”I missed having you around too Val. I’m here for you now, and I’m not going anywhere. Anything you need, I’m here.”
”Thanks” she said with half a smile ”It means a lot” she added, and it did. Kai was basically the only family she had here, other than her parents obviously but I that wasn’t really the same. Candice was like family, and now she’s gone… but at least now she had Kai around, and Jordan is back as well not that they were a replacement, that’s not how it worked and even if she wanted to, in her heart Candice will never have a replacement.
”I don’t know what I’d do without you right now” she said, he kept her from completely falling apart in that day and all that it was, she was very fragile, and even broken.
Soon enough, one Daniel Parker got up and made a speech. A speech, or more accurately a fcuker move of complete carelessness and wanting to show off knowledge of all the things nobody knew about Candice, herself included.
From her eating disorders to Dominic’s sister. Now she felt bad remembering she did say something about his sister to him as if she was alive, back at prom.
Valerie sat there looking at him in partial shock, for starters, it was after all Daniel Parker, the granter of favours and the knower of secrets. The certified genius that sometimes acted more stupidly than the stupidest people she knew. And that little speech he just gave there reminded her the answer to her question of why she even hated him in the first place. But he didn’t matter at that moment, he was just a pawn.
“Are you alright? You probably couldn’t have known.”
”I didn’t” she said quietly, thinking back. Clearly she should have noticed that, now looking back joining up all the puzzle pieces together, it wasn’t supposed to be this way. She was supposed to realize that and find a way to help her. But no.
But if anything, this whole shenanigan didn’t make her sad or mad at herself just as much as it made her hate that woman that just stepped in the podium after Daniel was dragged out by security.
Lily Ann Collins.
The devil really does wear Prada.
If there was anyone she hated in this world, that would be Lily Ann for sure. She hated her even more than she hated her own mother, which was barely even possible as is.
The way Valerie saw her, she was just a heartless b!tch that couldn’t care less about anyone. Which was actually wrong, she didn’t care about anyone but herself.
The way she treated her daughter all these years… the amount of times Valerie wanted to confront her with all her anger were so often she couldn’t even count them. And the thing that hurt the most in all that, was the fact that candice still tried satisfying her all this time even though it wasn’t actually possible. She just couldn’t, and look where that got her. Running away from home in the biggest storm of the year and even more. If not for Lily Ann, Candice would be Alive now. Which was ironic considering she was her mother.
As Lily Ann finished her whole act, faking sadness, taking Delilah under her wing (which was not at all surprising. They fit quite well together and it wasn’t a good thing).
Valerie was furious, all the hate towards Lily Ann she bottled up all these years just came flooding back up with all intensity. She didn’t care for anything, it was her time to stop keeping it all inside and go face that wretched filth of a woman, and fcuking confront her, like she wanted to all these years, and wanted more than ever now after Daniel’s speech.
She took a breath and turned to Kai, her expression and tone were now completely different than they were like five minutes ago, the tears were gone, the sadness was now covered by hate and anger ”I have something I need to do” she said to him and got up following the steps of Lily Ann to wherever she was headed, Delilah can wait for once.
”Hey, remember me?” she asked in a sarcastic tone and looked her deep in the eyes with a glare of rage. ”Just. Shut up for once, okay? Good” she said not waiting for a reply as Lily Ann was potentially about to respond to her. She stepped closer to her ”You can cut the act. I know you don’t care, You never did. You really should have considered being an actress instead of modeling.” she remarked sarcastically and crossed her arms ”Honestly, I feel kind of sad for you, how did you turn from the lovely model you were into this monster and heartless b!tch you are now?” she said and pointed at her pushing her back a bit with her finger ”You never deserved them. Not Candice, not Eddie, non of them. They were both too good for you the only thing you deserve is to die alone and in deep intense pain.” she added. Valerie could just slap her, but she wanted to tell her exactly that, even though she probably couldn’t care less about this 5’4 of a worthless teenager standing in front of her. ”You’re a fcuking monster Lily, you couldn’t care less, but she died, and she died because of you. She died because she hated the life you made her live so she ran away and now she’s dead. Like your heart and soul that died years ago if they ever even existed in the first place.” she said and breathed, her blood was boiling and she couldn’t think clearly whatsoever ”I wish you die.” she said and pushed the woman in front of her to the floor. Valerie wasn’t usually a violent person, but she knew she’ll get dragged out by security and leave this funeral with a lawsuit for violence and she honestly couldn’t care less, Lily Ann deserved it, and for once she needs to get what she deserved.
Valerie looked at the woman she just pushed to the floor with a look of disgust in her eyes, and spat on her as she spoke ”You deserve to die, not her. The world would clearly be a lot better without your stupid face”
@benitz786 Lily Ann, and basically everyone who isn’t Jessica mentioned
@Littlefeets Kai 
@novella Delilah mentioned
@Caticorn Dominic mentioned