“What happened to your face?” Winnie asked when she saw her husband’s wounded face. “Oh my god! Did Luther do that to you?” she gasped, examining his face. “You need treatment, Cassius.” “I know and I’m fine,” Cassius said sadly, sitting on the stool next to her bed. He fixed his eyes on his joined hands as he tried to process everything in his head that happened an hour ago. He still couldn’t erase the broken look on his brother’s face. How could Luther think that he could do that to his wife? “Shit!” He grabbed his head in his hands, sighing heavily. “I just messed things up, Winnie.” “What’s wrong, Cassius? You’re just scaring me, please tell me what happened.” Cassius looked at his wife, licking his dry lips as he felt his racing heartbeat under his chest. He didn't want to tell her that he had to tell her. “Please don’t get me wrong, Winnie.” He inhaled a long breath before continuing. “After leaving the hospital I drove straight, to Luther's mansion and went straight to his

Noelle was unable to fall asleep so she walked to the balcony inhaling fresh air at midnight. She hugged herself when she felt a chill on her skin. Looking at the moon, she smiled at it. “How could you manage to look always beautiful in the light of the sun? Even the sun couldn’t look as beautiful as you with its light.” Noelle smiled, recalling old memories of when she and Ned used to sleep in the backyard, staring at the moon and counting infinite stars. “I wish you were there for me,” she sighed. “I have nobody to talk to, Ned. I felt like I was paying for my karma. I killed you and it’s slowly killing my happy family.” She stared at one of the brightest stars in the sky. “I know you were shining there… You've been a good brother, Ned. You were just brainwashed. I’m sorry I didn’t want to kill you but I chose the father of my baby over you.” Suddenly her phone chirped with a notification. Frowning, she checked her cell phone and found a clip from an unknown number. She clicked on

Winnie went into the bathroom before splashing cold water on her face and washing her neck. She bit into her lower lip to stop herself from breaking into a cry. She looked at herself in the mirror and at his fingerprints on her neck. She brushed it with her hand in irritation but she knew it would not go away. She rushed out and grabbed her makeup box before removing a concealer. She started to put it on her neck to hide marks. She glanced at the doorway checking out if Cassius was coming but he was nowhere in sight. She gave the last touch to her makeup, looking at herself in the mirror. Everything looked fine to her. She was about to move toward bed but then…“Fuck him! Fuck him!” Cassius barged inside and banged his fist on the wall, growling wildly like an injured animal. “He’s not ready to fucking listen to me. He just fucked up! I hate him! How could he do that!” Winnie watched her husband banging and thrashing his anger on walls, chairs and lastly on his cell phone. She would

The particles of the gate blew through the air. Cassius quickly covered Noelle and Xavier’s bodies with his, bending down on the ground. “Fuck! They are here." He breathed out, glancing at the doorway. Winnie was nowhere in sight. “We need to get out of here.” Noelle looked at the mess in the living room. Slowly, men in black uniforms spread across the room with their guns. “They are many…” she whispered. “How do we get out of here?"“We don’t have time to think, let’s go now." They slowly crawled to the ground so that nobody could see them. Xavier was crying, but Cassius made him stop with his favorite stuffed toy. She walked downstairs, tiptoeing and covering their mouths with their hands. “Where are they?” A man demanded. “Don’t tell me you just tell them about your truth, bitch!” Cassius looked at the living room and saw Winnie just standing in front of a blonde man who was tall and sturdy. Cassius glanced at his men and counted them quickly, and there were around ten people st

Noelle was moving ahead but then Luther called her, “Noelle!” She stopped, turning around. Luther rushed to her, grabbing her face and kissing her breathlessly. Noelle responded, smiling between their kisses. “I love you, Noelle.” “I know…” She mumbled, burning her fingers in his hair. “I love you so much, Noelle…” “I know, Luther.”“I love you more than anything…”“I know,” she breathed out. “You’re brave, no doubt.” Luther withdrew his mouth, gazing at her intently. “But I can’t risk your life.” He licked his lip, glancing at her mouth like he wanted to kiss her more. “Can I come with you?” “You’ll need to handle everything here,” Noelle said. “He is dangerous, Noelle…”“So are you, Luther? You’ll not let anything happen to me, I know. I trust you…I love you…” “Just remember one thing, we have two babies to look after…” Luther ran his fingers through his messy hair nervously, glancing at her tummy. “Just give up on your plan if you think things are getting out of hand.” He st