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Diamond wasn’t satisfied with her mother’s reaction She’d expected herand then buy the doll for her Mad that her plan hadn’t worked, she stomped off to the kitchen

She whipped her head around and her shoulder length hair swung “And you better stop all that stoet up for real and whup your behind!”

“No, you won’t!” a fresh Diamond sassed her

“What did you say?” Betty yelled narrowing her eyes

“I’ivein the middle of the kitchen floor

Betty appeared in the doorith a belt, having heard enough, and began to give Diaet She snatched her up and dragged her kicking and screa to the front door In the other hand she held Diaht ahead, but I’rown, then fend for yourself” She put Dia to leave her in the enclosed porch for a few minutes to teach her a lesson

Betty closed the front door and peeked out theDiaot up, sat on the porch sofa, and pouted Happy with the results of her punish Dia on the door in due time

About an hour and a half later, Chester careeted her He stood at six feet three inches of pure gorgeousness The soft black curls in his short afro fit his narrow head perfectly He had German in his bloodline, from which he acquired his soft hair

Betty immediately becaotten to get Diamond off the porch before Chester came home “Hi, honey, h-hoas your day?” she asked

“I had a good day! Where’s my pumpkin? I want to take her to the store with me” He looked around His caramel complexion was even-toned, and he bore the same deep dimples as Diamond

Betty began to shake Hadn’t he seen Dia on the porch when he ca, but where? She walked over to the door and stepped out onto the porch She looked around, puzzled

Chester stood at the door watching her “What are you looking for?” His bushy eyebro rose with suspicion

“Dia the worst

“What do you mean, Diamond? Where is she, Betty?” His voice deepened The an to flex

“Well, she was sassingaway Chester, she was really being disrespectful, so I thought I would teach her a lesson and let her sit on the porch for a while” Betty was oing

“Wait a hter on the porch alone because of what?” he yelled,closer to her with his hands now balled into fists and his already deep di like two drilled holes in his cheeks

“She was right here, Chester” Betty pointed toward the porch sofa in a panic as she backed up a little

His button nose had become red “With all the child molesters and kidnappers in the world today, you hand a sick rapist hter on a platter!”

Before Betty could react, she felt a blow on the side of her head She i to the floor hard, she curled up in a fetal position, waiting for the kicks she kneould corabbed her by her legs and dragged her across the shag carpet, giving her rug burns on her back and buttocks Then he dragged her up the stairs, letting her head hit each step, causing her to become dizzy

He pulled her into the bathroo to do to her, but she was gonna fight hith She tried to defend herself, but each tiainst him, the next punch was even more brutal She heard her nose crack, and then he punched her in the eye, and she heard the bones crack She was barely conscious when he stripped off her clothes and tied her wrists to the showerhead in the bathtub, where she hung like a side of beef in a freezer

Chester turned on the shower, and Betty began to regain consciousness Her head felt like it was going to explode from the broken nose and broken eye socket With swollen eyes, she looked over at Chester and saw a look on his face that she’d never seen before He turned off the water and left the bathroo to do next, because she kneasn’t finished with her She also wondered why he wasn’t out looking for Dia her to death