Kia's POV
Having twins is mostly a blessing to each and every family who had one, but unfortunately, not to mine...
I mean, you may say it is normal for twins to have misunderstandings and quarrels, but, it doesn't apply to me and to my twin sister, Ara.
Because what have been happening since we were kids was never just a simple misunderstanding and I knew it as she always do bad things then blame it all on me.
But the funny part? The whole family always sides with her, from our parents, down to all of our three brothers, and I was just no one, but the bully and the troublesome one.
Growing up, I got accustomed to this kind of treatment, so whether they acknowledge me or not, I just do my thing and live my life, dettached from anyone, from anything.
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Then, came our 18th Birthday and as our parents decided for a big party for her, they don't have a choice but to include me, as we are known as twins and it would tarnish our family's reputation if someone caught on.
So of course, I myself didn't have a choice but to mingle with the guests, acting like a proper socialite I am, and that annoyed Ara.
As always, she dragged me into a secluded part of the venue, confronting me. "You really just like showing off don't you, Kia? Acting all poised and intelligent, but let me remind you, okay? This is my party and you are nothing but a plus one! So get the hell out of here and stop stealing my spotlight!" She yelled at my face.
And I who wasn't planning to argue with her, just nodded and discreetly walked out of the venue, but, out of everyone who I can bump with, it just had to be, Sol, Soltice Hughman, Ara's long time crush who never once paid attention to her.
Knowing it would anger Ara more to see that, I immediately pulled away, but as I did it carelessly, I end up misstepping, putting me on much compromising position with Sol.
"Woah! You okay?" He asked, as he steadied me from the falling, his arm supporting my back, before helping me back up.
Nodding, I then politely bowed and distanced myself. " Yes, thank you." I murmured, ready to continue to walk out, but before I could even do so, I already heard Ara's voice, hinting that she's approaching.
"Kia, wait for us!" She said, her voice laced with silent command, but of course, she didn't missed to fly a kiss to Sol as she walked past it, before she and her friends went straight towards me, casually grabbing my arms tightly as they escorted me out.
Finally out of the venue, Ara then stood before the gates to serve as look out, while the two other girls stood before a van and threw me in, the moment it opened.
"Have fun with her you guys! We heard she was a virgin!" One the girls said, flashing a flirty wink at the men inside the van.
Which one of the men replied with. "Oho! We hit a jackpot then. Just tell Ara we wished her happy birthday, okay! And remind her that she better do what she promised for making us ruin this pretty little thing, or we'll all see each at the prison."
Getting the threat on the man's voice, the two girls then quickly ran back to Ara, leaving me with those men, like some offering, and as the van started to move, so are the men in it.
Starting by injecting me with some drug, before the six of them take turns to humiliate and indignify my poor body. All of it captured in a long video, where my face and naked body are specifically exposed, to make sure that I will be ruined for good.
And when they we're all spent and done, they injected me another kind of drug before throwing me out and in front of our family home, but somehow that wasn't enough to kill me.
So with a weak and high body, I crawled naked into the streets, at least hoping to die on our gutter, but I guess it was really my time to go, as out of all the car to bring me to my ultimate death, it has to be our family car, drove by my own father while the whole family was on it.
"The end..." I remembered muttering on the back of my mind as everything turned black.
But somehow that blackout didn't last long as I heard someone calling my name.
"Kia, sweetheart? Can you please get up for me? Your mom and dad are here!" It said, and yes, I can confirm, it was my grandma's voice, my mom's mother.
Thinking I was just dreaming of the time when my parents threw me here because they accused me of stealing money from them, the first thing I did upon waking up is to hug my grandma tight.
But somehow it felt so real to be a dream that I had to pull away and pinch my cheeks real hard to check if I was dreaming or not, but when it hurt, I froze.
"D-did I just got reborn back to this time?" I asked myself. "But why this time?" I murmured once more in the back of my mind before looking closely at my grandma.
Then, that's when I realize, it's because today, I will be asked by my parents to live with grandparents, and if I chose to beg them to take me back into the mansion like I did in my last life, it will just be a suicide, so this time I would choose my grandparents.
Firm with that choice on mind, I then slapped my cheeks and looked up back to grandma. "I am ready now, grandma." I said, getting off the bed to assist her back downstairs, where my parents and siblings are, already talking with grandpa.
Then, as we reached downstairs, I help grandma sit on the couch before sitting in between her and grandpa.
"Kia, have you been good to your grandparents?" Mom asked, not with concern, but of suspicions.
"Clara! is this really how you talk to her? always with allegations?" Grandpa immediately scolded.
"Pa, please! Clara isn't in the wrong here, it was Kia who had been bringing us problems! She's just worrying about you two." Dad then defended Mom.
"Still! that isn't the way to talk to a 13 year old! No matter what you thought she had did, she's still your daughter." Grandpa rebutted, angrily.
"But Dad and Mom are right, Grandpa! Ever since that girl was out of our house, we never had any problems!" My eldest brother then said, pointing his fingers straight at me.
That's when grandma chimed in, shoving my big brother's hand down. "You know what? We have nothing to talk about. If you guys don't want her there, then you lot can go."
"But, Mom! Dad! You guys are not getting any younger, she's totally not a good kid!" Mom said, getting up to make them believe, earning a slap from grandma.
"Can you even hear yourself, Clara?! She's your daughter and you speak of her like she was no flesh and blood of you. Now, tell me! tell us! Just how you guys expected a kid to behave when all her life, she was labelled like some unwanted no one by her own family!" Grandma yelled, fully enraged.
And as Mom fall into her knees crying, Dad held her up, and glared at me then my grandparents. "Just don't go blaming us when she actually flipped her switch. We tried to warned you." Dad then scowled before leading Mom and my siblings out of my grandparents house.
And as soon as they were finally gone, that's only when I get to cry out loud.
"We're so sorry that you have to suffer from all of that, sweetheart. We're so sorry to realize it just now." Grandma whispered into my ear as she hugged me tight.
"Enough being sorry, dear. It is not us who should be sorry, it is them. All we can do now is to prove them wrong, that our Kia isn't the problem, it is them." Grandpa then told Grandma, before promising me something. " I and your grandma will make sure that you'll grow into a beautiful woman you are Kia, we'll give you all the love and support you need and all you have to worry is grow well and kind."
And as I heard those words, I just knew that this life will be different from my previous one, and I will make sure that whatever happened in that life won't be happening again.
I'll make my grandpa and grandma proud even I knew that I had to lose them one after another, but until they are here with me, I'll keep doing my best.