LOGINPOV: Edmond“What do you mean moved him, moved him how, and why?Where is he now, where did he move him to?” She asked me desperately, almost crying. That image consumed me, the look of desperation etched on her face as I delivered the horrifying news. Nothing had prepared me for the way her tears fell, hot and relentless.“He took him, Lina, he wants to use him against me. It’s all my fault, I should have been one step ahead, I should have taken Better care of you and your brother.” I told her sadly.“He’s using him to hurt us...” she sobbed.“He’s using my little Jason as leverage.” She let out with pain in her heart. I had never felt more useless in my life. That my grandfather could stoop so low to kidnap an innocent boy to force me into compliance was sickening. I wanted to punch something, to scream at the walls, but instead, life continued its relentless pace, and the world beyond the grand entrance remained blissfully indifferent to my chaos.“Just take me to him, please Eddie
POV: SelinaLooking at me on that hospital bed made him feel guilty. I could see it in his eyes. The regret. The panic. The shame he tried so hard to hide. When I asked for my kid brother Jason, he froze. That was when I knew something was wrong. He had no answer, no immediate reassurance, no calm explanation. Just shock, just silence. Just that haunted look in his eyes like the ground beneath him had suddenly cracked open.How could he not know where Jason was?I trusted him!I trusted him with my heart. With my body. With my future. I trusted him to keep my brother safe when I had no one else to rely on. When his grandfather forced me out of that house like I was nothing. When he stood there and let that old man make him choose between me and Alexia. And now he couldn’t even tell me where Jason was. I watched him think. His jaw tight. His eyes distant. Calculating. Searching for a solution that didn’t exist.“Jason should still be at home,” he finally said. “Exactly where we left hi
POV: EdmondI left my grandfathers presence in anger. I am determined to find the boy without his help and prove to him that I don’t need him to get the job done. I searched everywhere I could think of, I visited hospitals, and any other organizations that care for kids with his kind of disabilities. But I couldn’t find him, I kept searching for him, involving street thugs and even the cops. But no luck, not even a clue.After searching for Jason all day, I finally gave up. I’ve searched everywhere I could think of, and yet he is nowhere to be found, I had no choice but to go back home and face my grandfather again. I stood there, the door swinging shut behind me with a force that echoed my furious heartbeat. Gramps was seated behind his immense oak desk, a picture of calm authority, as if my entrance hadn’t just shattered the delicate peace of his office. He looked up, an eyebrow arched, the hint of a smirk playing at the corners of his lips.“You have quite the nerve, Edmond,” he sa
POV: EdmondLooking at Selina on the hospital bed made me feel more guilty than I have ever felt in my life. She looked small under those white sheets. Pale. Fragile. Tubes attached to her arm. Machines blinking beside her. And yet, even in that condition, her first thought was not herself. It was Jason, her kid brother.When she asked for her kid brother, my heart dropped to my stomach. I had nothing to tell her. Nothing!Because in the chaos of fighting with my grandfather, in the rage of watching her being forced out of my house, in the madness of choosing between her and Alexia, I totally forgot about her brother. How could I have been so stupid and careless?She trusted me with her heart. She trusted me with her body. She trusted me to protect her, to protect Jason. And I failed before even trying. I couldn’t do anything when my grandfather forced her out of the house. I stood there while he made me choose Alexia over her. I watched Selina pack her pride and walk out with her hea
POV: EddieThe room around me blurred into a background hum as panic surged through me. I shot a glance at Sofia, who was biting her lip, dread painting her face. We were just at this party, surrounded by people who didn’t matter, and now everything spiraled out of control. “I’ve got to go,” I said, my voice barely above a whisper.I didn’t wait for her response. I barreled down the hallway, dodging family members, ignoring their whispers, their judgmental eyes, all of it fading to static noise that didn’t deserve my attention. My only focus was Selina.The cold air hit my face like a slap as I burst through the front door. I ran toward my car, the engine roaring to life under my trembling hands. “What the hell am I doing?” I mumbled. “I should’ve been there.” I shouldn’t have let Alexia get in my head. I shouldn’t have dealt with her at all. Everything was my fault—Selina could be in trouble because of me.The drive felt endless, every bump in the road sending jolts of worry coursing
POV: Eddie“Hey, Chris wait up...” Alexia called out to Chris, causing me to turn in his direction. My eyes widened in shock when I spotted him.“What are you doing here, man?I thought I asked you to...” I couldn’t finish my statement because everyone was now staring at our exchange, including Alexia and Gramps.“Speak up, Eddie love. Tell everyone how you were about to send your best friend after that traitor you call a girlfriend. You have no regard for Gramps, and that is why you sent him after that bitch after your grandfather sent her out of our family. I am your fiancée now, Eddie, and I’ll make sure that bitch does not return back to this family. I won’t let you go to her, and neither will you be caring for her needs because I won’t let you.” Alexia lets out proudly, making me realise that I should have listened to Selina when she asked me not to do deals with Alexia and Nicole. Now I’ve brought in the devil into our lives and she is tearing our family apart.How on earth did







