Nancy and Crystal stood at the window facing the tarmac, and for a while, they were silent. One plane took off, and then another. Crystal sighed, and in a voice that was barely audible, she said, “This is bullshit….”
“You think?” Nancy growled sarcastically. “Who the hell does he think he is? And what gives him the right to fuck with my life like this?”
Crystal shrugged. She knew that nothing she could say would help improve her friend’s disposition, so she said nothing.
“What are we going to do?” Nancy asked.
“We’re not without options,” Crystal replied. “If we took a direct flight to any of Washington’s neighboring states, once we landed, we would have a plethora of options.&rdqu
There was a razor blade on the night table. She looked at it for a minute, and then she picked it up. “To cut or not to cut,” she murmured. “That is the question...” And then she began to giggle.What is it about Shakespeare and me this evening? - she wondered. Still smiling, she brought the knife to her Radial Artery. Back and forth, not up and down - she reminded herself.Just as she was about to begin cutting, someone knocked on the door. “Miss Smith! Miss Smith! Are you asleep?” It was one of the servants.There must be an emergency - Crystal thought, and she immediately assumed that it had
Crystal nodded, and then she turned to a servant. “Go and cook a large pot of porridge and keep it hot. If he does not eat now, maybe he will eat later.” Then she took wet clothing that was on the night table and wiped off the blood around Nathan’s mouth.“I tried to do that,” one of the servants said apologetically, “But he wouldn’t let me. He even spat blood on my uniform. It should be easier now that he is asleep.”Crystal turned and saw that it was true. He was asleep, after all. “Nathan. Nathan, Nathan,” she murmured. Then, she sighed and said, “You are such a troublemaker. And so stubborn too.” She knew that he would not let either of them bathe him while he was awake, so she quickly fetched a new basin of water and began to unbutton his clothes. Once he was naked, she started to clea
Eric and Paul sat at the bar a half a mile away from the castle, and they were both half-drunk. “You aren’t much of a man,” Paul scolded. “A real man knows how to keep his woman in her place.”“She has a very strong temper,” Eric growled.“Perhaps that’s not it.” Paul snicked. “Perhaps you are having problems.... Down there... There are dr*gs for that, you know? Have you ever heard of Viagra?”“Shut the fuck up!” Eric hissed, “You and I both know that isn’t the problem. You and I have gotten into enough trouble together that you should know better than to even say that!”Paul sighed and finished what was left of his beer. He belched contentedly, and then he said, “
Eric straightened his collar and came down the stairs. He had also drunk a lot, but he had not lost control or blacked out. Thus, he did not have a hangover.As he reached the landing, he saw the servants gathered around the couch in the living room, and his brow furrowed. What is this?- he wondered.A moment passed, and then he heard Paul’s voice. Almost immediately, the servants turned around and began to clear out - and he was able to see what all the fuss was about. “Oh, my God?” Eric chuckled. “What happened to you?”“I had a hangover,” Paul replied. “And it is all your fault. Can you get me a couple of Advil and a large glass of ice water? My head is killing me!”
Paul hit Nancy’s hand with the bamboo pole, forcing her to let go of the hose. She was all that he was thinking about, so it caught him off guard when the crocodile bit his bottom.Nancy could not help but laugh. She had warned him, but did he listen? Of course not. She thought - Men are single-mindedly stupid!Paul cried out in pain, and as the reptilian beast increased its grip on his heinie, the bamboo pole fell to the ground. Had he not had previous experience with crocodiles, this might have been the end of him.Paul fell backward, and as his weight fell on the beast, it was forced to let him go. Then, when it attacked again, he was ready for it. Paul reached out, grabbed it by the mouth, and pulled it open as far as he could.Eventually, the skin began to tea
When Crystal told Nancy her idea, her eyes widened, and she shook her head. “No,” she said, “I cannot involve Noah in this matter. I do not want to involve anyone else in this unless we must.”“Fine.” Crystal sighed and said, “We will only use Noah as a last resort. Anyway, we also have Nathan, and if I can get word to Vic, we might find that we have more options than we realized; if he will help, that is.”“It shouldn’t be a problem.” Nancy giggled, and her cheeks turned red. “I can tell that he has a crush on you. If you play along with it for a few days, he is sure to go along with whatever you say. As for your father, with a little bit of help, we shouldn’t have any problems having him transferred to Kuerto. After all, you are his next of kin.”
Paul’s heart began to beat fast as he prepared to shoot his ex-wife. A slight sheen of sweat appeared on his forehead, and as his hand began to tremble, his confidence faded. He did not know if he could shoot her. His life would be so much easier if he did, though.He could go back to his normal life, marry Michelle, and have the children that he had always wished he had. But he could also imagine Nancy’s life spilling out through a hole in her chest in front of him, and that disturbed him.He had wanted to teach her a lesson.It had never been his intention to kill her, but she had boxed him into a corner, and he did not know how to back out of it without losing face.“Are you going to shoot me or not?” Nancy mocked him.
As evening approached, the servants were given instructions to move Nathan upstairs. He was to be put in the room next to Eric’s. There was a door between the rooms, but it was no longer in use, and bookcases had been set up in front of it on either side. Once Nathan was set up, these barriers were removed. This way, when Eric took Crystal's that evening, he would have a front-row seat to the ‘show.’Downstairs, Paul, Nancy, Crystal, and Eric were casually drinking in the living room. Up until now, they had been having cocktails, but the time had finally come to open the bottle of wine that Paul had gifted to the newlyweds.When it came to pouring Nancy a glass, though, Paul refused her.“Hey!” she hissed. “Why aren’t you giving me?”
Crystal looked at Mrs. Bush in a trance.“Amos Davis is…”Eric stood up and pressed the wound with a swab of alcohol.“Is Amos Davis Nathan’s father?” Crystal asked again.“Yes.” Eric looked down at her. “Are you surprised?”“So you and Nathan...”“You have a good imagination. We are not related.”“What about the child?”“Isn’t it obvious? The child’s death was the main cause of her nervous breakdown.” Eric held out his injured hand and said, “Honey, aren’t yo
At night, Crystal woke up sweating from her nightmare.The servant somehow slipped down on the carpet and fell asleep by the door.Crystal opened her eyes in tears. It was dark and still. She looked down at the overlapping lights, her heart aching as if she had been sliced open by razor blades.She tiptoed out of bed and picked up the phone from the bedside table.She walked barefoot into the bathroom, sat on the toilet, and stared at the black screen for a while.A week before, she had lost control of herself and seemed to have unconsciously dialed the number she had branded at her fingertips.But there came a female voice without feeling:
Eric looked at Crystal in shock.“You can rest assured that these small cuts will not affect the child’s physical health. And it won’t affect your revenge on Nathan!” Crystal said happily, her jaw suddenly strangled.Eric clutched her jaw tightly. “I thought you were a strong woman, but you’re just so vulnerable.”“That’s right. I’m vulnerable. Didn’t you know that?”That was why Eric asked the servant to put the blades away.Just now, it was also the servant who heard that Crystal was looking for the blade, so she rushed to find Eric immediately.Looking at the sweat on his forehead, the way he was out of bre
Inside the villa, doctors came in and out. Luckily, Eric sent Crystal into his car, and he gave her warm measures in time and kept her cold feet warm.“Miss Smith and the baby are fine. But Miss Smith was cold and somewhat weak. As for her feet, it’s taboo to touch cold water in this weather,” replied the doctor. “You’d better help her now, help her to activate her blood lest she might fall off rheumatism when she is older.Eric had Crystal’s feet rubbed by himself with the best essential oil.Crystal fell asleep in a daze. Her tears never stopped, as though she had dreamt of something sad.Her dry lips moved, calling someone’s name.Eric got close enough to hear her.
Crystal seemed to see Nathan staring at her with an angry face in her bewilderment.Her heart was beating wildly across her chest. She broke down and wanted to reach out and let him take her away.Suddenly, she didn’t want to take care of anything. She was not as strong as she thought.She just wanted a man who loved her, and she loved. She wanted to be cared for, have a child, and live a simple life. But the next second, the figure turned into Eric.He held down the handrail of the wooden bridge and jumped into the lake.Splash! Splash!Several bodyguards also jumped down one after another.Eric quickly walked over to her, took
Vic came in from the outside and was quite surprised to see this scene.He had expected Nathan’s return to make up with Crystal.Crystal was thrown into the bathroom, and her body crashed against the cold porcelain wall.Nathan hadn’t given up yet, even though she had made it so clearly.He picked up a birdbath and jabbed it into her hand. “Pee.”Crystal held the basin. “Do you want to check, and then you give up and let me go?”“Now!”He tugged at her trousers.Crystal went out today wearing suspenders, and Nathan took off her coat and stripp
Crystal pulled away from his hand hard and turned to leave.He instantly retrieved her body, and she hit him hard on the chest.Nathan held her tightly, his last icy line collapsed.“Don’t go. Don’t leave me.” He said.This man, who had just been proud and arrogant, was momentarily weak again.Crystal was not feeling any better, and her heart was trembling.“I miss you so much. I’ve been thinking about you, Crystal, every minute of the day. My life was dull and sad. I function every day, but I’m dying inside,” His voice, with the hot air, blew in her ear.Crystal felt as
A man was sitting with his legs crossing on the dark blue leather sofa, silent and noble in the living room.Crystal stood at the door, only by seeing him at a glance did she want to run away. However, her feet were like a tree with deep roots, so steady and heavy that she could not move it a little.Every night, the man she saw in her dream was now sitting in front of her. The man put out the cigarette and said casually, “Miss Smith, here you are.”The voice was like thunder, which immediately woke Crystal up.She jerked around to leave…“Miss Smith, don’t you want your watch back?” Nathan’s cold voice sounded again.It’s him!
“More than 20 years?” Nancy didn’t understand. “That is to say, I’ve been waiting to meet you since I was born,” he gave Nancy a charming smile, “You’re in a cold sweat, am I so horrible?” Nancy shook her head, “No...” “I don’t want to be someone you’re afraid of,” he kissed on the back of Nancy’s hand, “I just want to be a big tree, to provide shade and shelter for you.” Nancy lowered her head in a panic, dared not look at him. That’s so unreal, and such dreamlike happiness would catch everyone unprepared, especially someone a boy crazy like Nancy. Marcos was like a noble prince; no woman could resist his charm and tenderness.