Rose was sleeping in her room.
She woke up and stretched and opened her eyes and screamed in horror.
"I am sorry. I didn't mean to scare you" said a girl standing in her room.
"What the fuck? Who are you?" Asked Rose.
"Hi. My name is Katrina. I am here to be your assistant" said Katrina.
"Assistant? Why would I need an assistant?" Asked Rose.
"Well, you are a Devonte. And all Devonte's have a personal security guard and an assistant" said, Katrina.
"What will you be assisting me with?" Asked Rose standing up from the bed.
"I'll be with you all the time personally or on the back of your call. Anything you want I'll do it for you" said, Katrina.
Rose narrowed her eyes to her and asked: "what if I want you to kill someone?"
"I'll do it. Only you have to sign a paper which says that it was your plan to kill the person. I only pulled the trigger" said Katrina.
"Hmm. I like you. You're hired. Now I don't need your assistance in the bathroom so you stay here" said Rose and walked in the bathroom.
Rose reached the psychiatrist's clinic at noon and found Ermanno there.
"Hey hubby, what are you doing here?" Asked Rose.
"I came here to share the session with you." Said Ermanno.
"Why? Wait.. you want to get better?" Asked Rose.
"Yes. Unlike you, I do care of the baby and want to be better for it" said Ermanno and looked at Katrina behind Rose.
"Hubby meet my new assistant. She is pretty right? We should totally involve her in our sexual games and have a threesome" said Rose hugging Ermanno.
Katrina raised her eyebrows and looked at Ermanno.
Ermanno smiled and said "I don't want pretty girls. I only want you"
"Aww.. wait, what?" Said Rose realising what Ermanno said and Ermanno laughed and said "come, Mio Rosa, let's get better"The session was as Ermanno expected full of water work and her accusing him of beating her up.
"What do you say to all this Mr Devonte?" Asked the doctor.
"How about I tell how I really feel but not of the recent incident but of what I did a long time back," said Ermanno and after the doctor told him to continue he said "I saw Rose when she was 10. I liked that little girl. Everything about her fascinated me. I wanted to be near her and never thought about the law or had any bad intentions like having sex with her. All I wanted to do was hang out with her. Play her little games and listen to her talk about her stuffies. That's all I wanted. As she grew older like 12, I may have crossed a line by getting a little more comfortable with her like holding her hand, making her sit close to me, smelling her hair, wanting to hug her all the time. I know it's wrong if I think about it now but I did do a sin of kissing her lips and walking into her room when she was sleeping and would hug her all night." Ermanno paused and continued "I know now how wrong I was. I was a young adult myself and being open about sex at that age and being trained in BDSM, all these small touches didn't really matter to me. I had done a lot of sex and things with girls during my training. So for me being close to rose.. being close to the 10 or 12 year old Rose didn't look like a big deal. But now I have come to realise that what looked probably nothing to me meant a lot to that little girl. I can clearly see the impact my behaviour put on Rose's mental health.
I was immature, inconsiderate, selfish and power-driven by my family's name that I thought I can get away with everything. And to an extent, I did get away with it. But I want to own up to my mistakes now. I know I can't change the past but I am tired of fighting myself. I told my father about everything and he made me realise that everyone has this one person in their life that is meant for them. It's just that I met my soulmate early. And because I was a complete self-centred idiot I freaked out and messed up everything."Rose sat there listening to Ermanno and wanted to believe everything he said 'but what about what Sofia said' thought Rose.
"You had a lot to say, Mr Devonte. Do you feel light now" asked the doctor?
"Very. Accepting what you are is the first step for inner peace. That's what my father said. I accept myself now. I fell in love with 10-year-old and want to love her till she is 100 years old" said Ermanno looking at Rose.Rose had tears in her eyes but had hidden anger clearly visible.
"How do you feel about his confession Mrs Devonte?" Asked the doctor.
Rose looked at the doctor and said "I feel splendid. I mean ufff... He said it all. So what next? I become the villain who doesn't accept his sorry? I guess I will stick to be that villain who doesn't give a shit about his feelings." She then looked at Ermanno and continued " You fucked me up bad Ermanno. I had no one. NO ONE. You left a child helpless in her own fear. I was scared of you. I was scared that you would someday rape me. The things Sofia told me that you could do to me still haunt me. Do you know Sofia showed me porn at the age of 12 and told me soon you would do all that to me? She used to beat me up before but then she helped me get away from you as she cared for me. She convinced my parents to send me away. And when I came back I tried to stay away from you but you stalked me. Do you think I didn't know when you would sit outside my school in your expensive car? Sofia showed me the video where you climbed on me when I was 14. You were holding my shorts to remove them. Sofia told me that if she didn't come in you would have raped me. If you think I will forgive you for all that. Then no. I won't forgive you" "I see the problem here and we need to bring in the person responsible for messing with both your lives." Said the doctor.
Ermanno and Rose asked who?
"Sofia. We need to bring Sofia in to settle your dispute" said the doctor.