Waking up I realized that I was back at my eldest brothers penthouse when I could hear distinctive voices.. So I followed the sound and step into the main lounge with a woman berating my brother. "Ahh hello," I spoke as made my way towards the kitchen "Young madam your awake," a familiar voice sounded to my side and when I turned around and came face to face with my father's personal butler "G, you got old," I said excitedly as I launched myself at him " I missed you," I said on a sniffle as I hugged him tightly "Young madam, we missed you too, I am here to collect you as your father is trying to maintain his cool and not beat your husband to a pulp right now," he soothed as I couldn't help the tears that ran down my face "Should of seen her G, she was a boss, pummeled the asshole and his tramp," my eldest brother Sebastian spoke very proud by the sounds of it.
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I felt myself pulled away from him as he surveyed me up and down "Not a scratch?," he mused as he check for physical marks but I had none "Just my hands," I spoke as I flipped them around and they were bruised but not bloodied or swollen so that was a good sign "I gotta say Kaye, you done a number on them ," my eldest brother spoke as he attended to my hands while G brought my breakfast.
"Who is this lady? I asked as I noticed her standing there with a sullen face "This is my secretary Nicole Roman," he spoke when I sat there running her name through my brain "Do we know her from somewhere besides now?," I questioned my brother as I stepped in her direction "Your awake," I heard another person speak as I looked up to my second eldest brother Max making his way down the stairs in our direction "My hands are sore, and someone was screeching that woke me up," I answered as I continued to stare at her "I know her from somewhere?," I spoke looking a G who got the hint and pulled up his phone handing it to me as I looked at the information then back at her then back to the rest of the information.
Stepping towards her I stared directly at her and looked her up and down. I was getting a sense from her that she knew me but I couldn't place where I had seen her "May I ask who you are madam?," she asked staring at me challenging before taking a step closer "I am Kara Ross about to return to Kara Rayne," I spoke as I saw her eyes widen in recognition before I walked back to where G had set my breakfast up "We will leave after my breakfast G, I miss my parents and haven't seen my family in a couple of years." I spoke as I tucked into my food "Might need to give the other four a heads up that your injured before they sneak attack you," Sebastian spoke before Max started laughing "From what I saw yesterday she has some more pent up, it might be safer for the boys to let her work it out before her divorce proceedings or she might kill the hussy," max reasoned as the two males nodded.
"G I need you to get the ball rolling and get my divorced drawn up. Do it with father so he is aware of my predicament.," I said as I drank the last of my coffee before standing up and hugging my eldest brother Sebastian first before turning to my second eldest brother Maxx before following G out the door and in to the car before heading back to my parents estate on the outskirt of the city.
The drive home was silent as I basked in the sun, I had been trapped in my loveless marriage and my soulless house that I had become desolute. I will rest for a few days before I finish what I need to do to be divorced as soon as possible. Arriving at the mansion I sat in the car for a minute as my hand started to hurt now that the medicine had worn off and I was having trouble moving them at all. When G had noticed my expression was of pain and quickly hopped out making his way to my door as he opened it and quickly applied ointment before wrapping them individually. "I don't remember it ever hurting like this before," I teased as the pain disappeared "Cause you were always getting into it with your brothers so often it became a part of you but it has been so long since you have been hurt like this young madam," G spoke as he softly pulled me from the car "My mother is gonna freak out, but it was worth it. The physical pain has dulled the emotional pain that I endured. Please G do my papers and fast I want to be done by the end of the month," I spoke without noticing a figure staring in my direction as I walked up the stairs, looking at the state of my hands.
Entering the house I made my way to the main area where my family would be and walked in and noticed that my family had visitors when I entered making a bee line to my parents "Kara what the hell happened," my mother screeched as her and my father took in the sight of me "I'm okay I just grazed my knuckles, sorry to interrupt you in the middle of your guest," I spoke as my parents stood up and inspected me the same way that G did when he seen me.
"Why are your hands wrapped?," my father enquired when they took in both my hands wrapped "I grazed the skin off pàpà and it started to hurt when we arrived, so G tended to them before we came in.I will be fine in a few days," I spoke when I was embraced by both my parents "I'm glad your home, your room is ready," my mother spoke as I nodded turning to their guest and greeting them "Hello welcome to our home, sorry for my abrupt presences, hope you all enjoy your time here," I spoke as I walked out of the main area and up the stairs to my Quarters.
Arriving to my part of the house, I took note of the photos on the entrance that I stopped and took note of my past memories that I shared with Layton in our earlier years. Slowly removing the frames I flicked them off the wall that had Layton in them. I had him in every single frame that was on the wall. That mad me angry that even after it hit the floor I stomped on them all leaving the scattered pieces there as I entered my room shutting the door behind me.
When my emotions finally caught up to me and I balled my eyes out. The loss of my husband just crushed my entire belief in life and I had to let it out as I cried against my door trying to keep my sobs to a minimum as my family had visitors down stairs. The loneliness, the neglect, the familiar warmth that I was use to all poured out of me as I sobbed my heart out over my failed marriage.
As I lay against my door I knew I had to get up and dragged myself to the bathroom where my mother had run me a hot bath. I stripped my clothes off and slowly submerged my aching body into the bath. I lay there reflecting on my past with Layton where I let him do that to me without saying anything. I let him do what he wanted as it made him happy and he got so used to me always doing him first that I forgot about me.
I forgot who I was before I met him. The aspirations I had as a child , the ambition and the drive I once had. I always seemed to fight against one person in school who I thought was my match and I challenged him throughout school until graduation. He went abroad to turn his family company internationally while I met and later married Layton. I thought back on all the years I had forgotten what was important to me and that I fought my family over him as he never really cared to know about my background or whether I had anything enough to interest him to want to find out but again that never happened and somehow I was okay with that.
He showered me with attention, with his body and his mind. He got so use to it that whenever I met with my family I never stayed long enough as he would always want me home, always needed me within touching distance, always needed to be crowding my space that I usually only visited my family on days I knew I could spend as much time there but that hadn't happened on the last year as I started isolating myself away from them because I was confused at what was happening. What was real and what he would tell me.
I realized my water was cold and my bandages are wet, so I removed them before draining it out, turning on the shower and having a nice hot shower. Washing all the events off me and being careful of my injured knuckles. So after I finished, I stepped out of the shower, towel drying my body before putting on my robe that was behind the door before walking out to my room heading to my walk in closet.
Selecting a thermal pants and long sleeve to go under my daffy duck onesie. As I added some fluffy shocks while tossing the towel on my head in the basket before stepping back into my room to sit at my vanity to blow dry my hair. The door was opened and a head popped in and I saw the smile of my youngest Brother Tori, "Your home," he breathed slowly before coming in and shutting the door, before it was quickly opened again and three more heads popped in glaring at the youngest standing there staring at me. "Surprise," I spoke as I stood up with my arms opened when the youngest was the first to close the distance " Are you home for good," Tori asked as he let go. "Yes I am," I answered.
My third eldest brother Jason stepped forward as he glared at the youngest "Forgot we were behind you?," he said as he pulled me towards him hugging the hell outta me "Welcome home," he said as he stepped back before my brother after me Jared stepped forward and gave me a hug "You all are home?," I asked as I hugged and kissed them all especially since my second youngest brother Ace stepped towards me to hug me, " We are really sorry about what happened," he spoke as I rested my head on his shoulder "Me too. I beat his ass and his monkey too and I hurt my hands because I was furious," I said as I showed them my injuries and heard them all hiss as my hands were severely injured.
"What the hell," Tori was the first to talk as I stared at him with a proud smile "I beat her unconscious," I laughed as I was proud about it. "I'm getting divorced, so I am moving home," I spoke as Jason went to fetch the first aid kit in my bathroom while the other three interrogated me. "Are you sure you want a divorce?," Jared asked "It's alright if you need time sis, don't stress too much," Ace said as he brought over a bag and some cleaning solutions for Jason to clean the area with.
"He deserve what he's about to receive," I spat as I hissed from the pain of the solution "I would have forgave him six months ago but last night just tipped me over the edge and there ain't no way in hell will I take his sorry ass back," I said hissing at the pain on the other hand. "Your hands are really injured," Tori spoke as I nodded, "Should of got me on camera I was a badass, this was so worth it," I praised proudly before I hissing again at the pain that throbbing through my hands. "Get some pain killers, it's starting to throb," I said as i tried enduring the heat of my wounds as Jason quickly added the savlon ointment to the injuries to dull the ache.
When Ace came back in carrying a tall glass of juice and two pills in his hand. He took in my face trying to withstand the pain of the ointment being smothered on, he quickly fed them to me while producing a straw inside the glass for me to drink much easier. Within a few minutes later the throbbing on my hands started to go number and the palms of my hands were slowly uncurling.
"I am stripping every ounce of his presence from my life as you all saw from the broken frames in the hallways. I will clean it later," I shrugged as we all made ourselves comfortable. "We got you, till the wheels fall off," Jared spoke when Jason interjected "They just did, we need to throw the entire car away now," he teased as we all laughed and talked until I drifted off to sleep surrounded by my siblings.
Waking up I found that my parents were in my room casually sitting at my coffee table "Morning," I spoke as I yawned "Morning my baby," my mother greeted as her and my father turned to face me. "Do you want to talk about with us?," my father asked as both looked quite cosy. "I'm divorcing my husband, and in case they press charges I attack Layton and his mistress Natasha," I spoke as I snuggled into my blanket. "Is that why your hands are hurt?," my father asked again as he surveyed me as I was huddled in my blanket.
"Do you think you both could reconsider?," my mother asked as they both stared at me silently. "No I can't stand him, my love for him turned to dust that I can't even have him touch now I just want to mutilate him," I spat with so much hatred. "I know he will refuse but I had him investigated for solid proof. That's when my feelings shifted and instead of feeling like an abandoned wife, I just abandoned my wifely duties and just focused on myself. The icing on the cake, he came home last night, covered in bite marks, love bites and scratches that he said he could explain," I said as I pulled the blanket tighter around me.
"Did he have a good response at least?," my mother questioned with a frown, as I laughed "He said he got a cupping massage with hot stones," I said cracking up laughing at his explanation. "My investigator has been trailing him for nearly a year," I said as I pulled down the covers after taking a big breath and letting it out "I am divorcing the scum bag today," I spoke as sat up facing my father, "Did you draw up my divorce papers daddy?," I asked as he proceeded to pick up some papers "This is iron clad so that he can't touch anything of yours and I relinquished your rights to his stuff as part of a fast proceeding from here on out," my father spoke as he passed the papers to me to read and when I found that it was suitable I signed my name and gave it back to my father.
"I will get his driver to pass it to him," I laughed as I was already in a good mood after talking to my parents. "I'm gonna move back in," I spoke as I moved to the end of my bed staring at them both, when my mother had a sly look on her face, "Your an adult so you have to pay board," my mother mused when my father head snapped in her direction, "The three eldest boys paid for their extensions," she spoke as my father just stared at her, "That's okay, I earn enough, so how much is it?," I questioned as my mother looked at me and said "Fifteen hundred a month, which is $375 a week. That's pays for the water, power, landline and wifi.," my mother rattled off as I nodded "Sounds fair to me," I answered satisfied with that, "Food is your own contribution that you have to buy your own groceries if you want something different than what is already here, and every Sunday is family dinner in the dining area on the big table so you have to bring one main dish and a dessert," my mother added, the look my father was giving her was a stunned fish opening and closing his mouth with nothing coming out "Do you agree Kara?," my mother asked as I looked at her and nodded, "I'm okay , it's quite reasonable màmà, then it's settled. Any objections pàpà?," I asked as he looked even more shocked, that I stared at my mother questioning and all she did was shrug her shoulders before my father spoke, "No objections on my end, your mother will send you the bill account you need to pay.," my father spoke as he got up, kissed my forehead before heading out as my mother sat there smiling that I finally moved from my bed to sit at the coffee table with her.
"I know your hurt, so we are all here for you. We will only give you a day or two before the normalcy returns.," my mother said as she gave me a hug as she served me breakfast. It has been too long since I had been home, the way my family has loved me all my life that I can't believe I let my stupidity do that to my family. Layton always came first, I put him before myself, before my family, before my dreams and aspirations. I devoted every waking moment to ensure his future yet mine fell to waist side, so now I am going to ensure that I go get my dream.
Catching up with my mother had been way over due. I hadnt really seen or spoken to my mother in two years, due to what I was trying to make sense of. My brothers had always comforted me whenever I was feeling some type of way that I knew they would pick up on something bothering me. "You deserve more than what he can give you and I want you too go get it," my mother spoke as she got up and let me get ready for my busy week a head.
I showered and dressed for the day. I wore my white champion track pants, white champion tshirt and white hoodie. Paired with white air force ones, gold studded earrings and gold thick chain to complete my look.