Chapter 15: Chapter 15

Winter's POV

As soon as I stepped inside the house, I saw Matthew wiping his suit with a handkerchief.

"What are you doing?" I asked him.

"O-Oh, you're already here. Welcome home, Winter. By the way, your parents and sister are---

"A married woman like you shouldn't take this long outside."

I suddenly saw mom and dad, together with their favorite child.

"What are you doing here?" I asked.

"We just wanted to know how you are doing." mom said.

I rolled my eyes. "Too bad I'm still alive."

"Winter, you shouldn't talk like that to mom." Summer said to me.

"Whatever. Can you leave now? I'm already tired. I'm heading to my room now."

I was about to continue walking when I suddenly felt something hard hit my back. As I turned around, I saw the Chanel bag of my mom lying on the floor.

"How can you talk to me like that?! You never really changed, Winter! You are still an ill-mannered spoiled brat who doesn't know how to respect her parents!"

"I know that already. Yes, I am the spoiled brat you raised. The spoiled brat you can never be proud of. Now, can I finally go to my room? Thanks." I said, then I ran upstairs until I finally reached my room and locked the door.

I immediately wiped the tears from my eyes as I sat on my bed.

Why do they even have to go here when all they do is insult me and make me realize how bad of a daughter I am? Do they really have to remind me that every single time?! Why don't they just stay at their house and praise their favorite daughter every single day?!

I just took a shower and changed my clothes into pajamas, then I finally lay down on my bed.

It didn't take me long to be able to fall asleep...

Then I was in the same place once again. I was in an abandoned school when I saw a group of girls laughing while looking in the same direction. I gazed in that direction and there I saw a brunette girl crying with her body covered with blood.

I was just looking at her confusingly when all of a sudden, she raised her head and met my eyes.

"Winter? Aren't we best friends? Why did you leave me alone? Are you mad at me?"

She kept on getting closer and closer to me and my heart was beating really fast.

"Winter? Winter? Wake up, Winter!"

I woke up and opened my eyes, only for me to see Matthew sitting on my bed while looking at me.

"What is happening? Were you having bad dreams?"

I sat up and looked at him. "What are you doing here? Why are you inside my room?"

"I was just about to ask you if you want to have dinner when I heard you yelling. I got worried and asked the maids for the duplicate key."

"Get out of here. I don't need you."

"But Winter---

"Just get out of here!"

"Aren't you going to eat?"

"I'm on a diet. Can you just leave now? And don't you ever dare to step inside my room again or you're really dead."

He kept on glancing at me. I thought he would stay there just to annoy me, but then he went out and closed the door.

I stood up and walked to my little kitchen to get some water from the fridge. Then I sat on the couch to calm myself down. I suddenly noticed something peeking under my bed, so I headed there and grabbed the thing, and realized it was actually my old chest box.

I have been keeping that since I was ten years old. That is where I usually keep the things people give me back when I was a kid. I opened the chest and I saw some old things almost covered with dust like my old diaries, crumpled papers, and a teddy bear that grandpa gave me on my 7th birthday. Then I saw a crumpled photo.

For no apparent reason, my hands were shaking while straightening that up.

There I saw a photo of five kids wearing uniforms while smiling big at the camera.

The first one was a girl with bob hair doing a peace sign beside another girl who was smiling shyly. In the middle was a handsome young boy sticking his tongue out while pinching the cheek of the blond girl beside him. Then lastly, was another girl who looked as if she was forced to take a photo with them.

Its' been almost ten years now.

All of a sudden, tears started streaming down my face.

What happened back then still haunts me 'til now. I thought I would finally get over it, but I still keep on dreaming about what happened every now and then.

Then my phone started ringing, so Immediately wiped the tears from my eyes and answered the call.

"What?"

"Hello? Winter? Tomorrow will be the script reading and conference for your new movie so you need to go here early, okay? Anyway, I will just fetch you from your house."

"No, I'll just go there. Just wait for me and don't go here."

"Oh, okay. We'll just wait for you here."

I quickly hang up the phone after our conversation. I just don't want them to go here in the mansion. It's not like I don't want her to see Matthew because they already saw him and they know I am married to him already.

Just thinking about meeting Ian ruins my day already.

If only I can just ask the management to find another leading man.

But I can't do that, because he threatened me.

My fans shouldn't know about my secret.

Because if ever they find out about it, that would be my end.

And for sure, they'll just end up hating me. Just like how everyone around me does. I won't have anyone anymore.