EDENBy the time I woke up, I was in my car, by the end of Forest and seventy fifth street.I didn't understand what was going on. How the hell did I get here?I mean, I could have sworn I was just in that house right now. So what was going on?Lilith. She was the last person I saw. What did she do to me?Was she out of me, finally? What the hell was going on?I pulled down the mirror and looked at my face. I would be able to see anything. I have to get home, Belle.A car behind me suddenly snapped me out of my loud thoughts with its honking.“Get away from the road and learn how to drive, slut!” A middle aged man drives past me, flashing his middle finger.New yorkers. Always the same no matter how long you go away.What do I do?. Do I go back to the house first?By now, Roman would be looking for me, that's for sure. So what should I do?.Or maybe I should go see Alicia first.That's when I remembered I didn't carry my phone. Thankfully, there was a payphone right in front of me but
EDENBy the time I finished, she had gone silent and I knew her mouth was hanging open even though I couldn't turn around to see her.I heard her take a deep breath and I heard the click of the mug on the saucer.“What are you trying to say, Eden? That you're possessed?”I nodded but remembered that she couldn't see me.“Yes, I am. I don't know why but I am."“And a witch kidnapped you?”“Sounds like a fairytale right? Hansel and Gretel. I don't know how I ended up in that house or in that neighborhood. I tried to run, Alicia but there were no doors, no windows and I didn't know what to do."“So how did you end up escaping? Did she finally let you go?”That was another mystery because I still didn't know the answer to that.“I don't know. I met her once, Lilith and I don't remember what happened but next thing I know was I woke up in my car. It's all crazy and it's driving me nuts.”“So, is she gone now?"I hoped she was. I needed to return to my family as quickly as possible.“I don't
EDENAlicia rented out a hotel room for me. I couldn't stay in her house because what happened the last time and also because Roman could come there at any time.I couldn't go out so she ordered food and got everything I needed. It had been a week since if been here. Nothing weird had happened and ny hopes had risen high that I was finally free but I didn't want to be disappointed if that wasn't the case.A note had been delivered to me the day before by Alicia.“I’ve informed Roman that i would be taking Belle out this weekend. He didn't seem to mind. I'll bring her around by Saturday. Hang tight, love.”I had to hang tight. I had something to live for. Something to look forward to.Even though Alicia was the only one who knew my whereabouts, I couldn't stay still. Why hadn't Roman gone to see Alicia yet?He was the one who sent someone to follow her right? So why hasn't he confronted her about it?I might have been wearing a face cap but it didn't cover the lower half on my face and
EDENThe morning came too fast and I wish it never did. I woke Belle up and got her ready for Alicia to come pick her up.I didn't sleep early last night. I stayed up all night, thinking about how long this was going to go on for. I needed to be back to my cabinet as quickly as possible. My kids were growing up without me and I didn't want to lie an important part in their lives.I stared at Belle as she slept, not knowing when next I'd get the chance to see her.I brought out her phone and hit the record button.“Listen baby, I need to tell you a couple of things. Roman has a severe allergy to nuts, any kind so make sure that he doesn't eat that and also an allergy to shellfish. His feet get really cold sometimes so make sure to tell your dad to rub his feet and he must be wearing two socks.”She nodded so I continued.“Also, for Ethan, make sure that his sweater and mittens are always in his bag when he goes to school. Also, he gets sugar rush easily so don't give him too many swee
ROMANNothing new was popping up on the radar. The connection was just all over the place and we couldn't get an exact signal.“It’s been doing this since last night, Roman. I don't think it's going to give us anything new.”I knew she was saying the truth but I didn't want to give up.“How about we call Henry? I mean, he's the one who made the damn thing right?"That won't do any good. He had already gone and there was no telling when he would be back.“He’s out of the country for now and there's no telling when he'll be back.”That was the lie we were going with.“Okay then maybe we can call him and ask him how to work this thing or better yet, he can track her down himself."None of that was going to work because as far as I could tell, he wasn't going to pick any calls.I felt so exhausted as I didn't sleep last night. All night, I waited for it to get an exact location but nothing came up.My eyes were drowsy and I hadn't eaten yet.I stood up from the computer desk.“Don’t forget
LILITH“Hey! What's going on here?”My eyes widened when I heard his voice and I immediately turned around to see me.He was obviously shocked because he didn't expect me here.“Eden, what are you-” He turned to that stupid woman who had nothing better to do than to disturb me. “She's my friend. It's okay.”I stuck my tongue out at her and rolled my eyes, turning back to Kian with a smile.He took my hand and pulled me past the crowd and my heart stared racing quickly. He was holding my hand.He took me into the office and close the door and I thought he was going to kiss me right there and then but he didn't.“Have a seat.” He showed me to a chair and then he sat across from me.I thought he liked Eden. That was why I came as her, so that he would be able to see her and things would be easy for me. So why was she acting like this?Or was he acting hard to get? I mean, I could chase him if that's wa swhat he wanted. I would chase him to the ends of the earth as long as I would have him
ROMANI went back home feeling rejected, angry, stupid and hurt.Even after what I'd seen, I still didn't want to believe that it was Eden, so I went outside to look really well.I made sure to check all the things I knew about her and it was her. After almost a month of leaving the house and leaving me with our three kids, she had the guts to be here in another man's arms, kissing him.I should have gone over there to speak to them but I couldn't bring myself to. I couldn't bring myself to look her in the eye and ask her why she did that to me. To us.Why did she leave our kids and come all the way here? What was it she wanted that I couldn't give to her? Why did she feel the need to come to that man to give her happiness?By the time I got back home, the kids had returned and that's what I'd been avoiding. I blinked away the hurt in my eyes and smiled as Ethan ran I to my arms“Hey, little buddy. How was school today?”How could she leave these beautiful kids? Or maybe it was me, ma
EDENMy body hurt when I woke up. I felt like a huge boulder had dropped on top of me.What the hell had happened and where was I?Whose house was this?.The last thing I remembered was-A sharp pain passed through my head, causing me to pause my thoughts. What was wrong with me?I looked around the house, I didn't know where this was so how did I end up here? I was sure that I had never been in a place like this before.So many flowers and leaves. Or did Alicia rent me another apartment? No, I would have remembered. The fact that I had blacked out only meant one thing.That woman had finally come out. But what did she do this time around?I stood up to look around the house. Who the hell lived here?My throat was dry and I was very hungry but right now, I needed to find my way out of here. I wonder if there is anyone else in the house.Maybe I should just leave. I tiptoed across the room, not wanting to make any noise or draw any attention to myself. I'll be lucky if I get out of thi