She got dressed for school. She remembered leaving a note in Ana's room so she went into Ana's room and that was when she saw Alex sleeping comfortably on her mother's bed, shirtless.She felt anger and hatred flow throughout her entire being." So he came and forced himself on mum last night right? I'll make him pay" she slowly ran into the bathroom and switched on the hot tub. She took some hot water in a bowl and took it into the room. She took a jacket out of Ana's cupboard and put it on before taking the remote of the air conditioner and turning it to 10 degrees Celsius. She saw Alex roll on the bed as he drew the duvet to cover him, he was freezing. She smiled at the sight of this and she put the bowl of water beside him. She chuckled and left.When Alex realized that the cold wasn't going away, he got up. He looked around and in an attempt to get off the bed, the water Elena had left beside him spilled on his skin. He winced in pain as he went to the cupboard to find a jacket b
Elena rolled on the bed groaning. The beating she'd received from Alex still hurt, she woke up crying." What's wrong Elena?" Ana asked as she left the clothes she was busy packing to attend to Elena." I hate him mum, I hate him" Elena cried as Ana patted her.Ana felt pain in her heart seeing her daughter that way. She did not want such a life for her daughter.When she was younger, she has dreamt of having two children, an older daughter and a younger son. She would play with them all day, her daughter would be a wonderful chef and when their dad comes home, he'll gift them chocolates and then at night they'll make love and go to bed.Sadly, only two of those wishes came true; an older daughter who was a wonderful chef.She sighed as she tucked her daughter in bed.Ana went back to packing their bags. She selected a few clothes for herself and more for Elena. No more would her daughter suffer, she decided.Before noon, she had finished with the packing but she saw Elena was still s
*FEW DAYS LATER*Elena got up and took a glass of water. She was feeling weak, sleepy and hungry. She couldn't leave the room because Ana had locked her In. She took out her phone and put a call across to Ana telling her she was hungry.Hearing that Elena was hungry, Ana called one of the workers of the restaurant, Melissa and gave her the responsibility of watching the restaurant in her absence.Ana packed some sandwiches in a foil before boarding a cab to go home.After arriving home, Ana went to the kitchen, took a bottle of orange juice and headed to the room where she'd left Elena.She entered the room and Elena welcomed her. She gave Elena the food and Elena ate hungrily while she patted her.After Elena finished with the food, Ana decided to go easy on Elena." Would you like to come with me to the restaurant?" Ana asked.Elena smiled from ear to ear happily.Seeing that she was smiling, Ana already knew her answer so she went to the wardrobe and took out a pink sleeveless top
*The next morning*It was four a.m in the morning and Elena was sleeping lazily on the bed.Ana tapped her, " wake up, today we'll be leaving" she said and left for the kitchen in order to prepare some food.Elena got up from the bed and tidied it. She said her prayers before going to shower🚿. She came out and put on a pink shirt and black trouser. She took out a veil. One like those Muslims were. She put it on the bed before going to meet Ana in the kitchen. She joined Ana in the kitchen and they were able to finish preparing breakfast. Ana dished out the food into six coolers, two for breakfast, two for lunch and the last two for dinner. She prepared some toast for Alex and his new family, the family he'd chosen over his daughter. She took the coolers and left for her room.Seeing that Ana was gone, Elena decided to take a drastic step, one she didn't know would cost a life.She took the whole container of grounded chilli and poured it into Alex's toast.She took the container of
Elena looked out of the truck a bit and saw that they were far from their house. She smiled, finally they were far from Alex and Scarlett." Mum, where are we going?" ELENA asked.It was obvious why she asked the question. When she was younger, Ana told her that her grandparents were dead so she knew they were not off to her grandparents. She knew her mother wouldn't be as foolish to go to Alex's siblings so she couldn't help but wonder where they were off to.Ana smiled, " you'll see soon"The truth be told, Ana did not know where they were headed. She had no idea of where they were going to be staying but she needed to keep her daughter and unborn baby away from Alex especially after she'd come to find out that Elena hated Alex.She stroke Elena's hair gently, she was willing to keep her daughter safe even if it meant she had to die. After what some like hours, the truck stopped. Elena stuck her head out and she realized that the driver had come to a tea stop." That's our queue"
Elena and Ana continued to run as fast as their legs could carry. It was no longer a matter of living a life without beatings, it was now a matter of living.After some time, they got to a fuel station. Elena looked and saw a bus half filled." Mum let's go" she said and dragged Ana away...Meanwhile, Derrick and his men were still looking for Ana and Elena. After some time, he stopped at the fuel station, wondering how he could have lost two people running on foot.That was unlike him!!He paid for the fuel and was about leaving the station when he saw a bus leaving." They are trying to escape so who knows if they are in that bus" he thought to himself.He pointed a gun at the driver and the driver stopped the car.He looked around the car with his men but Elena was not found." He's clean boss" one of the thugs told him and they left the bus to check another one." Thanks" Ana said to the passengers as she came out from under the seat she was hiding in while Elena removed the sac
Ana moved closer to the bed to get a closer look at Meg." Meg?" She called softly and Meg slowly opened her eyes." Ana?" " What have you done to yourself?" Ana asked in tears." She's gone Ana, Salish is gone" she sobbed and Ana could not help but pity her.She had also lost a child in the past after all." It's alright Meg, where there's a will, there's always a way" Ana said as she rubbed Meg's back. " Should I go get some water for you? " Jessica asked Elena" No thanks, I'm fine and besides, we made food, are you hungry?" Elena asked" My mum hasn't eaten in days. Do you think you could give her some? We don't have enough money so it'll mean a lot if you could give it to her" Jessica said." Of course, you love your mother a lot and I respect you for that" Elena said as she dropped the bag she was with and took out a cooler of food an handed it to Jessica. " This should do" she told her and Jessica took the cooler and immediately hugged Elena." Thank you very much, this means
Scarlett was awoken the next morning, not by an alarm, but by the unending sound of the doorbell. She looked by her side and saw Alex still sleeping with his gun by his side as usual.She sighed as she took her robe and headed out of the room sneakily in order not to wake Alex." And where are you going missy?" He asked as he pointed his gun at her. " You're not planning to run away like Elena and Ana did right?" He asked as he steadied the gun, ready to shoot." No .... No. You've got it all wrong Alex. I was only going to check on the door Alex. " She said in fear." Hmmmmm. Go check now" Alex said as he got out of bed.She held her protuding stomach and heaved a sigh of relief as she walked out of the room to the living room where the entrance of the house was.Immediately she opened the door, she was welcomed by Derrick's scary face and those of the men behind him. They seemed to have something in their hands and it was on a tray which was covered." Is the boss in?" Derrick asked
“No! Elena!” Daniel yelled out of his lungs as he watched her traveling down to the ground.He felt his world shattering into a thousand pieces and for the next minutes, all he could do was sit back, with his head buried to the ground.Tears poured out of his eyes like an ocean and for the first time in his life, he felt like a failure.He couldn’t even save the woman who he claimed to love so much. “Elena! Where is she? Did she…”, Gabrielle said as she went towards the edge of the cliff and realized that Elena was no more there.She fell back to the ground and let out a sorrowful wail, hitting her legs on the ground intently and screaming her sister’s name.Daniel got a grip of himself and stood to his feet. Elena had made him promise to take care of her sister and inasmuch as he was broken, he needed to stand there for her.“It’s okay”, Daniel said with a soft voice as he tapped her calmly and pulled her into a warm hug. Gabrielle sobbed on his chest just as they awaited the arriva
“Elena!” Gabrielle shouted on top of her voice the moment she walked into the scene to see Elena who was now soaked in blood.Elena was barely standing firm, and with each step she took backwards, she was at the verge of falling down the cliff.Jessica quickly turned to look at Gabrielle and immediately, a small scoff made way to her face.“Get out of here!” She said to Gabrielle who couldn’t believe her eyes.Gabrielle ignored her and made to run over to Elena, but Jessica shot her.Luckily, there were no bullets left in the gun. Jessica knew that she was at a big risk at this point. She swiftly dropped the gun to the ground and dashed out of the premises, ignoring Gabrielle who was crying or Elena who was close to falling off the cliff.“Elena!” Gabrielle rushed over to Elena to grab her. Unfortunately, she wasn’t fast enough because in that minute, Elena fell off the cliff.Gabrielle let out a loud scream that shook the entire area. Tears poured out of her eyes as she tried to calm
Elena had seen Jessica and suddenly felt a glint of hope in the situation. However, the moment Jessica had taken down the men, she faced the gun to Elena.At first, Elena thought that Jessica was only trying to joke with her and at this, she started laughing out in elation. However, Jessica remained still, without a single iota of excitement on her face.“I’m not here to save you”, Jessica suddenly said, with her hands touching the trigger.Elena was shocked to her bones as she stared at Jessica who had just made the utterance that broke her heart.“What do you mean?” Elena asked as she started walking closer to Jessica who had tears in her eyes.“What do you mean by that? You are not here to help me?” Elena asked again, not wanting to believe what Jessica had just said to her.“I meant what I said. I’m not here to save you but to end you!” Jessica bluntly replied, causing Elena to stare at her in shock.Elena chuckled calmly to conceal the anxiety in the atmosphere, but she quickly
Elena smiled in relief and walked into the room, feeling so glad that her sister was safe and looked fine.She made to untie her from the chair, but just as she was almost done with that, she heard the cocking sound of a gun, right on her head.This made her stop right in her tracks, with cold shills running down her spine.Gabrielle had tears running out of her eyes as she watched Elena who had a gun pointed to her head.“Don’t move or that would be your end!” The voice said and again, Elena’s stomach twisted in fear and anxiety. She gulped down hard as beads of sweats started forming on her forehead. The room looked empty and the last things she expected was the appearance of someone with a gun.Daniel was standing outside, at some distance away. Elena had been faster than him and all he could do was slowly walk up to meet her while studying the environment and checking for any threat.Just then, he caught sight of someone entering the house, with a gun in his hands. His heart skip
Daniel stared at Elena who was now trembling, with her phones in her hands that were barely steady. He needed no one to tell him that she had just received a very bad information.“If you are looking for her, she just got kidnapped”, Elena went through the message again, with tears pouring out of her eyes.Jessica stood beside them, with her hands folded to her chest and her face wearing a look of confusion.Elena started sobbing almost immediately, increasing the intensity of her cries as seconds passed. This made Daniel’s heart ache terribly. At this, he went over to her and hugged her passionately, placing soft kisses on her neck.“We would find her…I promise you that”, he said with a tone of assurance, even if he had no idea of how that was going to happen.“How? There are no clues anywhere. They just took her away and we have no idea of who they are”, Elena sobbed while Daniel hugged her again.Jessica slowly walked over to her and pulled her into a warm hug too.“We would find
The news was devastating that for some minutes, none of them could utter any word. Elena fell to the ground and broke into loud sobs while Gabrielle followed suit.Daniel returned from his walk and once he met them in that state, he needed no one to tell him that Jessica lost the child.He held Elena up and tried to console her. But then, that didn’t seem to work so much since Elena blamed herself for every single thing that happened.“I shouldn’t have ever known Josh! It’s all my fault”, she cried out while Daniel patted her on her shoulders.He was enraged as well. At this point, he wished that he would come across Josh and give him the beating of his life.“We should go see her. You have to be strong if you need her to be strong. She is the one who is going to be more affected by the news”, Daniel said to Elena who nodded her head in understanding.After what seemed like ages, she finally got a grip of herself. They walked into the hospital room where they met Jessica who was curre
Chaos erupted in the atmosphere the moment Jessica landed on the ground. In a split second, her head started bleeding and she was barely conscious. Elena let out a scream of distress while Josh took to his heels, not looking back for even a second. They called for the ambulance and immediately, Jessica was rushed to the hospital. Once they got to the hospital, Jessica was rushed into the emergency ward and this placed both Elena and Daniel in a state of panic.Elena couldn’t withhold her tears at this point. She suddenly started crying aloud the moment she recalled the sight of the blood that oozed out of Jessica’s head. It was terrifying that for a moment, she was beginning to have fears that she might lose her.“Stop crying!” Daniel said as he pulled her into a warm hug.It was a difficult time for him as well. He never thought that the day would turn out to be one where he would get such a heated confrontation from Josh. In addition, he didn’t know that such a thing would happen
Elena was the first to run off to meet Jessica. She had never felt so scared all of her life. She had tears in her eyes as she tapped her calmly, hoping that she would stand up without any issues.Everything was currently happening because of her and she couldn’t help but feel ashamed and guilty. “Jessica!” Elena called out the moment she observed that she was laying on tue ground, looking lifeless and unconscious.Josh scoffed when he saw this and walked back to Elena. He took her hands away from Jessica and pushed her away.“Let her be! We have our situation to solve here”, Josh said, without a bit of feelings or emotions in his eyes. Elena couldn’t believe her ears. She gazed at Josh as she tried to wonder how he could be so heartless even if he was the cause of everything that had just happened. “Can you hear yourself? You caused all of these and yet you stand there and ignore her?” Elena asked unbelievably as she returned her gaze to Jessica who was still laying on the ground.
Elena was burning in rage at this point. She couldn’t understand how Josh could be so stupid to spew out such kind of things against Daniel.“Not another word from you, Josh!” She screamed out of her lungs, trying so hard to stop the tears that welled up in her eyes.She was truly exhausted at this point. The worst laid in the fact that she could barely look into Jessica’s eyes.All she felt was guilt and she needed no one to tell her that it would take a while to recover from the guilt she felt.“Daniel! You must be feeling like a super hero now. You’ve got a lady supporting you and willing to do anything for you”, he said and started laughing softly. He stopped midway and wore a big scowl on his face.“But I promise you that you won’t get her! Elena belongs to me and you are only wasting your time!” He said to Daniel who wore a scoff and folded his hands to his chest.Jessica felt that the world was currently turning. Her head was banging heavily and somehow, she struggled to keep