LOGINIt had been five minutes since she heard about her grandmother's potential death through heart failure, but Ivy Greene still couldn't bring herself to speak.She just stayed silent, and still like a statue, whilst her grandmother tried to offer her comfort with her arms.Not only could she not speak, she couldn't think either.It was like she was frozen in time, and nothing seemed to matter.The nurse returned with a stretcher she had insisted was kept around for emergency purposes.“Ms Sheila, you have to come with me back to the room. The doctor is on his way,” she called out to the woman who was holding on to her granddaughter with everything in her.Sheila ignored her. She focused on Ivy, because she couldn't bear to think that she had broken her.Frustrated, the nurse walked up to them, and crouched too.She placed a hand on Sheila's shoulder. “I understand how you feel. You're afraid, and rightfully so. You also need to understand that your granddaughter is also scared. The only
Hedeon jumped to his feet immediately, and met Dmitry by the door before he could stomp in.“Hedeon, why the fuck are you holding on to my wife like she's a criminal?” He asked through lips that quivered from pure rage.“I understand how you feel, Dmitry. It's not an ideal situation to be in, but you have to calm down and let me explain.”“Bullshit;” his eyes shot past Hedeon to Andrei. “Boss Andrei? What is this?”“Let him through,” Andrei said to Hedeon who nodded his head, and stepped aside.He bulldozed forward, avoiding Anna's eyes because he didn't want to see the fear that was in them. “Sit down, Dmitry.”“I'd rather stand, boss Andrei.”“Alright. The boss gave the order to have Anna brought in for questioning. Remember the wedding poison case we've been investigating?”“I do. My division has been trying to figure out what happened that night.”“Good. As it turns out, a video was captured of Anna walking through the back route no one ever takes, with the goblet box in her hand
Sheila Greene's heart felt a hit the moment her eyes stumbled on the bed.The pang was so great, it folded her back, and buckled her knees.If it wasn't for the nurse holding on to her, she could have collapsed to the ground.“Grandma!” Ivy bolted for her. She burst into tears the moment Ivy held on to her.“I'm so sorry for failing you. I'm sorry you had to be caught in this kind of situation. What did he threaten to do to you to have you lay on him? What did that monster threaten to do to you, my beautiful girl?” She wailed profusely, her fragile heart in turmoil.Ivy looked at the nurse for help, whilst also trying everything to get her grandmother to calm down.“It's not what you think, Grammy. I swear it's not. Please don't cry. Please don't.” She burst into tears herself.“Step back please. I have to remove her from this situation. This is the exact thing I feared would happen when I brought her in,” the nurse complained, but in an ethical way.Vladimir, realising it was on him
Natasha Bratva tried to open the door to her room, so she could return to the garden where she was still relaxing with Serena, but the door didn't budge.She stepped back, her eyes doing a double take on the door.Still thinking she didn't use enough strength, she tried about three more times.Each time, the door made a clicking sound. After the fourth try, she concluded the door was either jammed, or locked with a key from the outside.She walked away from the door and went over to her dresser where she picked up the door's key.On returning to the door, she tried once more to open it with the key. Nothing changed.“Okay what the hell is this now?” She muttered under her breath, a little hint of nervousness in her tone.Taking a stroll back, she decided to pick up her phone and call for help, but before the thought even concluded in her head, it fell apart.She remembered that she had left her phone at the garden, because she had urgently needed to take a piss, and didn't expect to
“It's your arms, isn't it? You're hurting!” Ivy tried to grab a hold of him on getting to him.“I'm fine, princess. Just give me a second,” Vladimir said, still hunched over.Ivy could tell he was lying. Her instincts told her he was trying to play it off. She wasn't going to let him.“At least just sit.” He listened this time, and pushed his body behind, plopping on the bed.Ivy was in front of him in a heartbeat, her hand running through his upper arm area to check for any sign of his bandage being ruptured.“Take it off,” she said, not thinking about anything other than the fact he had a gunshot wound, and she was extremely wary of them.“What?” His head shot up, and his piercing gaze found her desperate ones.“Take off your shirt so I can inspect your arm,” she repeated.“If you're that insistent, then take it off yourself. My hands are–”She didn't let him finish speaking before her fingers went straight to his buttons.Panicking, her shaky fingers struggled with the buttons, bu
Ivy jumped out of bed, forgetting the fact she was wearing just her silky, tiny strap, mini night dress, and dashed in front of Anna.“What the hell do you think you're doing?!” She yelled at the top of her voice, stopping Hedeon from coming any further.“I'm sorry for barging in, but she has to come with me,” he said professionally, even though he was in shambles inside of him.“Why? Why does she need to come with you? Why are you stressing her?”“It's not something I can discuss with you, ma'am. Please, move out of the way.”“You're insane!” She spat furiously. “If you think I'll let you take Anna away, then you're the biggest fool on earth! Go back to whoever sent you and tell them to rethink whatever this is. Because it's simply not happening. Got it?!” Her chest rose and fell, a testament of the intensity of her words.Hidden behind her, Anna panicked. Her mind went through too many turns, trying to figure out what she possibly could have done to warrant all of this.“Ma'am, if y
IVYGrandma held my hand. Together, we followed the woman who didn't have the nicest tone to her voice.But grandma was there by my side, and it was all the courage I needed.Like the contrast between day, and night, we burst into a hall not only larger than life, but lit up into the heavens.Diam
Vladimir did not give Ivy any opportunity to respond.The moment he voiced out her options, he turned around, and walked out of the room.As he closed the door behind him, the spell that had pushed Ivy into a trance, broke.“The nerve of that blonde man! How can he– how dare he– who does he think h
IVYBar the man who pointed a gun to Grandma's temple earlier, and the one who approached me with determination in his eyes, I hadn't seen any other man this up close in five years.Usually, the men who dropped by our all female villa were delivery guys, who I only ever caught glimpses of.This one
IVYMy sleep paralysis demon always came around just before the first light of dawn.Grabbing me by the chest, and choking until I was completely paralyzed and under the mercy of the unknown.Because of her strength, yes, my demon is a girl, I call her Millicent. Millicent was absent tonight. She







