"Are you not kidding?" Travis asked, his deep voice laced with disbelief. "You want to get married... today?" Alice's eyes sparkled with mischief as she nodded enthusiastically. But little did Travis know, Alice's intentions were far from innocent. She had been reborn, given a second chance at life after a brutal murder at the hands of her stepsister, Octavia, and her former lover, Grant. With her memories intact, Alice was determined to exact revenge on those who had wronged her. And Travis, the brooding and handsome millionaire, was just the pawn she needed in her game of revenge. As Alice and Travis navigate their whirlwind engagement, secrets and lies begin to unravel. Octavia and Grant are still lurking in the shadows, waiting for their next victim. But Alice is no longer the naive and timid girl she once was. She's been reborn, and she's ready to take back control. Will Alice's thirst for revenge consume her, or will she find love and redemption in the arms of Travis? Dive into this twisted tale of love, lies, and revenge to find out.
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“Look at her, she's a pathetic little wench.”
The sounds of clinking chains and taunting laughter could be heard in the underground cell.
“Do you want some water?” Octavia said, holding out a bottle of unknown liquid to a wrinkly smelly person in the corner. The person sat helpless, unable to move to collect the liquid.
“Come on. I know you can move even just a bit. Come and take the water or are you not that thirsty?”
Alice tried her best to move from her curled up position. She was half conscious, all pulpy and bruised up and she was being held captive in an underground dirty cell.
Her stepsister was the sweetest person she had ever known or so she thought. She was the one who put her in such a miserable position.
They wanted to see her suffer. They didn't kill her but broke her piece by piece each day.
“Please… Please just let me go. Anything you want from me. Take it. Just let me go.” Alice said, her skin black and bruised. Tears pooling in her eyes.
Octavia moved away from her rolling her eyes, standing farther away. “I guess you're not thirsty.” She threw the liquid to the far end of the cell, the contents seeping into the soil. She moved back, watching Alice with amusement.
Alice hurriedly crawled towards the bottle, trying to drink all she could.
“Look at you, The eldest Will daughter. Drinking sewage and chewing up sand. I don't think Father would be happy with this development.” She said with an ear splitting grin.
“She’s so disgusting.” Grant said, his face twisting into disgust.
“What did I do to deserve this? I-i’m sorry. What do you want? Do you want money? You can take all that I have. You can have-” Alice said, her voice cracking.
“All that you have? You don't have anything in your possession. They all belong to me now. Remember the document you signed for Grant. The one he told you was your marriage certificate and stupidly believed.” Octavia said, bursting into laughter.
Alice’s face twisted in confusion as a look of understanding crossed her face. She tried to get up , crawling closer to Octavia.
“Babe, I'm so scared.” Octavia said moving closer to Grant, burrowing her face in his chest.
“You dare to hurt my woman.” He moved closer to her, kicking her in the gut multiple times with force.
“You said you loved me, Grant. You said you loved me and you loved only me. You deceived me and you started dating my sister. How could you?” She said with tears in her eyes.
“I married your sister and we're expecting.” He said looking at Octavia lovingly, rubbing her flat stomach.
“You took everything I owned, you betrayed me. You made my life a living hell and you're married to my sister and you're having a baby.”
“That's pretty much it.”
“You wouldn't believe how your dear Travis is searching for you.He looks so haggard. It's so pathetic.” Octavia said with a laugh.
“That disabled imbecile. He's half of a man and you're nothing. You two really deserve each other.”
“He's been searching everywhere. He's even threatened me wondering if I have anything to do with your disappearance but I sure as hell won't tell him that.” Octavia said.
“Goodbye sister. It was delightful having you here for a while but sadly your time is up.”
Octavia reached into her bag, bringing out a pistol.
Alice's face is covered with fear. “P-please don't kill me.”
“It's a bit too late for that, don't you think.”
Two loud gunshots sound and a very shrill scream. Alice's blood is pooling on the floor.
“Please, don't leave me here. Please save me. I'm sorry.” Alice cried with tears and snot coming out from her nose.
She looked so different from the usually pretty girl.
“You're even uglier than I remember, you dirty thing.” Grant laughed in her face, looking at her with such spite.
Alice groaned in pain looking at them with tears stained eyes.
“Let's go. I made reservations for dinner at Venita's. I have a very special surprise for you, my love.” Grant nuzzled Octavia’s neck as they both laughed in her face, glowing in happiness.
“You.” Octavia said, turning to her with sharp eyes. “Don't even bother escaping because it won't happen. This place is fully loaded with bombs which would explode in an hour. Crumpling you and your useless body to nothing but debris.”
“Please don't leave me here.” Alice groaned with pain, her injuries only worsening as she moved.
“Good bye dear sister.” She said with a sneer. “I hope I won't see you in my next life.” Octavia walked out leaving Alice in the dark underground cell.
The faint beeping of the bombs could be heard. Alice screamed out for anyone to hear her but that was the most impossible thing that could happen.
“Somebody please!” She shouted to an empty cell.
“Alice!” A deep masculine voice laced with worry sounded.
Alice wasn't sure whether she was hearing properly or death had her hallucinating.
“Travis?” She said faintly, opening her eyes.
“Alice, I'm here. I'm here to save you,baby.” He knelt down close to her, breathing heavily trying to get the chains off her.
“You’re not with your wheelchair-” Alice looked up at him. His hair was longer and greased and his stubble had grown longer unlike how he used to keep it. His eyes were sunken and he had heavy eye bags.
“I'm here to save you.”
The beeping sounds reminded Alice of the bombs.
“No, Travis. You have to leave now. This place is going to blow up and we're going to die. Leave me. Save yourself.” Alice was scared, looking at the walls and at Travis.
“No.”
“Travis, you have to go now. You're going to die. Leave me.”
“I would never leave you, Alice.”
“Travis-” A loud bang sounded through the cell. The explosion had begun.
Alice’s ears whistled as Travis shielded her with his body.
“Travis, please wake up.”
“Travis, look at me.”
“This can't be happening. Open your eyes,Travis.”
The last bang sounded. Everything had gone to pieces.
It was all over.
Alice is in excruciating pain.” “Just one more chance, Just one more…” Her breath seizes.
“You have to come and take care of this right now,” Victoria shouted into the phone.“What do you mean it's too soon? You can't right now?” she said.The other caller said some things, further agitating her.“Your daughter is in a very serious problem. Her reputation has gone down the drain. People are sending out threats. They're digging up past things.”“There's something you can do, and that thing is to figure out a way to clear her slate, because there's nothing more I can do. I have nothing else to do.”There was silence on her end as she listened to what the other caller had to say.“Please. I'll do anything after. Anything. Just help me get rid of those people immediately, please.”“Thank you.” And the line went dead.“Who were you talking to?” Alice said from the doorway.“Oh, Alice,” she said, startled. “I didn't notice you there. When did you get in?” she asked.“But more importantly, how much of the conversation did you listen to?” she thought.“Not too long ago. I heard yo
“She's not my father's daughter?” Alice said.“Yes. They are not related in any way at all. It was 0.00,” Travis said.“Then my theory must be right.”“What theory?”“I think that Victoria killed my mother,” she said suddenly.“You think what?”“I know it sounds crazy, but I think she killed her. Made it seem like it was an accident so she would marry my father and be in control of everything. The Rea I showed you—I think it has some chemical properties that can kill someone. She's trying to kill my father, and she's trying to get rid of me too,” she said in a rush.“Hm. You'll have to be really careful now. You'll need a guard and more evidence to actually back your claim to send her to prison.”“You believe me?” Alice said, her eyes shining.“Of course I believe you. Your stepmother is actually a terrible person. She really doesn't have to do much for me to notice or remember that.”“You're the best hubby ever,” she said, hugging him.“So how was your day?” he asked her, shifting he
Octavia replayed Alice's performance over and over again watching it with intense anger building up within her. “She thinks she's so picture-perfect and pretty now. Silly little bitch.” She seethed. “Nuh-uh. Language.” Her mother said rearranging her bags. “Mom, That was supposed to be me. She took my spot and she took my shine. She put me in this situation by spoiling my reputation, and now she takes all the praise while I rot here in this hospital bed.”“Calm down sweetheart,” Victoria said. “That was supposed to be me receiving the encores. She's a witch who hates me. She wants to see me fail.”“She is a witch who hates you, and she doesn't want to see you fail. Just like how her mother hated me and took everything I wanted.”“Can't we get rid of her now Mom?” “Just a bit of time sweetheart. Exercise a bit of patience.”***********“Martindale, have you seen the new pictures of your best friend? She really is a bitch in and out.” The person laughed, passing. Martindale shook
Chapter 29“The anniversary was a blast. You looked so beautiful. Was he your husband? Did you see how he looked at you? Oh, my sweet little heart.” Nora gushed. “Nora, Was it really that noticeable?”“Noticeable?” Nora guffawed. “It was beyond noticeable. I'm sure everyone at the table felt the sparks between you two. I wasn't even near the table but I felt the sparks.”“Now you're just overreacting,” Alice said laughing. “I'm very serious. I even took a picture. Here you go.” She said handing her a Polaroid picture of her and Travis when she gave him the picture. Nora was right. It was beautiful. “I bet everyone on the school forum is talking about it.”“Oh please.”“It was so romantic. You're just feeding dog food to the singles here, but I am not single; I have my animated soulmates.” She said clutching her phone to her chest. Alice laughed even more, tears springing from the side of her eyes. “But I really need to check the forum; I'm sure there are others like me who saw
Melanie sat in the audience waiting to come see perfect little Alice fool herself for all to see. This was going to be quite a show. She better get her camera out and ready to capture the moment of her pathetic failure. “You guys get ready to see the funniest thing ever when she gets on stage.” She said to her friends. “But I have to ask, what did she even do to you?”“You're asking the wrong question, girl.”“It doesn't matter. If I say she deserves it. She deserves it.”“It's going to be so epic.” One of her friends said, giggling.“Miss Hernandez.” An usher called out. “What?” She spat out. “There has been quite an issue outside. The police are outside, and they're looking for you.”Police? What could be the problem now?She sashayed out of the hall seeing the makeup artist she had told to drug the makeup, handcuffed. “Miss Hernandez, this makeup artist here claims that you paid, or you said you were going to pay her if she drugged one of the student's makeup.”“What? I've ne
I just knew you'd like something like this.” Travis said with a smile. “This is so cute. You're so cute.” Travis reddened. “Are you coming for the university’s 120th anniversary tomorrow?”“It's tomorrow? I don't give it much thought, I told Elliot to clear it from my schedule. I don't care about social events since my…” Travis stopped looking down at his legs.“You are and you have always been a perfect and full man to me. You shouldn't care about what other people say.”“It's not that. I just don't like the attention and pity that comes with it. It's weird and uncomfortable.”“I understand. I was vglooking forward to you seeing me perform.”“Perform? You should have led with that. I'll be there.”Alice laughed. “ You just talked about how people look like you feel uncomfortable, and because I told you I was going to perform, you changed your mind?”“Yes, of course.”“There'll be no one there to support you, and I'm an alumnus, so it's a very big deal.”“Mhm, so you say.”*******
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