What Lies Beneath

all over her body. She wondered what had ha

ounded at

person knocking as the maid,

d you go to his study." Mary said and left the roo

e of Lisa. Not that Lisa could blame her though esp

ually happened and why had the girl come after her. She tri

up. She took a shower and changed out of the hideous pink dress which s

this forgetting to get dressed, he had frowned on her behaviour sp

ck skirt with white long sleeves

tyle. If only she was given the opportunity to pick out he

taying in a house where she was constantly subjected to abuse. Maybe not physica

ike her and would want nothing more than to get rid of her but he made sure she was found that day. He was so annoye

mes, she wondered why she kept all her feelings bottled in. She should

t surprised to find her stepmother seated on the only couch in the room. As usual her dress was

side of the table facing him. She knew better than to

t the gathering yesterday." He said t

her father grew. He was at the party the previous night and knew what had happened but he was

u are talking about s

lay dumb with me.

ave friends to talk to. Friends who wanted to be friends with her not because she was an Ackerman but because she was someone they wanted to get to know. Someone who intere

ehave yourself. What do you think peopl

at sickly voice of hers. Lisa fought the urg

st let her be. They should have just dumped her in an orphanage. At leas

y disgraced yourself out there

al family would ask what had made her paranoid and try to see reason

Lisa said with

ad committed a grave sin. That was t

ins but with every passing day I wonder if that bitch had lie

ed her to sleep with him even when she had refused. He was also the cause of her mother's death but Everytime he talked about her it was like s

ld do, they thought it was better to keep her in this hole. Her stepmother made sure Lisa knew how much she hated her ev

ht was outrageous." Her stepmother said in her sickl

o see a psychiatrist." Lisa

d happened yesterday.

omething

scream?" Her step

ver seen. She was strange and she

r father said with a

aid addressing her in that way Lisa hated. Anytime they were in the pre

I assure you I'm fine. I know

t. I'm sending you to a boarding school. You wou

She did not know if she should be h

g time in this hell of a palace while on the other hand she feared

ng to make you a true Ackerman. She will train you and by the time you come back I expe

e had just the senior year left but she woul not put it pa

s. You leave this evening so go and pack your things. A uniform has been prepared for you. You

already had a uniform prepared for her but she could care le

a quick nap when her st

ho wondered what her stepmother was actually doing here. Was it just to tell her to appreciate her fath

." Lisa sa

ear voices at night. Birds hooting inside this mansion and

why she had not been added to her hate list a long time ago. Her stepmother

you kept on pointing at Tommy. You made that scene yeste

ain. What did her step mother think she was? If she wanted to make a scene it would have bee

I know what I saw yesterday." Lisa said to

at a loss of what to say, she tur

t to herself as she lay d