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My eyes fluttered open for the second time and this time I could breathe better, I had imagined that I would be on a bed but the surface I was laid on seemed hard. A groan left my mouth and someone gasped. "Danielle! You are awake! I was so terrified!" Emilia said and it took me a few seconds to register the fact that she had been holding my hands and trying to add pressure by rubbing them. I smiled weakly at her, now, she was someone I needed to see. "I thought you were going to die on us back there, what happened?" I heard Lee's voice, she soon came into my line of sight with a huge towel, it was then I registered that the three of us were alone in the room and I was on the floor, outside of my bathroom. "I think I blacked out. It's probably stress." I offered a lame explanation. Lee nodded in consideration. "You should get some rest then, we have a long day tomorrow, especially since—" "Save it lee, now is not the time —" Emilia began as I glanced between the two ladies. "Wha
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“You should get some rest,” Emilia responded and tied her hair into a bun, I nodded and walked into my walk-in closet to grab a dress. I messily pulled a chocolate button-up dress over my head and walked over to her. “That was quick,” she commented. I nodded slightly.“So, are you going to tell me why you did it?” She asked and I raised an eyebrow. “Did what?” I responded sharply, I was sure my features were somewhat laced with confusion as I stared at her blue orbs.“You tried to kill yourself a few minutes ago.” She deadpanned.I glanced around the room and it was only at this point, I registered the fact that the glass shards were off the ground and the room was neatly arranged, a complete contrast to how I had left it a few hours ago.“I wasn’t trying to kill myself,” I corrected softly and took a few steps away from her. Emilia stood up, Her gaze traced my dress to my eyes, We locked eyes for a split moment before we broke eye contact. “I don’t know if I should trust you or no
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“It’s missing!” I cried out as I glanced around my room frantically and tore the room apart.“I’m sure it’s somewhere around here,” Daniel tried to reassure me, but I was not having it. That letter did not have legs to just walk out of the room, there were only two people in the room with me, Alexander was in there but there was no reason for him to take the letter.I paused and ran my hands through my hands in frustration, I sucked in a deep and tapped my feet against the group furiously as I tried to think harder, the second person who had come in here was Hilda and she was the one who arranged the room.“Hilda!” I yelled in a high-pitched tone as I stroked out of my room on a mission, I could hear loud footsteps behind me and I was sure that Daniel and Emilia were following. “Danielle, I’m sure that you are mistaken, please try to calm down, you need to get some rest—“ She began.“Rest?” I shot at her and spun around. “You want me to get some rest?!” I said exasperatedly. “I’m han
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“You don’t know anything!” I snapped at him and snatched the letter from his hands. I bit hard on my bottom lip and glared at both of them. “You have no freaking clue!” I added. “Danielle, we just want to help,” Elliot began softly. “Is what the letter says, true?” He asked and made eye contact with me.“We?” I spoke in a condensing tone. “You are the woman who ruined my life?” I spat in her direction and I felt her tense, “Really dad?” I questioned with a disappointed stare,“Charlotte cares about you —““Only when it is convenient for her, and right now she needs my help, so she is here, once she doesn’t, she will leave. That is the real Charlotte, and I hope you can see her one day,” I gritted out and clenched my fist.“I am not the enemy.” She whispered with reddened eyes. I felt enraged for no apparent reason, maybe because I had seen this drama before, maybe because this setting felt so familiar and the only difference was the fact that it was Charlotte and not Alice, and my fa
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The dining table was silent apart from the sound of aggressive spoons moving around, Mrs. Amber had made her delicacy chicken soup and everyone was eating in silence. But I could feel the tension from where I sat beside Alexander.“So, Are you sure you are feeling better now?” Emilia perked up at Alexander’s soothing tone, a smile broke out from my lips and I squeezed his hand. “I’m doing fine now, Alex, I just need some rest, I think it’s the work from the past few weeks that got me down, even if I did absolutely nothing.” I joked towards the end of my sentence. Daniel seemed to be watching us more than he was eating his food, for some reason, Lee found the scene amusing and would steal glances from Alexander back to me. I rolled my eyes at her antics. “I have an occasion I want us to attend.” Everyone stopped eating at that point and I felt their eyes on me. I sighed and looked up at them, “in fact, I want all of you to attend.” I added softly,“What event is that?” It was Emilia w
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I could barely gasp for air as the pressure around my neck increased, I kicked and tried to move, I wasn’t thinking straight, all I wanted to do was get out of the death trap I had found myself in.The fact that the room was pitch dark and I was gradually sinking into my silk sheets and the cozy bed was not helping either, panic swelled in my sour chest and I gasped for air but it came out muffled and the pressure on my air intensified. I was almost sure that this was it, This was exactly where I would die and there was no way I could fix it or save myself, despite my pitiful situation, I found my thoughts trailing to Tyler, I wondered if he would care about my death and I had to mentally smack myself at my trail of thought The lights came up immediately a loud smack was heard and the pressure on my neck reduced significantly. I blinked and gasped for air, I could feel arms wrap around me but I kept my eyes shut for a few seconds as the light affected my dilated pupils even more.“A
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“I cannot believe that you dared to show your face here.” Isabel spat the moment I walked into my office with Alexander.She sits in my chair, comfortably pressed against it with her legs on my desk. The caramel color of the walls glared at us both as I forced a smile. “I am not here to fight with you,” I spoke sharply and took casual steps into the room, almost as if she wasn’t there at all. “But if you are looking for trouble…” I continued and placed my brown bag on the table. “Then I can match that energy.” I spat and made eye contact with her.She broke out into serene laughter and her blonde wavy hair sat on her shoulders comfortably, her amber-green eyes shone at me brightly and a greedy grin played on her lips. “Are you challenging me, sister?” She said and raised an eyebrow in what I assumed was supposed to be a threatening manner.“I don’t make threats,” I said in a monotone voice. “I make promises,” I added. I shuffled through my bag and pulled out the files that Elliot had
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