LOGINSOPHIA“Miss Hale, you're under arrest for the murder of Beth Carter. You have the right to a lawyer and anything you say or do will be used for or against you in the court of law” Those were words I never thought I would ever hear but once Damien Locke and Elena were involved, there was no limit to the length they could go just to bury a person.My blood ran cold as Aiden and I stood by the door to the house. The police officers stood before us, their judgemental eyes boring into ours and all I could do was stare in disbelief. Beth Carter was dead?“What do you mean by that? Beth Carter was murdered? I just saw her earlier today!” I finally found my voice and one of the officers rolled his eyes at me before he pulled handcuffs out of his pocket.“For now, you have to come with us. The case will be investigated and once you're proven innocent, you'll be freed” he returned, holding the cuff out for me to bring my hands forth.Quickly, Aiden stepped forward and hid me behind him, the
SOPHIAI walked into the hall, brewing with anger as I searched for Aiden with my eyes.Soon, I found him seated on one of the pews and he stared at me questioningly as I joined him. “You're red all over. Who pissed you off?” He asked with concern and I scoffed while folding my arms across my chest. I was so pissed that the urge to punch something filled me.“My sister was being a bitch. Then I saw someone” I grumbled while I avoided his gaze. I was too angry to look at him because he would obviously make me feel better and I would end up forgetting why I was angry in the first place. “I'm not surprised about your sister being a bitch toward you, Sophia. What I want to know is this person you saw. Who was it? Should I be worried?” He asked and I finally looked at him.“What would you do if I said it was someone you should be worried about?” I asked him and he shrugged.“Obviously, I'll make them leave you. Man or woman, I'll make a threat and they would have no choice but to never
DAMIEN“What the hell have you done, Elena? How could you shoot her here? On our wedding day?” I yelled at the top of my voice but she looked completely unfazed.I began to wonder if she was the loose canon here because there was no way a sane person would opt to take a life on their wedding day. Worst of all, at the wedding venue. That was utter madness… but maybe that was why I liked her.“Don't act like you haven't shot someone before, Damien”“You didn't just shoot her, Elena. You killed her. She'd dead” I corrected but she only scoffed and I watched in both awe and disbelief. “So what if she's dead? I know you've got contacts. So call one of them and pay them to clean this mess up. You've got the money” she winked at me with a smile like there wasn't blood spread almost everywhere on the wall and floor.Lifting her wedding up, she crossed over Beth's lifeless body and picked up her bouquet of flowers. Then she turned around to look at me. “Come on, Damien. Make the call alread
BETHThe glass of wine in my hand was crushed to bits the longer I stared at the screen before me. My heart churned with pain as I took in the breaking news being transmitted but another emotion slowly surfaced to the top and soon, I was enveloped into its grippling clasp. I was furious. So furious that I could burn down a house just to get revenge on Damien for lying to me.He promised me on the day he slept with me. He told me he would make me his for showing him the sort of person Sophia truly was and I believed him. I foolishly fell for his words and believed he was finally going to show the public that I was his. I had no idea he was only using me and all along, his hungry eyes were set on Sophia’s sister, Elena. Now they were getting married and obviously, that meant I was nothing to Damien Locke anymore. He only used me to spy on Sophia and had now discarded me.“Shit you’re bleeding!” One of the bartenders panicked when he saw my hand but I didn’t even feel the pain as my
SOPHIAI was up before my alarm rang and my eyes stung since I didn’t sleep. Aiden woke up just as I walked out of his bathroom wearing his robe and he sat up in bed.“You’re awake already,” He noted and I nodded while using a spare towel to dry my hair up.“Yeah. I’ll make breakfast since I’ve taken my bath. You should take your bath too.” I returned and he held his hand out.I walked up to him, my hand held out too and he took it. Then he pulled me down to sit with him and I did. He kissed me briefly on the lips before we pressed our foreheads against each other.“I know you didn’t sleep last night.” He told me and that made me pull away to look at him.“You know I couldn't sleep?” “Yes. There was no way I wouldn’t know when you kept tossing on the bed,” He smiled while giving me an endearing look and I palmed my face in embarrassment. I should have realized that turning around nonstop would have bothered him through the night.“I couldn’t sleep either so don’t feel bad,” I pulled
SOPHIAMy mind was a mess. Many questions and assumptions ran through like a train that had lost control and still, I had no idea what to think. What the hell was Elena thinking? Why would she choose to do something so dangerous when I was even trying to make her realize she was taking the path to self ruin?“It’s late and there’s literally nothing we can do by this time. All we can do is stay calm tonight and wait until morning” Aiden advised while he picked the fragments of glasses scattered across the floor in the living room.I was seated on the couch rocking back and forth while trying to get a grasp of the whole catastrophic situation because Aiden insisted I stay clear of the floor until he was done cleaning up.“I just… I can’t believe Elena will do something like that. I never thought she would stoop so low,” I shared my shock but Aiden shrugged as he picked up the last piece of glass.“She’s done many horrible things, Sophia. This is obviously nothing to her because all she







