What would you do if you were in Hannah's position? Would you slap the shit out of your ex-in-laws? Note: Gloria is Mrs. Copperfield. She's in her 50's. ***DON'T FORGET TO ADD THE STORY TO YOUR LIBRARY #VOTE #HannahAndXander #GoodbyeMyLove
XANDER was on his way home to the Miller Mansion when he received a call from Hannah. He answered it casually and to his surprise, someone else was on the other line.“Irving City Jail now!” Clarise yelled on the phone and then ended the call.Xander hastily made a detour and when he arrived at the police station, Lani immediately ran to him. “Look. Look. What that vile woman did to me and your sister.” She screamed like a brat while pointing at Katarina seated on the chair inside the cell.“Oh shut up! You old witch.” Clarise yelled. She wouldn’t let anyone slander her friend. Xander ignored Clarise's comments and stared at his mother and saw a bruise on her cheek and scratches on her neck and hands. While his sister had a bruise around her eye and a missing patch on her mid-scalp region. Meanwhile, Hannah was on the other side of the cell and she looked unharmed. “What the hell happened here?” He mumbles as he holds his head. “It’s that—” Before Lani could slander Hannah further,
ON THE WAY home to the Miller Mansion,Lani couldn't help but clench her fist in rage.Katarina could see the anger seething through her mother and she couldn't help but wonder, "What's on her mother's mind? What is she planning to get back to Hannah?" Questions that were soon answered when Lani checked her phone.The grimace on her face turned to a gleeful malevolent smile.The sight frightened Katarina, "What is it, Mother?" She asked eagerly as she gripped the hem of her dress.Lani glanced at her mischievously, "You'll know soon." She uttered.MEANWHILE, at Irving.Hannah can see the outline of her two fingers on Xander's face."APOLOGIZE TO HIM.""Don't anger him.""Act docile." These are the thoughts inside her mind after slapping him.But her mouth has a mind of its own and can't let go of the mind-bugging question in her head.She breathes out deeply as she fights back the tears and fury building up inside her, "I don't understand why people treat me this way." She uttered whil
DENISE has been having sleepless nights lately. She is having nightmares so bad that she calls her father to accompany her. When Hector arrived at his daughter's condo unit, everything was disarranged. Sofa cushions on the floor, shattered figurines all over the place, and when he thought it couldn't get worse. It did.He entered her room, turned on the light, and saw a disheveled woman nestled under a pile of dirty clothes and a ripped blanket. “Denise!” He yelled in disappointment. “What has gotten into you? How will Xander go back if you are a mess?” He added, and the mere mention of his name frightened her.“Xander.” She cried out. “He stopped caring about me,” she added in between tears.“Nonsense. He loved you so much. If he doesn't, do you think you can return to his life that easily after pulling that stunt three years ago? He could easily tear down your accusations of that poor woman, but he wholeheartedly accepted your lies.” He pointed out.She swallowed slowly. The reali
AT THE PARTY…Ashton was waiting for Xander, Denise, and Toby near the bar area while drinking bourbon. He was seated comfortably on the chair observing all the guests that entered the venue.While glancing around, he accidentally bumps into someone. He glanced at the figure, he was facing her back and, from his sight, he was captivated by the proportion of her body. Her tight-fitting red dress displayed her thin waist, remarkable hips, hourglass figure, and her huge butt."If she has long red hair she could be Jessica Rabbit." He thought to himself.“Miss, you should watch where you swing your hips.” He says coquettishly as he walks behind her and lightly brushes his mid-section on her butt as if giving her an idea that he has a huge bulge in his pants.The woman looked at him in disgust. “What the fuck, Ashton?” She said as she took two glasses of margarita from the bartender.He gasped in shock, then stared at her from head to foot in disbelief, “Hannah?” He mumbled. His face turned
CLARISE heard a gut-wrenching scream. She hurriedly put on a robe and ran to the other room. She knocked on the door, but Hannah did not answer. She leaned towards the door and heard a rustling sound from the other side. She felt guilty as she left Hannah last night and went to an unplanned meeting with an investor. They are not planning to stay at the venue's hotel, but the meeting took too much time, and she asked Hannah to book a hotel room with two separate rooms inside. When she arrived, it was already 3 am, and she didn’t check on Hannah as she was too tired. She knocks on the door again. Concerned, she twisted the knob, happy to know it was not locked. "What happened?" She blurted out as she got inside.Hannah gasped in shock and shook her head like a child who was caught doing something bad. Clarise saw how pale Hannah’s face was. She was about to march to her to see if she was sick, but Hannah asked her to leave immediately. Clarise was dumbfounded by her friend's reques
THE SOUND of the television echoes in the now clean living room of Denise Reese’s condo unit. BREAKING NEWS…“A party is now being investigated after a few of the guests tested positive for Rohypnol, also known as roofies,” the reporter exclaimed.Hector heaves deeply in annoyance. “Are you stupid or what?” He yelled at his daughter as he lowered the volume of the TV.“Why must you put the drug inside a wine bottle? You could have put it in one drink,” he explains.“Because I want it to be discreet. I don’t want Xander to know that it was me.” She replied.“Is that the same logic you used when you tried drugging him here? You put the drugs on all the pitchers of water.” He questioned. She nods in embarrassment.“Stupid. What kind of brain is inside your head? Obviously, it's you trying to drug him. He is in your condo unit. What’s worst is you almost got one of the cleaning ladies drugged because of your stupidity.” He yelled in exasperation. “If I had another child, I wouldn’t take
XANDER was on the way to Irving, Texas to visit Bridget as he promised his daughter that he'd play with her. When suddenly he received Ashton’s frantic call about Denise getting into an accident.Without any hesitation, he made a detour to UT Southwestern Medical Center.When Xander arrived at Denise's ward, she was alone and still asleep. There was a bandage on her forehead and her right leg was in a cast. He marched to her bedside and held her hand. Her face was pale and so were her hands.He stared at her intently, observing her fragile state. “What am I thinking about spending time in Irving? When I should be here cherishing this woman in front of me. If it wasn’t for her, I wouldn’t be here today.” He thought to himself.Soon the door opened and Hector entered the room.“Xander, what are you doing here? How did you—” He uttered in surprise. Xander acknowledged his presence by nodding his head. “Ashton called me.” He explains. “What happened?” He asks worriedly.Hector sighed, th
HECTOR moved to Denise’s side. “Our plans are working well. I’m going to leave you alone with him, make sure to make him fall for you again.” He whispered while glancing at the door.Denise nodded in agreement and then grinned mischievously, “To top it all up, who would have thought we would come across Ashton in the mall? Who else would be the most reliable messenger of my accident than that fool?” She replied in a low voice.He scoffed, “And you almost blew it. I was planning for him to witness it with his own eyes. I even gave you a signal to talk to him longer, because the accident was set up on the other side of the mall. Good thing, that the people we hire are nearby, and easily move our plans near Ashton. What would you do without me?” He states proudly.She held her father’s hand, feeling grateful for his wits and assistance. He caressed his daughter’s face and then muttered, “Don’t waste this opportunity. Everything was already planned with the help of Lani Miller. We effortl
In the blink of an eye… Months had passed and Ashton still hadn’t proposed. He started to become busy with his company, despite that not even once did the ring leave his pocket.During that time a lot of things happened. Charles had successfully dominated the shipping business and ended Hannah’s contract. She’s free to work for any company she likes. Toby continued to visit Xander and was happy to know that he was starting to respond to psychotherapy.Lani is still in maximum prison, and she is treated like a slave by everyone. She never thought in a million years she would be pushed around like trash by women half her age. That she needed to massage someone's callus feet just to have protection from other inmates.Aside from the hellish treatments, no one had visited her ever since she moved there. Ron even stopped sending her letters. She never felt alone and helpless in her life.Meanwhile, for Clarise and Zane, the day they had been waiting to arrive. It's a love story more than a
In Hannah’s ward. It was already 8 pm when Ashton returned. When he got to Hannah’s room, only Heidi was in there. “You’re back,” Hannah uttered in glee. She could sense that he was a bit calmer than before.“Have you eaten?” Heidi asked Ashton. He shook his head.“I’m buying us some food. Hannah wants some pasta. How about you? Anything particular you want?” Heidi asks. “Let me buy the food for us,” he suggested.Heidi shook his head, “You stay here. You should be resting not roaming around.” She insisted. “You kids stay here.” She added as she headed outside.He smiled and swiftly walked to Hannah to hold her hand. “I asked Clarise to buy me a hair clipper.” She blurted out while showing them to him.He narrowed his gaze, “Why?”“To cut my hair. So it will grow back the same length as my bald spot, and it would be all-natural. My hair grows back fast and it would be presentable enough at the time of Clarise and Zane's wedding. Would you help me cut my hair?” She asked as she ha
At Texas Southwestern Medical Center...“Ashton, where are you going?” Cyrene asked as she watched how his son got up from the bed and headed outside.“I want to see her. Where is she?” He replied in worry.She sighs, “She’s in the next room. Her friends are in there, and she’s still asleep. So calm yourself down. You just had 14 stitches on your chest and leg,” she explains.He shook his head, “I’m fine—”.Before he could finish his sentence, beeping sounds from the other room roared in the air, followed by shouting and cries.“Nurse!” “Nurse!” He heard Clarise and Zane’s voices in the hallway.He stood up immediately and checked what was happening.“Ashton!” Cyrene yelled, but all she could do was follow him.He entered the room next door and there she was being coaxed by Clarise and Zane to calm down.She’s having nightmares. Keeps seeing that she'll wake up in captivity and seeing a hospital ward is not helping her condition. She felt like she was still trapped in the cabin.She
After lunch, Zane and Clarise drove to one of their vendors.Zane couldn’t stop staring at his soon-to-be wife. She tried her best to smile, but she could not hide the uneasiness in her movements.He could no longer take it and finally voiced out his concerns. He closed the binder he was holding, "Do you want to postpone the wedding and wait for Hannah to return?" He asked in a soft voice.She shook her head, "She won't like that. She would hate to know that we delayed our wedding because of her. Aside from that, we have already paid for our vendors," she explained.He sighs, “I don’t want to say this... You know that... I love Hannah. She’s like a sister to me but… What kind of friend leaves her friends like that? She knew we were getting married, and she just left.” Her hands trembled. He felt fear in her. She inched close to him and glanced around the room, “The type that’s been abducted.” She said in a low voice.“Abducted?” He repeats in a louder tone.She covered his mouth imm
~Toby and I tried to call you, but you didn’t answer.~Ashton’s voice woke up Hannah from her slumber.“Ashton?” She called out. Her eyes expressed glee to hear his voice. She glanced around only to realize she was still trapped inside the room. ~You know I need to go back to dating~~You know I need to go back to dating~His recorded voice kept on repeating for a few more hours. Shortly, Xander arrived with a smug look on his face. “You’ve heard the recording. Ashton is back to his old ways. Drinking and partying with a random woman in the bar, like the filthy animal that he is. He'll sleep with anyone available.” He says mockingly.“Do you still think he is better than me?” He added as he caressed her face.She evaded his touch by hiding under the blanket. She remained silent. There’s a part of her happy that he is moving on with his life, but she can’t ignore the fact that it hurts so badly. It's like confirmation that she has already lost her chance to be happy.“How long am I i
Hannah woke up with the smell of savory food in the air.She could feel her stomach gurgling. “Are you hungry?” Xander asks her. She nods. He smiled eerily, “I made tomato soup and salad. Come get your food.” He suggested as he motioned at the table. She slowly rose from her bed, but before she could take her first step she noticed one of her feet was chained to the bed. There was confusion on her face. She slowly turned her head to him.“What games are you trying to play this time?” She asks with a trembling voice.He shrugs, “Say ‘Please’ and I'll move the table near you.” He uttered. “I will even throw on a piece of bread if you sound a little sweeter.”She doesn't want to do it, but she's hungry, thirsty, and weary. She lowered her head to hide how annoyed and angry she was, “I want to eat, please.” She uttered in a low sweet voice.He moved the table near her and then patted her head, “See, that’s not hard, is it? I knew you just needed to be retrained to be obedient. If you
Ashton’s hands are sweating. Now that his and Clarise’s suspicions were proven correct, he needed to act fast to look for Hannah. Despite that, everything must remain in secrecy as one wrong move might alert Xander, and he might move her somewhere farther away. As he stopped his car at the intersection traffic light, he began to utilize Galvin and his team to help him search for her. He dialed Galvin and he was soon answered. “Galvin, how are we on the list of Xander's properties?” “Check your email. I just sent it to you.” He replied.“Good. I want you to do something for me. Station a person in the Miller Mansion and document any movements.” Ashton demanded.“Sure, anything else?” Galvin uttered. Ashton sighs. Something is bothering him. First is the letter, then Xander is staying in the Miller Mansion, while Hannah is in Asia.It doesn’t add up and it doesn’t make any sense. A dozen questions are inside his mind. “Did Xander threaten her to write the letter, and she chose to l
“Come on, eat your pancakes,” Xander suggested as he pushed the paper plate at her.She began stabbing her food with the plastic pork in exasperation. “What did I ever do to you for you to treat me like this? You already know the truth that I’ve saved your life and this is the thanks I get. Imprisonment in this place…” She yelled at him. He raised his arm, and she flinched in fear and shielded her head with her hand. He lowered his arm and sighed deeply. “Why won’t you just be obedient? Like before?”She laughs mockingly, “And where will it take me? Years of misery? Whatever I do, you end up hurting me.” She remarks.“You don’t understand I’m just protecting you from making more mistakes in your life.” He explains.“How about you protect me against yourself? Let me go and never show yourself ever again,” she suggested.He shook his head, “I can’t. I won’t.” He held her shoulders firmly, “You’re the only one that genuinely cares for me, and you’re the only one I have.”“I used to car
Ashton effortlessly carried the boxes of Hannah’s files inside his room. Searching for anything that might point to where she is.But all he could find were the documents about her research into Denise, Lani, Ron, Donnie, and Hector Reese and the crimes they committed.On how she will convince Donnie to bring down Hector and Denise. While reading through the mountain of paperwork she had, he felt so proud of the effort she put through.“You are so amazing,” he mumbled.He then remembered Clarise’s words.~Someone might have threatened her.~“Xander,” he thought to himself.Soon he decided to message the investigator to get him a list of all of Xander’s property as he might have her held captive. “If he took her, could she be in the Miller Mansion?” He asked himself.Soon Toby’s statement lingered in his head.~He locked himself inside the mansion.~He starts pacing back and forth as he questions everything that has happened.“But… If that’s the case, how did he get her? If she’s in A