In the underground basement.
" You old woman, you stink too much, can you just die so that atleast we get rid of you and your stink" Thomas said to Helen as the foul smell of Helen hit his nostrils.
" Shut up you fool, as if you are any better, you also stink alot, you haven't bathed for a week now, and you stink like a dead animal" Helen snapped back at him.
Kaida just watched the two argue non stop all the time. When they are facing punishment, they cry and wail, but the moment they are alone they start bickering at eachother.
Helen had lost all her nails and her front teeths, and hadn't taken a bath even once since she was bought here, the stink of her excretion and urine are so bad that if they haven't been living with it they would probably be throwing up.
As for Thomas, his pride as a man is shattered but his arrogance is as stiff as a rod. I was the cleanest out of them all, I was allowed to bath everyday and change after 3 days, I have proper meal and clean water, and my own punishment is cleaning the basement everyday and 50 strokes of cane.
With this time I had learned a lot, I was away from the world, with just the people I once loved and prioritized and I can now see how fake and shallow their love was. I had also realized the desire for worldly things often led someone into a trap they once set for others.
But most importantly, I learned to never hate someone just because their life seems more perfect than yours, none of us had the power to design their lives , I no longer hate Aria but I rather respect her, for forgiving me despite all I did to her.
I thought her life was more perfect but only God knew what he had actually planned for her, her seemly perfect life was meant to be destroyed, her mother killed, she was cheated and humiliated, her father mistreated.
Her life was only meant to be perfect for a while and she had no control of what happened, so why should I keep hating her for that.
" Can you two please keep quiet, you are giving me a headache" Kaida said with irritation. " Oh wow, the princess finally spoke up, I thought she can't speak anymore" Thomas said with a hint of taunting.
" A princess or a curse, I was busy enjoying my life happily , but that Aria girl had to drag me down to this hell, I curse her life, she would never be happy" Helen said with a spat.
" Momz you better keep your curse to yourself, it's just going to work on her okay, you are just paying the price of your deeds" Kaida said to her mom with disaddain.
" Oh hello, keep quiet, no one asked for your opinion, you are the bane of my existence, I wished I had killed you" Helen said angrily.
" I agree am cursed, cursed to have such a mother like you, you disgust me, you led me on the path of evil and now busy whining about your fate. You are the backbone of all evil in my life" kaida retorted.
" Oh shut up, my sweet son is a 100 times better than you. You are the root of all bad things in my life you evil witch" Helen shouted.
" What son, where did you get a son from" kaida asked in confusion.
" Did you think you are my only child, am not that cursed okay. I have a sweet son, who is good and takes care of his mother, unlike you who can't even take a punishment on her mother Ms behalf" Helen said turning her head to the side and spitting.
" Oh wow, then am sure he has a good life since you weren't the one to raise him. And why should I take the punishment on your behalf, you are the mother, a mother is said to be willing to take on any pain for her child's sake, but you want your daughter to carry the burden of your sins. No I won't, let's all face the consequences of the crimes we committed" kaida said with a straight face.
" Hey you aren't any saint and you know that, just because Aria loves you too much and decide to pardon you, you feel you are a better person, not at all you are just like us, a bad person" Thomas said.
" Yes, am a bad person, but am better than you two. Atleast I have the courage to accept my deeds and take steps to change myself, while you both are just crying over your destinys. Yes am bad, but the only person I hurted in my life was Aria, because i was jealous of her"
" My ilicit relationship, only implicated me, my fake friends only implicated me. I did all that for the money and fame, little did I know that all of you aren't worth it, maybe if I waited for the right time, I would have gotten what I deserved".
" What about you Thomas, you twice bit the hands that fed you, be it the woods family or Aria. You raped and you killed which are all punishable offenses not to start mentioning them all".
" As for you mom, no sorry not mom, Ms Helen, you killed an innocent woman to marry her husband, you plotted her daughters downfall, and you maltreated and dehumanized the man you claim to love, do you think you deserve forgiveness"
" No, not at all, people like both of you are the types that would never reform and deserve to rot in hell" kaida said with spite and anger
Helen and Thomas wanted to retaliate, but they knew it in their hearts that what kaida said was the truth hence the truth hence they kept quite, Kaida continued singing to herself.
After been here, with no friends, no internet, no source of entertainment, just fights between helen and Thomas, silence or screams from punishment, she had started singing and realized that she had a talent for music she never knew about.