46.5M I R A N D ALandon's car slowly drives into the parking lot and the second the engine stopped, I know that this was it.I glare at Ben from the backseat and he sits there with a smile on his face as soon as he looks back at me. His smile completely calms me but at the same time frightens me too.This is it.This is really it, Miranda."Are we here already?" Ben asks.I nod, “Yes sweetheart. We are.”The three of us headed out of the car and walked together towards the restaurant like a perfect family. I am nervously walking towards the front door of this fancy restaurant, with my heels that's making me look even more awkward and I know Landon notices it. He knows I am trembling inside but he gives me a reassuring gentle grip on my hand and that’s all I could ask for from this night.He smiles at me before he leans closer to my ear, “I am here, okay?”I nod as I smile at him.As soon as the door opens, I begin to scan through the customers and quickly spotted Hugo on the farthes
47M I R A N D AWitnessing it shook the entire living organ in my body.Since then, my tears never stopped from falling over my cheeks and my heart felt as if it was ripped out of my chest. This was a different kind of pain because it hurts really bad. My heart feels like it stopped from beating and my entire body was shaking.My entirety felt numb cold as soon as I saw my son's lifeless body lying down on the street being crowded by the people who surrounded him, and I couldn't do anything about it but to cry and hold him. I couldn't do anything to save him. I could not do anything else but cry hysterically against Landon’s chest as he holds me.I could still hear the wail of the ambulance along the street. I could still feel my chest hurting and burning with anger and pain and so much hatred that I was blaming myself for what happened to my son. I could still feel my limbs being numb. I could still see how Ben looked when he was lying down on my arms on that street with so much blo
47.5Landon kisses my temple briefly and hugs me tighter as I rest my head against his chest while Hugo slowly pulls his head up and glued his eyes on me being wrapped around Landon's arms. He is staring a few seconds before he slowly travels his head back to the floor."Everything's gonna be okay, love.” I hear Landon tell me. “Ben will make it. I'm here for you, I'm not gonna leave ya." He whispers against my ear.I nod again as I glued my eyes on Hugo but he is bending his head down as he keeps on staring at his own fingers. He looks so lost, alone and lonely. He looks like he doesn't know what he's going to do right now and he looks like he does not know what to actually feel. I honestly wanna walk up to Hugo and hold him. I know he is struggling too. I know he is in pain too. I know he is mad too. I wanna comfort him for what he is feeling because I know he's terribly feeling deadly heavyhearted as much as I am. I wanna tell him that it's going to be alright, that this wasn't hi
48H U G O "It has been a few weeks since the rumor about the little boy who resembles much like Mr. Hugo Saintclare and now it is back when the power couple, Audrey Chamberlain and Hugo Saintclare were spotted having dinner with Landon Thompson and his girlfriend Miranda Rose. The four was seen arguing in a restaurant a few nights before the tragic accident of Benedict Rose.”I change there television’s channel.“Chamberlain and Saintclare were spotted having a heated argument inside a restaurant in New York City. The couple was--”I turn to another channel because I am now completely fed up seeing and hearing my name on TV, online, the tabloids and all over the news."People had been questioning Hugo’s past and recent visits in New York City the past months and everyone had been wondering about the uncanny similarities of the Satellite Patrol alumni and the adorable boy named Benedict Rose. The--”I decided to turn off the television and tried to rest my back on my chair. My head
48.5I don't like the way he is changing his sentence. I don't like what he's going to say to us and I don’t even want to hear it but at the same time I want to. I do not like where this conversation is going. I don't wanna hear it. I don't wanna hear what he found out because even the thought of it makes me cry already.It is already hurting my heart.Rose’s eyes were already flooded with her tears but she's still holding it back. She's still trying to be strong even though her hand was already holding tight on mine and I let her as I am also holding her back. I'm trying to be strong for her, for us as co-parents and for our son."But?" I feel a tremble over my entire body."Your son has TBI." He says.TBI?I stare at him confusedly and Rose didn't know what he said too."Traumatic Brain Injury." The doctor finally explains the abbreviation.My heart raced instantly just by the name of it."It's a form of brain injury which was caused by very sudden damage of the brain. Its leading c
49M I R A N D AThere are paps everywhere right outside our address and things had been getting pretty much out of hand. Lately it seemed like everyone wants to know everything about us and everything that happened to Ben even though they aren’t even included in our lives and we are not even obliged to give out statements.The only question that I have in mind is, how in hell are we going to go inside our house safely in the midst of these fleet of photographers and fans who only knows nothing but either praise you or discriminate you. It’s as if they make us feel that we are entitled to answer them, in the first place we did not even sign up for this.I didn't know we'd become this famous in just a matter of days as soon as the scandal in that restaurant circulated around the media. When your name gets associated with Hugo Saintclare, there's really no escape from the cameras, media, dramas and more people who'll invade your privacy just to get a scope from you, twist the truth with
50M I R A N D A"Landon we're really fine." I tell him."No. I'm doing this for your safety and also for Ben's. People are going to crowd you when you go out."I sigh, "We don't need three bodyguards, a personal driver and two private nurses.""You do." He debates."Plus that car looks too expensive. I can't accept that as well. What would people say? They already have a lot of things to say about me." I say as I gaze outside the window.Landon rubs both of my shoulders with his palms and kisses my cheek one after another and another and the other which makes me giggle. He smiles at me, "They are jealous, that’s just it.”“Landon.”“Think of it as for Ben." He insists."I’m trying to think it's for him but it's too much for me to accept." I turn my back to him."Come on, you're my woman and I need to make sure I give you everything you need." He says against my ear and kept kissing my neck.He spins me around so I can face him and he was smiling at me. "I bought that Rolls Royce for
50.5HUGO: How's Ben today? I'm sorry I couldn't come around, had some things to do. Don't worry I'm still in New York."Probably related to Audrey." I muttered to myself.MIRANDA: Ben's fine. Don't worry, Landon hired some people to guard us and some nurses as well.HUGO: Hired? People? Why? What for? Why did he do that?MIRANDA: Just like you, he wants Ben’s safety too. He's my lover and he feels obligated over Ben and I. He's making sure of our safety. I think there's nothing wrong with it. You don’t mind him being a father to Ben, right?HUGO: Yeah I don’t. That's actually great. I am sorry I did something today without asking about your opinion.My brows creasing as I typed the words: What do you mean?HUGO: Are you watching TV right now?MIRANDA: No. I'm in Ben's room.HUGO: Do me a favor, put your TV on and turn to channel 4. It's about to start in a few minutes.I stand from the bed and carefully walk my way to the living room. I sit down on the couch and turned on the televis