Chapter 13:
Beryl walked into the entryway and screamed. She noticed a vase with flowers in it and knocked it over. She looked up the stairs and deiced to pay a visit to Serena. She went up the stairs and found the room that Serena was in. She then looked around for Serena's sister. When she saw no sign of mina she opened the door and went inside.
Serena was sitting on the bed. Her eyes were fixed on the floor, she didn't know that though. When she heard the door open she sat up. "Mina?" She asked gently.
Beryl said nothing as she walked over to the bed. She then raised her hand and slapped Serena across the cheek. "Mina, what was that for?" Serena asked as she raised her hand to her cheek.
"I'm not your sister." Beryl told her coldly.
Serena was now getting scared. She had no idea who was in the room with her, though she recognized the voice she couldn't placed to whom it belonged to. Beryl looked down at her nails. She didn't want to ruin a perfectly good manicure, but she could always get another one. She raised her hand, but this time her nails where more like a cats claws. This time she scratched Serena across the face.
Serena let out a scream of pain. She started to get off the bed when Beryl yanked her back by her hair. Serena screamed yet again. Beryl then began punching in the face harder and harder. By this point Serena was crying. Beryl didn't care though. "This is for making me loose my fiancé to you."
While Beryl was beating on Serena, Darien had heard Serena scream twice. He ran as fast as he could upstairs to see what was wrong. When he opened the door he saw Beryl on top of Serena, beating her. He ran over to the bed and pulled Beryl from Serena. "What the hell are you doing?" He yelled at Beryl once he pulled her off of Serena.
"Let me go!" She yelled as she tried to free herself from Darien's grasp.
"Not until you tell me what they hell you think you were doing."
"I'll tell you. I deiced to teach her a lesson." Beryl told him, not regretting what you did.
Darien then let go of Beryl. "Leave." He told Beryl sharply. "I never want to see you again."
Beryl looked at Darien before glaring at Serena. She left the room and stormed down the stairs. He knew she was gone when he heard the door slam. Darien then turned his attention to the crying girl on the bed. Her face was now buried in her pillow. "Serena," He said to her gently as he sat on the edge of the bed. "It's alright. She's gone."
She lifted her head from the pillow and whipped away tears from her eyes. "Darien, why did she do that?" She asked softly.
Darien pulled her into his arms and shrugged. "I don't know. She probably wanted to hurt you because I told her that I cared for you more than her." He told her.
He looked at her face to see the damage Beryl had done. She had five slashes across her face. From Beryl's nails he guessed. She also had a few bruises on her face. "I'm sorry."
"For what?" She asked him.
"Beryl attacking you."
She shook her head. "It's not your fault."
Darien was about to answer when the door opened and Mina came into the room. She saw her sister and ran over to the bed. "Serena, what happened?" Mina asked her sister.
"Beryl attacked her." Darien told Mina.
Mina looked at him before looking back at Serena. "Are you alright?"
Serena nodded. "I'm fine."
Mina saw the scratches. "We should get those cleaned up. Come on." Mina helped her sister up and led her to the bathroom to get cleaned up.
Once Serena and Mina were gone he got up and walked down stairs. He thought about Beryl attacking Serena. He wanted to be sure that Beryl would never come near Serena again. He needed a restraining order. He needed to talk to his father. He walked down to the den and knocked on the door. When he heard a come in he went inside. "Father, can I talk to you?"
Derrick looked up from his paper work. "Can it be later? I need to finish this paper work."
"I guess." Darien said as he left the room.
He went back upstairs and to the bathroom next to Serena and Mina's room. They were still in there. Mina was coving Serena's face in makeup to cover the bruises. He smiled to himself as he turned around. He needed to talk to Serena, but he figured he do it later.