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CELINE POV - I galloped to the house, the address of the girl Sunny spoke to, and saw Sunny before she disappeared. “Sorry for the inconvenience,” I said to the mother as she opened the door. “It’s okay. Teacher Agnes already told me what happened, so I understand,” said the girl’s mother as she let us in. We went straight to the living room where I saw the familiar girl who was Sunny and Skye’s classmate. “Arian, come here. Sunny’s mommy just has something to ask.” Arian approached us. “Good evening, Ma’am.” Arian greeted us. “Good evening,” I greeted the girl back. “Have you talked to Sunny all day?” “Yes. We talk a lot.” “Do you remember what you talked about?” “She is talking about the superhero she met.” “Superhero?” Arian nodded. “She went with her superhero earlier.” Someone kidnapped Sunny? I was going to ask Arian to describe it if she remembered the face of the superhero she was referring to, but suddenly my phone rang. I picked up my phone to put it on silen
LANCE POV-Upon I got out of school with my daughter, it became no problem because even the security guards did not stop once we left and no one saw Sunny with me.“Sunny, do you want to go take a walk first?”“Can we go?”“Yes. We can go anywhere you want. You can also eat whatever you want. ”Sunny’s eyes almost sparkled after talking about the food.“Really? I can eat anything I want? ”“Do you have something you want to eat?”“I want chocolate strawberry ice cream.”“Chocolate strawberry?” I almost cracked my voice. It’s true that a child can inherit their parent’s favorite food. I thought it was only a temperament or behavior that a child could inherit from the parent.“Yes. Chocolate Strawberry is my favorite flavor.”“That’s also my favorite. We will eat a lot of chocolate strawberry ice cream until we get full. You want that?”Sunny’s face lit up with joy as she clapped. “Yes! I love that! Ye-hey! I’m so excited. ”I look at Conrad in the rear-view mirror. “Let’s go to the ma
LANCE POV-I had no intention of taking Sunny in the first place. My only wish is to connect with her. After what I’ve done, I know I have no right to take her.I may provide for all her needs, but that’s not enough. Celine has more right to decide Sunny’s welfare and if I tell her I want to be with our child, she won’t agree.Even if it’s just for a little while, I want to be with my child. I want her to know I love her when she discovers my stupid mistake.“Does it taste good?” I asked Sunny after I gave her some ice cream while driving.“Yes. I didn’t know the ice cream was really delicious.”I frowned. “Haven’t you eaten ice cream yet?” I question curiously based on what she said, as if this was the first time she had eaten ice cream.Sunny shook her head, then opened her mouth for another bite of ice cream. I scooped a spoon, then gave it to her without taking my eyes off the road.“Did you just eat ice cream today or did you just eat this flavor today?” I asked again.“Ha?” she
LANCE POV-Night had fallen when Sunny and I went to the snow world. It was inside the amusement park, thus, numerous people were present.“Daddy, can we ride there?”My daughter pointed to the Ferris wheel.“Okay, after us to the snow world.”“Wow! Look at that daddy!”I looked at what my daughter had just pointed out. A carousel ride with horses and a carriage.“Just like the ones I used to watch, like princesses.”“Do you want to go there too?”“Yes, daddy!”“After we finish the snow world, we can ride all the rides.”“Ye-hey! I’m excited!”I continued walking towards the snow world while checking in with the staff and still carrying Sunny. Along with this, I called Conrad’s phone number.“Boss!”“Get everyone out of this amusement park.” I whispered my order, therefore Sunny wouldn’t hear.“Huh? Are you crazy?”My daughter was busy looking at the colorful and crowded surroundings.“Boss, that amusement park is a happy place for children, so why would I direct people elsewhere? Po
CELINE POV-“Celine! The stop light is red!”I reacted instantly to Sabrina’s sudden shout by hitting the brake.“Maintain a lower pace while driving. You’re over-speeding too. When did I change, and subsequently you wanted me to disappear from this world? Nooo. You can’t do that, now I already found my true love–hey. Are you listening to me?”I can’t rest until I know Sunny is secure.Lance should remain unaware of Sunny in the first place. I’m worried he might hurt Sunny. The possibility of him acting poorly towards my daughter makes me afraid. What if he kills my daughter as he planned in the past? If he contemplated doing it so easily before, he can do it again. I can’t bear to lose another child because of my carelessness as a mother.“Celine, just calm down–”“I can’t!” I shouted. “I can’t calm down as long as I know Lance is with Sunny.”“Lance probably will care, Sunny–”“He’ll kill our daughter. He’ll kill Sunny.”“What are you saying?”Five seconds before the signal turned
THIRD PERSON/AUTHOR POV-Lance couldn’t bear to wait for the ambulance so he was the one who was drove to the hospital. His body’s fear and trembling prevented him from concentrating on driving. He almost forgot how to feel scared, but at that moment he prayed for his daughter’s safety.“Sunny, we’re close to the hospital.”He rubbed Sunny’s forehead. When he noticed his daughter’s forehead and neck were cold, fear enveloped him. He put one of Sunny’s nostrils on one finger and as he felt a warm breath, he focused on driving.He sped up operating the car , so they quickly reached the hospital.He hurried down and carried his daughter, and didn’t even care about turning off the engine of his car.“Help! I need help for my daughter!” Lance shouted just as he entered the hospital.The staff quickly proceed toward him with a hospital bed. He almost forgot to breathe as the doctor examined Sunny’s condition.The male doctor is about to give Sunny CPR, however Lance grabs his collar. “Wha
CELINE POV-“Lance? You’re the monster?” I could barely say his name in fear.The memory of how he told me he was going to k*ll our child came flooding back as if it were yesterday.“I didn’t mean to… believe me. I wasn’t thinking that day–”“Mummy! I’m scared!”I quickly hugged Skye, but instead of calming down, he cried even harder. I hid his face in my embrace so he wouldn’t see Lance’s face.“Skye, sweetheart. Everything is alright.” I said calmly, trying not to sound rattle in my voice.I couldn’t help but rub Skye’s back while making him stop crying.My gaze fell on Skye, and I fought back tears. I found myself drawn to him. For the first time, he cried intensely, his breathing labored.“M-Mummy, I… I’m sorry… Mummy… He’s going to hurt me because I’m noisy…”“No, sweetheart. No one will hurt you.” I kissed Skye on his forehead and cheek. “Nothing bad will happen.”“N-No, Mummy…”I kissed the top of Skye’s head while still hugging him and rubbing his back. I don’t know how else
CELINE POV - We didn’t stay long in the hospital. The next day the doctor also allowed us to discharge Skye and Sunny. As long as what happened to Sunny doesn't happen again, she will be safe and, for Skye, it’s like before, he shouldn’t be triggered by what he’s fear of. Now I know what Skye is afraid of, it’s easy for me to know what can trigger his fear. I just sigh every time I remember what Skye is afraid of. “Call me anytime if you need anything.” Tristan said after taking us inside the apartment. “Daddy, are you leaving?” I let go of Skye’s hand and Tristan sat in front of him. “Daddy has something to take care of, after that I’ll be right back here.” “Daddy…” “He won’t be back…” Tristan paused in his speech. We talked last night about not even mentioning Lance’s name or maybe the monster. “Everything is fine. Daddy Tristan made sure that no one would hurt you.” He kisses Skye’s forehead. “I love you, sweetheart.” Then he stood up and kissed Sunny on the forehead. “
CELINE POV-“Thank you.” Was all I could say.I suddenly felt ashamed of myself. If I continued to leave, I would leave Starr’s grave alone and I wasn’t sure when I would be able to visit her grave, if that happened.“You don’t have to. Starr, is also my…”He didn’t continue because he wasn’t sure if he could say that.“She is also your child.” I continued.A moment of silence prevailed around us before we heard Skye calling me from the kitchen.“We’re being called by…” I mentally took a deep breath. “Let’s go?”I didn’t wait for him to answer but instead I walked past him. I felt strange as if something heavy had been removed from my chest, which I was so delighted to feel relieved... I want to hug him.“Yes, sweetheart?” I asked Skye when we arrived at the kitchen.“Mummy, I’m hungry. Aren’t we going to eat yet?” Sunny asked.“We will eat now. I’ll just get the rest of our food.” I told them.“Can I sit beside you, Sunny?” I heard Lance asking permission as I grabbed the broccoli
CELINE POV-“Mummy. Mummy, wake up.”I woke up to Skye’s voice as he repeatedly patted my cheek along with calling me and waking me up.Based on my body clock, he woke me up earlier than we usually wake up.“Sunny, is not here.”I quickly opened my eyes and got up.Sunny was sleeping in the middle of us; on the other side, I made sure there were big pillows for Skye as well as on the floor.“Where is Sunny?”“He took…”He stopped as he blinked his blue eyes.“Is it Lance?”“Lance?”“The one who gave you a car.” I reminded Skye in a different way.“Yes, Mummy. He came here earlier, and then he invited Sunny to leave the room.”“What?”I immediately stood up. “Come here.” I hurriedly called Skye.I right away picked Skye up. I didn’t even think to put on my slippers as I hurried out of the room.Did he take Sunny while I was sleeping? Will he keep Sunny away? All this question is freaking me out.“Sunny!” I shouted at the same time I hurried downstairs. “Sunny!”When I got downstairs,
CELINE POV-I placed a pillow on Sunny’s back before sitting her upright and in a comfortable position. I took the salmeterol from her bag and put the mouthpiece on her lips.“Breathe quickly and deeply,” I instructed Sunny.After doing that, I removed her inhaler, then Skye counted one to six seconds.“Breath out slowly,” I instructed her again.After that, Skye held Sunny’s hand and counted again.“One… Two… Three… Four… Five… Six…”I glanced at Lance, who was on the edge of the bed. He is intently looking at Sunny, his forearm on his chest while his other elbow rests there where his knuckle was moving.“Sixty!”Once Skye’s count reached sixty, we repeated the procedure from the beginning. We did this ten times until Sunny’s feeling and breathing were normal.“She is okay now,” I grabbed Lance’s attention.His blue sea eyes widened as he looked at me. “What do I need to do?”“Get out of this room.”“What?”He asked in disbelief.“I’ll put them to sleep first,” I quickly added.“Oh…
CELINE POV-“Daddy Superhero, are you the one who will take us to our new house?”“Yes, sweetheart. I will take you to your new house.”Lance had two bodyguards with us carrying our two suitcases.“Do you want me to carry you?” Lance asked Sunny.“Yes!”I had no choice but to hand Sunny over to Lance. I didn’t want to cause trouble here and scare the kids.Lance picked up Sunny, and I carried Skye.“Does our new house have a big playground?” Sunny question as we walked towards the basement parking lot.“Do you want a playground?”“Yes! I want a big playground where Skye and I can play.”“We’re going to build a playground there.”Sunny clapped her hands in joy at Lance’s words.Once they arrived in front of a van, his people opened it, and Lance got in with Sunny.After he lowered Sunny from the seat, he looked at me. “Get in,” he coldly ordered me.I let Skye out of the car first, then we went to the second row of seats together.When we sat down, the door closed, and the driver got
CELINE POV-“Mummy, are we going to move far?” Sunny asked while I was fixing her clothes.“Not too far,” I replied.“Mummy, why are we suddenly moving?” Skye asked.Surely Skye was curious and felt that there was another reason why we were suddenly moving house, and he needed an answer.“The rent fee here is a bit expensive. Mummy found a better and cheaper apartment to rent .” My excuse.“I hope there is a park or playground where we are moving,” Sunny commented excitedly.I put on a face mask for them.I grabbed one large bag and grabbed two large suitcases. I tried to fit all our belongings into the two suitcases. I only brought the most important things.“Let’s go, sweethearts.”When we got out and got off the apartment, I immediately flagged down the first taxi I saw.“Mummy, Auntie Sabrina won’t be coming with us?” Sunny question as we boarded the taxi.“No, sweetheart. But she will visit us again like before,” I replied. “At the airport,” I told the driver as he got in.I won
CELINE POV-I pulled back the arm he was holding with a frown.I waited for him to speak, but after a few seconds, he did not clarify what he was saying; instead, he just fixed his gaze at me.“I don’t have time for this.” I broke the silence, and this is my saying goodbye to him.Before I could walk away to leave Tristan, the door opened again, and two men entered. The one with a name plate is the manager, and the one wearing the suit, I think, is the owner of the restaurant that Lucian Morgan summoned.“Sir Lucian Morgan?” The owner of this restaurant called in surprise. “I didn’t know you were here. Is there anything I can do for you?”I looked at Tristan. “Give me your resume,” he said as he extended his palm.”“Why?” I was confused.“To know why you will not get a job in this city.”I glanced at the two men who had just entered. When they stared at my face, the manager whispered something to the owner of this restaurant, who was circling with his pair of eyes after that.By tha
CELINE POV - “Thank you,” I told the tenant after she finished talking to me. Before entering, I let out a sigh. The tenant informed me that from today the rent for the apartment will be 10,350 dollars. Almost five times the rent last month. I need to pass the interview and get a job; that kind of rent is out of my budget. “Who are you talking to?” Sabrina asked as I entered. “Nothing.” “You sure?” "Hmmm,” I nodded. “Did you bring all your stuff?” I asked, changing the topic. Sabrina will be back in New York to focus on her review. “Yep. It will be a while before I get back here. I have an exam coming up, so I need to focus on my review. But—” she raised her one pointed finger as if she were stopping me from speaking. "But it doesn’t mean that if you need me, you’ll disturb my review. That’s a big no. Okay?” I just nodded. “Oh! Maybe that’s the one who will pick me up,” Sabrina said when someone rang the doorbell. Sabrina opened the door excitedly, and upon se
CELINE POV-After I picked up the kids and we were going out, we saw Conrad in the parking lot.When Conrad’s gaze caught ours, he immediately came over to us.“Boss Lance ordered me to pick you up.”“Didn’t Lance understand what I told him?”I clearly told him earlier before I got out of the car that I don’t want us to have any kind of connection and that even picking up anyone who has anything to do with him, he shouldn’t do it anymore.“I don’t know what you’re talking about, Madame. Boss Lance just sent me here to pick you up. Shall we go?”The weather was cloudy.I just nodded and went in the direction of Conrad’s car.“Where is Daddy superhero?” Sunny asked as we entered.“He’s busy,” Conrad replied.“He is just like Daddy Tristan, always busy.”I stroked Sunny’s hair and didn’t comment. It would be better if Lance got away from us sooner rather than later before Sunny got completely attached to him.The trip from school to the outside of the apartment building was quick, and a
CELINE POV-When we got down from the apartment, I shifted my gaze to Sabrina after seeing Lance here with the car we rode in yesterday.“Wow!” Skye couldn't help but marvel at the car again.“I don’t know. I’m just not in the mood to go outside.” She explained before I could ask."Maybe it was just a coincidence. Right?” I asked sarcastically.“Yes. Of course, it was just a coincidence.”I believed what Sabrina said.I sat in front of the kids. “Skye, do you want to ride in that car again?”Skye catches a glimpse at Lance. “No.”“Why?” Sunny asked. “You want that car.”“Yes.”Sunny held Skye’s hand. “Then, let’s go. We’ll be safe with him.”Skye and I both did nothing when Sunny pulled him towards Lance.“Let’s go to school, daddy superhero.”Skye looked at the ground.“I’m not here to just drop you off.”“Eh? Why?”Lance sat in front of them, then showed the car key in front of Skye. “I will give this car to Skye.”His voice is not so cheerful but not too dry either.Skye quickly l