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. “
SABRINA POV-It was a bit late at night when I left at my sister's apartment, but it was okay because someone picked me up here at the bus station and will. I put my small suitcase in the backseat and got in the passenger seat and fastened my seatbelt.“Did you get everything I asked you to get?”“Of course.” I took what she asked me to get from my shoulder bag. “The glass Sunny and Skye drank from, the spoon they used, their hair, also saliva. Complete.”Hannah took the things she ordered me to get and put them in a box.“Then, let’s go.” She said and started the car.I had only recently met Hannah. She went to Conrad's condo once and the moment I opened it just right and her face lit up while she was about to open the door of the condo, I immediately raised an eyebrow.......• • • ( F L A S H B A C K ) • • •......I raised my eyebrows after I saw she has a duplicate key to the door of my future My Love. I looked at her from head to toe, and from head t
CELINE POV - I removed his grip on my hand without taking my sharp gaze from him. “Now you want to know?” I could feel my eyes hurting from the formation of tears on both sides of my eyes. Lance nodded. “Yes…” he begged. “What for?” I scoffed. “Why do you need to know? You didn’t even believe me when I begged you. Now that you’ve seen them alive, do you want to know?” I asked sarcastically. “Go away.” Before I could walk away, he blocked my path. “I’ll listen, I’ll believe everything you say, I promise. Please, tell me how it happened? What happened to you after–” “After you threw me out?” I cut him off. He nodded. He opened his mouth but immediately closed it for a second. “I want to know everything.” He said almost in a whisper. “I have no intention of going back to what happened before.” I was about to take a step back when he grabbed my wrist again. “Celine–” I turned to face him again as I released his grip. “I was ready to kill anyone,” I cut off whatever else he wa
CELINE POV - I felt my chest tighten after I remembered that day. Looking at him, I wanted to laugh at his reaction. His eyes were red from the tears, he didn't blink his pair of eyes for a second as if he had seen a ghost. His lips were pale and barely opened. His reaction was very different then than now. “I don't know…” I laughed without a sound. “Really?” I bitterly questioned him. “You know I was still pregnant but you didn't believe me.” .. .. .. • • • • • ( FLASHBACK ) • • • • • - After he took me to my room and was sure I was alone, I forced myself to get up. I went to the bathroom. I cleaned my wound. I'm not sure how deep the wound I made was but it seemed like I did something pretty deep because my wound still wouldn't stop bleeding. I bandage the wound. Because of my experience with my parents' possession, I learned to at least clean my own wound. After treating the wound, I wrapped a tissue paper with all the things I used until the blood was invisible and
CELINE POV-He involuntarily let go of the envelope he was holding, which contained the DNA result of his saying.“No matter where you test my children’s DNA, the result will remain positive. But don’t forget that you tried to k*ll our children more than once and accused me of being crazy for saving them.”"Celine,” he called me in his rattled voice.I waited for what sweet things he would say this time, if he would again explain that he didn’t mean to do everything he did, but this time he remained silent for the next few minutes.“I can accept it better if your enemies or other people threaten my life and our child’s life, but you yourself, their father, are the ones who repeatedly tried to k*ll them. You should just believe that they are not your children so that I can feel more at ease that no one will try to k*ll them.”"N-No. I will not… I will never...” He stopped speaking on his own. He opened his mouth and took a deep breath while placing both hands on his neck. “F*ck! Sh*t!
CELINE POV-After I met Tristan Carter yesterday, he said he would come back to take me out. I wasn’t sure where he was going to take me, all I was thinking of was taking this opportunity to escape from all of them. I didn't know how, but I would find a way.When I finished fixing myself, I lay down on the bed while waiting for Tristan to arrive.I feel heavy; I feel like my whole surroundings are spinning, maybe because of the fever.Tristan shouldn’t know I have a fever. He might not continue to take me out, and I wouldn’t be able to escape from them right away. I have to bear my feelings; I can't take medicine either because it might harm the baby.As I closed my eyes, my phone suddenly rang. I took it out of my small bag and answered the call without looking at who the caller was.“Celine, where are you?” Astrid’s voice sounded like she was mad again. “What the h*ll is this? I received a wedding invitation yesterday and I only saw it today. Why are Lance and Freya getting marri
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