Chapter 82
“Save your guesses. I’ll show you how this ends,” Sienna sneered. Without another word, she lashed out with a swift kick, sending Jocelyn flying across the room.
Jocelyn shrieked, but before she even had the chance to tumble down the stairs, Sienna’s merciless kick sent her flying through the air. With a heavy thud, Jocelyn hit the floor like a sack of potatoes, collapsing in a limp heap.
Sienna barely took a few steps. “The fall isn’t far enough to kill or cripple her, just enough to make her spit some blood. What a pity,” she thought coldly.
Sienna stood imperiously tall, her icy, aloof gaze sweeping disdainfully down at Jocelyn sprawled on the ground beneath her.
“Jocelyn?” Three voices cried out at once as Linda burst into the room, pushing Aiden in his wheelchair.
They helped Jocelyn up, but she was coughing up blood, crimson streaks dripping from her nose. The pain was excruciating. Every breath felt like shards of glass tearing through her chest.
Jocelyn, holding back tears, looked at her parents. “Mom, Dad, it was Sienna. I just wanted to explain everything to her, but she…”
Aiden’s fury burned through him as he clenched his fists. His body throbbed with lingering pain. His dislocated bones hadn’t fully healed, only to witness this scene.
“Sienna, what the hell are you doing? Trying to cripple her? She’s your sister. How could you be so vicious?” Aiden snapped.
Linda’s eyes burned with fury as she hissed at Sienna, “If Jocelyn comes to any harm, I swear to God you’ll pay for this.”
Jocelyn still clung tightly to Amber’s hand, her voice gentle and wounded as she said, “Amber, please don’t blame Sienna. This is all my fault. I never should have intruded into your family. Please, keep your sisterly bond strong. Don’t let my presence come between you all, okay?”
Tears welled up in Amber’s eyes as she wiped them away, her heart aching. Her voice trembled as she called out, “Jocelyn?”
Amber whirled around to confront Sienna, her voice shaking with fury. “How could you do this? You’re absolutely heartless. You monster.”
A dull ache throbbed in Sienna’s chest, accompanied by a faint sense of suffocation. She offered no explanation.
Sienna sneered and snapped, “Are you done? Then get the hell out.”
Sienna’s utter lack of remorse only made Aiden’s face burn crimson with rage.
Linda wailed hysterically, “Honey, I can’t go on living. I just can’t. How can I face the world when my daughter is being bullied like this? I can’t even protect my girl.”
Aiden bellowed, “Sienna, get down here and apologize this instant.”
Sienna descended the stairs step by step, then suddenly lashed out with a vicious kick to Jocelyn’s shin.
“Ah, Sienna, you bitch,” Jocelyn gasped in pain as she jerked upright, her face contorted with agony and rage.
“Sienna, what the hell are you trying to do? Must you tear this family apart and turn our home upside down?” Boiling with rage, Aiden felt completely disregarded.
“Dad, do you want me to apologize?” Sienna pinned him with a glacial stare.
Aiden gnashed his teeth, nearly intimidated once more by that damn girl’s overwhelming presence. He snapped, “Yes, Sienna. Why did you hit her?”
Sienna sneered, “She was begging for a beating, shoving herself in my face. Shouldn’t I do her the honor? Right, Jocelyn Turner?”
Linda shot back angrily, “My daughter’s name is Jocelyn Hart.”
“Not for much longer.” Sienna’s words, light as air, crashed over Aiden, Linda, and Jocelyn like a tidal wave.
Aiden roared, “Sienna, what the hell do you want from us? Jocelyn is also my daughter.”
Sienna snapped back mercilessly, “What’s that to me?”
Aiden was momentarily speechless. After a pause, he snapped, “I’m your father. I have every right to have a say over you.”