What is all this?, How am I experiencing all this happen in a single day?, Just my first visit to the family of my future husband and everything has turned upside down, from head to toe. I can't really believe that this is happening, I can't believe my eyes, can't believe that I am watching this, as well as the other members of the family all around the environment.
I have that guilt in my heart that I was the one who caused all this, had I decided to stay on my own and go look for Liam myself, would all this be happening?.
Liam was carrying out another punishment, and this time, all of us were present. Maya was in tears, getting lashed for the sins of her husband. I just can't understand this madness, I just can't put everything together in place, all this is freaking me out and I can't really understand the feeling washing through me.
Like Mrs Jennifer said before the punishment is being carried out, she says that a Patrick would be punished for the crimes he committed towards the family, that a member of the Patrick's family is sacred, so no harm would come to them, but the person that would suffer for the crime committed by a Patrick is one who was close to him or her.
Maya was just dragged out, not knowing what was happening, they stripped her fully naked as she was tied to the pole, it was then reported that the reason for her to be punished was because Peter was watching porn, which they see as unclean in the family, like Mrs Jennifer was saying, she said that the Patrick's were purified and can't be stained with sin, so the way they're to be cleansed is my punishing the closest person to that particular individual, meaning that if Liam was to do anything now after we get married, that I'll have to go through what Maya is going through now, just so he would be cleansed, whose mentality brought upon all this foolishness?.
Tears filled my eyes, now pouring down, listening to Maya's scream of pain and agony, as she was being tortured for a crime she knew nothing about. Turning to look at Peter who already knew that his family forbids this, yet he went on to do it and ended up getting his wife into this horrible situation, it turns out that he too was staring at me, hate and anger filled his heart, like he was fucking trying to throw the blame on me for what his wife was going through.
The stare lingered between us, Maya's cry of pain still hitting my heart as strokes lands on her back. Because of Peter, she's being publicly disgraced. Wait, do they even know anything concerning disgrace?, Seeing the way Angela and Blake were stripped naked, opening the door and having pleasure, not caring about anyone coming in on them, do they really know the meaning of disgrace?, I don't know.
The thoughts made me turn towards Blake's direction, breaking the eye contact with Peter who's still definitely looking at me, blaming me for something he did. Like I wasn't surprised about it, she was staring at me, Blake, her eyes were on me just like always, like she already heard the rumor that made me the bad person, I think I am beginning to understand this, they don't want me here, they don't fucking want me here.
To give the look a finished touch, I turned towards Phillips direction, but instead of seeing a sour face, he gave me a wink, a smile on his face, I guess he's not the one that should get my last look, he's just one of the people I am still yet to decipher. I decided to take a look at Angela instead, even though I have no kind of quarrel or misunderstanding with her.
I guess I forgot to add someone in the list, Angela. Her eyes were on me, she wasn't looking happy at all, just giving me that deep stare like that of Blake's, that's when Fred caught my attention, oh God, I think she's really a missing piece in my puzzle.
Peter blames me for Maya's punishment, Blake hates my presence, but like they said, she's just depressed. Angela is now a new one of them, because I was solely the reason why Fred was also punished, and all that is happening in a single day, the day of my visit which haven't ended yet, I wonder what I'm getting myself into.
I know that things haven't been going pretty well like I did imagined, but I haven't gotten a good reason to channel my anger towards Liam, maybe I should be, he never told me all about this, he's the one making me experience this misery and hate from every member of his family, they look like they want to sting me like bee, but is still waiting for the right call, I'm now in their radar, I wonder what I'll go through when Liam commits a crime in the family rule himself.
After the flogging was done, Maya seems to be now unconscious, I know I've to be strong, clean off my tears and show this fucking people that I am not weak, I think I know exactly what is going on here, so instead of being a weak cunt, I should let them know that I'm as well Liam's woman.
They seem to have more respects towards Liam, probably because of his status and time in the Marine, so if they do respect him out of fear, they will as well get themselves to respect me too, I should get ready, I might not be a Patrick by birth, but I'll make them realize that I am still one of the Patrick's family, I'm going to be the newest member of the family and show them a part of me they should always watch out for.
“ I believe we're done here..... Peter!.... You've been forgiven, your sins have been cleansed, go and live your life with no worries....”
Mrs Jennifer confirmed, as she grabbed Mr Collins wheelchair, as she began to take her husband away from the family gathering. Get prepared Lizzy, you just stepped into a blazing furnace.