Fuming in anger, Hazel finally reached her room. She took off her jacket lazily and then kept her winning helmet in the cupboard in a safe place.

She laid on the bed lazily without even bothering to take a shower and frowned when she touched her bruised face, “Ahh… F**k, Randy.”

She cursed Randy and then tried to fall asleep, tonight was a tough night for her but victorious too.

****

“What the hell have you done to your face?” Michael shouted at top of his lungs when he noticed Hazel’s bruised face. Not that he is worried for her but he was frightened that Hazel might use these bruises against him and his wife, Betty.

Although Hazel didn’t want to join them at the breakfast table but her stomach growled so badly that she didn’t have a choice but to go down to fill her starving stomach.

And as she had just taken the first bite of croissant, her father had started bursting her eardrum.

“Ahhh… are you planning to explode my eardrums, father?” Hazel asked Michael displeasingly. Not showing any respect or fear to her father.

“Disgrace, this woman is only a disgrace.” Michael spat in rage.

“Mind your tongue, son. This woman has your blood in her veins.” A scolding voice comes over from behind as the granny comes over with a maid pushing her wheelchair towards the dining table.

Hazel knew she had gotten badly bruised as her body stiffened after listening to her granny’s voice and she started praying that she won’t call her but as expected she did.

“Hazel?”

Hazel turned and granny looked at her in shock. She has terribly bruised her face, idiot girl. She was on the verge to scold her but then noticing her son’s gaze on her, she changed her tone.

“Hazel, dear, what have you been doing? Still taking swings like a child…” She said with extreme sweetness and then got closer to her, she touched her hair showing affection as she knew her son and daughter-in-law are watching her intently and then secretly she twisted her ear that got hidden by her messy hair.

“Ouch…” Hazel squealed in pain.

“See, you always hurt yourself like this, such a fool.” She let go of her ear and her eyes were throwing daggers at her while her son scoffed at both of their faking affection and concern in front of him.

He knew how she got those bruises, he knew it all.

“Albert…” Michael shouted calling Albert, the butler of the house and he appeared instantly.

“Change the garage lock.” He ordered this is the third time in the month that he had asked to change the lock of the garage but still every time somehow Hazel was able to take out her motorbike from the garage.

Hazel rolled her eyes at her father’s failed attempts while Michael started to fume furiously and his breathing started to get irregular. Taking this fine opportunity, his wife, Betty immediately jumped in to calm him down maintaining her act of a good housewife.

“Darling, calm down. Hazel is still a child.”

Her words made both the women sneered in unison and Betty tried her best to control her wrath. She had to stay good in front of her husband after all.

“Mom, Dad… What happened?” An anxious voice came over as Sandy joined the table with Bennett beside her.

“Nothing dear, except your sister who else can trouble your father,” Betty told her in a soft and helpless voice and Sandy’s eyes fell on Hazel with hatred but as Bennett was beside her she couldn’t show her disgust to her.

“OH MY GOD, what happened to you?” Sandy faked a cry of surprise, actually, she knew very well of Hazel’s nature how she would sneak out late at night and then come back with bruises but this time her bruises were pretty bad as compared to the last time.

“Fell into a bowl of milk,” Hazel replied with a sarcastic smile and Sandy shrugged with embarrassment as she knew what she referred to as milk. Her skin turned red from the anger but because of Bennett’s presence, she wasn’t able to pull out her tongue and then chop it into multiple pieces.

She groaned inwardly trying to calm herself while the man beside her had already taken his place and started eating calmly while stifling a smile, he never knew that his days in Michael's villa would be that much interesting.

First a drowning innocent bride, then a tough biker, and now a bruised girl.

Hah, all in one night.

Sandy took her place beside Bennett and started to eat but just when Hazel stretched her hand to take a piece of bread she picked up the basket and kept it far from her. Hazel noticed everything she was doing while granny asked her to keep her calm with her eyes but Hazel is nowhere to tolerate a bully and that too from Sandy.

She angrily picked up the pepper and then started to sprinkle it onto Sandy’s plate, “What are you doing?” Sandy asked, confused.

“Oh, nothing just showing you how frustrated it feels when someone pokes into someone’s matter.” She told her bluntly.

Everyone looked at her confused while Sandy understood clearly what she meant. “Dad, look sister has spoiled my breakfast.” She complained with trembling lips and red eyes.

Michael was already furious at Hazel as he threw his napkin on the table and then demanded, “Apologize.”

Hazel looked at her father with a firm gaze asking, “For what?”

“For hurting Sandy.” Her father emphasized and Hazel frowned deeply.

Her granny stayed quiet and then held her hand, her eyes pleading to not make any scene. After all, she knew well that whatever will happen Hazel would always stay at loss but Hazel, as usual, showed her rebellious nature as she took a deep breath and then picked up her cup of tea.

“I am very sorry Sandy that I have hurt you.” She had just finished her words and granny had just let out a breath of sigh while Sandy’s lips were curving into a victorious smile when Hazel poured the hot tea at the back of her hand making her squeal in pain.

“Ahhh.”

“Now, you’re hurt.” Hazel scoffed and Michael’s thread of anger had banished as he stood up and landed a heavy slap on Hazel’s face.

PAA

“Useless woman, first you killed your mother and now you want to kill your sister too.” His words were filled with venom but Hazel was stubborn to back off, “If you had taken good care of her she wouldn’t have died and I would be rotting my life here with these two, ugly mother and daughter.”

She glanced at Betty and Sandy with hatred and again Michael raised his hand to shut her down.

“Uncle, please stop.” Bennet interrupted their heated argument and Michael had no choice but to withdraw his hand not that he cared about Bennett but instead he cared for his business.

Bennett Jackson is not only the boyfriend of his daughter but also the last hope to stable his business. He can’t make him unhappy at this critical moment when he is desperately dependent on him.

He had thought that Hazel’s marriage would bring the profit but now after Hazel’s act to cancel her marriage, his only hope is Bennett.

It was because of Bennett he is letting go of Hazel otherwise today he would have beaten her black and blue.

“Bennett, son, this woman needs to be disciplined. Didn’t you see what she had done yesterday and look at her now. She is a mess.” Michael said with disdain while pointing at Hazel who is still eating her breakfast shamelessly.

Why would she feel embarrassed, it wasn't the first time her father hit her because of Sandy but at least she was also able to take her revenge on her.

Alas.

She smirked evilly inside her mind and noticing the change her granny hit her foot hard with her wheelchair.

“Granny…” She scowled in return.

“My money??” Granny asked her in a low whisper and Hazel gulped nervously, “I lost.”

Granny looked at her in disbelief and then said unhappily, “I have raised a Loser.”

Hazel chuckled when she looked at the unhappy face of her granny and just then a loud roar was heard startling her, “Hazel.”

“What?” She responded.

“You are going with Sandy to the hospital.” Her father announced, making her eyes widen in shock.

ALAS !!!