Helanie:
The minute my tail began to flap around in the water, showing its glowing color and probably capturing guests’ attention, soone yelled,
"Oh my Goddess, that is a rmaid!"
My heart started to sink in my chest, but there was so much going on that I couldn’t focus on one thing.
And then sobody jumped in.
Swimming toward was Norman. He ca like a bullet, wrapped his arm around my back, and pulled up with him. He helped out of the water and then placed down. His brothers were already standing behind , all three of them, to block the view, but I could hear the chattering and complaints in the distance. The council mbers were expressing their shock and disgust too. Everyone was worried about what I was, what kind of monster they had sheltered.
I closed my eyes while Norman hugged . He then carried inside the mansion.
"You’re not going to take that thing into the house, are you?"
That was Kesha’s uncle. I knew it because he had a certain way of pronouncing so words.
"Back off! Not your ho, not your rules." I heard Maximus yell at the man.
"Did you just tell to shut up?" It was like they had such big egos, all three of them: Kesha, her father, her uncle, that every ti they were told to do sothing, they would lose their minds. But they were all okay with disrespecting others.
"Uncle, if you don’t want to lose respect, stay quiet." That was Kaye warning him, but I couldn’t see what else was going on because Norman had already taken into the house.
Then I heard the gentle voice of my mother calling for .
"Step aside. I want to see Helanie."
She rushed into the living room, where Norman had placed on the sofa, and hugged .
"They know now," I said to her, breaking the hug and looking into her eyes.
"It’s all right. It’s completely fine. You will be fine," my mother said, cupping my face in her hands.
"What if they do the sa to as they did to you?" I asked my mother, watching the look of sheer panic on her face.
"No, Helanie, I will never let anyone harm you. You will not have the sa fate as ," she said determinedly. Then she took off her pearl necklace to give it to .
"What is this?" I asked her, watching her smile very weakly.
"When I lost my tail, it turned into a pearl. This is what happens when a rmaid loses her tail. I want to gift it to you. Keep it with you. It will help you realize that you are not sothing to be ashad of. You should be proud of yourself," she said firmly and lovingly.
"Wait, you lost your tail?" I asked, bewildered.
"Yeah. There were a few details I couldn’t tell you because I didn’t want to freak you out, but one of those tis when they were torturing , they cut off my tail." My mother’s words shook to my core. I instantly hugged her, crying hysterically.
"Nothing will happen to you, Helanie. We will not let anyone harm you." That was Maximus, reassuring . I broke the hug and looked at all four of them.
"What is going on? How the heck did she turn into a rmaid?" Darcy walked in, sounding dramatic and hysterical.
My mother turned to give her a glare. As she tried to get up, I held her hand, shaking my head at her. I didn’t want her to confront this woman right now. There were too many people outside who were against rmaids, so it would get us in a lot of trouble. But then my mother gave a reassuring glance as she got up again.
"As if you didn’t know she was a rmaid’s daughter," my mother hissed at her.
Darcy covered her mouth with both hands dramatically. "What? You’re a rmaid?"
The look of anger on my mother’s face matched mine. She had the nerve to still act so well at an age where she should be showing grace.
"I had no clue. Children, does your father know that he has been sharing the bed with a fucking rmaid?" she asked her sons.
Kaye stepped forward with his fists clenched.
"Stop it."
The look she gave him was so scary that even I felt like I would have lted if I were Kaye.
"You, out of all people, should know how ugly rmaids are. Don’t you know? They’re not supposed to be our friends," she said, speaking directly to Kaye.
While I was hysterically confused, I noticed Emt snapping his head at Kaye and then looking back at their mother. He did it so visibly that everybody caught on to it. They all looked at Emt for a brief mont, as if wondering what he was doing.
"We are not your enemies, but you are our enemies, because every ti you see a fucking rmaid, you want to kill her, slay her, or use her in your fucking curses." My mother was finally venting it out.
Darcy looked like she could kill her right then and there, but she wouldn’t dare. Not when I wiped the tears from my eyes and stood up. I was over the trauma, and now I was standing right beside my mother.
"Ah, look at her. She had the nerve to face after she lied to all of us about her identity," Darcy hissed, yapping everything in one breath.
"That will be enough, Mother."
Norman stepped ahead, pointing his finger at his mother, whose eyes bugged out in shock.
"Just because we are silent doesn’t an we are not on her side," Maximus added.
"What the heck are you three on about? What about you, Emt? Do you also think that this is not deceptive?" She turned to her final son, who had been silently watching us, and all eyes turned to Emt.
He stepped forward, scratched the back of his neck, and then, while avoiding eye contact, he uttered,
"It would have been deceptive, but I guess even Helanie didn’t know the truth either. However, it was pretty fucked up that her mother didn’t tell anyone about her identity."
And right then and there, I lost all my respect for Emt.
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