W… what are you saying?” Kevin stuttered and tried to grab my arm again but I was quick to move away.Ignoring the women who had formed a group and started mumbling, I grabbed my bag, and then turned out of the space.“Lyra, wait!” Kevin rushed after me.Ignoring the look from the people who stopped to look at me in my crazily half-torn wedding dress, I entered the elevator and before it closed, Kevin rushed in and I pressed the button to the basement.“What is going on? Did I do something wrong? Talk to me!”But I didn't answer him. I kept staring at the blank space while he groaned in frustration coupled with confusion.He had probably not seen this coming.If I had gone with the flow, we were supposed to have a dinner date after the dress fitting.“God, Lyra, talk to me. Do you want me to kneel?” he asked and then knelt.At that moment, the door dinged open and I hissed, “Pathetic.”Still, he rushed after me, and with my hands folded across my chest, I didn't stop walking.As I got
“Is something going on, Ms. Henderson?”I did not know how close the man had gotten to me as I had spaced out till he tapped my shoulder, and I freaked out again.“Mr. Davis,” I breathed out and took a step away from him.It was still as clear as the day. How he had handed the poisoned water over to me.This man had taken part in the conspiracy that happened in the future, and I could not help but wonder how the sweet man had turned that way.“Are you okay? You are sweating,” He stated and brought out an handkerchief to help dab the beads of sweat on my forehead and i jolted backward in an instant.This middle-aged man had literally assumed the role of a guardian figure since my parents’s demise and I never minded that.He was my father’s friend and his lawyer, so… why?Or, was I dreaming?Perhaps I was dreaming and this is the ‘real’ reality.Whatever happened was just a nightmare and shouldn't let it bother me, right?But, I knew I was only lying to myself.“W… why…?” I swallowed ha
“K… Kev…” I stuttered as another clot of blood sputtered from my mouth.“Open the gate,” I heard him order and someone rushed to open the gate.He entered gently, and I fidgeted gently as he covered the space between us by bending beside me.“Y… you… you are…” I groaned and grabbed my stomach again.“Alive? Yeah,” he grinned.He picked up the document beside me and then groaned, “That is why you should not have acted like you are all that, come on! All I needed you for was your fucking inheritance!” he yelled and I closed my eyes shut.Bastard.Devil!He came to me four years ago and I thought he was all I needed. My shining armor, I had thought.But… it was all for this?This was why he had been licking my foot for the past years. This was why he had never angered me and had done all I wanted without any question.“But, you had to ruin it by getting pregnant! I had not been adding birth control pills to your water for the past three years just for you to carry a fucking baby all of a
“You are under arrest, Mrs. Hart, and whatever…”“What? W… wait, no!”I cut off the man who approached me slowly with caution like I was a danger or something.“T… that is my husband!” I hollered.“You are arrested for the murder of Mr. Hart.”“W… What?” I glanced at my husband who lay lifelessly on the cold floor and then breathed heavily.T… Do they think I have killed my husband?!Me?!I shook my head vigorously and took a step back, waving my hands at the man. How could I have killed Kevin? He was my husband and even though he had wronged me beyond words, I never would have killed him or anything.“Y… you must be mistaken. I would never kill my husband and that is the truth!”But he didn't listen to me. He covered the space between us, grabbed my wrist rather roughly, and before I could mutter another word, he had cuffed my wrists together.“Hey! Do you know what you are doing?! I didn't kill Kevin! Hey!” I cried profusely as he dragged me out of the room.All my pleas fell on hi
The next thing I heard was the sound of lips clashing together followed by the moans from Katherine.“I have to return to the hospital for her toiletries, i have been gone for too long,” she said amidst kissing.“Why would you even show up there at all? You could have ignored all the calls from the hospital. I did that too.”“Oh, be nice!” She said, and then burst into a thunderous laughter again. And at that moment, I realized it was better I left before they discovered my presence.The only two people I thought I had in the whole world were against me and it would cost them nothing if they chose to kill me right on the spot– maybe.Controlling the lump that had built up in my throat again and the tears that were threatening to fall, I took a step back. However, my godforsaken phone chose that moment to ring, and I closed my eyes at the realization that I had been caught.Before I could take another step back, Kevin rushed out of the corner he was, hands in hand with Katherine.“Lyr
“I am sorry, ma’am. We couldn’t save the baby.”I blinked blankly at the doctor as he said to me and then swallowed the lump that gathered in my throat.Perhaps, I have heard wrong.“It is in fact a miracle that you were able to pull this through. The poison had spread tot–”“Poison?” I cut him short, my eyes broadened and my voice shaky.“Yes, I am sorry. Poison was detected in your system and the baby couldn't make it through.”The next words that came from his mouth were totally inaudible as I had spaced out, at the verge of tears.It had taken everything to finally take in.For three years, I had tried every medication and herbs to finally get pregnant, but now…?Poison? There was no way the diagnosis or whatever was correct. I had eaten a homemade meal. I have been maintaining such habit for years, so how the hell could I have consumed poison?Quacks!Last night, I collapsed after I finished eating and was rushed to the hospital by the housekeeper, and the last news I was expecti