Novels by achrysanthemum

I pushed the record button, and the little red circle started to blink. The timer on the top-left corner of the screen flashed the time elapsing inthe video. Ten seconds… Fifteen… I took a deep sigh and smiled. “Faye…” I muttered with a hoarse voice. “Are you watching this? I hope you do. I hope you somehow checked for your clothes’ pockets before throwing them out in the laundry, or else, I’m doing this for nothing.” I chuckled, finding myself silly. “And I hope your brain cells work to realize that what I’ve written was the new password of your computer. I’m sorry for changing it.” I cleared my dry throat as I began to feel the tears already filling up.I looked at the clock, and ten minutes from now Faye would be back at my hospital room. My hands started to fidget. “His name is Lucas. He is from somewhere that is beyo

Chapter 49“Hey.” Calix nudged Selene on her shoulder. She jumped by his touch and her gaze quickly flew at his worried face. “Are you okay? You seemed tired.”Selene forced a smile. “Yeah, yes I’m sorry what were you saying?”Calix sighed, worry still not leaving his eyes. “I said Rebecca’s here.” Calix turned to his side and pointed at a fine and elegantly looking lady talking with some guests. “I want you to meet her.Will that be fine?”“Goodness Calix, of course I want to meet your fiance! Come on.” Selene pulled Calix on his arm and dragged him closer to Rebecca.“Baby,” Calix called her, Rebecca’s eyes landed on Selene and she immediately excused herself from the guests. “This is Selene.”“Oh my goodness finally!&rd

CHAPTER 48 “Good morning Madam, welcome to Nyhavn Hotel. A room for?” Selene snapped from roaming her eyes and diverted her attention at the receptionist. “One,” she answered and smiled. The receptionist typed on his computer with such noisy keyboard. “Room for single bed overlooking at the canals, am I right?” “Yes. And do you serve breakfast?” she asked, after a long second the receptionist turned to her with a key on his hand. He faked a smile, Selene could tell. “Yes, an exquisite breakfast will be delivered right at your doorstep Madam. This way, please.” The receptionist went out of the bar and guided her to the elevator. Selene was not really expecting anything particular in the hotel, just something that she could stay comfortably, somewhere she could picture herself just like in her dreams. “Thank you,” she muttered, dragging her luggage inside the elevator. “I’ll be waiting for the

A knock came at the door, with excited steps and giddy smile, Selene ran towards it. She stopped for awhile to catch her breath and brush her long brown hair with her fingers. She heaved a deep sigh and twisted the doorknob, pulling the door open.“Do you know where’s the police station? Paparazzi’s been harassing me way too often.” A deafening silence took over after the question. Selene stared at her for a long time.“Pfft.” Selene cannot hold it anymore and burst into laughter. “Oh I’m going to throw you out and feed you to those baffoons!” Selene threw a big hug to Faye. She missed the warmth of her hug that was partially caused by her thick emerald coat and scarf tied neatly around her neck under the heat of May.“You look ridiculous,” Selene commented on her outfit. “You really came here wearing that? C

A sudden loud thunder shook Santuario del Santo Cristo. The detective’s eyes roamed around the parish, meeting familiar gazes among the people. He realized that all of those people that Lucas want to put protection are all here. He gathered them all using a way he doesn’t want to know.“He invited all the potential victims here, while expecting the killer to visit him at the bunker?” the detective asked Sister Bella. They were sitting at one of the benches, patiently waiting for Lucas to follow them inside the church.“He knows what he’s doing. He put everyone here, because the devil knows he cannot enter in God’s home,” Sister Bella answered. “Is he going to be okay?”The detective cannot bear the anguish anymore, he suddenly stood up but the nun was quick to grab his arm. “Where are you going?” she asked.“I’m going

The smell of antiseptic combined with the metallic smell of the equipment made Selene dizzy. She was staring at the ceiling as the nurses push her bed along the hallways to the laboratory. Faye’s head popped to her sight, smiling slightly, she smiled back.They entered a cold room and she was transferred to a flat surface, a huge bright container waiting above her head. She tilted to the side and saw the doctors and nurses along with Faye and Calix, staring at him through the monitoring room. So much people watching her and giving her their full attention as her body started to move towards inside the MRI scanner.Faye lets out an anxious sigh. She looked at Calix who was beside her, also looking all uneasy. “Lucas better be here after her surgery or else I’ll be throwing hands.”Calix snickered. “Throwing hands won’t do anything. And you better let Selene d

The bullet pierced through the ceiling which created a hole going up to the very roof of the Jackson’s house. Iris’ rigid breathing filled the air, she heard the ringing in her ears that made her dizzy and caused her to stumble backwards but a pair of arms caught her before she even fall.William’s pair of eyes towered over her head and stared at her with so much rage. She mustered her strength to lift herself up, and when the sounds in her ears came swirling back, she stumbled forward to Max and hurried on his side. “You can’t control me, William. You’re not as strong as me!”William’s jaw clenched. The thunders roared outside and the windows rattled against the raging wind. The lights inside the house flickered, and as William had let seconds of him not moving pass, Iris grabbed the opportunity to untangle the ropes on Max without him noticing. Trying not to give anything that m

Iris had gone through all the stages of grief upon hearing what the Chief had told her. He quickly unlocked the cell to where she was, and pulled her out because she didn’t had the strength to even lift a finger.“Pull yourself together, Anderson!” he yelled at her face. “Max had gone to find Claire, he sent us a call recording and he’s right there with William!!”Atear fell from her eye and she blinked it away as she stared at the Chief. He was shouting, his lips were moving, but Iris seemed not to hear anything that he says. All she could process were the words that he had told her the first second he came here.Claire’s dead.“No..” she mumbled. Her hands reached up to her hair. “No!”“Listen to me, Anderson. We have to get Max out of there, William will kill him!!&rdq

After dropping the boys to the nearest hospital that only had two floors for all of its operations and to accommodate the patients the town of Sidburg only had, Max blindly passed money just for the doctors to take the boys, treat them and let them stay until he get back. Hoon didn’t even glance up on him and just followed Lance to the emergency room where the doctors had taken him.The rain had poured hard than it ever did at the town of Sidburg. Max had gotten the dark feeling of what’s waiting for him at the place Lance had told him they came back from. His breathing accelerated just by thinking of what happened to Claire, and the danger she’s in from the hands of William.Just by the time he came back to where he found the boys, his phone that was sitting on his dashboard rang violently. Not glancing at the caller, he picked it up and put on his earphone. “Hello?” he said.

Max rushed back to his house after the Chief decided to lock Iris up in the cell after she had pleaded for her freedom. He knew it is finally the time to unravel everything that his father and the police did on Iris and to her family. He holds all the evidences, and knows all the witnesses that will prove her innocence.Georgia pulled the door open for him and he didn’t even spoke a word to her and sprinted right to his room. “What’s happening, Max?!” she asked, panicking, she followed Max upstairs while holding the spatula because she had been cooking in the kitchen when he arrived. “Is something wrong? Why are you such in a rush?”“Iris needs my help, Georgia,” he answered, his eyes were shaking as if he doesn’t know where to start on searching for something. “Don’t leave the house, okay? It’s too dangerous right now. I’ll go ask some neighbors to a

Claire was suppose to tremble, to feel the panic in his chest, she was waiting for her heart to hammer inside or feel the cold in her hands and feet. But as she sat down on the soft chair beside the monitors and a bunch of wires connected to each other, all she ever felt was the shame on the two boys who were watching her across the room. Atear escaped her eye, she wasn’t really sure of what she will feel because the last time she undergone William’s experiment, she was already half dead.But now she’s wide awake, with her head pulsating in pain. The door burst open, and walked in were the doctors and his assistants wearing a complete uniform from head to toe, covering their identities and any evidence from their personalities. They had a suitcase in their hand, the doctor put I on the table and brought something out from it.—a little bottle, small as the height of a needle but thick as the thumb. It contains a somewha

Athick stream of blood oozed from Claire’s forehead. Slowly opening her eyes, she had found herself locked up in the dark. Her hand immediately searched the surroundings and felt the cold and smooth and of what sounded like aluminum metal basing on the clank it made when her nails slammed on it. Her breathing accelerated when her claustrophobia kicked in. With nothing to see, Claire wasn’t even able to feel her dizziness, but her head felt lightweight and almost airy.“Get me out of here!” she yelled, banging on the sides of the aluminum metal beside her. “Get me the hell out of here!!”There was a loud, creaking noise that came from in front of her. Ablinding light seeped in from the small gap it made, which caused Claire to squint her eyes as she finds herself crawling towards the dark again.Three loud thumps echoed through the whole container that she was

Umalog nang malakas ang yate, dahilan upang magkatinginan ang maga-ama sa isa’t isa. Itinaas ni Paula ang kaniyang mga kamay upang pakalmahin sila at saka siya tumayo upang silipin kung ano ang dahilan nito. Mula sa maliit na siwang ng pintuan ng storage room, nakita ni Paula ang isa sa mga tauhang dumaan at tumalon upang makarating sa deck.Bumaling siya kina Lauren at bumulong, “Nakabalik na tayo.”Tila isang malaking tinik ang natanggal sa lalamunan ni Lauren. Buong byahe ay halos pigil pigil niya ang kaniyang hininga dahil sa takot na baka biglang tingnan ng kung sino man sa mga tauhan ang storage room at matagpuan sila.“Kailangan natin silang maunahan, bago nila tayo makita rito,” sabi ni Mr. Gregory at dahan dahan na binuhat ang sarili upang tumayo. “Sumunod kayo sa’kin, at kahit anong mangyari, ipangako niyo sa’kin na uunahin niyong iligtas ang inyong

“Lauren!” Marahang niyugyog ni Jacob ang balikat ni Lauren upang ito ay magising. Agad namang napadilat ang dalaga dahil sa gulat ngunit tinakpan ni Jacob ang knaiyang bibig upang hindi ito sumigaw o magsalita. “Huwag kang maingay,” babala ni Jacob. Tumango naman si Lauren at saka tumayo mula sa kaniyang pagkakahiga. Nang ilibot niya ang kaniyang mata sa silid, nakita niya si Paula na nakaabang sa pinto hawak hawak ang isang patpat, at si Mr. Gregory na nakasandal sa pader na katabi niya.“Ano’ng nangyayari?” gulat na tanong ni Lauren. “Bakit tayo nandito?”“Papatayin nila tayo,” sagot ni Jacob na siya namang ikinalaki ng mga mata ng dalaga. “Utos ng Mommy mo na kapag hindi niyo pinatay si Sir Gregory, ay tuluyan na tayo para hindi na makabalik pa.”“What?!” mahinang sigaw ni Lauren. Nanayo ang mga balahibo niya sa kan

“Alam mo ba ang ginagawa mo?!” sigaw ni Jacob kay Lauren. Kitang kita ang gulat sa mga mata nito, na agad din niyang itinago. “Huwag kang gumawa ng bagay na pagsisisihan mo Lauren. Alam kong hindi mo kayang gawin ‘to!”“Tumahimik ka!!” sigaw pabalik nni Lauren. Itinutok niya ang baril kay Jacob nang magtangka itong humakbang upang agawin ito sa kaniya. “Please, just let me finish this all for once. I’m really tired, Damien.” Masaganang luha ang tumulo sa mga mata ni Lauren, unti unti naman niyang ibinalik ang baril niya sa kaniyang ama na pinanonood lamang siya sa kaniyang ginagawa. “I’m really sorry Dad. We’ve prepared long for this. I can’t let you hurt Mom again.”Huminga nang malalim si Mr. Gregory, itinaas niya ang kaniyang dalawang kamay sa hangin at saka pumikit. “Do what you have to do, Lauren. After all, nothing can change y

Nang makababa sina Jacob, buhat buhat si Mr. Gregory sa isang stretcher ay agad niyang inilibot ang kaniyang mga mata sa isla na kanilang pinuntahan. Walang ibang tao ang naroroon bukod sa mga nagdala sa kanila. Sa gitna ng mabatong isla ay nakatayo ang mansyon na may kaliitan lamang sa mansyon ng mga Guavez ngunit malalaman na pinagmamay-arian ng isang mataas na personalidad base sa seguridad na naka-implementa rito.Bawat sulok ay may camera, at bawat pinto ay may bantay. Tulad ng mga naghatid sa kanila, ang mga ito ay nakasuot din ng itim na maskara na natatakpan ang kanilang mga ulo hanggang leeg.Tinapik siya ng isa sa mga tauhan at agad naman na napalingon dito si Jacob. “Ipasok na natin si Mr. Gregory sa loob, naghihintay na sila.”“Sila?” banggit ni Jacob. “Sinong sila?”Ngunit hindi ito sinagot pa ng tauhan. Sa halip, nagsimula

Umiikot ang paningin ni Jacob. Hindi niya alam kung dahil ba ito sa pagod na kaniyang nararamdaman, o sa takot na bumalot sa kaniya nang pumasok sa kaniyang isipan na hindi na siya pwede pang umatras sa pagkakataong iyon, nang isara na ni Mr. Gregory ang kaniyang mga mata dhail umepekto na ang droga na inilagay ni Jacob sa pagkain niya.Ilang minuto na ang nakalilipas, ngunit ang sasakyan nila ay nananatili pa ring naka-park sa tapat ng restaurant na kanilang pinagkainan. Nanginginig ang mga kamay ni Jacob na kinapkap ang kaniyang cellphone upang tawagan si Garett.Sinagot ni Garett ang tawag sa pangatlong ring. “I am only accepting good news.”Napapikit nang mariin si Jacob bago niya sinagot ang bungad sa kaniya ni Garett. “Nagawa ko na ang unang hakbang. I-send mo sa’kin ang address kung saan ko siya dadalhin.”Mahabang katahimikan ang b

Isa lang ang nasa isip ni Jacob sa buong oras na dinadrive niya ang sasakyan pabalik ng mansyon. Ang matapos na ang lahat ng ito. Matagal niyang pinaghandaan ang pagkakataon mapag-isa ang Presidente kasama niya nang maisagawa na niya ang kaniyang plano, ngunit ngayon na nabigyan na siya ng pagkakataon ay tila nawala ang lahat ng kaniyang lakas ng loob. Mula nang makaalis sila sa hotel, hanggang sa makaalis sila sa unang city pabalik ng mansyon ay mahigpit ang pagkakahawak niya sa manibela.“Do you know a good place to eat some Chinese food? I’m craving for some. Maybe we could stop for awhile kapag may nadaanan ka Damien, okay?” sabi ni Mr. Gregory sa likod habang siya ay abala sa pagbabasa ng magazine. Hindi naman sumagot sa kaniya si Jacob dahil nasa kalaliman pa rin ito ng kaniyang pag-iisip kaya naman napunta na ang kaniyang mga mata sa binata. “Damien?”Napatingin si Jacob sa rear mirror ng sa