CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Aurora struggled to keep up with his furious strides."Where are you taking me?" She managed to ask against the heavy beat of her heart, he kept his expression unreadable and she suddenly had the thought if he was still extremely upset with her because he had seen his mother with her."I was locked inside, she was the one who searched for me." She tried to explain. When she got no response, she continued in a soft whisper."I know that you don't trust me but I'm not that kind of a person to take advantage of her because of her current state."Aurora still remembered the pain-staking look on Tremont's face moments ago when Linnet had mistaken him for her late husband.She thought how he must be suffering inside and even though he was currently holding her in death's grip, her heart sympathized with him. Even though she didn't know how the mother and son related in the past but she knew how painfCHAPTER THIRTY FIVE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Look! How very lively he is now!" John exclaimed, but his smile wiped off as soon as he met Tremont's cold glance.After a long silence, he spoke again for Tremont's ears alone."Son, she can't be as bad as you think..." He never got to finish his words when Tremont snapped."I'm not paying you to speak for her!"Tremont's eyes shifted in Aurora's direction. This wasn't the first time the older man who was never interested in people's lives had tried to speak up for her. He wondered if John had also been deceived by her gentle features.John smiled slowly not seeming bothered by Tremont's sharp words.John knew Tremont well enough to know that for Ryan's sake, Tremont would do anything, even if that meant using Aurora, but there was also the fact that he had seen what Tremont did to his enemies, simply keeping them locked up in a room was the very least of it. John tho
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Aurora had been walking in a dazed state after Tremont had ordered her to return to the room when she heard a noise.She rushed towards the direction of the sound but was brought up short by the horrific sight.It was Linnet!A cry of alarm left her mouth as she ran towards the woman who was lying in a pool of blood."Please wake up!" She tapped Linnet's chin then screamed in a louder voice."Help! Somebody! Help!"Linnet was so still in her arms that Aurora's heart pounded with fright.The blood was too much!Aurora was grateful when she heard footsteps hurrying down the staircase, she looked upward to see Georgina who wore a look of fright."Call 911! Hurry please!" Aurora yelled at the top of her lungs while holding an unconscious Linnet tightly.Georgina marched towards her in furious strides and shoved her so hard th
CHAPTER THIRTY SEVEN~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Aurora was shoved roughly into the cell, she desperately banged her hands furiously at the men in uniform. They ignored her pleas of protest and walked away after clicking the metal doors shut."Hey! Shut up! You are being noisy!" A sharp voice yelled and Aurora swiftly turned around, the cell was dark and she had been too distracted to realize there were several people within the small space as well. "You disturbed our sleep! Do you wish to live?" Another young woman called out rudely. Aurora trembled amidst the glares of animosity she got from the three girls in the cell. They all had one thing in common, which was in the way they appeared. Their skin was pale and dirty as though they hadn't seen the light of the sun for a very long time. Aurora could almost count the bones on the body of one of the girls who appeared to be the youngest. She wondered if she would one day turn out ex
CHAPTER THIRTY EIGHT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Tremont pushed aside the documents, breathing out his frustration. It had been a week already, but he still found it difficult to concentrate on anything. It was her. Aurora, who kept haunting his mind. He could still remember the hopelessness in her eyes as she uttered those last words. ' You never listen to me simply because you already hated me, you think that I'm a very horrible person, I can't say if I'm a good person, but I've never had any bad intention towards you or your family!' She even troubled his dream, he found it hard to sleep at night, he should know better than to believe a gold-digger like her, but that didn't make him feel any better.He drank a sip of his tea only to spit out the soured taste, he was going to be sick. The doctors still weren't clear on his mother's condition, they had advised him to prepare himself for the worst. Even if his mother somehow manage
CHAPTER THIRTY NINE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Aurora was surprised when she saw the person waiting for her on the opposite side of the room. From the peripheral of her vision, Aurora saw the warder leaving. Her eyes never wavered from John. She had thought the likely person to visit her would be Georgina, at least to gloat about her victory if not anything else."How is Linnet doing? What about Ryan? has h...he been fine? Did he recover yet?" Aurora spoke weakly. She thought if she only had some minutes, she would at least try to get the answers to the questions that had been disturbing her mind from the very first day she had been imprisoned. John didn't respond for the next few seconds, and Aurora suddenly grew doubtful. Did something happen to Linnet and Ryan? Or maybe John thought she was guilty of what had happened and that was why he wasn't replying?"Do you also think that I was the person who attacked Linnet?" Instead of ans
CHAPTER FORTY~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Tremont stepped out of the doctor's office, his face schooled in a hard mask. It would only require a glance for the people around to tell that something was amiss. "Tremont, what's wrong? What did the doctor say, is she going to get better soon?" Georgina spoke softly, as opposed to the panic and resentment in her heart. She couldn't believe that the old witch had survived the fall! She thought that she had successfully gotten rid of her for good. For the past few days, she had lacked the ability to sleep or think about anything, she wondered if Linnet would miraculously get better and would expose the truth to Tremont. Tremont inhaled sharply, the doctor's words from a few minutes ago echoing in his mind. "Tremont, please speak to me, I'm getting worried." She urged. Tremont stared from her to John and then to Ryan. He decided to speak, concluding that his son would be too young to understand the s
CHAPTER FORTY ONE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Aurora clutched her stomach as she emptied bile into the lavatory, her stomach hurt, she couldn't count how many times she had vomited since the last hour. She always has had a weak stomach, it wasn't used to the water given to them in this place. She sighed as she splashed water over her face and rinsed her mouth. The detention center didn't provide a mirror but could guess that she looked horrible, she was leaner, her once long hair had been shortened as per the rules. "Hey! How long do you intend to spend in there!" An impatient voice yelled. Aurora adjusted her clothes and stepped out of the lavatory, only for one of her fellow inmates who had been waiting outside to bump into her. "You better watch it whore!" The inmate snapped bitterly, shoving Aurora hard against the wall. Aurora staggered to regain her stand to stare at Paula, it wasn't the first time the girl had been rude and mean to her, Even so
CHAPTER FORTY TWO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Tremont almost couldn't recognize the woman lying so still on the small bed. Bandages covered some of the bruises on the frail body which the provided hospital grown had failed to hide. His heart gnawed with the same intensity of anxiousness as it had when he had first found her under the heavy rain yesterday. How did she turn out like this in only the space of some weeks? The woman he had sent to prison had been healthy-looking. Now, she was painfully thin, her complexion was pale and waxy, her previously long hair was now short and dry, he even spotted some fresh bruises on her face. ' She is suffering from a severe case of cholera, combined with the infections from the untreated bruises on her body, if she had been brought any later, I'm afraid that it would have been difficult to save her ' The doctor's words echoed in his mind.The more he stared at her unmoving form, the uncomfortable sensation in his heart
CHAPTER SEVENTY SIX~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Aurora walked into the hospital room, the doctors had just finished checking up on Tina. Tina was getting better but it would be a few weeks before she could be deemed fit to return home."How do you feel, today? The doctor said you are improving and in no time, you can walk all by yourself." Aurora smiled brightly but got no response, all she got was the guilt and tears welling up in Tina's eyes. A sigh escaped her mouth as she walked to take the seat beside Tina."I already told you that I don't blame you, look you were in an even worse condition than I was."Tina shook her head, she wasn't willing to believe that Aurora could forgive her so easily."I'm so s...sorry, you trusted me so much, I failed you as a friend... Everything you've done for me... I just." Her voice cracked with tears that made Aurora stare at her sympathetically. She didn't understand why Tina was so hard on hers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Aurora didn't expect George to scream aloud, his face was squeezed tight in pain as the gun slipped from his hand. His eyes were wide with terror and defeat as he continued to stare at something, or rather someone behind them.Aurora, still in shock and confusion registered the footsteps and movements. Soon after, the police surrounded the room.While they had been distracted in their fights earlier, Aurora and George had failed to realize the cops who had quietly surrounded the building, until it was too late. The police had fired twice at George before he had the chance to pull the trigger on Sammie.From the corner of her gaze, she met two pairs of familiar once.Tremont!He was here!It didn't matter who moved first as seconds later she was flying into his arms. Tremont squeezed her into his embrace, thinking how fatal it would have been if they had arrived even a second la
CHAPTER SEVENTY FOUR~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"You need to be still or we will have no choice but to sedate you!" One of the doctors warned Tina who was struggling to sit up despite the several tubes connected to her body."I h..have to see h..him! It's all m..my fault He took her!" Tears leaked from Tina's eyes as guilt deeply overwhelmed her. She did not deserve to live or get treatments, not after she had betrayed her only friend. She had been too scared back then and had complied to do what that evil man had ordered.If anything happened to Aurora, she wouldn't be able to bear the sin she had committed.Tremont hurried inside the intensive care unit, the moment Tina saw him approaching, she visibly relaxed a bit. "What happened? Who did this to you? Where is my wife?" The distress was evident in Tremont's voice as he walked to stand beside her bed."He took her, please you have to save her! I'm so sorry."Tremont didn't k
CHAPTER SEVENTY THREE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"I don't know anything! You have to believe me!" Georgina cried. She indeed had been shocked to have been accused of shooting a woman whose name she had never heard before, not only that, Aurora was missing? Not that she didn't deserve it, Georgina thought hatefully."Do you expect me to believe that? this is your last and only chance to start speaking! Where is my wife! And I swear if you've hurt her, I'll ensure you die in such a miserable way!" Georgina had never seen Tremont looking so angry, hate and anger coursed through her veins. In the end, all he cared about was that bitch!It was never her and it would never be! Tremont had all but taken her love for granted.Georgina hoped that Aurora was never found, she hoped that she died a painful death wherever she was! It suddenly came to her realization that if Aurora was missing, it would surely have something to do with George.&nbs
CHAPTER SEVENTY TWO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Aurora awoke to a sharp painful sensation in her head. All she saw was complete darkness. Where was she? It took her a moment to realize that she was blindfolded, her hands were tied together, so were her legs.Panic and adrenaline kicked immediately, she struggled against the binds but only succeeded in hurting her wrists and ankles.She had been kidnapped by George! Why was he doing this? And Tina, did George kill her? She wondered if Tremont had realized that she was missing. The constant collisions let her know that she was in a car? For how long had she been unconscious and where was George taking her?Her eyes prickled with tears as she thought that she was going to miss Ryan's birthday, what if she never gets to see them ever again?Aurora heard the car screech to a halt, seconds later the sound of the door opening and footsteps reached her ears. "Wake
CHAPTER SEVENTY ONE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The woman stared at the blood in her hands, a killer's hands, but she had not regretted it a single bit.Georgina almost laughed crazily, the ugly idiot who had dared touch her with his filthy hands was dead! He had gotten drunk and Georgina had wasted no time, she had slammed his head with a flower vase until he was knocked out cold. Just to be sure that he was dead, she had grabbed the kitchen knife and stabbed him for every time he had used her like a whore.Now she could proudly say that she was her mother's daughter. She was dressed in an oversized dress she had found at the bartender's house, she walked barefoot ignoring the strange looks she got from the people on the sidewalk. No one recognized the dirty-looking woman and none of them would ever guess that this was Georgina Stanford, Former super international model, and daughter to Harrison Stanford. She had also been Tremont's Stone fia
CHAPTER SEVENTY~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Time slowly went past, some days, Aurora found herself thinking if that phone call had been real. If so, who could play such a deep prank with her? Only a few people who knew about Sammie and Aurora couldn't begin to suspect any one of them.She tried hard to concentrate, tomorrow was Ryan's birthday, she couldn't believe that he was finally turning three. This was his first birthday that she was going to be present, she couldn't help wanting it to be as perfect as possible.Arms wrapped around her waist and she smiled before turning around. She stared at Tremont thinking that it was a miracle how their marriage and relationship had progressed so quickly."What's wrong? You seemed stressed lately." Tremont commented, Aurora hadn't realized it but he had caught her staring into space, seeming lost in thought each time she thought no one was paying attention. He genuinely wished that she could s
CHAPTER SIXTY NINE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"I'm helpless and can't find him, I just don't know what to do!" Aurora watched Tina's distraught features. Tina had been released from prison two weeks ago but she was looking more miserable than ever.Tina had returned to the orphanage on the first day of her release from jail, only to find out that little Sam as she used to call him had gone missing. The management and police had assured her that they were doing their best to find him."I was supposed to care for him!" Tina wiped her eyes, staring at Aurora who wore a sympathetic look. Samuel was by no means biologically related to Tina, but she had bonded with the boy from the first moment he had been brought to the orphanage three years ago."We are going to find him, Ian also promised to help with his connections...""Oh no no." Tina spoke in a rush and Aurora's brow rose in surprise."I mean, he's already done so
CHAPTER SIXTY EIGHT~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Georgina awoke to a pounding headache, she held her head not realizing where she was for the next five seconds.She was not in her room! And why were the lights so dim?She started to get up when she realized that she was naked. Shock spread through her whole body when she recalled last night.She had been talking to that man when all of a sudden, she had felt sleepy.She had been drugged!Her hands roamed her body as tears sprang in her eyes, that sick bastard had taken advantage of her!A scream of frustration escaped her mouth.She was going to kill him! He was going to regret what he did! As she searched for her clothes, all she could think of was how this was Aurora's fault, she had taken what belonged to her and left her trapped in this sickening situation.Her eyes fell on a small piece of broken mirror on the wall and she cried and cursed yet agai