تسجيل الدخولAnna's POV I couldn't believe Edrick had fucking forced me to come here. He actually did it. He forced me to stay in this messed-up house I didn't even want to look at.For the past few weeks, I had been surviving on my own, pushing through life without anyone's help. He didn't care about me until his own life came crumbling down. Until Father got arrested.Father got arrested.I still couldn't believe it. I couldn't wrap my head around it. I knew he'd been acting strangely and hiding something, but I never thought he would be involved in Aria's kidnapping scheme.How did Aria manage to get him wrapped around her fingers? It didn't make any sense. You wouldn't have kidnapped anyone for me. But he did for her! On Monday morning, Edrick knocked on the bedroom door.I had spent only one night in the villa mansion. He had made sure I took a shower and changed into clean clothes.One thing I had to admit was that I enjoyed spending the night on a warm, soft bed instead of enduring the co
Alina’s POVIt was a cool morning. I sat at my desk with a cup of coffee, adding colours and other details to the dress I had sketched the previous day.I glanced around the office. I had been there all morning, and even though my phone sat on the counter, beeping with different notifications, I hadn't bothered checking it.I wanted to be fully committed to my work. I had wasted enough days. I had rested enough. Now, I need to focus on work.But, of course, complete silence and commitment were things I could only wish for.My moment of solitude was interrupted with Hannah pushing the door open.“Alina,” she said hurriedly. Something was wrong.“What is it?” I asked, looking up as I slowly dropped my tablet onto the table.“Have you been online?”My brows furrowed. “No. Why?”“You need to get on Instagram.” She looked genuinely worried, as though whatever it was couldn't wait.As quickly as I could, I picked up my phone.Lo and behold, every headline, every news page, and almost every
Edrick's POVI couldn't go back to sleep. Sitting in Dad's study made me even more uneasy, so I stood up and went to our bedroom.Alina wasn't there. She had slept in the kids' room.I sat down and stared at the ceiling until the break of dawn. The first thing I did was pick up my phone and call Patrick."Find Anna.""But sir...""Find her, wherever she is in town. I don't care how far she's gone. Find her and bring her to the Vale mansion today."I spent the rest of the day thinking about the nightmare, thinking about Anna, and her voice telling me that I failed herI went back to my laptop and opened the rehab center's website. I had already prepared everything for her. I had paid in advance and done everything necessary, but she had decided to run away.It wasn't going to be easy, but damn, I knew I had to do this for her.When Alina and the kids came downstairs, they were all fine. None of them spoke about the nightmare from the previous night, and nobody seemed bothered by it any
Alina's POV I'd lost sight of both Clover and Jamie, and now I couldn't even find Edrick.The place was dark, and there were sounds coming from different angles.I stared into the darkness as I walked in, calling their names one after the other."Edrick! Clover! Jamie!"No one answered.From a distance, I could hear screams. The screams of a child.What kind of place was this?My heart began to beat faster.Another scream came from the other end of the room.Was that Clover?I started running towards that side."Help me! Help me!" Another voice cried from a different side of the room.I turned and started running towards the other person. It sounded so much like Jamie, but when I got there, no one was there.I went back to where I'd heard the first cry.No one was there.Finally, the smoke in the room began to clear, and I could see a plain white wall with the word SLUT written on it in blood.HUSBAND SNATCHER.BITCH.SHE SLEEPS WITH HER SISTER'S HUSBAND.SHE'S A WHORE.Those words
Jamie's POVIt was so beautiful. The tall ghosts decorations standing in the darkness.I let go of Clover's mom's hand and ran into the place. I was so excited.But the moment we entered, smoke filled the entire place.Clover slowly slipped away from my hand."Clover?"I turned, but she was nowhere to be found."Clover?""Daddy?" I called.None of them were there. They were nowhere to be found."Daddy?"I kept moving forward."Clover?" I called.None of them answered.Then I saw a door. Maybe they were in there.I walked in.The room was filled with mirrors. There were no walls in the room, just mirrors covering every inch of it. I could see myself everywhere I turned.It was beautiful.I loved my costume even more now. The superhero cape was so amazing. I was so glad they had gotten it for me.I stood there, making beautiful superhero poses and enjoying myself until I saw someone behind me in the reflection.I turned, but no one was there.When I turned back to the mirror, someone w
Alina’s POVSince the verdict and the arrest of Edrick's father, my mother, and everyone else involved, it had been nothing but chaos.I hadn't been able to reach Edrick.He was there, physically, but his soul seemed to be somewhere else entirely. He was lost, hurt, and struggling to process everything that had happened.And I could imagine why.It was one thing to be disappointed by a parent who had always failed you. It was another thing entirely to be betrayed by the one you had trusted, the one who had always been there for you. That kind of betrayal cut deeper.Two days passed, and every day, I found myself wondering what I could do to make things better for him. I couldn't take away his pain. I couldn't change what his father had done, and I couldn't give him back the trust he had lost.But I wanted to do something.Anything.The idea didn't come until Lila mentioned Halloween. The kids were talking about it, too, and suddenly, something clicked in my head.I couldn't even rem







