Chapter 73

• MEL's POV
• She stared at the mirror in her bathroom, the rage filling her up, when had she become this strange person standing before her, when had the rich and powerful Mel fallen.
• Amelia made a sacrifice, she always repeated to herself, Amelia had gone in her place, she had sacrificed for her, then why did she feel this burning resentment and hate, she remembered the day she cried to Amelia for a solution and Amelia came up with one, they had always been best friends, they had always loved each other and Amelia was willing to destroy her own life, she was willing to sacrifice, all for her, all for the stupid love that she thought she had. her father had been right, Jacob was no good, when he had told her over and over again she had ignored him, what she felt for Jacob wasn't love, she later understood, it was an obessession, she placed an Imaginary person in her mind for so long and Jacob had been the perfect man to fill the space, she never looked deep into his flaws, she never once talked to him about his lifestyle, she wanted for the first time in her life to do something different, it was like her whole life was a moving circle, she wanted to change things and Jacob had given her the freedom she needed, little did she know that he wasn't who he had made her believe he was, he had only been with her for the money, he was never sick in the hospital as she had lied to Amelia, she had actually thought that what he felt for her was love, then it looked so true, that was before he discovered her father was dead, he had still sticked to her till she told him about the news and plan with Amelia, then everything changed, Jacob wasn't the loving boyfriend, he was always drunk, calling her useless for being broke, then the beating started. Little by little she drifted into his way of alcohol and drugs, her father had warned her but she never listened, she thought those were words of an old man, she was young and vibrant, she wanted to live life but this was were it landed her. Alone, broke and an addict. She had to pressure Amelia for the two million dollars, she had learnt that all Jacob wanted was money, still yet, she stuck to him, the obession only growing worse and he knew it, he knew she wouldn't be able to leave him and so he began treating her like crap, but then she told him about the money Amelia was about to send and he was back to the Jacob she knew, she was so desperate for that Jacob, she had planned that they would both travel out of the country, she planned that they would make a life together and she had slept that night with the thoughts only to wake up in the morning to see that Jacob was gone and he had stolen the money, she was left abandoned and that's when she began envying Amelia more, she should have been the one there, if she had listen to her father, her father knew what would have been better for her and he gave it to her but she threw it away, thinking Amelia was doing her a favour, if she knew that this was what sh would become in the next few months then she would have endured the loveless marriage, she didn't mind that, she could even grow to love, she couldn't blame Amelia for her misery but she wanted that postion Amelia occupied in Xavier's wealth, her name was all over and this was just the beginning, that space had belonged to her, she was the real Amelia, she deserved to live a better life.