Chapter 291 - Dianas past II... (2/2)
Stopping for a second to take a mouthful of breath, Diana continued, ”Days passed by like this and Frank's torture on me increased but luckily everytime I got spared at the right moment. From that time, I tried to distant myself from everyone, feeling extremely unsecured.
I started waiting for the day to go back to city B and the day of my exams finally arrived. I became expectant to call you and ask for your help. But unluckily, I couldn't find my diary at all so couldn't able to inform you.
After exams, I was forced to go back to country Z when Frank threatened me to kill my mother if I don't show my face there. And I obliged and there started another round of new torture. He started to beat me roughly with his belt like a inhuman person. At least I was happy that he wasn't trying to physically abuse me in an evil way..”
A gasp escaped from Willa and Lucinda's mouth whereas Louis and Veronica's eyes burned in anger. They wanted to kill that bastard right at that moment.
Louis calmed his rage when he noticed Diana was shivering and patted her shoulder to encourage her before asking, ”If he had eyes on you then he would not beat you. So that's mean there are different reasons for his actions if I'm not too much wrong. What are those?”
”You are actually right. Frank married my Mom because of our property but he didn't know that my Dad had already named everything of his property on my name before his death. Even I had 60% shares of my father's company whereas my mother only has 20% and rest 20% were of other shareholders…
Frank tried to take my mom's signature to transfer the whole property for him when I was in city B for exams. That time, he came to know about all the property distribution and that was the reason of him beating me. But I was adamant to not transfer my father's hard earned money to an asshole like him.”
Looking towards Veronica, Diana said, ”Few months later, I got a chance to talk to you but I behaved like I didn't care for you ever... Whereas the truth was that I was very much self-conscious about myself as my body was covered with several scars of Frank's beating..
This continued and one year later, I got to know that Frank was planning to kill my mother and this snatched the last bit of my patience and all the pent up anger took over me. I threatened him that if he harm a little bit of my mother, then I'll never hand over my property to him. But my Dad had another plan…
He had written in his will that I would only be the owner of all of his patrimony after I turn 26.. If anyone tried to harm me or my mother till I turned into the perfect age, then all of his property will go to the orphanage and oldage home..”
”Woah!! Luckily Uncle had decided this otherwise you'd be looted from every side..” Lucinda exclaimed.
”So…You meant to say that after you guys came to know about the twist made by your father regarding his properties, Frank stopped abusing you from then on as he had feared to loss the result of his long hard work by illuding your mom in his love trap... Right?” Veronica's clever mind immediately got the idea of the circ.u.mstances..