“The fuck?!” I cursed, and glanced over at the golden click spread over the wall. It was 7:58am. Leilani’s flight leaves by 8:00am. “Which fucking plane is she on?” I was moving at the speed of light as I grabbed the keys to one of the rental cars and flew out through the fucking door.
I had two minutes.Tina could not leave this fucking city. Leilani would be exposed to her on a small, luxury island. Oh fuck, Tina was insane. Going after Leilani to hurt her during her fucking honeymoon. When she knew nobody else but Neil would be there.Shit. She could tell Neil the fucking truth between Leilani and I. Shit. Shit. Shit.“We cannot locate any identity that matches her on any of these planes, but she is on one of them.” The second investigator said. “She knows we’re tracking her. She knows we’re watching.”Tim exclaimed, “The airport is a ten-minute drive at top speed all the way from youAdonisThey obviously did not believe a fucking thing I was saying. But fuck me if I was going to take a fucking no from these dipshit security men. They had even formed a band in front of me, trying to stop me from going over to the cops. “Of course, it would not fucking match. That woman is a wanted murderer, and her name and identity have been tagged by the police. She'd obviously be hiding under a different identity. The police should do a more in-depth sweep right now of the grounded flights within this time.”Two of the men exchanged glances, and one cleared his throat. “Sir, only flights scheduled to leave after 8:00am have been delayed. All other flights have taken off before the police arrived claiming there was a criminal in the airport. Sir, this might be the same criminal you are talking about, although it is highly unlikely that some criminal could just bypass our top-notch security with fake identity and get on one of our planes-”
When I went black, it was not unconsciousness. It was not anger. It was not just a mood. It was death. I was ready to murder anyone. I was ready to throw myself against any hard wall of brick, metal or titanium. I was fucking dead and dark in my mind, as something had finally snapped inside me. I barely showed any affection towards my family, but they meant the world to me, because they gave me the warmth I never had in my early years, even though that warmth was not enough to thaw part of my cold soul that makes me how I am today.The part of my being that haunts me when I am down, and drags me down to depressing levels when all I can feel is gloom and pain. I had grown farther apart from my mother growing up, but that did not fucking mean she was not special to me. And now, someone had the galls to hurt my mother. Darkness filled my vision and my mind as I drove back to the hotels like a bat out of hell, zooming on air and pushing the car to its damn limits. In no time,
AdonisWatching Cora struggle to stay alive on a hospital bed was terrifying. More than anything else I have ever felt. Not just because of the fact that the doctors might not be able to flush out the poison and she might die, but because the scene evoked memories that I had struggled to keep buried.Years of therapy could only go so far, but soon, I caved in to the hollow darkness eating me up inside. I have seen Cora nearly die so many times, and seeing it again now… and not being able to do anything to save her had reduced me to the sad, helpless and scared two year old kid I once was. I was dying inside.Dominick was pacing in the hospital waiting room, yelling into the phone and narrating what had just happened at the person on the other end of the call. But that roiling and burning anger I had felt initially had faded into something else.Something that was consuming me inside. Something I could not explain, but I was very familiar wi
Adonis“Adonis?” I heard someone say softly somewhere beside me. I opened my tightly shut eyes, and clenched my jaw. I was sitting on one of the uncomfortable hospital chairs with my elbows resting on my knees and my head bowed. It was so difficult to keep the memories away when I knew Cora was about to die somewhere in the emergency room.This was the ultimate trigger a couple of my therapists had mentioned. A trigger that could undo all of the progress and peace closure brings. The thing was that, I knew deep down that I never found closure from all the fucked up shit in my mind. All of that fear, anger, rage and pain were all bottled inside me. And that was why I have bouts of very deep depressions from time to time. Isolation. Period of self-loathing. Periods where I seemed to be most dangerous, yet that was when I was most vulnerable. Periods where I could not let anyone see the pain in my eyes.Periods like now.I never completed therapy. Beca
•Flashback•I was still around high school age when it happened. The “peaceful” life I had sort of enjoyed for the past couple of years was fading. Because Neil’s biological mother just got the legal rights to get involved in a Neil’s life again, and that old hag, Freya, was trying her best to make life miserable for Cora. And I.The hatred she felt for us was so strong, because it hurt that Dominick had divorced her and remarried Cora. But the hatred I felt towards her was fucking stronger. So many things happened. Neil and I used to do everything together. We had the same gadgets, breed of dogs and shit. Until my dog mysteriously died.Vets say it was poisoned.I knew it was Freya who must have done it during her visiting times and I accused her. Neil, that fool, was happy to get to know his real mother, so he defended her. I was so traumatized seeing my dog bleed to death, that I could never get anymore pets. Because everythin
AdonisInstinctively, my foot jammed heavily down on the brakes, and the car screeched to a haphazard halt, scratching along the asphalt of the road from side to side, before jerking to a stop a few yards away from the people standing on the road. I was breathing heavily, the smell of burning rubber filling my lungs, as my eyes squinted at the people with guns slowly approaching our vehicle.They did not look friendly.Cora let out a small groan, and I glanced at her, “Mom. Are you okay?”“I told you to stop driving so recklessly.” She winced, rubbing both of her hands on her forehead. “I can’t believe we just got into an accident and we’re still alive…” She had not seen the people with guns coming towards the car yet, and I did not even have the time to explain to her that the accident we just had was strange, possibly planned and it had nothing to do with the speed of the car. In fact, I had already slowe
LeilaniI shifted against my large, comfortable seat and cranked my eyes open. I had dropped into a smooth, peaceful nap immediately the plane had taken flight and I think I must have been asleep for a while, because a light turbulence had stirred me up from sleep.“You finally opened your eyes, sleepy head.” I heard Neil’s voice tease me and I looked up at his seat beside mine, to see him reclined in his seat, air-pods in his ears and his blue eyes gazing right down at me. There was a beautiful smile on his handsome face, and it made me smile too. “How long have I been out, baby?”He arched one eyebrow, slightly displacing some strands of his golden hair peeking out from the depths of his big hoodie. “For a while. Getting on a long flight just a day after our wedding can be pretty stressful.” He leaned in, taking my cheek in his hand as he kissed me softly on my forehead. “So, rest up, wife. We have an interesti
LeilaniIt was so beautiful. The private beach looked so tropical and exotic, with the most soothing and serene ocean environment. The chauffeur left the vehicle with us and found his way back after dropping us off at the house. My jaw was literally on the ground when I got sight of the house we would be spending our honeymoon vacation in.Amazing.It was made of pure white and crystal-clear glass, carved into what looked like some kind of beautiful grey rock, with an attached pool that spanned so wide, and so blue, that it looked like a mini ocean right by the house. It looked even better than in the photos. Neil was happy to explore the house with me, gathering me up into his arms bridal style, after we dumped our tiny bags somewhere.It was all so aesthetically pleasing, and luxurious in a nice blend of nature and sleek technology, that I was sure that leaving this place once our honeymoon was over would be really difficult. The rest of the world seeme