Chapter No 27 Are you Ghosting me?

She was sitting next to the window and watching the snowfall. Her heart was still aching. “I will never leave your side” she heard his voice in her right ear and closed her eyes. She put her head at the wall. She was still wearing that necklace. Her name was engraved over it.

Water drops fell down to the window. She touched the window glass. It was cold. She was holding the necklace from the other hand.

“Why you do this, Easton? I have loved you,” she said in a whisper.

She remembers their dance. She was dancing with him in the rain; happiest days of her life.

“You owe me an explanation, Easton,” She said.

“What explanation?” she heard his voice. She had gone startled and turned towards the direction where his voice came from. He was standing there.

“Easton?” she called his name with tears in her eyes. She ran towards him and tried to hug him but she was unable to touch him. His appearance was totally ghostly. She looked at him and he smiled.

“You are taking too much stress my love” he said and walked towards the bed.

“Lets go to bed, you need a good sleep” he said.

She followed him and got laid over the bed. He removes his Black T shirt and gets laid with her.

“Why you leave me?” she asked in a whisper.

“I did not leave you. Look I am still here,” he said while leaning over her. She closes her eyes.

“Yeah, you are right, you have not left me,” she said in a whisper. He smiles.

“Mel, I am in you in the form of our baby and that’s something nobody can snatch away from you,” he said.

She hugged him but he had disappeared. She opened her eyes, he was nowhere.

She started crying while holding the pillow. The whole room was echoing with her hiccups.

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He was ghosting her for a week, she knew he was not actually there, but she was able to see him.

Manfred was too worried about her, she was acting weird lately, dark circles could be seen under her eyes like she had not been asleep for weeks.

“You are not taking care of yourself and this is very wrong” he scolds her.

“I am taking care of myself Manfred” she said calmly while putting jam over toast. She looked at the empty chair. He looked at the direction where she was looking and shook his head.

“He is ghosting you, isn’t he?” he asked her.

“Who?” she shrugged.

“You know who I am talking about” he said, annoyed.

She looked at him and there was anger in his eyes.

A tear fell from her eyes and after that many tears fell from her eyes.

“Hey Matilda? Hey, please don’t cry.” He said while cupping her face.

“I miss him, I am able to see him everywhere, I know, I am getting insane, I know but I can’t forget him, I, I am dying to see him again. I love him Manfred I love him,” she was crying while hugging him.

“Shhh relax, shhh” he was mollifying her.

“I miss him” she said while crying. He bit his lower lips.

He held her chin up in his finger softly.

“Everything will be fine,” he said while looking inside her eyes.

“You need to take care of yourself and your child Matilda” he said while touching her stomach.

Her phone starts ringing. She looked at the phone and her expressions changed.

It was Ivan.

She answered the call.

“Hy Ivan” she said with tears in her eyes.

“Mel, what happened? You okay? Tell me” he said, worried from the other side.

He was her best friend and he always knew about her every emotion.

“Ivan, I, I am fine” she said, trying hard to sound normal.

“No, You are not,” he said. Manfred was mollifying her.

“Tell me what it is Mel, please,” begged Ivan.

She lets go of her phone and starts crying.

“Mel?” Ivan screamed from the other side.

Manfred took the phone.

“Hello” he said.

“Hello? Easton? Why is she crying?” he asked.

“I,I am not Easton, I am Manfred” he said.

“Manfred who is Manfred, where is Easton and why is she crying?” said Ivan furious.

“Long story short, since you are her only known family, please come here to Canada, she needs your support. I will tell you everything when you arrive but right now she needs your support” he said.

“I will be there by tomorrow morning, I will book an urgent flight for that” said Ivan.

“Thanks” said Manfred and hung up the phone.

“Everything will be fine Matilda” he said while mollifying her she was crying while putting her head on her hands.

He was feeling worried for her.

“Jerk, shit,” he muttered.

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As Ivan said he arrived the next morning. He walked into her room, she was lying over the bed. He looked at her in disbelief.

“Mel? What have you done to yourself” he said while hugging her.

He turned towards Manfred. “What happened?” he asked furiously.

Manfred gives him a sigh.

He started speaking, telling him everything.

“I will kill that bastard,” said Ivan while tightening his fist.

Matilda holds his hand and shakes her head in no.

“You will not put yourself in trouble for me” she said in a whisper.

“She is having a fever” said Ivan, worried. Manfred walked ahead, she indeed had a high fever.

“We have to take her to doctor” said Manfred.

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“She is fine now,” said doctor Henry while writing something over his writing pad.

“Thank God” said Ivan.

“Mr. Evans, I have never seen a man like you, the most irresponsible man on the earth, she is carrying your child and you are not paying proper attention to her” he said annoyed. Ivan was looking at him as if he was watching some interesting Tv show.

“Doctor I?” Manfred tried to say something but he was abrupt.

“You are too young to be a father” he said in disappointment and left. Manfred was staring over his back furious. Ivan started looking up in the skies.

They walked inside the room. Matilda was lying in bed. Ivan walked towards her.

“Thank God you are okay” he said worriedly. Matilda smiled in return.

“Mel, if you keep mourning over that jerk you’re gonna destroy not only your life but also your child’s” said Ivan.

“Miss Huston you are in the early stage of pregnancy any stress could cause trouble, you have to take better care of this, be positive and happy” said Doctor Henry who just entered the room.

“Careless father” he muttered while passing Manfred who rolled his eyes.

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“Mel, you have me, you have your child, you are not alone” said Ivan.

“Yeah, you are not alone” said Manfred.

“I will let my child know about him,” she said crying.

“Stop crying Mel,” said Ivan.

“Matilda we are going to attend a party tonight,” said Manfred, trying to cheer her up.

“I don’t want to go” she said while blowing her nose on the tissue.

“Oh my poor heart is broken, why I asked? Why would such beauty go with such an ugly like me” he said dramatically.

She looked at him and a smile appeared over her face.

“That’s like my mel” said Ivan.

“Now pick a dress we are going” said Manfred, smiling.

“But I really don’t wanna go Manfred” she resisted.

“Hey don’t break his heart” said Ivan.

“Ivan, you..” she said smiling. He smiled in return.

“Okay fine I am coming” she finally gave up. Ivan and Manfred exchange looks and smiles.

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She was getting ready for the party. Red dress was totally her type. She was looking beautiful.

“Are you sure you are not coming?” asked Manfred.

“Yeah I am staying here as Patricia and Azalea are coming” he said smiling.

“Okay bro I am leaving with Matilda” he said.

“Manfred” Ivan calls his name.

“Thanks for taking care of my sister” he said smiling.

“Always” said Manfred, smiling.

“I am ready” said Matilda.

“Whoa you good beautiful Mel” said Ivan and she smiles.

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There were so many people at the party. She hated crowds. It reminds her of when she and Easton went to the party for the first time.

“Manfred, it’s too much crowdie” she said.

“Elite parties are boring and sucks” he said.

“Come on honey, let’s meet Mr blake” she heard a familiar voice.

It was the same voice she heard on the phone when she called Easton. She turned to look, a tall woman standing next to Easton, who was holding her arm.

She felt her heart race fast and her grip over Manfred’s arm became tighter. He looked at her suddenly and then he looked in the direction she was looking at.

“Relax, ignore” he said in a whisper. She walked beside him elegantly.

“Ladies and gentlemen we all are gathered here, I want to announce my beloved daughter’s engagement with the love of her life Eric” said Mr. Blake. Mr. Blake was a tall slim build man in his mid 50s. His daughter was 5.2 tan and shares features with her father. Everyone claps in the room.

“Now as a celebration I would love to share a dance with my beloved daughter” said Mr. Blake. He slowly held her hand and walked towards the floor. A very beautiful song by Cigarette after sex “Don’t let me go,” started playing.

Manfred has stretched his hand in front of her. She hesitantly held his hand and they started dancing.

“Just be normal” he said in a whisper. “Don’t change your expressions” he whispered in her ear, smiling.

Easton was dancing with Tristana. He was dancing slowly. He looked at the couple dancing beside him and their eyes met. Matilda and Easton were staring into each other’s eyes.

“Let me love you till the end

Don’t make a move just stand

I don’t want to get out of your eyes

Let me get lock in let me get lost

I love you more than the world

Hold me closer to you

Let me feel all of you

Let me get lost in you

Let me be your storm

Be my calm in the chaos

Come back to me

Like water comes back to sea

All I want is to see you around

All I want is to be with you

I don’t want this world

Or any other universe

Only you are my eternity

Stay with me Stay with me

Let me know Let me love

Love is complex

Love is strange

But why I want to get

Into the world of yours

You are all mine

I am all yours

I want to run where only we live

Place of our own

Hold me now

Stay right beside me

Kiss me and tell

You gonna be my eternity

You gonna be my

Strange love”

They were dancing with someone else but they were together. A tear fell from her eyes.

“Manfred!” she said in a whisper.

“Yeah” he asked.

“I need to go washroom” she said.

He let her go slowly.

“Be right back here, I am waiting here” he said smiling as she left.

She went to the bathroom, she was feeling sick. She threw up and cleared her face and turned when she had gone startled. He was standing behind her. Her expressions turned stone.

They were staring at each other. She made a move towards the door when he stopped her by holding her arm.

She turned to look at him. He opens her mouth to say something but they hear his name.

“Easton? Darling? Where are you?” Tristana was calling his name.

He slowly let her hand go and got out of the bathroom. She was staring at the empty door. His warm touch was still making a sensation over her arm.

She walked out of the bathroom. Everyone was enjoying the party.

“Feeling better?” asked Manfred and she nodded yes.

“Ladies and gentleman, on this evening of joy I want to make another announcement to make this evening even more joyful, I the heir of Fanaggaen industries, want to make an announcement that this week me and my girlfriend Tristana Martinez are getting engage” said Easton loudly. Everyone in the room starts to applaud.

Matilda felt like someone had stabbed her heart 10000 times. She looked at Easton in disbelief.

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