Chapter 4

Aria’s POV

I don’t remember much but I think I lost consciousness for a minute. I feel the power draining out of me as my body is dragged down a cold floor.

Where was I? And where was I taken to? I want to ask but my mouth can’t open to utter the words.

My eyes open to a face and hand on me but close back. It’s all blurry. I can’t see a thing.

After, I feel my body thrown on the floor of a cold room. I open my eyes now, slowly regaining consciousness. I look around. I’m no longer in the apartment but now in the basement not too far from the apartment.

“Why I’m I hear?” I struggle to stand to my feet. My whole cloth is covered with red blood. I must have lost the child.

My hands quivered. My eyes looked back at Susan who wore an evil smile, Caleb standing beside her.

“What does it seem like? We’re getting rid of you old hag.” She mocks and my heart breaks, “So please die quietly.”

Before I could say another thing, she locked the door to the ice cellar.

“No!!!” I scream at the top of my voice, rushing to slam my fist on the door maybe just maybe they would have a change of heart and open the door. “Let me out of here, Susan!” I continue to scream.

The only response I got was a mocking laughter from Susan.

“Sorry, dear sister, it’s time you disappear.” I could feel my legs go numb and my whole body panting, beads of sweat falling down my face as I tried to catch my breath.

This cellar is not strong or capable of withstanding the heavy wind during this season. I could hear the wind woozy from outside.

I could no longer hear their voice again. Susan and Caleb. Only the sound of the snowflakes turning into a heavy hailstorm. Its sound increases as I hear it hit the roof of the cellar.

I take a step back, my hands grasping my chest. My breath is ragged. I panic looking at the ceiling of the cellar.

“What have I gotten myself into?” I ask inwardly before shouting again at the top of my voice. “Susan! Caleb! Get me out of here! Please! Please!”

Tears started to flow down my eyes again as I started to feel the cold run into me like adrenaline. I ask myself where the breeze is coming from and before I know It, I notice that a part of the ceiling is about to be removed and the wind pressing against it makes it rant.

“Anybody there?” I say but the reply that came was the ceiling of the cellar falling brutally behind me and I scream at the top of my voice while rushing to a corner.

I started to shake, my hands wrapped around me, and I breathed out a thick air.

Even after those years of being together with Caleb, I couldn’t believe he would treat me this way, non the less leave me here to die in the cellar with his unborn child.

Now I think of it, my child, is it dead? I ask myself but how would I know the answer to that? I see blood all over me and in between my legs, so, it means I had a miscarriage.

I relax my back on the cold wall and look up to the open roof and the strong wind forcing itself inside and the pace increases as the whole building starts to crumble.

I close my eyes tight, not bearing to witness myself buried under this heavy ceilings.

It finally crashed over me heavily, locking me in between, not able to move. My leg is stuck under the log, and my head hurt and bleeding. A tear rolls down my eyes as I slowly give up the ghost in me.

I couldn’t take the pain any longer. It was so unbearable when I even try to move or push the heavy woods aside. I cough out blood. One of the roofing’s surged through into my heart. The bleeding is severe that to inhale or exhale is a problem for me.

“Goodbye, love, goodbye world.” I slowly lock my eyes after. Exhaling my last breath out of my mouth.

I start to hear the sound of beeping. Uh? Don’t tell me that I haven’t died yet. My eyes are weakly open.

I don’t want to wake up, I don’t want to wake up. I cry in my heart. I don’t want to experience the pain all over again. It’s best I just die.

Why doesn’t my body want to give up? It’s futile, just die goddamit!

My eyes opened sharp and a bright light preceded me. I’m no longer in the cellar. Wait! This is a hospital.

I could smell the disinfectant in the air and the mixture of drugs all over. The beeping I was hearing earlier was the monitor that was plugged beside me.

How did I get here? Who brought me here? I slowly tilt my head to look around and then I feel a head sleeping beside me. His eyes shut and his face peaceful.

“Caleb?” I mouth as he mumbles slowly raising his head to me. His finger twitched his eyes like a child before he rubbed his eyes again like he couldn’t believe his eyes.

“Aria!” He calls my name excitedly. “You’re awake.” He jumps to his feet and exits the room.

I couldn’t believe myself. I was alive! Was I given a second chance? No way!