Lovely Little Lies by Travis Szablewski

Author:Travis Szablewski [Szablewski, Travis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-07T22:00:00+00:00

Victoria

The morning sunlight shimmered through the lace curtains covering the glass patio door as Victoria stepped into the large kitchen of her home, tying the straps of her pink silk robe around her thin waist. Victoria stopped in her tracks…as she spotted Elle sitting at the center island…eating a bowl of steaming oatmeal.

“You’re up early,” Victoria yawned as she ran her hands through her hair, pulling her fingers through the matted locks plastered against the back of her head.

“I’m meeting Claire and Molly at the lake. We’re going to go skiing,” Elle said as she stuffed the spoon between her red lips. Victoria eyed Elle as she moved around the center island, studying her curly brown hair and yellow sundress. Pink eye shadow was caked onto her eyelids and a hideous shade of blush that was much too dark for her skin tone lined her cheekbones. Too bad Eleanor died before she could properly teach this train wreck about makeup.

“Any boys?” Victoria asked as she sat down onto the barstool beside Elle.

“Why? Are you going to tell dad?”

“Why…when there are much worse things that you could tell him about me? Victoria smirked as Elle nodded. Victoria bit her lip as she placed her elbows onto the countertop, looking to Elle. “So, can I ask you a question?”

“It depends,” Elle said as she stood up from the barstool and grabbed her empty bowl, making her way towards the sink.

“Why do you want to…to kill Derek? Why do you want to kill your father?” Victoria asked as Elle stopped in front of the sink, her back to Victoria.

“I told you why,” Elle said as she placed her bowl into the sink and turned, leaning against the counter behind her…her eyes on Victoria.

“I know but…I feel like there’s more. This can’t just be about the money…about freedom.”

“Were you an only child?” Elle asked as she made her way back towards the kitchen island.

“Yes.”

“I should have known,” Elle smirked as she rested her elbows onto the island, staring at Victoria who sat across from her. “My father…loves Harlan; he adores him. Ever since I was born, he made it abundantly clear that he wanted another boy…another son. My father loves Harlan in a way that he will never love me. It’s always been about him, Victoria. It’s ALWAYS been about Harlan. You don’t know what that feeling is like…festering inside of you for years and years. You don’t know what it’s like living with that feeling of never being good enough…of never be wanted…by your own father. It eats you alive and it doesn’t stop. No matter how many times he says “I love you” or how many times he says he cares, you hear that hesitation in his voice; you hear the resentment laced in every single word…every lie that slips out of his mouth. He’s never loved me the way a father should…and he never will, Victoria. There’s a void between the two of us…a void that I won’t ever be able to fill…because there’s not enough room for me.

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