THE CHARISMATIC MRS. BELMONT; BACK FOR REVENGE

Alicia's POV."It was you, I saw you do it, so stop lying." My step-sister, Lea yelled as she pointed at me, while trembling from the cold, she was obviously pretending to be feeling.But that wasn't my main concern now. It was on Maya, my sister-in-law that was being pulled out of the pool, by my husband, Killian.She was bleeding by the side of her head and seemed to be unconscious, not breathing either but Killian didn't want to believe that as he kept tapping her cheeks roughly, while performing CPR on her."Maya, please." His voice was strained with pain as he tightened his hold on her. "Just wake up."Soon, we were all surrounded by the guests present, then Killian's parents and mine, who had all dashed out to see what the commotion was about.It was Killian's birthday party tonight and I had gone towards the restroom to ease myself when I received a notification from Maya, that she wanted to see me by the poolside.What for? I mean we weren't on good terms but I still went, be

Alicia's POV I stood before the judge, my legs trembling beneath the stiff fabric of the orange jumpsuit they’d forced me into a week ago. My heart hammered so loudly I was sure the entire room could hear it. “Not guilty,” I whispered, but the words came out stronger than I felt, echoing off the high ceilings. I pleaded it again, clearer this time, my voice cracking only at the end. The judge’s face remained impassive. My eyes darted across the room, searching for any scrap of mercy. They landed on Killian. He sat in the front row, rigid as stone, his dark eyes burning into me with pure disgust and raw anger. Those same eyes that had once looked at me with love now held only accusation. I couldn’t breathe. How had we come to this? My husband... my everything... staring at me like I was a stranger, like I was the monster they all believed me to be. I wanted to scream across the courtroom, to tell him again that I hadn’t done it. But the chains on my wrists bit into my skin

ALICIA “Dr. Grey?” A hand gently caressed my shoulder, dragging me out of my thoughts.I held back the tears threatening to roll down my cheeks as I stared at the name tag on the door in front of me. It took serious dedication, sleepless nights and emotional neglect but finally after six years, I had my life back together.Not like I imagined… but much better.“Mum!” Two simultaneous voices burst through the hallway.And my greatest achievements were sprinting towards me with open arms.“My babies!” I lowered my height to the toddlers’ height, wrapping them in a tight hug.“It’s been forever!” My six year old son, Kai screamed.“No, it hasn't, you drama king, she dropped us off at preschool.” Kayla corrected her brother with a pout on her face.“Well, It feels like forever.” Kai argued further, folding his arms in front of his chest dramatically.“ It doesn't.” Kayla replied with no emotion and I chuckled, pulling them closer.“It feels like a year to me, I missed you both so much.”

ALICIA “Mum, we're going to be late!” Kai yelled from the staircase and I sighed, pulling my blazer over my chest. Glancing at the mirror again, the weight of my decision came crashing back on me with full force, my throat suddenly dry and itchy.“I'll be right down, honey!” I returned, pulling my bag strap over my shoulder. If I was going to make a comeback, it was going to be in a grand style, one I made sure they wouldn't forget in a hurry.This wasn't the Alicia Grey they accused of murder years ago, I was a successful Medical Genius and mother of a beautiful set of twins.I was more than happy and I was going to make sure they saw it as well.“Dr. Alicia?” I raised my head from the documents in my hands, scanning the room for where I had heard my voice.“This way, please.” The young receptionist called out to me and I followed behind slowly.“They're behind this door, they are already seated, waiting for you.” She added, gesturing for me to go through the door in front of me.

KILLIAN“What did you say?” I asked, my voice strained from the shock.“Dr. Zachary James assisted in Dr. Alicia's release by providing proof of a made up evidence of Miss Maya getting pushed into the pool that night.” He repeated, lowering the document to the desk.“Are they related in any way?” I asked, grabbing the document from the desk.“No sir, no way possible.” He replied, lowering a flash drive onto the table.“That's the flash drive submitted as evidence at the court six years ago.” He cleared his throat, quietly stepping back from the desk.“Is that all?” I asked, my fingers digging into the document I was clutching. “Yes sir.” He responded, heading to the door. The click of the door sealed the fate of what I had done, the weight of the sentence I had put on Alicia without even considering her side of the story. The air in the study felt like it had suddenly turned into something unbreathable as I felt my knees give out, my body slumping into the chair as if all my bones h