Stinking stepdads

~ The next morning ~

~ Room 606 ~

Annie rolled on the bed gently as she lifted her eyelid slowly, the morning sun radiated beautifully on her face.

She sat up and stretched her body.

" It's been long since I had such a peaceful sleep, " she muttered under her breath.

She looked at the bed opposite her, expecting to see Linda but she saw no one, which left her confused.

She looked around and stood up from the bed, she walked out of the room. As soon as she's out, the first thing she saw was Linda on her knees.

There was a middle aged man in front of her, holding an already heated hair straightener. On Linda's body were marks and bruises, obviously made from the hair straightener.

A silent gasp escaped Annie's lips, she quickly ran toward them, her eyes were filled with so much shock.

" What's going on here? " Annie asked immediately.

" Stay out of this Annie " Linda cautioned.

" Stay out of what? He's obviously not a teacher, what right does he have to punish you? " Annie asked as he tried to pull Linda up.

Linda flung her hand away, " Get away from me, this is my stepdad, he has every right to punish me "

Annie's hand dropped, she raised her head up to look at the ugly stepdad, who has an eyebrow that looked like it'll fly any minute.

She glared at him angrily.

" Young lady, I understand that you cared for Linda but this is a family matter, don't get involved, " the man said calmly.

Annie scoffed immediately, she continued to eye him.

" Like I said, don't get involved unless you wish to be expelled, " he said in a thick voice.

" You ain't even her dad, what right do you think you have to punish her? you're physically abusing her in public " Annie voiced out.

" I always thought it's only me that had a hateful stepdad but today, I realized that you are worse, " she continued.

" Kpaa! " a loud slap landed on Annie's cheek immediately, mating directly with her skin.

Annie raised her head up to see who slapped her, and it turned out to be Linda.

Her eyes widened as she looked at Linda but Linda had an apologetic look on her face.

" You don't talk to my stepdad like that, he's much better than any stepdad " Linda said to Annie, still having that apologetic look on her face.

Annie was confused, she seems to have understood what's going on. She turned to Linda's stepdad and bowed her head.

" I'm sorry sir " she apologized and he smiled.

Reluctantly, she walked back into her room.

~ After some minutes

Linda walked back into the room, breathing heavily, almost lifeless.

As soon as she entered the room, she fell on her bed, Annie hurriedly walked toward her. She sat at the edge of Linda's bed.

She placed Linda's head on her lap, staring at her pitifully.

Linda also stared into Annie's eyes as tears escaped her eyes, all the tears that she's been trying to hold just continue to fall.

Annie hugged her tight, random thoughts wandering through her head.

' Why must parents control everything a child must do? Why can't they give us freedom for once? '

' Why can't mom remain unmarried to take care of us? why must they marry a stepdad that'll make us miss our dad so bad '

Without her knowledge, tears also streamed down her face, she wondered just how long Linda has been trying to hold on.

" Can you explain to me now? What's happening? " Annie asked amidst her tears.

Linda sniffled in and stood up from Annie's laps, she sat at the edge of the bed and used her hand to clean her tears.

" That's my stepdad, Stuart Martin. He's a freakishly rich multimillionaire. My mom married him after my dad died " Linda replied.

" That's not right, you're Linda Stuart right? you took your stepdad name? " Annie exclaimed.

" Well, that's his rules, my mom tried convincing him but it's to no avail " Linda nodded.

" But why was he hurting you with a heated hair straightener? " Annie asked.

" Well, every time my mom's not at home, he would have sex with me. My mom traveled last week and immediately applied for Royal college, to escape from his grasp, " Linda replied, even though she was ashamed to say it.

Annie's eyes popped out, she was dumbfounded.

" So you're saying he came to punish you in school because you escaped from his grasp, because he wasn't able to have sex with you? " she asked unbelievably.

Linda nodded.

" He won't do anything to hurt you right? " Annie asked.

" He should do whatever he wants, at least I won't be his sex toy anymore " a saddened smile made its way onto Linda's face.

" Did you also have a stepdad? " Linda asked.

" Yeah but I don't interact with him so I don't know him, he's also a stinking stepdad " Annie replied as Linda chuckled.

" I guess we have two similarities with you, " Linda smiled.

" Two? " Annie asked.

" We both ran away from home to avoid our family and we also have stinking stepdads " Linda replied as Annie laughed.

Just when they were still getting to know each other, a knock sounded in the door, interrupting their conversation.

Annie stood up to open the door, she opened the door and saw the school janitor.

" What brought you here sir? " Annie asked.

" I heard you guys' voices in the room so i decided to call you out " the janitor replied.

" For what sir? " Annie asked.

" You guys haven't heard? the prince has resumed " the janitor replied.

" Prince? Who's that? " Annie asked, confused.

" You guys are freshers, the richest young master in college, people call him the prince because he's the richest and the most handsome " the janitor replied.

" So how does that concern us? " Annie's voice starts to grow cold, she's mainly respecting this man because he's old.

" Anytime he resumes, every royalties has to greet him in the assemble hall " the janitor replied.

Linda stood up and walked toward them, she looked at Annie.

" I think I've heard that before, the prince of Royal college, he's to be worshipped " Linda said, acknowledging the Janitor's words.

" You guys should hurry or else you'll be in trouble " the janitor said.

Annie and Linda immediately rushed out, they can't afford to get in trouble with the richest kid in school.