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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 SALVATORE POV-I put back my gaze at the secretary. “Thank you.”I stood up and left in front of the secretary.I took a breath and it seemed heavy to know about that thing. It was clearly a work discussion, but the thought lingered–I quickly dismissed it from my mind.I shouldn’t waste time thinking about other things. Lance loves me, he loves our children, we love him–it is the important thing and above all I trust him.I was about to get in the car but I saw the man get out of the car and come towards me.“Can we talk?” Lucian asked as he approached me.I sight at the time on the watch I was wearing. “Sure.”——————————Lucian take me in a private restaurant, where he rented the entire restaurant for the entire time.I invited him to a coffee shop, but he refused. He said what he had to say was a private matter.When we arrived at the restaurant and sat down, the waitress served us food, after that, Lucian told them to leave us.“I’m sorry, Lucian. I didn’t plan on staying lo
CELINE SALVATORE POV-“What do you want for dinner?” I asked Lance after I cleared away the container. “I’ll cook dinner.”“About that.” He held my hand, his other hand caressing my knuckles. “I’m not sure what time I’ll be home. I still have a lot of work to finish, so I can finish everything by tomorrow.”He sounded sorry, as if the sin he had committed was too big.“It’s okay, don’t worry.” I said with a smile to ease his burden. “Just, please, take care of your health.” I said, almost begging. “On our wedding day, I don’t want our friends to drag you down the altar so our wedding can go ahead.” I joked.“I won't.” He said, laughing, then hugged me tightly, just enough so that my body wouldn’t be trapped in his arms. “Thank you for giving me strength. I don’t even need to drink energy drinks anymore.”I hugged him back.For a moment, the surroundings became silent as we still hugged each other.“Celine.”“Hmm?”“Can we have one round?”I pulled away from the hug. When I looked at h
FREYA POV-After I finished fixing myself, I put the final touch on my makeup, my red lipstick as red as blood. I checked my phone first. I tightened my grip on it seeing that until now, after two days, Lance announced his engagement to the whole world. They all kept talking about all this. Our wedding back then, it maybe, was grand because I pressured him into every detail but to announce to the whole world he didn’t do it. He hasn’t said who he’s going to marry yet but I’m sure it’s his pathetic ex-wife he’s going to marry.I called that stupid thing, but he still didn’t answer my call. In my annoyance, I threw my phone somewhere in my hotel room. That stupid. I cooperated with him back then because he promised he could find a way to keep Celine and Lance away. I even sacrificed my smooth face and skin. The beating me back then in the old building was our plan. No one kidnapped me. It was all a plan to make Lance believe someone else hurt me. After beating me and got hurt, I shoul
CELINE SALVATORE POV-“As soon as possible?” I asked, with a hint of doubt.“Why don’t you seem sure?” There was concern in his voice. “Didn’t you change your mind?” There was fear in his voice.“Of course not. I just don’t know if your schedule can handle it if we get married so soon.” I spelled out.The worry on his face quickly disappeared after I explained it to him.“When would you like us to get married?”“Before our kids go back to school, so they won’t be confused about which surname to use and can use your surname.”“When is the new school year for our kids?”“Two months from now.”“Two months?!” I was the one who was worried by his question. “W-Why?”“I thought I would have to wait just less than a month to marry you.” I lost my concern. I thought he was the one who changed his mind now. I wish to give back my surname to you. If possible, we will get married next week.”“That’s a short amount of time for preparation.” I explain with a beaming face. “On a serious note, when
CELINE SALVATORE POV-It’s not like it used to be that my children wake me up every morning, now I wake them up.Skye and Sunny were still rubbing their eyes when I woke them up.“Good morning, sweethearts.” I greeted them and gave them a sweet kiss on the top of their heads.“Good morning, mummy.” They greeted me sleepily.My smile widened seeing their father was still sleeping soundly. I saw that his forehead was unfurrowed, he didn’t smile widely, but his face was peaceful. He looked like a puppy sleeping. He was so cute when he slept like that.For all the years, I think this was the only time I’d seen him sleep. In all these years, I finally saw Lance sleeping without anger on his face.“Daddy!” Skye and Sunny happily approached Lance at the same time.Sunny climbed onto Lance’s tummy while Skye was on the side of Lance’s face.“Daddy, wake up!” Sunny woke up. I came closer to them, theb supported Sunny’s body when it moved.“Daddy!” Skye and Sunny woke up at the same time to th
RAYNE ‘ASHLEY’ EVANS POV-Pure happiness washes over me for my friend. She deserves that kind of happiness. The proposal alone almost made me cry with joy for Celine. How much more so when they get married? I would like to witness their wedding. Just by their smiles, I can feel the overflowing joy.“Yes, I’ll be there tomorrow.” I replied to my soon to be manager. As I ended the call, I took a deep breath. I have to say goodbye to Celine that I will need to leave.I was about to head back to the garden, but close to where I was standing, I saw Hendrix approaching Sabrina.“What do you need again?” Sabrina asked irritably.“I’m just reminding you of my proposal.”Sabrina scoffed. “You’re crazy if you think I’ll accept your marriage proposal. If you have nothing to do in life, don’t bother me.”Marriage proposal? Something seemed to tug at my heart when I heard that.At the instant Sabrina left Hendrix’s presence, I approached him before he could walk behind Sabrina.“Why?” I asked tear
CELINE SALVATORE POV-Everyone came near the table where the birthday cake was while everyone sang happy birthday and Lance lit the seven birthday candles on each cake.After Lance lit all the birthday candles, we stopped singing ‘happy birthday’.“Make a wish first before we blow out your birthday candles.” Lance sweetly reminded our kids.Skye and Sunny closed their eyes together with a smile on their lips.Lance and I looked at each other and smiled at each other while waiting for our children to finish making their wishes.“Are you done making wishes?” Lance asked our children after they opened their eyes.Skye and Sunny giggled while nodding.“Let’s blow out your birthday candles. After counting to three, we will blow out your candles together.”Our children affirmed with a smile.Lance and I moved closer to our children and then our friends and family counted.“One! Two! Three!” As mentioned the three, we simultaneously blew out the birthday candles one after the other. When w
CELINE SALVATORE POV-I just want to cry in elated. In the past few hours, our children’s birthday celebration has gone smoothly.Benjamin had prepared a short program he hosted, while he had someone take pictures while he was busy. He prepared children’s games, which everyone took part in except Don Charles, Sir Frederick, Yuichi and Giovanni.Giovanni wanted to take part in the games, knowing him he would do anything for his nephews, but in his condition, he pretended to cry on the side when Skye and Sunny looked at him.For now, we have given everyone time to rest after the games, and now I am sitting at the table with Christine and Astrid.“You should have told us what Lance did, so we burned him inside one of his hotels.” Astrid asseverate in a frustrated tone.Christine just mentioned that she had just found out from her husband about what Lance had done when I disappeared without saying goodbye six years ago. She mentioned that not because she wanted to bring up the pain I was
CELINE SALVATORE POV-“Mummy, I saw Skye and I’s cake.” Sunny said in amazement when she returned to our room after drinking water downstairs. “Our cake is so big, it’s bigger than daddy’s height.”It was our children’s day. We made their birthday an early dinner party because most of the attendees were close friends of Lance and I. My family with Ashley were coming from Italy who had just landed here thirty minutes ago and the Morgan family was coming from San Diego.“My cake is yellow and Skye’s is blue, just like daddy and Skye’s eyes.” Sunny continued with her story. “Is Uncle Lucian coming?”In six years, except Lucian was with us, he was never absent from Skye and Sunny’s birthday. So they got used to Lucian attending their birthday, especially Sunny.“Yes, sweetheart.” Lance answered. “Your Uncle Lucian is coming.”I told him yesterday that our children can look for Lucian on their birthdays, and he said he understands that. What’s important to him is that our children no longe