Chapter 709 - Seven Hundred And Nine: Deborah -2 (2/2)

His grip was tight around her and she couldn't break out of his hold no matter how much she tried. So Deborah did the only thing that came to mind, she grabbed the hot soup on the table and poured it on him.

While he howled in pain, she took that opportunity to escape for her life. Deborah never returned home that night and contemplated going to the hospital and telling her mother everything.

But then she couldn't, she knew how much stress her mother was undergoing because of her sister's illness, and would she believe her anyway? Would her mother believe that her husband, her step-father was making advances on her? Not to mention the fact that their relationship wasn't that great anyway.

That night, she slept at a kind neighbor's place and the next day onwards chose to sleep at the hospital where she felt safer. Her mother noticed the changes and questioned her, Deborah lied to her. This was not the time and setting to tell her of her husband's actions.

For almost a month, Deborah didn't sleep at home and was much happier spending time with her sister Opal, who was finally scheduled for surgery - thankfully, she didn't have to worry about school because she had graduated from high school. That allowed her mother to return home and spend time with her husband.

Finally, Deborah went home and to her relief, her step-father changed. It seems that her mother returning home was a good thing because it somehow brought him back to normal and they went back to their previous step-father and daughter relationship - although it was somewhat awkward.

No matter what, no one was going to delete whatever happened between them. Even though everything went back to normal, Deborah was still cautious and she became tense again when her mother resumed sleeping at the hospital.

Contrary to her fears, it seems that her step-father finally changed because he didn't try anything funny with her or so she thought. Who knew that the man had been nothing but a patient panther waiting for the right time to strike and he did it that night.

Deborah was so relaxed that she forgot to lock her door that night and the devil struck. He tried to force himself on her but she struggled and somehow grasped the water jar on her side and hit him hard on the head.

She thought her step-father would go after her but the man remained limb on the bed and that was when she realized that he was not moving and bled profusely from the head.

Deborah had no choice but to raise an alarm where the ambulance was called by neighbors and her stepfather was taken to the hospital. And that was the point where everything came into the limelight.

Her mother had been furious and even when Deborah narrated to her that her husband nearly raped her, the woman didn't believe her. Her mother continued to rain assaults on her with words claiming that she was just like her father Niklaus and had come to ruin her marriage!

That night, Deborah received the truth she had been wanting to hear all her life. Her father was alive all this while and she knew him as well?!

The Spencer group was a huge conglomerate with several subsidiaries and she often saw Niklaus on televisions either giving a speech or receiving an award. That man was her father?! It shocked her to the core.

Hope reignited in Deborah's heart and she thought somehow that things would change once he knew about her existence. So she ran away from home with the hope of making her existence known to her father. He would take her in and give her a different life from the one she grew in.

But then the reality was far from her imagination and even after a year, Deborah couldn't get close to her father. The man was high profile and always surrounded by his security details.

It was not easy for Deborah, she had lived off the street and could only afford a batcher house with a friend she made after months of doing menial jobs.

However, luck finally shone on her face and she got a job at Spencer groups headquarter as a cleaner. It was a huge miracle because she got to see Niklaus come and go to work often and there were huge chances of her telling him of her existence.

But then, it was easier said than done, each time Deborah got close to grabbing his attention, she would lose her courage and end up only wishing him a nice day. This continued until one day, she made up her mind.. It was time for her father to know the truth.