I placed my hand on his already pale one and held it. It filled my heart with warmth, and tears started rolling down my cheeks again. I thought of every touch, every feeling, every hold, every kiss he had ever given and shut my eyes tight. The beeping sound grew in my ears and so did the sound of his heart beat.“I won’t leave,” I entered boldly. He was so scared that I might leave him, probably just the same way Samantha did. She had known that he had a disease that was why she refused to marry him and had left him alone for years, never loving him truly, even after her return. He had his mother and cousin but he was alone, fighting a silent battle of life and death and no one to truly comfort him, not even me. I remained in the dark because he was scared, I would be like Samantha, he was scared that I would be like any other person. Who knew how many had left him, the moment they found out? The tears against my eyes did not stop and the pain in my heart also didn’t. I thought of wha
Samantha’s jaw dropped immediately, then she scoffed.“Jordan must really love you,” she entered and once again I was back to that place.“How is he doing?” she asked, dropping all the pomposity in her voice that she sounded like she really cared.“Do you really care?” I asked, hating her guts to even stop and speak to me. How could I easily forget what she had done, all she did to me and Jordan.“I was his childhood friend,”“Though I might had turned to the Villain of his life and love, I care.” She answered sadly and I frowned. Trusting her was definitely not my aim and would rather she remain her distance and talked.“What do you want?”“I couldn’t just pass by when I saw you sitting here.” She answered.“Your mother-in-law made sure that I was never allowed into that hospital premises. I have been there a couple of times to see you and him.”“How are you doing?” she really sounded like she cared.“Don’t you want me dead?” I couldn’t help but asked. A pained look suddenly appeared
LEONAKatherine held my hands tightly and squeezed it in other to comfort me and remind me that she was there. She looked strong, like a pillar that I would fall to at that particular moment, but life was hitting me so hard, my heart was tired, my body was tired yet I didn’t know if I should fall to her and simply become weak or if I should simply be strong, and take whatever I get. The last seemed to be a better option since I still had Jordan to look after, I still had Genesis to hold and a world that was waiting for an explanation from me. Could I truly afford to be tired and weak? No, I could not afford to feel any of that emotion. Life was feeding me with thorns and it would only beat me down more. I had to keep fighting, because I still had something to fight for, I still had my son to be strong for.We followed the cops to a place we didn’t know. It looked like a laboratory of some kind but it was hidden and kept secret. I had no idea where we were going to. They had only infor
For a long time, I simply held that letter in my hand. Tears refused to fall down my eyes anymore and my heart stilled. I recalled the last conversation we had, when he suddenly appeared for the art exhibition at Genesis.“You look lovely,” he had smiled at me, genuinely this time and it creeped me out. It’s been so long I saw him smile at me that way and it felt different, strange, yet my heart had missed that man who had turned into a stranger to me so suddenly. The loving father who had turned to a hateful and cold one and a husband who had turned to a cheat and an abuser later on.“What are you doing?” I replied, simply because I could not trust him. I had let go of our marriage after the last time he hit me and had not returned to the house ever since Jordan took me away. I was not planning to do that now, especially because I could not trust him.“I won’t return to you, so stop the pretense. And what are you doing here? Do you want to ruin the day for your daughter in law?” I pu
GENESISWe stopped in front of the church and I stepped down immediately. But the moment I stepped down from the car, another feeling of dread settled at the pit of my stomach and I immediately turned to the direction we came from. My heart was hurting and my guts were telling me that something terrible was happening. Should I return?“If you are not feeling alright, we can go back,” Samantha suggested as she stepped down from the car. For a moment, I thought about going back, to be with Jordan, to know what was happening, to make sure that he wouldn’t leave me. But what could I do? It was not like I could keep him away from death and that was where God came in. I turned back to the church and shook my head.“No…” I turned to the guards that stepped out from the car that followed that of Samantha. I was shocked to see that a car was there speedily and with it were more than ten of them.“You’ve gotten pale, ma’am,” the one who entered the same car as I did enter.“I think we should re
“Hey…” someone yelled beside me. I snapped my gaze to the voice and found Samantha looking at me with a frown on her face and worry in her eyes. I blinked and looked around, wondering if I was in the same place and if I was seeing right. She definitely could not be worried about me. I shook my head and tried to move but my knees and butt was hurting so bad, I groaned.“Why would you sleep, I thought you were praying?” she began chiding and I frowned.“What are you doing in here?”“You were not replying to any of my calls, I was thinking you died before I could kill you,” she replied and I glared at her.“Really?” I looked around.“What? He knows I’m a bad person even when I am not in the church,” she responded so casually. I sighed and shook my head, knowing that I was just going to waste my time arguing with her.“My guards could have woken me up. You didn’t have to come in, I’m not planning to die anytime soon,” I responded, remembering the voice of Jordan in my head. My heart was a
“He confided on his friend who helped him with his suicide mission. The coroner still hasn’t let go of the case since he was never terminally ill before he was euthanized. And the doctor might lose his license or go to jail for what he did to my husband,” mom Leona explained what happened from the beginning and how it was kept a secret from me and Jordan alone to what was happening as of recent.“But Liam wanted to die.”“That doesn’t mean that he should have assisted him,” Mom Leona cried. I shut my mouth and thought of what she might be feeling as of that moment. She was going through so much and I had no idea.“It turned out that he had a favor to repay to my husband and that was why he did it. Moreover, he was paid a very huge amount to do it and he does not feel scared of anything, not even losing his license.” She continued.“He knew what might happen and was prepared to pay the price,” I put in and she nodded her head in agreement.“We found some files, letters and flash drives
When I came out from the bathroom, Jordan was no longer in the bedroom and it made me feel worse. I changed quickly into a simple gown and flats and went downstairs. He was downstairs of course and they were all sitting at the table, waiting for me. I sighed and put on a smile on my face as I went down. Jordan got up from where he was sitting and pulled out a chair for me. It lifted my spirit and I smiled at him, but he looked away the moment our eyes met and my heart fell again.He sat back down and chatters rose around us. My entire family and friends were present and it was one of the rare moments of life that we should always cherish. It made me think of Liam and how we never actually had a decent meal with him, and now he was gone. I turned to Jordan who had a stoic expression on his face, no different on how he always did. Whenever something funny was said, he would smile with his eyes but he didn’t change his facial expression. I sighed and looked away, feeling guilty that he w