Chapter 03: Divorced.

Annalise's POV

"Annalise! Annalise!" The banging of the door woke me up. It was Benson and I don't see why he needed to bang the door so hard when the door was unlocked.

That man slapped me unconscious!

They immediately brought me back to consciousness in the same hospital where my son died.

I pushed myself from the floor I had slept on last night. They had literally dragged me out of the hospital yesterday because I didn't want to leave my son. I can't still believe that my Derek is gone.

I cried till I slept off, right here on the floor. My body arches badly, and I felt numb on my feet but I tried to go and get the door since Benson kept knocking

"Benson," I opened, my voice hoarse from extensive crying. His mother was standing behind him, along with the lady whom I had planned to disfigure her face one day because of her vile attitude. I still don't understand what she is always doing here in this house.

"Here," Benson passed me a paper, more of a document when I looked at it.

I furrowed my brows before asking,

"What's this?"

"Didn't you go to school too?" Mother asked. She stepped into the room and the silly skinny girl followed as well. Benson had stepped further into the room, and my eyes followed him. He was looking out the window with crossed arms.

I wondered how he was handling the death of our son. I wished he could tell me his pain and I do the same. We were both in pain but could not spill it out. He was hardly at home, engrossed in work.

"Read!" Mother snapped, pulling me back to reality. I placed the paper before my eyes and began to read through it. The heading of the document already made my eyes grow wide, my heart race increased and my hands shaky.

"What… What the hell is this, Benson?" I asked with a shaky voice.

"It is what it is," Benson replied as he turned to me, "And you better sign it and get out of my house,"

Tears rolled down my cheeks, A divorce paper? Was he serious?

"You want to divorce me?" I asked with a hoarse voice.

"Listen, whatever your name is," Benson began to step closer to me,

"I don't like you, I mean, I never even did. We allowed you in this house because you were carrying my child. Now the child, you have killed, so I want you out. We don't have anything holding us together anymore."

His every word broke my heart and my legs went numb, I forced myself to sit on the bed so I would not fall. I struggled to breathe, my eyes glassy, my hands trembling, and cold sweat broke out.

"I… I…" I wanted to speak but I was finding it difficult to do so. I gulped with my eyes closed, the next time I opened them, they were burning flames, as I spoke,

"I… won't"

I felt their gazes on me but I didn't care as I stood up, walking over to him I said,

"I won't sign it. I am not ready to be a divorcee, Benson. I love you, and you know it. We can work this out. We can make this work. We can have another child. The reason we've not had another child is because you refuse to touch me. How can you not touch your wife? Benson, I love you, I really do—"

"But I don't love you!" He screamed at me, shocking the hell out of me.

"My love will carry the both of us," I said but he snapped with veins popping up in his head,

"Sign the fucking papers, Annalise. There will never be anything between the both of us ever again. Sign the papers and get out of my life!"

I broke into tears as I fell on my knees,

"Benson, please, take this shame far away from me. Don't let me go back to my mother's house as a divorcee. I love you, I would do anything. Absolutely anything you want. Just don't send me away, I love you. I love you with every fiber of my—"

"Shut up!" Mother yelled,

"Mother," I called as I rushed crawling to her for help, "Please, help me speak to Benson. Tell him I love him very much, Mother please"

Mother burst into laughter, causing my brows to raise at her,

"Annalise, please sign up for that divorce papers and be fast about it. Do you think we will let a murderer remain in this house? How dare you kill my grandson and think you can continue living here? For your information, Lara here will be the new Mrs Benson Walford" mother said referring to the skinny lady beside her. My eyes widened,

"Mother—"

*SLAP*! A slap that caused me to fall to the ground. The slap wasn't from mother but from the skinny girl.

"Hand the divorce papers to her. She will sign it," the girl said and Benson took the papers from the ground and stretched them to me, I refused to take it.

The girl grabbed me by the hair pulling me up, I whined in pain,

"Now, sign it"

"Benson…" I called but she whispered,

"Sign it now or you'll see your mother and grandmother's dead bodies the next time you get home"

My eyes widened, was she threatening me? I turned to her only to come face to face with an evil smirk on her lips.

"Go on, be a good girl, and sign the papers. Benson had always been mine. Sign the paper and get out of his life. This is your last warning"

My eyes turned teary as I looked from mother to Benson whose face remained emotionless like he wasn't even seeing what was going on.

"If you love your mother and grandmother, and would like to see them alive. Sign those papers now and get out of this house!"

I know how evil they can be, they would go to any extent to make me yield… I can't risk the life of my only family because of love… I just can't.

With trembling hands and teary eyes, I took the paper and signed it.

She dragged it from me and then said,

"Now, get out!"

"I would like to attend my son's burial first before I leave," I replied with my head down. My heart tightened in my chest, my throat burning in hurt as I stared down at my lap. I felt defeated. Pained and angered.

"We will send your farewell to him, you don't have to be there. Get up and get out" Mother announced causing my head to snap up at her

"Mo—"

"Get out!" Benson spat as he marched towards me in anger. His hand grabbed my upper arm, he began to pull me out of the room.