Lahat ng Kabanata ng Revenge is Best Served Cold: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 4

Selene's POV I woke up with a jump, my heart beating like a drum inside my chest. What immediately came to my attention was the fact that I did not smell like the streets. The second thing was the constant sound of beeping of machines nearby.I was at a hospital, yet I was not there as a patient. The rays of the sun were coming through the perfectly clean windows, and I stared at my hands. My hands were soft and clean. Not the broken, dirty things they had been reduced to in their two years of hell.“Mrs. Martinez?” I was called back to reality by a voice I knew well. “Are you okay? Did you hear anything I said?”I slowly turned my head, and there he was. Dr. James Parker, right by my side with that same sympathetic look I knew so well. It was the same deep worry in his forehead, the same cool bedside manner with which that life-shattering news had been given to me.Or what I supposed had been the worst news of my life.Dr. Parker went on, with his voice thick with false sympathy, "Y

Selene's POV We were silent for some moments. I saw Isabella taking bigger and bigger sips of her coffee. Sophia was playing with a muffin she had bought, obviously too nervous to eat it. And I was planning my next step.“Well...you know what?” I began, “I believe I’m ready to go back. I would like to start the cremation process."“You are sure?" Sophia asked. “Perhaps we had better wait a little. Allow you more time to properly think about it." I guessed she knew the coffee was drugged and the more time she was asking for was for the effects to kick in.“No,” I answered. I have done enough thinking. I know what I want."Isabella began to answer, but paused in mid-sentence. Her hand went to her forehead and she blinked very fast. "I... I feel weird."“What do you mean, weird how?" I asked, pretending to be concerned.“Dizzy,” murmured Isabella, rocking in her chair. “Pretty dizzy."“You should drink some water,” Sophia said, but I could see the fear beginning to show in her eyes."I