Chapter 013

Lily

“Watch where you're going bitch,” a sharp voice retorted. I didn't need to look up to know who it was, I got pushed to the side, it was Vivian, pushing me away from Nolan. I looked up at him and he was quiet, his face was full of concern but it disappeared within seconds.

I stared at him for a second more, hoping for something I knew very well I wasn't going to get. “I'm sorry about your mother,” he said in a deep cold voice. No one needed to point it out, he didn't even hide it, he didn't care. “Don't think I don't really know your game, Nolan is mine now, you think what has happened is going to make you get back together, well...in your dreams,” Vivian mocked as she held onto Nolan's hand, he didn't push her away, then her hand went to her abdomen as she gently rubbed it. "We are going to be a big happy family, we don't need any of your drama," she continued, her words stung, I was also pregnant for Nolan, but he didn't know, will me telling him the truth change the way he looked at me? or will he tell me to get rid of it? but that was out of the topic now, I had just lost my mother and these two had come here to flaunt their sins to me.

Nolan looked at her with gentle eyes, something I rarely got, the most important person in my life was gone, and here, the one person I had trusted with my life, the one who was supposed to be comforting me, was holding another woman in his arms, I let out a bitter laugh, “you two are disgusting, you deserve each other,” I said as I darted my gaze between them. The air was getting suffocating and all I needed was to get away from them, but Vivian stood in my path, blocking me from moving past them.

Vivian rolled her eyes, as if my reaction was boring to her. Nolan just stood there quietly, his eyes cold, it was obvious that he wasn't here for me, but for Vivian. Who knows, that bitch basically feigned concern about my mother's death only to come here and mock me, her main agenda was to make me suffer and she was really doing a hell of a job. My heart twisted painfully in my chest, what was I expecting, that Nolan would come and comfort me, and tell me that everything is going to be alright? that we were going to fix things and that he was going to protect me? well I was a fool to think that.

I made my way past them but then someone grabbed my hand, it was Vivian, what was she up to now. “ Lily, I'm so sorry for what has happened,” her voice was laced with fake innocence that made me want to puke. “Let go of my arm,” I said with impatience as I tried to set my hand free from her grip but she squeezed harder, not wanting to let go. “But please, don't harm my child, my child is innocent, I know you think I took everything from you,” she continued, her words made me laugh out loud, of course she had taken everything from me, my father, my husband, my home, yet she was here making a show. She moved closer and leaned on my ear, "how does it feel to loose everything," she whispered, her voice was laced with venom, then she moved back and looked at me with that fake innocent face, "I'm sorry for your loss," her lips tugged up to a mocking smile. I pulled my hand from hers with utter force making her fall backwards, she was pretending but my poor Nolan was blind to see, he rushed to hold her before she hit the ground.

I rolled my eyes, what a performance, she needed an Oscar for that, she always had tricks up her sleeve. Nolan looked at me sharply. “What the hell is wrong with you, huh?” He shouted, I raised my eyebrows, “I didn't push her, maybe you're just blind to see that,” I shot back. He scooped her off her feet and carried her, “if anything happens to her, I'll make you pay with your life,” he warned before walking away with her in his arms, something shot through my heart, making it ache, just seeing him walk away from me carrying Vivian, who was wearing a smug smile like she had won almost made me loose my balance. Why was everyone against me, what did I ever do to go through this.

I collected myself and walked to the elevator doors, I took out my phone and dialed that familiar number, it was received on the first beep, “babe,” that sweet voice came through. “Can you come and pick me up,” I said in a shaky voice, she didn't ask any questions, “on my way.”

Ruby was the only person I could trust, now that I had lost everything, I really needed a friend and I should thank the heavens for her. It didn't take long when her car pulled in front of me, I was seated on a bench just outside the hospital, my head on my knees. “Lily,” she called out as she walked towards me, I rose my head slowly and looked up at her, my eyes were swollen from crying, she knitted her eyebrows as she sat beside me, “come here,” she whispered, I leaned my head to her chest and let out a cry, it was so ugly, I didn't realize that I was holding on to it for this long, “ssssh,” she whispered as her hands caressed my hair. “Is it that bastard again, what did he do this time, I'll go break his legs,” she said with anger, well Nolan was one of the reasons why I was crying but not the bigger one.

“She is gone,” I said in a shaky voice. Ruby seemed to understand, she didn't ask any more questions and continued to pat my head gently, “there ... there, ssssh.”