Chapter 197: Sparing No Mercy
"You are planning on publishing your story? I thought you wanted to... get past this," Sidney raised her brows.
Rory rubbed her nose to cover her smile. The desperation on Sidney’s face was nice to look at. Sidney thought the only first-person account of what happened that night would come from her alone. That was her selling point.
Of course, there will be more than one publication that would want to make money from Sidney. But only if she gets to sign the rights of her memoir to the best publishing company will she get paid considerably and would be immune to any lawsuits that might come her way.
And isn’t Sidney adorable to think that she had resigned herself to her bedroom forever? Really? She thought Aurora Roberts would lock herself up in her room for the rest of her life! How silly of her!
"Well..." Rory shrugged. "I do think that way. You see, I have a little girl, and as she grows up... I don’t want her to be seen as the relative of that guy, you see... The abuses, the constant judgment she might face... Whatever she might do, and even if she was wrong out of ignorance, people will blame her blood, as evil and malicious. I don’t want to put my little daughter through that..." Rory sighed.
Sidney bowed her head in shame. Of course, she could understand what Rory was getting to. Putting out a book and signing off to make documentaries of her life, would bring her daughter’s life to the public too. It can’t be helped.
But Rory has money. She does not. Whatever she had she lost because of that monster. He hurt her and ruined her. She knows the rule of life--money is needed. It is for Skyla’s sake that she needs to do this.
And that monster... For everything he put her through, she needs everyone to know what he did. And if she can make money by doing so, why should she not do it? She deserves that money as compensation.
"But..." Rory let out a sigh. "There is this other thought I have too, you know... The trauma I went through, the nightmares, the trust issues, everything... I know there are a lot of women in similar situations, not knowing how to move forward. There are women who have trouble recognizing that they are in the clutches of monsters who are manipulating them. If I share my experiences, who knows how many would be benefited? There might not be many, but~"
"Yes!" Before Rory even finished her sentence, Sidney interrupted her. "That is exactly what I am thinking. How many women who are abused don’t know how to get away? I know how that feels to be trapped and that’s why..."