LOGINMelissa’s POV“Nothing? You can’t get me in there?”My voice is shaking. Hell, my whole body is shaking too. I press my hand against the side of the car, taking a deep breath as I wait for Nadia to answer.A couple of days has passed since Grandpa died. Not once did I manage to see him. The hospital was turned into some kind of military base when he was still there. Guards turned up and stopped me from getting in. I called Andrew. I begged. I threatened. I did everything I could.But he still wouldn’t listen to me.Now, I had to take the bad road and ask Nadia for help.Currently, I’m parked in front of the memorial garden where Grandpa was set to be buried. The only way I knew about this was because of Zane, who was standing next to me waiting for me to finish my call.He also got banned from seeing Grandpa, and it’s all because of me.I thought Nadia would turn me away without question, but she answered my call and she’s still talking to me.“Nadia, I need to be there,” I say. “It’s
Third Person POVThe first thing that pierces through Eleanor’s consciousness is the beeping sound coming from something beside her.She opens her eyes, but it feels like there’s a film sticking to her eyelids, stopping her from fully waking up. She tries to let out a groan, thinking that will help, but it all seems… difficult.She can’t feel her chest moving. There’s a certain heaviness in her limbs that she can’t describe. It almost feels like she’s strapped down, and she can’t quite remember how she got into this situation….Melissa. Of course.Eleanor made a mistake of showing up at the hospital. She thought that Andrew would be alone. She believed it would have been the perfect time to show some sympathy and get some favor from him, but it turned out to be a mistake.Melissa saw her, and from there it was war.She didn’t even manage to fight back. Melissa came at her like a machine, slapping and kicking and screaming, giving her no time to defend herself. She never thought that M
Melissa’s POV My vision has gone red. I never thought I’ll ever become someone who can be seduced by the idea of murder, but right now it’s the only thing on my mind. “Andrew!” Eleanor yells, screaming as I pin her under me, yanking at her hair with all my might until her blonde locks come flying off her head. “Andrew, get her off me! I didn’t do anything!” I slap her mouth, and she tries to bite my fingers. Her teeth graze my skin, and the parts that are still smarting from being burrowed into by glass shards start to hurt even more. Because of my surprise, she almost manages to buck me off, but I refuse to let her go. “Didn’t do anything?” I echo her words, slapping her again until I feel my own palm hurting. “You killed my daughter! And this idiot is too wrapped up around your fingers to do anything about it!” I’ve never been a violent person, and I know that I might look back on this with shame, but right now, nothing else matters. “Melissa, stop that!” Andrew yells
Melissa’s POVThe pain knocks my breath out of my lungs. I gasp, grasping at everything around me.But my bare hands only come into contact with more shards of glass.Blood is seeping from my skin now, my palms raw. Seeing it smeared around the carpet is making me a little bit dizzy. I lay there for what seems like a long time, unsure of how to get up until Andrew scoops me from the floor.“Are you alright?” he asks in concern, then he sees my hands and back. “Jesus, you’re bleeding. We need to get you to the hospital!”He leads me to the door carefully, but then I look back and see that Grandpa is clutching his chest. He’s pointing at the closet door.“The monster,” he pants, his breathing suddenly quickening. “She’s here….”His words sputter to a stop. His hand tightens around his chest. His breath hitches in his throat, and I immediately know that he’s having another heart attack.“Andrew!” I yell, pointing at Grandpa, and he turns around just in time to catch him as he starts to c
Third Person POVAndrew’s eyes go wide as panic sets in and seizes his heart in a vice grip. He looks at Eleanor, and for once she doesn’t have to put on a fake expression.Great. This is the last thing she wanted: Melissa finding out about her secret and ruining everything. If she manages to go here, if she sees her….“I’m going to hide,” Eleanor snaps, holding Andrew by the collar as he stands frozen by the door. “Andrew! Snap out of it! Don’t let her find me, and please hide Lottie!”Andrew nods, but his mind is already numb with panic. He searches around the room and leads Eleanor to the closet, closing the door. Grandpa is screaming and crying, messing up his bed, oblivious to it all.But Melissa has already pushed through the maids and the guards that Nadia tried to set upon her. She’s determined to see Grandpa once and for all. Once she heard everything from Wendy, she dropped everything just to be here.“Are you sure it’s wise to show up alone?” Zane asked when she insisted to
Third Person POVEleanor stares at Andrew, not really knowing what to say. Suddenly the ring on her finger begins to burn as though it wants to tell Andrew everything that happened.She can still feel the effects of what she did with Hunter. Her inner thighs burn, her skin still tingling. Memories of the night fill her with excitement even with what happened.But she searches her heart, knowing that she should never stray away from the mission.“Andrew,” she begins to say, shaking her head. “Of course not. I’m not cheating on you. You know I would never do that.”Andrew backs off, relieved to hear her words. Eleanor never really gave him a reason to think she was cheating, even from the beginning. She always stuck to her side, calling him and only him for help. If she had been cheating, then she wouldn’t need him, right?And very clearly, she still does.“Good,” Andrew just says, hating the smell of cigarettes in her hair. “Whoever that friend is, I want you to stop talking to him. Ye







