11. DAHLIA HARPER

Sunrays filtered through the window and landed on my bare skin. The soft morning breeze flew through the room. It's time to get up. I  opened my eyes and gazed through the window at the green palace grounds. I always admired Eldorra for her timeless beauty. I got up from the bed only to see my clothes thrown away with little care.

Tell me what you want, be clear about it.

Now that's a good girl.

You should think twice before asking for it, Diamond.

The feel of those rough hands returned to me. A flush that had nothing to do with the chill air spread onto my face. The bed was empty; Marco must have left early. He knew better than to stay here and get found out by anyone.

I gasped when my glance fell onto the clock on the wall. It was 11 in the morning, and breakfast should have started by now. I was not a person who slept late in the mornings. But I slept too much due to the tiredness from dancing and sex. Well, I don't regret the most wonderful night  minus the dancing part. 

And, I was late, so probably dad was coming anytime to check on me.

Shit! I need to clear the room.

I picked up all my clothes and went to the shower. I showered and was putting on some clothes when I noticed a blueish spot on my shoulder. Is that a hickey? Yes.

My worries increased when I remembered that I hadn't brought any clothes that covered that freaking hickey. Plus, there were some reddish spots around the same area, which I will cover with some makeup, but still, I was in trouble.

I was going to kill Marco. 

I dressed up and let my long curls cover up for my mark from the unholy things I did last night. I went down to dinner, and to my surprise, Dad and Mom were absent from it. I guess I wasn't the only one who enjoyed last night.

My eyes fell on Marco, who was talking to James and Niko. He looked up at me and smirked at my long curls. That freak!! He was enjoying my struggling to cover up for my hickey.

I sat beside Aunt Jules and exactly opposite Marco. I swear it was purely coincidental.

" There come you two!" Aunt Bridget chirped. I turned my head and saw mom and dad coming.

" I guess Stel enjoyed the night, I bet it was great." Aunt Jules grinned widely.

"Can anyone tell me what's going on?" I asked, to which Uncle Josh replied.

" Okay, so basically Stella was blatantly ignoring Harper, and Harper was this close to crying. So, that word-eater picked up Stella in bridal style while she was threatening  to kill him and took her to their room. "

" And they had a marvelous fucking session. I could see it on Stella's face." Aunt Jules cut Uncle Josh midway.

" Jules, for god's sake, kids are listening. and you, Chen, I wasn't this close to crying." Dad said this while taking a seat.

" Oh, sorry, I said it wrong. You weren't this close to crying; you were actually in tears." Uncle Josh enjoyed provoking Dad.

"I wasn't in fucking tears!!!"

"Chrissy, calm down." Mom patted Dad on the arm. I guess it was only because her Uncle Josh was still alive.

" Where are Uncle Dante and Aunt Viv?" I asked mom when I noticed the two empty spaces.

" They left early due to some emergency."

I resumed my breakfast  in which I was only eating lettuce and some boiled greens. when suddenly Aunt Jules whispered to me.

" Dahlia, I guess it was not only Stel who had a good night." 

"What do you mean?." I was shell-shocked.

" I have this marvelous talent of spotting hickeys."

Shittttt

.

.

fucckkkk

If Aunt Jules knew something that was good enough to blackmail , the person's life would turn to hell. She will ask that person to do some of  the worst things possible, with a devilish grin on her face. I saw it when she blackmailed dad because she saw him trying to dump Mr. . Unicorn into the dustbin. Later, dad got something enough to get rid of her.

" Don't worry, I will not tell anyone, I know that Satan will never let you date. It's a secret." Aunt jules smiled at me.

There was no option other than to believe her. Aunt Jules better not blackmail me. Suddenly, I felt something wet and hot trickle down my legs and cause sharp pain in my abdomen. Don't say my periods are here in the middle of breakfast.

Why does this always happen to me?  I don't even have any pads or tampons right now. My periods should not come until the next week, but  I think due to  my lack of eating , they were highly irregular.

I should eat more.

YOU WILL GET FAT, AND NO ONE WILL LOVE YOU.

A cold voice echoed through my mind, and I knew who it belonged to. I should not think about him. He is gone. I pushed through all those memories before I lost them. I leaned toward mom and told her everything, and she nodded.

I stood up from the table and went to my room quickly, much to everyone's surprise. I know mom will handle everything. I closed my room's door and rushed to the bathroom to check whether my assumption was true or not.

Please, God, let it not be what I am thinking.

All of the hopes I had were crushed when I saw some familiar dark red spots and felt another pang of sharp pain in my stomach. I am done. My periods are not even close to peaceful ones. I experienced very sharp pain and cramps in my stomach, extreme mood swings, and pain in every muscle of my body for 5 days. The intensity lowers with each day, but still...

I wanted to enjoy Eldorra.

I picked up my phone and called mom. 

 One try.

two try.

three try.

She was not picking it up. She must have left it in her room. A curse broke out of my mouth when  I felt another cramp.  I should call dad right now. He always carries his phone. I called him, and he picked up on the first ring. 

"Little butterfly, are you alright? Do I need to come right now."  His voice was tense, and I know he must have started to climb the stairs.

Dad always took care of me during my periods. Well, I guess it's pretty awkward in some cases to talk about periods in front of your father. But my dad and I never had that issue. He didn't trust anyone to take care of me during my periods and took a week off from work to take care of me himself. 

" Dad, my periods are here...ahh." Another pain.

"Wait, I am coming." His voice was more worried.

"Dad, could you bring some period essentials for me ?" I asked.

" Of course, sweetheart! Do you need some chocolates?"  His voice was somewhat calmer than before.

"No, just some essentials and a hot water bag would be enough. And I'll be in the bathroom when you come." 

"Okay, and I'm getting them anyway." He hung up the phone.

He knew that I needed dark chocolates sooner or later, but, he always asked me first. 

OLD HABITS DIE SCREAMING.

Some seconds later, I heard a knock on my bathroom door. I opened it and saw dad with arms full of pads, tampons, chocolates, and a water bag. I took a tampon from him and closed the door.

When I was done, I came back into my room and snuggled into my bed. Cramps were killing me already, and  I don't know how I was even going to survive the rest of the week. Dad came, sat by the corner of my bed, and handed me the water bag.

"Do you need anything else?"

" Dad, I just need you." I answered him and lifted the covers to urge him to get in bed with me. It was my routine. I only had a good sleep without my nightmares with dad.

Dad lied down in the bed next to me and  kept an arm around me. I snuggled closer to

him to seek more warmth while he pecked on my hair.

" I love you, dad." 

" I love you too, love."

And I drifted into sleep.

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