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FIRE CRACKER This isn’t real, right? (118)
"Danielle!" My eyes snapped open when I heard that voice, something about the tone and manner sent me to my feet with a creased forehead, I furrowed my eyebrows and stared ahead."Danielle!"The voice roared again, it was closer and I could make out whose voice it was at this point, I bit hard ok my bottom lip and heard shifting by my side, I could barely register the shuffling when the cell gate opened and someone slammed straight into me.My face must have contorted in confusion as I locked eyes with Leon, She looked furious. Her breaths were heavier than the sound of her voice and her eyes had dark circles under them. with a spark of rage I was familiar with, She had dried tear tracks on her face and from the way, her hair invaded my skin — It was no longer in a bun.It took me a few seconds to register that I was now on the floor and another second for me to register that she was slapping me across the face from left to right, I tried to push her off me without attracting some pena
FIRE CRACKER What is this place (119)
“What’s going on?” I jerked away from him when we were out of the police station.“What do you mean by what’s going on?” He retorted with a glum look, I raised an eyebrow at him.“Who sent you here, I didn’t ask for any lawyer,” I informed him.He licked his lip and permitted a tight smile “You’ll find out in due time.” He responded.“I hate surprises.” I deadpanned.“Neither do I yet here I am,” He spoke and I could barely hear him, he reached for my hand once again and I yanked it from his grip.“I’m not going anywhere till you tell me exactly what is going on.” I spat.“Would you rather go back in there?” He shot at me.“It’s better than being dead, so why—” I had already begun walking away when his arm pulled me back, I spun around and locked eyes with him, His breath seemed to causally hit my skin and I felt a wrong sensation in my stomach.“Who at you and what do you want?” I gritted out as I pulled away.“You’ll find out in due time, just get in the car.” He said as he gesture
FIRE CRACKER Who are you (120)
My breath hitched, tears stung my eyes and for some reason, I felt like sobbing, I had no clue why this house made me feel so — disturbed and sad. It was almost like an overwhelming feeling of loss and pain and it kept nagging at the doors of my mind.“Is something wrong?” I heard Daniel ask.“Where did you bring me?” The words rolled out of my mouth and his silence left a bitter taste on my tongue. “Where did you bring me!” I demanded and looked eyes with him.“What is this—“ I almost cried but a voice cut through my mini rant. “I’ll be answering all your questions, Danielle.” A Thick voice spoke, my hand hung loosely on Danielle’s shirt, and emotions that I could not express ran through me, the last time I felt like this was a few years ago when Alice relapsed on Alcohol and it was not a memory I liked to recall. The voice sounded as masculine as any other voice yet it made my knees buckle, my insides didn’t twist, they were still, and my eyes stung with tears even though I had b
FIRE CRACKER Why now? (121)
"Are you alright?" A familiar voice spoke softly and my eyes fluttered open. "Are you alright, my love?" His voice wreaked of worry and his eyes locked with mine.I gradually registered that I was laying on something soft and I forced myself to sit up, from here, I felt less vulnerable and open to an attack. I glanced around the room, the man was seated closer to me. I and Daniel were by the door, his arms were folded on his chest and he wore an expression I could not recognize from where I sat."I'm sorry that you got to know like this... That's not what I wanted" He began."Look, I don't even know you, okay? And there is no way I will believe that you are my father, am I joking to you?" I asked with a glare. My lips pursed into a straight line and I decided that I would neither believe him nor fall for this crap.My father abandoned me before I was even born, he didn't want me, he never did. No one ever did and I did not appreciate someone trying to play games with this. I had aske
FIRE CRACKER Give me one chance (122)
“What did you think?” My voice cracked and my feet ached. “That I would just accept you? That I hug you? That I would cry and tell you how much I love you?” I asked and searched his eyes for a response, response.“But for what exactly?!” I snapped. “For abandoning me for twenty-three years? For leading with a psychopathic woman? For rejecting me? For all those nights and days resented me because I wasn’t lovable?!”“Isab—”“Don’t call me that! Don’t you dare call me that! I am not your Isabel and I am not your daughter!” I roared. “My father....? He’s dead. He died three years ago and his name is Derek Dante!” I cried. “I don’t know you, and I don’t want to.”“I didn’t want to leave you, but I had no choice—”I wiped my tears and locked eyes with his amber orbs which shone with tears. “Seven years ago, if you had told me this, I would have forgiven you, I would have run right into your arms.” I sucked in a deep breath and continued.“But I am no longer sixteen-year-old Danielle who
FIRE CRACKER Everything makes sense now (123)
“Alice and I were childhood friends, but that friendship turned into something else when she clocked eighteen—““That’s a lie, she was already pregnant at sixteen,” I spoke and took a step back from him.“I don’t know what she told you, but she lied and her sister can testify to that. Alice and I were lovers, We loved each other a lot and we wanted to spend the rest of our lives together.”“Then how did everything fall apart?” My voice cracked.“Alice got pregnant at age nineteen and although we never expected it, I was over the moon, I was so happy, I could not wait to welcome our child, Alice may have had her issues and her family wasn’t perfect, but I was ready to do everything, everything for us.” His voice cracked as well and he licked his lip.“Everything changed the day she gave birth though, she had not one, but three babies.” My eyes widened and my lips parted. “W-what?” I breathed.“Yes, Bella. You are a triplet.”“Oh my gosh,” I said as I dropped to a chair.“Do you need s
FIRE CRACKER Me? (124)
Everything made sense now.Why she was so adamant about hiding the truth, Why she refused to tell me? Why she hid the tapes, Why we had such a strong connection and how her niece's clothes, Fit me.It wasn't her niece's clothes, those were my sister's clothes. The far-away look in her eyes, why she always tried to comfort me. It was the guilt speaking. My insides turned and I stood up and stumbled into Daniel's arms."Danielle—" He began when we locked eyes but I broke eye contact almost immediately. "Did you know Charlotte?" He whispered. "I looked for you everywhere, my love. On the streets, in orphanages, everywhere that I could think of, but you were never there." He admitted.I pushed Daniel away gently and rested on the wall. I felt strength gradually leave me. I wasn't insane. I wasn't losing my mind. She was the one playing the games. Charlotte knew. She knew who I was and who I meant to her.The attack at the apartment that day wasn't about me. It was about their feud. Yet
FIRE CRACKER Lee (125)
"Me?" I asked and scrunched up my nose, I glanced between Daniel and Elliot and I struggled to form words. "What could he have against me? I barely know the man." I expressed in a low tone."He's channeling all his rage onto you and he's not going to stop anytime soon," Elliot explained softly, I frowned. My lips parted to speak when the sound of someone yelling filled the room.Three necks snapped towards the door and I discreetly saw Daniel pull out a gun, I frowned and took a step towards the door. "Don't move." He instructed."What drama is about to unfold now?" I mumbled underneath my breath but as I tried to listen in, I became painfully aware of the fact that the voice was familiar and it sent a strange unfriendly sensation down my spine."I know who it is," I admitted softly."Really?" Daniel said and tilted his head to the side."Yeah, and I'm about to give a piece of my mind." I spat."I'm coming along." Daniel offered and grabbed a jacket I had not noticed. I rolled my eyes
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5 years later. “What happened here?” I sucked in a sharp breath as I glanced around what was supposed to be the children’s room but seemed like a battleground. World war three happened here. “It was him!” Bella cried in her high-pitched voice, I cringed at her tone and glanced in the direction of her voice. My heart skipped a bit when I could not find her, but if the mop of blonde curls that peaked out from beneath the bed was anything too go by; I was definitely on the right track. I took tentative steps toward her and crouched down to her height, “Baby, what’s going on?” my voice trembled slightly with worry but that was not the only thing threatening an anxiety attack from me at this moment. It was already 10:00 am and I wasn’t even dressed — forget about dressing up, Tyler wasn’t even around to handle the kids and he promised me. Today was my big day and he promised he would fill in, but as always, he just runs off with his burger. Bella reluctantly reached out to me and
FIRE CRACKER Is it too late to say goodbye?
You know how you can spend your entire life walking on the wrong path. You can feel like you have it all figured out even though you are just starting and struggling to be a good version of yourself. There are some memories, that don’t die when dawn comes barging in. Some dark times that even the sun can’t chase away. My point is: They are too many things out of our control and the last thing you want to do is get stuck with the guilt of not fixing or doing things that were never in your control, to begin with. As I ran my hands through my soaked scarlet hair, a lone tear crawled down my cheek and I swallowed sharply. I bit hard on my bottom lip as I thunderstruck and pierced my skin. It was almost scary how three years had felt like decades, how much I had linked to come here, all the promises, the guilt, everything that had built up to this exact moment. I wiped my tears which were mixed with rain. I found to hear the hesitant footsteps from Rye, but I did not turn. My fists cle
FIRE CRACKER Finally? (196)
“There’s still time for us to run.” I glanced at Emilia as if she had grown two heads, but she had a serious expression on her face and I knew that she was freaking out deep down.So was I.“Run to where exactly?” I decided to humor her risky thoughts with a raised eyebrow, her stance deflated and she let go of my hand. We were outside the church now. It was crazy how much time had passed and how things were happening so fast.Until two weeks ago I was at Alice’s grave. Now I was walking down the aisle. I frowned and breathed. “When did Rye say she was going to get here?” I asked Emilia, the blonde seemed to be too engrossed in starting anything but the church that waiting for her. Her blonde hair had been styled in a perfect bun and Isabel had performed magic with her makeup. Her dimples were visible and she wasn’t even smiling. Emilia took a hold of my hand again, a small smile broke out on her plump lips.I held my breath as she stared me dead in the eyes before she broke out into
FIRE CRACKER Burning soil (195)
“This was the last place I thought I would ever come,” The words rolled out of my mouth and left a bland taste in my mouth, I could feel the heat from the ground tear my skin apart, and my eyes stung with fresh tears and my fists clenched.If anyone had told me, years ago, or even a month ago that I would do this, I would have laughed in their face and given them a fitting reply, yet here I was, tears pouring down my cheeks with a void in my heart that I was not sure time could heal.“It wasn't supposed to end like this, Alice. This wasn’t the plan. This wasn't the freaking plan,” I whispered and I could barely see from my clouded vision. “You always hurt me when it was alive and I always used to think that I would be happy when you died...” I trailed off and wiped my tears.“I’m not Alice,” I admitted. “I’m not happy at all ad it feels like my heart got ripped out. You took a part of me with you and it space you left stings a lot.” I swallowed and sucked in a sharp breath. I ran my
FIRE CRACKER Happy birthday (194)
Tyler chuckled and his hand went to his neck for a nervous moment. “I don’t think you have realized it but… Alexander is in love, and it’s not with you,” I blinked in confusion.Tyler laughed at what seemed like my facial expression. “Alexander is madly in love with Lee.” My eyes widened and I immediately clicked the dots.Lee’s strange behavior ever since Alexander came into the house, her sudden change of heart, the reason she begged me to stop the wedding, why she was so devastated during the shoot-out, why she kept her gaze on Alex, and most of us, why she was bosses with taking care of Bella. “But she’s just a child and he- he’s twenty-five or something! This isn’t right!” I informed him.“She’ll be eighteen in a few weeks, by then she will be an adult, right?” Cole asked in a calm tone.“Well yes, but…” I trailed off and walked past him, I turned and continued. “She’s still a child, he’s five years older than she, and I don’t know, I’m just not comfortable with the idea.”“It’s
FIRE CRACKER Let’s start again (193)
"Are you okay?" Tyler was standing at the doorwhen I came out, I nodded and walked past him. "Where's Gemma?" I asked with a straight face and glanced around the place. "She left," Tyler informed me absentmindedly. "She asked for a divorce." He added."Why? Did she finally realize that you are nothing like you claim you are?" I spat at him and he shrugged."She was pregnant for someone else," He continued. My eyes widened and I shrugged. "Oh wow." I chuckled. "You sue to surround yourself with the best kinds of people," I informed him and he relaxed on the wall"You don't seem okay, do you want to get some rest?" He asked and I rolled my eyes at his fake concern."I want to leave. Why did you bring me here?" I demanded in a sharp tone."You fell unconscious, I had no other choice," Tyler admitted bashfully and ran his hands through his hair. His lips were pursed into a straight line and he kept his gaze firm on me."Want some coffee?" He offered and walked towards what I assumed w
FIRE CRACKER You hurt me! (192)
"I never thought you would come here." I heard a voice as I sat on the closest rock.From the view I had, the lake was breathtakingly beautiful, it had been months since I came here and I was dying for a breath of fresh air."Do you remember the last time we came here?" the voice continued on a steady pitch, I rolled my eyes at the tone and turned away. "Danielle, you are going to have to face me at one point or the other." Tyler finally confessed in what sounded like a defeated tone, I scoffed at his words. "There's nothing to settle." my voice came out strained. It had been one entire month since Alice was murdered and Aiden died at my hands. The memory still sends chills down my spine and for many days I refused to leave my home because I was terrified of the outcome, I sucked in sharp air and glanced at him."You ended this, remember?" I added in a soft tone, my eyes stung with tears but I blinked them away. Tyler sighed. He broke the small distance between us and sat beside me
FIRE CRACKER Life isn’t fair (191)
I lunged at him. With all the force and anger I could muster at that moment. This was the moment I had waited for so many years. Three long years — I lived with that guilt and pain for three long years. I was broken, I had to deal with the pain and nightmares and the intense feeling that I could not protect the man who did nothing but love me. The only thing I had consoled myself with back then was that I would avenge his death.And only when I had avenged his death, would I visit his grave. Today, I would fulfill that promise.Aiden lost balance in shock, the gun went off immediately. My eyes widened when we hit the ground. I was basically on top of him, dangerously close with the gun between us and my breath hitched.My heart raced and it took me a few seconds to register the fact that the bullet had not hit me, rather it was stuck in Aiden who was bleeding from his nose.I must have taken too long to connect all these dots because the next thing I knew was hands around my neck, c
FIRE CRACKER I will keep that promise (190)
"Aiden," I growled and he smiled. He had a fun held up straight to my face and I was almost thrown off by the audacity of the man. Here, in broad daylight, he was pointing a gun at me, a smug grin plastered on his face as if he had just been given hot coffee on a stressful morning."Danielle" His voice was calm and held no remorse at all, his eyes narrowed at me and rested on Alice's body which was behind me. I watched as Aiden's grey eyes darkened for a bit before they returned to their previous form."For the first time in my entire life...I'm sad I was right about something." The words were not directed at me, rather it was where his gaze rested. Completely fixed on Alice. "If you cared about her, you would have stopped this a long time ago." I shot a glare at him, and he scoffed and stared at me with a piercing gaze. "It's because of her, I did this!" He snapped and shot one of the medics, I stumbled on the side of the van, my eyes went wide and I clenched my fist."That's a li
