Title: Chapter 6: Chapter 6 Playing With Fire
Wow! What an amazing update! Ophelia clearly loves Raymond but her revenge against him is dominating her love for him. He dosen't deserve her love cuz he literally ordered her to marry him.He's still a bastard. She should have listened to Benjamin and should have quit her plan for revenge. It's going to be really hard for Ophelia to handle things now.
Author's Response: Oh you are so right. Ophelia got what she wanted, but with a price. Raymond ordered her to marry him because he knew that he was in deeper emotionally than she was and he wanted to tie her to him. He didn't force her to say, "I do" even with the Justice of the peace coming to the house. She did that of her own free will because deep down thats what she wanted in the first place!
Since this story is from the male POV, I can't write what is in Ophelia's head, but you all get the picture. She knows that she shouldn't love Raymond, so she says she doesn't but she does. She always has. Yes eleven is way too young and he took advantage of her. I don't think she has Stockholm Syndrome because he NEVER held her against her will, but she never had a father in her life, he paid her attention at a vulnerable age, and he took advantage. He awakened her sexually and her enjoying it made it all the more confusing and strengthened the ties between them.
When she had Bennie and her baby looked just like his daddy, she felt that she at least had something, some token of him forever until Raymond snatched him from her. Her mother wanted to get rid of the baby for the very same reason that Ophelia wanted to keep him. Bennie reminded Margie of her failure to protect her daughter.
If Raymond had never shown up at her door, things would be different, but he did and he knew and she knew that they still wanted what they wanted even after 23 years.
Now they both have to deal with the consequences of their decisions.
Thanks for the review.
Reviewer: zoe zoey Signed
Date: May 30 2013