then I traveled and he lived here with my dad, I just know he is a simple person, that's why dad had Liam do everything to the company and factory, nothing would go without Liam's signature."
"He wasn't normal, he used to lock me up in the house, I couldn't leave without one of the drivers and they used to tell him every step I take, every place I went, what would I buy. He never gave me money, he was scared that I'd give my parents money to pay off the debt and leave him. And there was this one time where I went to make amends with my father, he kicked me out."
"And you used to sit for days in your room so that the marks of Larry hitting you wouldn't show."
"How did you know?" She asked but then continued. "My face used to be so blue and swollen and I didn't want anyone to see me. Sometimes he treated me good, in the mornings he used to act like nothing ever happened, but when the night came, he was a different person. He used to take me to his room and he used to..." She trailed of crying.
"Don't continue."
"I'm trying to forget, but I can't."
"You have to Chloe, and what about Stacie? Why did she live come and live here?"
"Once, he came from work very angry, he kept hitting me and I was going to die, I called Stacie because I didn't want to go to the hospital. But she saw and she knew so Larry didn't have a choice but to let her stay. And I wanted her to stay."
"And she stayed because she loves you?" Beca asked carefully
"She's my best friend." Chloe shrugged.
"She loves you? She genuinely cares about you?" The short brunette asked again.
"It doesn't matter if she loves me or not, she loves you," Chloe replied in a sad voice.
"I don't love her," Beca said while she shook her head.
"I'm tired, I want to sleep," Chloe said in a sad voice.
Beca nodded, "Let me take you to your room," She said softly as she placed a final kiss on Chloe's head.
"No, let's stay here for a while, I don't want to go back home." The redhead said as she snuggled into Beca's chest.
"Chloe," She said again as she tightened her arms around Chloe. "I'm always going to be here for you."
A/N: There you have it, folks, everything now is known. Tell me what you guys think.