115 Whos The Victim? (1/2)

”Yeah! Are you saying we are liars?” Someone shouted out.

”You're the liar!,” a woman who stood near Lady Ceraphina accused Vy, pointing her finger at her.

A couple more voices sang the same tune, accusing Vy of being the liar. She gritted her teeth.

-Fools. Every single one of them.-

”No, I am not. All of you are the liars,” Vy replied all of them in an emotionless tone. She had no time to deal with these people.

As she glanced out of the window, she noticed some of the street passersby seemed to have taken notice of the commotion in the store and were looking in. None of the staff in the store was going to help her too.

-All this feels all too familiar. Have I always been the only one to stand up for myself?-

The nostalgia hit her hard, but her face showed no trace of it. Deep in her memory bank, a faint memory surfaced.

”No!” A voice similar to Vy's exclaimed.

A young girl, about the age of fourteen, pointed at a man standing amongst the crowd before her. All eyes were on her. She had the Energy Dagger in her hand.

”You did this! I saw it with my own eyes,” the girl accused the man who had the tattoo of three opened eyes on his right forearm.

The man sniggered, ”Who's going to believe the words of a kid!”

”Yeah! She's just a kid!” a voice shouted, supporting the man.

”Yeah, she's a liar!”

”Liar!”

The young girl tightened her grip on her dagger. She had no one to support her. No one to back her up, she was alone and she could not do anything.

Those emotions resonated with Vy in the present.

She was not going to let this go.

”What would Lycster get out of tripping your son,” Vy replied.

Before anyone could reply, Vy continued, ”My brother was tiptoeing by that shelf trying to get hold of the box. Your son, Rowan, was running through the store. He did not see where he was going, ran into Lycster causing him to trip, fall onto the toys on display and sprain his ankle.”

Vy looked over to the young boy who had finished crying his pathetic tears, he was just watching everything going on.

”Your son escaped with just bruised knees. Do you not see who the victim is here,” Vy attempted to reason with Lady Ceraphina.

”Do not even get me started on every single one of you in this store,” Vy stopped herself. There was so much she wanted to say, but she knew better. She needed to be better than them.

Turning back to Lady Ceraphina who still had no response, Vy said, ”I apologise, to you, Lady Ceraphina. I apologise, that your son did not see where he was going, and for what a brat he is.”

As soon as those words left Vy's mouth, she felt a hard slap on her left cheek.

Everyone gasped in shock.

Vy was surprised too, but it soon turned into fuel for her anger. She chuckled, Lady Ceraphina had crossed the line.