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Whenever I try to think back to the events that proceeded our escape from the attic, I can only come up with half-formed images. The hours before Chris arrived were a haze filled time of pain.
I remember momma's eyes as she stared down possessively at my new born baby girl. Her eyes held all the love and kindness that had been denied to me for years now. It hurt too much to watch. I turned my head, too tired and weak to hurt anymore.
But when Chris arrived a glimmer of hope seemed to shine for me. I had to survive, if not for myself, then only to make sure that my mother would pay for what she did to me.
I remember struggling to stand, it took so long to push myself over to where Chris was. I heard shouting and tried to hurry my steps. I only focused on moving forward.
And then the sight that greeted my eyes as I dragged myself into the next room was enough to make my heart leap for joy.
Momma was lying on the ground, totally defenseless. Now was the time for revenge. I staggered forward only to realize that my own legs wouldn't hold me anymore. I looked up to Chris, my savior, knowing he could do what I could not.
"Kill her," I asked, thinking that at least I would be able to watch, if not participate.
I was confused at first, when Chris hesitated. But as I looked back at momma I realized it. Chris still loved her, even after all that she had done.
Oh yes it hurt to be betrayed by my mother, but over the years I had grown numb to it. The unexpected treachery of Chris' hurt much more.
And my feelings weren't even because Chris couldn't kill momma. If he had been unable to because of moral conviction or even respect, I could have forgiven him. I felt betrayed because of why couldn't kill momma.
He couldn't do it because deep down, he still loved her. Oh I know he will deny that to his dying day. But in that moment as I lay there on the attic floor I knew Chris' heart did not belong solely to myself.
Another had come, long before, taken his love and warped it. And now I was only a second class substitute.
I collapsed on the floor. My fragile hold over my body was completely lost. I felt myself being led away from the attic. I even felt myself walking through the mansion I had hardly even seen, a part from our room and the attic. And at last I felt grass. How long I had wanted to walk unhindered upon the earth, thinking that by then everything would be better. But now it held nothing for me.
Chris and I walked on, I don't remember for how long. The trees all seemed to blend together.
As we walked through the forest a distant noise seemed to seep through my muddled mind.
With sudden insight, I realized it was my baby crying. I stopped and Chris looked back at me questioningly.
"Let me hold her," I asked much more calmly than I felt.
Chris looked wary for a second but handed the bundle to me before picking up the rest of our baggage.
I continued to follow Chris through the forest obediently as I stared intently down at my child.
This child was the product of everything that Chris and I went through during our stay at Foxworth Hall.
Would I ever get my revenge? I made a pact with myself then and there that I would. That no matter what I would never forget. I would never let time dull the blade of my retribution.
I looked down again at her now peaceful face. My daughter...My Corrine. I would never forget...
The End
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