Aracely couldn't breathe.
She trashed and tried to release her self from the grip she was in, She felt like she was there again, Helpless and unable to move or speak as the hand that was clasped over her lips made it hard for her to even breathe, she kicked. Aracely tried get best to break out from the person's grip, the only illumination that had been in the room was that dim lantern that flickered on and off. That damned lantern. It was like she was there again, trapped by fate and in the arms of a stranger, It had been ten years now and Aracely still could not get rid of the dreadful feeling that came over her whenever she thought of that day.
Aracely could still recall the moment the light flickered in their direction, her eyes only barely managed to see the scorpion tattoo that rested on the person's wrist and of course the scent of their thick cologne.
Aracely gasped for air as her eyes sh
The silence in the air was thick. The tension hung over Aracely's head like meat in a slaughter house, The thought that the door could barge open at any moment made her hands involuntarily shake. It wasn't fear though — more like that feeling you get when you know so much is at stake and one false move could ruin everything.Aracely bit her lip as she wheeled towards the safe, she had been searching the room for the past fifteen minutes and she had found nothing — nothing as incriminating as she needed. The only things that were lying around were minor irregularities that could easily be over looked with the amount of power Tania had. Aracely wanted more, scratch that. She needed more. The formerly Scarlett haired girl wracked her Marin trying to come IP with the right combination for the safe, as pathetic as it may seem, she had considered the idea if having to go through the safe as a last resort but as things stood — she didn't really
“I can't believe this" Bola voiced out as she paced to and fro in her living room, her fists folded and unfolded by her sides, The rich woman sucked in a deep breath as she tried to comprehend the information she had just received.Panic washed over her, this couldn't be happening, How was it even possible, she had calculated everything properly that day, Deep down she hoped that this would be some rumour, that it wouldn't be true and rant her past would not be able to haunt her once again.“Are you sure about this?” Bola demanded, her voice was hick and heavy with emotion.“Yes ma'am, my informant from the hospital told me. In fact, Ariel should still be there” the thug informed.Bola bit her lip in anger, she ran her hands through her hair as continued to pace about the room,&nbs
Cole felt suffocated in his own mind. His thoughts were trapped within his head and the fear that at any moment or with any wrong move he would be bounced back to reality sent his nervous system haywire in so many ways.Although he could not move or feel and definitely not speak, Cole could see and hear. Over the years the man had watched the line blur between right and wrong and every single one of his dreams and aspirations crushed before his eyes.Every since Aramide died — the woman whom he was so deeply in love with Cole had absolutely went numb and the worst part was he knew she was going to get killed yet he couldn't save her, who does that? Cole had to admit. He had caused nothing but pain for Aramide ever since he stepped into her life, From betraying her trust to having a son with her best friend, the list went from bad to worse.FLASHBACK
Aramide paced about the waiting room. Her hands played with the hem of her tee-shirt, she felt nausea build up in her as her stomach churned, her hands shook a bit as she discretely begged her mind to not overthink. Even though it had been ten years already, the place still looked the same, Aramide wasn't sure if it was because they hadn't done many renovations or probably because she was so stuck with the memories of that day that she couldn't get the picture of the place out of her head, A few things were different though. For example, the receptionist wasn't sat wearing their hospital uniform, one that Aramide had painfully gotten used to seeing a few years ago. The receptionist was different too, quite younger than the one that was there the last time, The girl who seemed to be strong cautiously at Aramide as she paced around with the dedication of a child on their first day in high school— seemed no more or less over twenty-five yea
The silence hovered over them for a while, Each of them soaked in the depth of their words and Aramide felt her heartbreak all over again. A tear escaped her reddened eyes as she parted her lips, her fists were folded beside her as she finally found her voice and spoke “For the past ten years... Efrain for the past ten years that thought had haunted me, it constantly taunted me. The mere that thought... That someone out there, forced my daughter into silence or that she had to bear the weight of that reality broke me... I—” “Aramide listen," Efrain spoke softly as he took her hands into his, he traced his thumb on her cheeks and wiped away her tears. “that was ten years ago, this is now, you don't have to live with that regret anymore, cause now you know your daughter is alive, those people who tried to ruin your happiness... They failed Ara, your daughter is alive and you can ask her all of these questions when you find her" &nb
“thank you for everything Adrian, for being there for me, for constantly saving my life. I-” Aracely whispered as she locked eyes with Adrian, her eyes were filled with tears. “I don't deserve you” Aramide finished as a tear fell. Adrian knelt beside her and he wiped her tear away from her cheek, He was about to speak when she continued “I don't deserve any of this. You deserve better” “You are right.” He whispered back as he looked into her eyes, confusion flashed through Aracely's eyes “I don't deserve you, you are just too amazing, you are strong, you are a fighter, I watch you and I can't help but feel that I am the luckiest person on earth, you are so pure, And I want to be the one who can love you as much you have once loved” He finished. His eyes watered too, “what if I don't want to be loved? What if— one day you are going to hate me, you are going to disgust me, you won't ever want to see or speak to
Growing up. Angel barely spent time with his father, The man was almost never around and whenever he was his mother was no where to be seem, it was almost like they weren't even trying yo hide their separation and it didn't take too long for angel to catch up on that. He could never truly understand why his parents were so distant, He didn't get when ta people who didn't care about each other would decide to bring a child into the world! He never understood why he had always been between them, walking one eggshells whenever his mother was around and not knowing how to properly express himself when ever his father came.The truth was, he never really had a good relationship with com because he barely knew the man, he had always been tucked in his own shell wondering about everything and anything but his five year old son, and as time went by Angel stopped believing he actually had a father and started seeing Cole as some stranger that would come by every week.
Angel never had a good relationship with his mother, The woman had always been trying to control his life and limit his every move ever since he was young, it was almost like she was trying to completely taint how he saw life.She was there every step of the way, ready to hush him before he could even speak, shut his eyes before he could see and complete rewind his brain to think however she wished. She was always ready to whisper all her sweet lies right into his ears, paint the world as everything that it wasn't just so he wouldn't be able to leave her bubble.Bola had always been an inch away, ever ready to plunge him from reality's ad right into her far-fetched reality she wasn't a mother, she had bee some kid of controlling monster, that voice in everyone's head, that they were honestly better without.Angel matched the woman's glare, she was doing that thing again — An action she had somehow