Even to say that he is the one who let me escape. He is still one of the people who abused me. He was one of those who hit my back as they laughed. He was one of the ones whipping my body. He was one of those who beat me. He was one of those who burned cigarettes and wanted to kill me that night.
One of those who tortured me so how can I forgive him?
"I'm not a bad person, Ashley. I've never hurt the feelings of others. I can't be like this if I don't regret what I did to you. What we did to you was the first and last sin I committed.
Kranky forces us to use drugs and alcohol. My first and last taste of drugs. I know it's hard in your heart to forgive me because I'm one of those who drove you away. But I hope one day you will forgive me. Not now but hopefully that time will come. I'm happy because somehow I apologized to you. I said what I wanted to say before I died."
He finds it difficult to speak but he tries to say what he wants to say. I felt a littl
"My name is Alora, Andrew's sister." She started. So Andrew is the name of that man. "May I?" She pointed at the chair so I nodded as giving her permission. She pulled up a chair and sat across from me."My brother is not a bad person, Ashley. Even though we grew up poor he never did anything bad. Yes, we are poor, but our parents always told us when they were alive that it is okay to suffer as long as you walk high in front of anyone you pass because you haven't done anything bad to others.""Why are you telling me those things?"I don't know what she's talking about. Maybe she wanted me to know that her brother is not as bad as I know."I just want you to know what my brother went through.""Let her Ashley," Eugene said. "Spill it.""One day, a friend hired him. They said they had a racket and paid a lot. He wanted to help me. Especially since my son is sick. So he went along. But when he came home he was different. I even saw
WE ARE in front of my house right now. I didn’t get out of the car first even though I wanted to rest. I just looked at the house while smiling and had no plan to go inside at this moment."Hey, you don't want to go inside?" he asked me then I looked at the house."I also don't have anything to do there. There's no life there, it's boring, quiet, are you in a hurry? Are you going to do something?" He shook his head."Nothing, you said earlier you wanted to rest.""I suddenly changed my mind,""Then let us go inside,""No, it's still messy, I did clean it yet.""Come on, it's ok,""No, I want to stay here outside. I just want to rest my mind for a moment. Is it okay if I will ask you to stay with me here? If it's okay with you and you have nothing to do.""Sure, no problem. As you requested. Then he turned off the engine and open the window.""Maybe you have something to do and I disturbed you?""No, n
"Come here Ashley, come closer to me," Asher called softly to me but I shook my head in protest. I was scared of how he looked because I could see he was furious as he looked at me. Though his voice was calm there was no denying the anger in his demeanor and face."COME!" he shouted which made my knees shake even more. So I could do nothing but walk closer to him even though I was nervous about what he could do.My knees were shaking and I could feel them softening as I walked closer to Asher. I don’t know what’s playing on his mind. But I'm only sure of one thing. He was angry because he was embarrassed when I left him earlier and I went with Eugene. I was sure he would retaliate in a way he knew I would regret. And now I can no longer explain how I feel.When I got closer I noticed the redness on his face. I don’t know if it was because of anger or the amount of alcohol he drank. Also based on the cans scattered on the floor.When I am
My body is now naked as water continues to flow from the shower. Asher suddenly choked me and pressed my face against the wall tiles. He choked me so hard and I tried to reach his face because I couldn't breathe."I'm going to remove all the saliva of that asshole from your body, open your legs." He commanded at once he slaps me.Chasing my breath I followed everything he said. I could do nothing but follow and drift. He poured feminine wash on my femininity and consumed the bottle. When nothing came out of the bottle he threw it in front of me. Next, he took the soap and then rubbed it on my hand, on my body, but he was also tired and threw the soap on my face. Even the baskets of toiletries he poured on my head. When it's empty, Asher hits the basket on my head until it shattered."You slut, you really don't know how to be content, you're a motherfucker whore. Clean your body. And don't go out there until you have a trace of that idiot's saliva!""We di
I open my mouth and lick his finger and tasted my own juice. My tears flowed because of what I have experienced tonight. But that's all I can do. To cry and cry. Because I can't do anything to defend myself.I have never experienced anything like this with Asher. But now I’m almost no different than a paid toy. He manipulated me and played on me anytime he wants."Good girl." Then Asher pulled his finger and wiped it into my face. "Next time, don't make me angry so you don't get hurt." He stroked my hair and kiss my shoulder."I feel cold," I whispered."What do you want, I can heat you up?" I shook in response as I continued to cry. "I'm getting hot too, Ashley," he said once squeezing my chest hard as he kissed me on the neck."Asher, please enough. Please forgive me and have mercy on me." He stopped then grabbed my face and looked into my eyes."I don't want to, I'm not done with you. Come with me because we're going home." Then he
=AGATHA's POV=I saw Asher come and he immediately went straight upstairs. I wanted to talk to him but when I approached him he ignored me. Based on his action, he is drunk again.Ever since Ashley came back he has been drinking every night and always out of his mind. If before I always saw him crying, now, I see him always drunk. Plus he's always hot-headed and with just one mistake he's going crazy.Maybe this is the right time for me to talk to him so that he can stop what he is doing. He is also the only one who is hurting and struggling. Even though he was stubborn in front of Ashley he was still secretly crying. He just tortures himself every time he sees Ashley.I followed him to his room. But even before I arrived, I heard the chaos inside. I run fast to find out what happened."FUCK!" he screams loudly.The door was slightly open so I went straight inside.I was shocked when I saw Asher’s belongings. The small gla
=ASHER's POV=I woke up holding my head. I feel like it’s going to break in so much pain. I don't know why I have such a headache and I try to remember what happened last night. I am drunk I know but after that, I don't remember anything.I shook my head to remember what had happened and suddenly I stopped.'Shit, I hurt her,'I rolled my eyes around the room. I remember everything now. I went crazy last night and throw all the belongings here but the surroundings were clean. There is no trace of any mess that happened last night and for sure Agatha cleaned it all.I slowly got up as my head sank in excruciating pain. I got too drunk last night and did something I shouldn't have. I already remember what happened. I know what I’ve done. I just lost control of myself but everything was clear to me now.I hurt Ashley too much. I never thought that in the extreme pain and jealousy I felt, anger would prevail over me. Anger came back
I parked the car in the lobby and before getting off I shed my tears because of the extreme pain I feel now. The pain of my will and pity for her for what I did last night.I hope she will forgive me despite what I have done.I hope she doesn't disappear from me forever.I released all my tears remembering how happy we are back then.I smile bitterly when I remember the past when she accepted my love. That was the happiest moment of my life. The moment that I can treasure forever. The way she looks at me back then while saying she loves me is full love and sincerity. Unlike now, she always looks at me like nothing.It hurts me, but it doesn't care as long as I see her. I am still hoping that we can still reconcile and we can fix our marriage.When I felt ok I walked quickly to the office. I want to make sure she's ok and she doesn't leave me again. Maybe because of what I did to her last night, she just disappeared again.She might ru
Ashley and I are in our room right now. I make some therapy on her and it turns out ok. She responded and soon she will recover. "Charles?" My next question. "My child," she replied without emotion. "Asher?" I asked again. "My husband," she replied again with delight in her eyes but no emotion. "Who are you?" "Ashley," "Full name." "Ashley Lewis Miller." "Very good. You're great," I said then kissed her on the forehead and took something from the bag. "And because you're good, your loved one has a gift for you," I pulled out a box and handed it to her. "Open it." She took it and open it. I gave her a 24k gold plated rose. It is a real rose flower inside but it is dipped in 24k gold. "This is nice. It's mine?" I nod then approach her and set beside her. "Yes, because you're improving every day." "Asher," she calls to me. "Hmph," I just answered then played with her hair. "W
Ashley is in the garden as she sits on the grass and is combed by the maid. I approached them and motioned the maid to leave."How are you?" She gives me a simple smile then looks away. I sat beside her then fixed her hair. "Do you want to eat?" She shook her head.“I want someone to talk to.”"I see, I am willing to listen," I said then stroked her hair. "Spill it.""I love someone and his name is Asher," she used to say this to me every day. But I still couldn’t help but be sad and at the same time, I am happy. Even though she doesn’t recognize me she still thinks of me."He loves me and I love him too. But I left him because I don't want to hurt him. You, do you love someone?" Then she faced me with a smile so I nodded."Yes, her name is Ashley and I love her so much." She smiled then touched my cheek."Same my name the one you love. You look like the one I love. Maybe that is why we met so we can see our lo
Hailey is still sleeping. Agatha and Eugene have also left because Ashley and Ley's children need to be together since Hera and William left. Hunter just stared at Hailey as he caressed his wife's face.“One thing I regret is that I believed Kyla back then. I know the first time I saw Ley she is special and I admit that I like her. But I was blinded by Kyla's sweet lies and chose to believe her rather than look at Ley's goodness.” Then he looked at me. "And the same shit repeated to my sister.""I'm sorry if I didn't protect her," I apologized."I want to be angry with you, but I can't because like me we are both blinded by lies so we hurt our loved ones," he said then stroked Ley's face again. “We have to be thankful, despite what happens and what we did, they still chose us. They still love us, and they chose to come back with us. Because they still love us.”I looked up to hold back my tears. I also saw him do that."I lo
"I have good news for you." I am looking at Ley while waiting for her to continue."Spill it,""It's time to return the favor," she replied."What do you mean?" I ask and look at her and Eugene. He laid the papers in front of me."What is this?""Open it." I took the paper and was surprised at what I saw. "Paula has illegal business accumulated by that asshole Kranky," she said.“And oh, another witness said that they had a relationship,” Eugene added.“Wait, are you saying that Paula cheated on me?”"And you are not the father of her baby." I furrowed my forehead because of what Ley said. It doesn't sink into my mind what she said."Wait, wait, wait,""Don't be confused, Asher," Ley handed me the paternity test. “That's what people with money and with a lot of connections can do. 9 weeks before you can get a paternity test on a pregnant woman, and since Paula’s baby is 12 weeks
"Hello," she greeted me. In her face, it seems that she does not bother in my presence."Do you know me?" she nodded in response."The one that looks like my husband with the same name." I smiled at what she said."Can I seat?" I pointed next to her. She nods as an answer."Why are you crying? I won't say 'no', go ahead, sit down,” she said and I sat beside her."Why did you leave?" I asked and held her hands."I was sad and I thought of Charles.""You should be told me so I can bring you here."“I am afraid you will tell Asher about him. He doesn't know about Charles and I don't want him to know.” I sighed while caressing the hand."Why, would he be angry?"“No, but I don't want to hurt him. Charles was formed in a bad situation and when Asher found out, he would be hurt.”She protected my feelings. Even though she is not on her own she is still thinking of me."I am so
"Where the hell is my sister?" Hunter gritted his teeth asking each one of us."Hunter, calm down, everyone is trying to find her," Hailey tried to let Hunter calm down.“How can I fucking calm down if my sister is missing and she’s not on her own. You hide this from me, Ley. You didn’t tell me what’s really happened to her.”"Ok, I have a mistake. I hid everything from you. But I didn’t want what was happening now. I am sorry, ok. ” Hunter calmed down then approached Ley and hugged her. “I understand her decision that is why I tolerated her. My mistake, I apologized,”“I didn’t mean to get angry with you. I’m so worried about my sister. I'm sorry.” Hunter hugs her tight and kisses her forehead.“Can we file a report now, that she’s missing?” Agatha ask."I call my friend, they will help us to find Ashley," I replied. “Hunter, I am sorry abo
“Good afternoon, doc,” The reception nurse greeted me."Give me Paula Collins record." She immediately handed me Paula's record so I check it.I looked at the medications prescribed to Paula one by one and then returned it to the nurse."Thanks,""Welcome, doc"I am disappointed after seeing Paula’s record. I can't find anything that can be used on her. Most of them are multivitamins and some medicine that are harmless to pregnant.God forbid me, but I hope the child does not survive after what happened.‘I’m sorry baby, but I can’t claim you after I know everything.’I clenched my fist while standing in the hallway and thinking of a way how I can remove Paula on my way. Maybe she's right, I am guilty right now because of what happened to Ashley. But I am more guilty thinking about why I involved myself unto her. If I know that she is the reason for this, at that time, I will surel
I look at Ashley and Agatha. They are in the garden while Agatha combs Ashley's hair. I am here in my library and I just peeked at them from here in my window. I smile seeing them both talking. Agatha smiled at me then pointed at me. Ashley looked up and Agatha whispered something then raised her hand.I see Ashley smiling while waving at me. She also gave me a flying kiss so I smiled. Her doing good. Day by day there is improvement in her.I heard my phone ring so I grabbed it from my pocket. A police friend who was in charge of Paula's case and that Kranky."Yes, bro?"“Bad news,” I arc my brow on what he said."What do you mean?""Paula Collins is free," I stand straight because of what he said."What the fuck, how did it happen?"“His lawyer filed a bill and appealed that what happened there is self-defense. Well, it’s clearly self-defense because it’s happening inside her home. That Polio did
I AM PREPARING Ashley’s meal when I heard the news on TV. There was a flash report appearing on the screen. I don't care about these kinds of news but there seems to be something that motivated me to watch it."Mark Polio or better known as Kranky entered the house of Paula Collins. The maid said that he introduced himself as Paula Collins' boyfriend." Kranky? That’s the name that Ashley called me which is she's afraid of. Paula, have they known each other?Suddenly my heart beat faster and I immediately approached the TV then turned up the volume and sat on the sofa for a while."The maid said the two argued. The maid allegedly heard Kranky say her son was dead to the woman he raped that Paula had ordered him to, more than two years ago." I suddenly let go of the mug I was holding and I didn't even know it was broken.What does that mean?"Kranky said he no longer face to face his son that he called Charles."Charles, is he, are the