GORDON’S P.O.VI walk inside my room, feeling mad at myself for being a dick. She's just worried about the poor boy and I'm reacting like a gull.I kick the door closed and drag my feet towards my bed. I plunge onto the bed and face-palm myself.“I hope she doesn't have the wrong idea.” I sigh and roll under the duvet.I close my eyes to sleep but I couldn't sleep, I feel restless and I know what's happening.“Today is Saturday,” I screamed and jumped off the bed like someone that is being chased.I rush to my study furniture and grab my mini jotter.I pick it up and flip through the pages.“It’s today!” I exclaimed with my hands pressed to my mouth.My eyes dilate on their own and I feel my head become heavy. I grab my head with both palms and I squeeze my eyes in pain.“Ahhhh!” I moaned in pain, panting heavily as I begin to recall the memories that I never wish to remember.Flashback“Alfred, where are we?” Selena asks as I open the door to the cabin, after looking left and
The heavy clicking of a pair of pacekeeper boots echoes through the deserted street.She suddenly halt on her track and sniff in the fragrance of someone behind her.She look to the left and see a route that leads to the town old gambling territory. She gaze at her right with the corner of her eyes without moving her head.She see that there's only one building there which is no other than the children bookstore.‘Good!’ she sigh and clutch tight at the iron rod in her hand. The chain that's attached to the rod lay violently in her hand and she tightened her grip on it.She shakes her head and proceed her walk, she take the route by her left and increase her pace as the footsteps at her back also become hastily.She scramble towards the old gambling shack and she punched on the broken glass window and she crawl in through the window.There, she stands strong on her feet, in the shabby spacious room and she hears a bang on the door. The door creep open and she smirk when she hears foot
MELANI’S P.O.VI dipped the towel inside the bowl of cold water and squeeze it gently before moving it to Mr Gordon’s face.I wipe his forehead with the towel and I watch him breathe soundly through his patted mouth that opened slightly.Earlier, after kissing me on my lips and calling out the name “Selena” I know he's not himself and I'm not mad at him.But a part of me is angry at him for not seeing me for who I am.After much struggle, he finally fall asleep with his head on my lap.I went downstairs to fetch a bowl from the kitchen and a bottle of cold water from the fridge to wipe his sweaty forehead.I couldn't sleep as different thoughts run through my mind.‘What if he wakes up tomorrow and forgets about everything that's happening now?’ I thought with a sad look plastered on my face and I couldn't help the sighs that follow.‘What if he gets angry at me again, for touching his face?’ I groan when I couldn't stop thinking.“Isn’t he the one that asks me to pat him to sle
The purring of a cat wakes Kayla from her deep sleep. She yawns and covers her mouth with the back of her hand. She rolls her eyes tiredly and stretches her figure lazily on the affluent bed that she sleeps on. “Ahh!” she winches in pain when her hand mistakenly hit the side of her face. She brings her hand up to her face and rubs the side of her face, with her thumb. Suddenly, something jumps on her and she sprang up to her two feet, slapping off whatever thing jumped on her with her left hand. She moves her hand to the side of her body, attempting to bring out a handgun, but seems surprised when she couldn't feel it. She stares at her body to see that she's clad in a white baggy nightie that swallows her body. Her mouth twisted in surprise, couldn't remember having this nightie in her collection. Standing on the floor her eyes roam around the room, then drifted her gaze to the king-size bed and her gaze later meet with a cat on the bed. “Oh, dear!” Kayla gasps and rushes ba
MELANIE’S P.O.VMy head snaps to the door the moment I hear that voice.Wait, what is he doing here? I didn't know what to say or do at the moment. I glance at Mr Gordon who also seems to be lost in his thoughts.I mean, Archie is his son, the son whom he doesn't want to have around him and also, Archie must not find him here either. Archie trusts me, even if it's a little bit, still trusts me and I can't shatter his trust in me.There comes another knock on the door and a stupid idea poop in my head. I rush to the closet and grab a hair towel.I tied it on my head and grab a bottle of water behind Mr Gordon. I splash the water on my face and I rush for the door.I can feel Mr Gordon’s eyes gored on my skin, I leave him to watch on since I have a big boy to deal with.“Hey, you okay?” I flung the door open a bit, popping my face out of the door with the towel hanging tightly on my head.“Oops, I'm sorry, I didn't know you were in the bathroom I wouldn't have disturbed.” H
Melanie’s P.O.VI gather enough courage and stand on my feet. My hands are a little shaking from what I heard but I encourage myself by clenching my fist on both sides.I don't have any relationship with Mr Gordon so I shouldn't let any of these get to me.The relationship that his family thinks we have is nothing but an act. If he has his reasons for starting it, so I'm going to stop at nothing until I help him get what he wanted.He's not as evil as they claimed. After seeing the frightened side of him last night, I realised that he also has an inner wound that he's nursing which seems like no one knows about it.I rest my back on the counter and I sigh as I'm already confused about what I should do. I'm mentally exhausted and I don't know what to think at the moment.For the first time in five years, my brain went blank. Everything in my head seems like it has been deserted, I don't feel anything in there which makes me wonder if I'm doing the right thing by getting myself involved
Clammy rays of light shine through the glassy window of Mr Gordon’s room. He walk gently to the window and part the curtain sideways. There, he stands in front of the mammoth window of his room, gazing at the compound from up there.A light sigh escape his red plump heart shape mouth and he moves his hands to his waist. Caressing the side of his waist with his thumb through the plain black shirt he's putting on.Then, Melanie walks into the room, closing the door behind her.She trace her steps to his back and stop right behind him, exhaling through her mouth before speaking up.“You ask me to meet you here, sir… Alfred.” She says to him as soon as she finds the right way to announce her presence.“Mel…” He turns, facing her with his mouth watering face, his eyes flicker under the damp ray. There is a dribble of sweat on his forehead.“Do you think I'm pushing things too far?” He asks. There's a worried frown on his face. Worrying that he might endanger her life, by sending her to ha
Melanie glance at her room door, peeking out from her hidden place to know when Archie will be out of her room.She hides quietly behind the rail, with her eyes wide open. Watching out for the little boy to exit her room.Just then, there comes the sound of the opening door. She heaves a sigh of relief when she sees Archie working out of the room, grinning widely. She scoffs dumbly at him, and without making a sound she steps out of her hiding.“Oh, Lord! Thank you.” She puffs out air, does a cross sign then proceeds to walk back to her room.“I’m tired of them.”She stares into space, “Everyone of the Gordos.” She groans, dragging her feet towards her bed.She takes her to sit at the edge of her bed and picks up her phone when her eyes imprecisely land on the poor phone, beside the nightstand lamp.She decides to check her social media handle since she doesn't have anything to do at the moment. Logging into her insta account, notification starts flooding her phone which makes her wan
TWO WEEKS LATERMelanie got discharged from the hospital a week earlier, she has been told by Alfred everything that happened that night and what happened after.She cried bitterly after hearing that her only friend, Kayla lost her life in the fight.Today, she choose to spend her day with her friend and let her know how much she misses her.The car pulls to a halt at the front gate of the police cemetery. Melanie opens the door before Alfred could get the door for her. She adjusts her sunglasses and steps down from the car.She walks over to the back seat and fetches a box. Alfred walks over to her and takes the box from her, guarding her to where Kayla’s body was lying to rest.Getting there, Melanie bursts into tears as she sees the burial stone of her dear friend. She goes on her knees, wailing profusely as she caresses the name on the burial stone with her thumb.“My dear Kayla, is this you?” she grips her chest as more tears roll down her cheeks.“Idiot?!” she sniffs, wiping her
A MONTH LATERMelanie’s eyes flutter open, slowly adjusting to the bright light of the hospital room. Her sights are groggy and disoriented, trying to make sense of where she is and what had happened. Her body feels heavy and weak, her limbs moving slowly and with difficulty. As her senses return, she becomes aware of the beeping machines around her, the scent of antiseptic in the air, and the bustling activity of the medical machines around her.She turns her head sideways to see Alfred, sitting on a chair beside her bed with his back to the wall. He seemed to be asleep.Melanie smiles, seeing how cute he looks even when he's asleep.“Alfred?” she calls out to him, her voice so low that she could not hear her own voice.Since she finds it hard to talk, she presses a button beside her bed which makes a loud noise.Alfred jerks up and rushed up to her, he seems shocked to see her staring at him with a smile on her face.“Melanie? You're awake?” Alfred gasps, he goes on his knees and w
“March?!” Kayla laughs wildly, she grabs hold of the pillar and pulls herself up. She staggered and chuckles lightly. She rests her palm on the wall to steady herself.March stands there, watching Kayla like she's in a movie. She doesn't understand why Kayla's laughing so hard, even though she just got shot in her thigh.“You…?” Kayla burst into a pearl of laughter, tears roll down the break of her eyes and she hastily wipes them off. “What is the meaning of this, detective?” she looks everywhere for her gun, but it is too dark that she couldn't see where she had dropped it.March scoff, she find it insulting to be called that title after all she's been doing.“Detective? Yes!” March grin, “Currently? Nope!” she beams as if what she's saying makes any sense to her, she tilts her head and puffs out air.“I got fired!” she whines, rubbing the bottom of the gun on her head. “After all the excellent work that I did, it only took one scheme from my colleagues to get me fired!” she scoffed
Eerie silent take over the room as they stare at Kayla in shock. “What the fuck are you doing here?” Harley gasp, her hold on Granny Vera tighten, piercing her nails into her rough skin.The old woman’s whimpers which make Kayla bite her lips in anger.“Huh, what do you mean by that? you held my friend and her family hostage, it's natural that I should be here to take them, don't you agree with me?” Kayla replies with a shrug, her aim on the trigger tightening as she gives Mia a dark stare from the corner of her eyes.Mia runs her hands through her hair. “Shit, you caused this. Why the hell did you let your little cousin get involved?” She stumps her foot on the floor, sending Harley a death glare. She grabs Melanie from the floor, her palms curling around Melanie's neck and presses her neck until her fingers leave an imprint on her skin. She spits on Melanie’s face and pushes her to the wall.Melanie whimper as soon as her head collided with the wall. She groans in pain and quickly c
“Miss Officer, I think Mom is in danger.” Archie cries out, he hugs Kayla tightly, ruining her shirt with his tears.Kayla put her hand on his back, rubbing her hand on his back, trying to calm him down. “Hey, I don't know how you get to know about this but that's why we’re here, we are here for her and we will do everything to get her out of there.” Kayla exhales heavily, she releases Archie from the brief hug and stares deep into his eyes.“What’s going on, do you know what happened to her?” Archie whispered, his brown eyes staring deep into Kayla’s forest green eyes, searching for an answer from her eyes.“Um, I kind of know what happened and I think I could sort everything out if you quietly stay here and wait here for us.” Kayla clears her throat, she takes a few steps backwards but Archie grabs her hand and she arches her brows. “What? Don't you want to stay here?” she asks, wondering why he's holding her hand when he ought to hop into the car.“I can't stay here, I want to go
Alfred cries bitterly while listening to the confession Mia and Harley were making, through the bug. Kayla smirked and tighten her grip on the steering wheel. None of them could believe that their closest person was the one behind everything.“Who would think my cousin could do such a thing!” Kayla laughs in amusement. Right now all she's feeling is rage.“Kayla, I trusted her with everything. I've loved and adored her all these years and I never for once had the thought that she might be behind her death. She always talked about Selena with a smile on her face.” Alfred sobs quietly, clutching tight at his phone in his hand.“Mia too?! I never thought someone that I took as my sister would plant my death because of a mere fortune, why?” he ask no one in particular. “If she should have sat me down and narrated everything to me, I would have told my uncle to forget about giving me anything, I've had enough, I don't need any of my father's properties, I should have told them to take eve
Melanie's p.o.v“Hello, my dear, Melanie!” a cheerful, yet deadly voice says my name by the door, followed by a pair of legs walking in.I glance at the door and the sight before me left my mouth hanging open in shock.I feel a sickening chill run through my body and blood draining from my system as I drop to my knees from the shock of what I'm seeing. “You!” I scream in terror as I watch Harley enter the room with my baby, Skye in her grips.“What are you doing here with my child, Harley?” I yell, I try breaking free and run up to save my child from these demons, but again, I couldn't break free from the rope that tied me down to the iron chair.“Relax baby girl, nothing is going to happen to your family, only if you do what we want,” Harley smirks down at me and I feel the urge to punch her in the face.Terror is visible on my baby's face, she's afraid of the scene before her and fears they might do something to her if I let her remain in their possession. The tears on her face call
Melanie woke up to the sound of a heavy booth thumping on the floor, she groans and opens her eyes only to meet with blurry faces in the room. She tries moving her hands but she feels her hands have been tied to her back.“Ahh,” she groans. Shaking her head to steady her vision but it seems impossible.“Guess someone is finally awake after being asleep for over an hour.” A voice chuckles beside her which makes her almost jump from her seat.Melanie twirl her face to where the voice is coming from, she could swear she has heard that voice before but she doesn't remember where.“Who… Who are you?” She grumbles and then a bucket of chill water was poured on her head from the back, the water dripping down from her head to her toes.Melanie shiver as her vision become clear and her eyes met with the clear face of the lady in front of her. “Mia Gordon!” she gasps in shock, moving back a little on her seat which makes the iron chair make an awful noise.“Yes,” Mia chuckle standing up from th
It has been a while since Melanie left the house to get groceries at the nearby store. Archie who has been waiting outside for her return gets tired of waiting and decides to go look for her at the store.He walks into the living room to see Granny Vera pacing to and fro in the living room. Archie moves his gaze to the couch to see Skye sleeping soundly on the couch. He carefully walks up to Granny Vera in an attempt to not wake the girl up from sleep.“Granny Vera, didn't you say the store is just a stone's throw from here?” he ask the poor woman who has been worried sick about her daughter, who has went to get groceries exactly an hour ago.“Yes, the store is just a few blocks away from here and she ought to have gotten back by now.” She replies, her voice breaks due to how cold she feels.“Oh,” Archie sighs for the nth time. “Have you tried calling her? I call her here and she's not picking up,” he complains, showing his phone to the woman.“I tried calling, but her line was not r