Chapter 12“Elena, what do you think you’re doing?” David wheezed as he tried struggle against her grip.“I said Don’t move!” Elena hissed in anger as she tightened her hold on his neck.“Elena you’re choking me” David coughed as he tried and failed to loosen her grip.“I’m just choking you and you’re complaining,“ she paused a bit and continued “After everything you’ve put me through choking you doesn’t seem so extreme.You’re lucky I’m not with a knife I would slit your throat without thinking twice,” Elena finished with utter disgust in her tone.“Well, that’s a great idea,“ David replied with an amused smile.“Just that you’d kill me and still lose everything,” he added with a chuckle “What does that mean?” Elena asked apprehensively as her mind began to race.“Chelsea. Chelsea is my next of kin and she’d get everything, so even if you are foolish enough to kill me, it still…”David didn’t get to finish his sentence because in a surge of rage, Elena smashed the bottle on David’s h

Chapter 16“Yeah! Come here!” Elena whispered as she beckoned wildly for Marcel to join her at the edge where she stood, covered by trees.“What are you doing here?” Marcel asked her in confusion as his eyes roamed her in shock.“Why haven't you been making my calls?” Elena snapped in irritation as soon as he came close to her.She pulled on his hand and lead him deeper into her makeshift hiding place.“Elena, wait, you're not making any sense. Why are you here?” Marcel asked again as he continued to stare at her like she had grown a second head.“What do you mean why am I here? David set me up with the police, he canceled my credit cards, I can't go home, the only hope I have is the evidence with you and you haven't been taking my calls! You just abandoned me to find for myself,” Elena whispered hotly as she blinked her tears away furiously.Marcel's brows rose in what Elena interpreted to be understanding as he held her gently.“Hey, calm down. It'll all be fine,” He said softly.Bu

Chapter 18Elena gasped in shock as her body launched off the edge of the cliff and began to roll down the mountain.Tears streamed from her eyes and her screams intensified as she rolled down the mountain.With her eyes shut and her skin burning, her secrets intensified. She couldn’t break her fall, not that she had any strength to do so.Her body got hit over and over again as her forehead violently scratched different branches, her legs breaking through thick trunks, her back hitting hard rocks and her flesh being consumed by fire which didn’t seem to be reducing.Halfway through her fall, Elena passed out from the pain and finally came to rest at the foot of the mountain.The last dregs of the fire spluttered and went out, and thick smoke and the smell of roasted flesh rose from Elena.************~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*********************Marco hissed in irritation as his phone beeped and his mother’s name appeared again.The woman was really getting on his nerves. She had done nothing

Chapter 20~~~~~~~~~~SEVEN MONTH TIME SPAN~~~~~~~~~~~~~`“Look I don’t understand why you keep on giving excuses! You clearly told me that you would be back on friday and now you’ve suddenly developed another thing you have to do that’ll keep you for another what? Three months?!” Mrs Donatelli screeched on the phone.For the last seven months, she had been trying to set her son up with the daughter of her friend Valentina. Whose daughter, Francesca, was a beautiful, properly educated, well brought-up young lady. Not only was she elegant, she was from the prestigious Bernandi family.Valentina had trained her girl from birth to handle a conglomerate family.And Mrs. Donatelli was confident Francesca would adjust to life as Marco’s wife beautifully and maybe even teach her son a thing or two about elegance.But no. Marco was determined to frustrate her efforts despite not pulling any body of his own.If he had a girlfriend, it would be different, but her son was obsessed with work and

Elena sat facing the wall mutely. She had cried so much in the last five hours that she was sure her body had no more moisture. She supposed she should be grateful that she hadn’t birthed a child with that monster, David. But in truth, all she felt was exhaustion. She felt a bit of pity for the man. Marco. That was how he introduced himself. He had spent all this time and money treating her, and now that she was awake, she couldn’t bear to look at him. He had such piercing eyes that she knew the truth of her circumstances would come flowing out if she dared to look into them. “I’m going to the lobby to get some snacks. Would you like anything?” He asked her calmly as he stood up from the bed side chair where he had been perched all day doing nothing but watching over her. Elena blushed in embarrassment and shook her head. Her voice was still hoarse from disuse, and she knew she should speak, but something about Marco made her subconcious, and she opted for gestures whenever she c