Daniella arrived back into the house and headed straight for the stairs and then to her parents’ bedroom. Upon getting there, she saw that her mother’s body was now tucked under the bed covers and serenity on her face as she slept so peacefully.But, the placid and lovely movement her father was doing to her mother made her heart constricted in pain.Liam was caressing Jessica’s hand in his without shifting his gaze from her face. Seeing this gesture, Daniella clenched her dress in her grasp tightly as if she wanted to rip it off her body. She couldn’t fight the welling of jealousy in her heart at that moment. “You can go back to work now, Dad. I’ll take care of her,” she enunciated in a soft voice. After battling to bring her temper under control for a few minutes and which she successfully did.“No, Ella. I want to be with her,” Liam retorted sharply, without even sparing Daniella a free glance. Then he extended his hand to Jessica’s forehead and removed the wisp of her hair and
Jessica dismounted the last stairway and glided in a classy manner to where Liam was waiting for them in the sitting room.“How do I look?”Liam’s eyes took in her dressing from bottom to up. She looked classy and dignified in her purple evening dress but the valuable and dazzling jewelry on her was even more eye-catching.“You look good, Jessica,” Liam admitted with a light smile gracing his handsome face.“Mmm, mmm,” Jessica beamed while she moved closer to stand beside him before they took their eyes toward the stairs and saw Daniella coming.“Aww, she’s here.” Jessica was smiling so big as she watched her only child with pure adoration. Meanwhile, Liam’s breath has left his body at that moment.His heart started racing and blood ran hot in his veins as something roared into his chest.She wore a black dress with an inspiring design that revealed her back. The two sides of the dress are divided – all the way extending to the waist and hip lines.Her fair back was exposed, exuding
“Yes, Ella. It’s me,”A wide grin split across Matthew’s cheeks as he lowered himself onto the nearby stool and dragged himself closer to Daniella.“Are you okay?” he asked, looking at her worriedly. Instead of responding, Daniella averted her gaze to the dance floor where her father and mother were holding each other and twirling romantically like every other couple there on the floor with them.Tears instantly blurred her eyes, clouding her throat and making it hard to speak. She felt like a huge rock had grown in her chest – her chest was that heavy.“Do you want us to step outside for a moment?” Matthew suggested after noticing the dejected expression on her face.He’d followed her line of gaze just now and saw Jessica and Liam dancing happily around the dim lights but he couldn’t understand why she looked so sad.With a nod of her head, she slid off the tall stool and wandered toward the back door – leaving Matthew to follow her who soon fell in steps with her. Matthew led her
The tiny ray that penetrated through the lines of the drawn curtains hovered at Daniella’s sleeping face and it seemed to arouse her. She stirred bit by bit while she slowly forced her eyes open. At first, she couldn’t see anything as everything appeared to be very blurred in her eyes.As a result, she squeezed her eyes shut and cleared them at once. Again, everything didn't look clear in her eyes but wasn’t as blurry as before. All of a sudden, a loud yelp flew out of her mouth while her two hands went up to her head and took hold of it as if it was about to fall off her neck.“Fuck,” she swore between gritted teeth, palming her head strongly.Daniella stayed in that position for several minutes and she was thankful the headache died down a bit. Then, she got out of the bed and walked up to the dressing mirror to check what had gotten into her eyes that was making her unable to see clearly.Staring back at her reflection in the mirror, she slowly raised her hand, used her finger to
A sob tore from Daniella’s throat. Then another. And another. Fresh tears soaking her eyes like a sweatshirt tearing from its layer – this pain was breaking her heart.Her heart was wounded in her chest. So heavy.“I’m sorry, Dad,” she cried her eyes out, trembling terribly until she could no longer stand and had to crouch to her knees.After crying for a long time, she stopped crying, wiped her tears thoroughly and then stood up – readying to face it. No matter how much she cries, she was most certainly sure that Liam wouldn’t come to comfort her or anything. It is what she had seen written clearly around his face earlier and of course it is expected to be like that.Nevertheless, she needed to make him understand that she was not in her working mind when she had blurted out such hideous words to him the night before. She needed to beg him because she can’t stay away from him.Soon, Daniella was already standing behind the closed door to her parent’s room and knocked on the door
“I’m an irresponsible, horrible, shameless, and disgusting father, Henry.” Liam pronounced word by word in a slurred tone.He gazed up at Henry with dim doleful eyes that spoke of heartbreak, betrayal, remorse and undying love, and it didn’t take long before his eyes were beginning to shine with unshed tears.“She hates me so much now, Henry,” Liam continued, but closed back his mouth when the image of how broken Daniella looked at that night appeared in his eyes. Recalling that night again, Liam felt like invisible knives were wrenching his heart again and again and in order to block out his thoughts, he reached out to grab his bottle of liquor but surprisingly found it gone. “Where’s my…” he trailed off when he looked up and saw the bottle in Henry’s hold.Liam shut his eyes lazily and opened them almost immediately and like that, he suddenly leaned over the table and attempted to snatch the bottle from Henry.“No, Boss,” Henry told him sternly, taking his hand that was holding th
As Daniella drove with the highest speed she had ever driven before, her heart kept beating loudly in her chest that she could hear it like a beating drum in her ears.Her hands were cold and clammy as they shakily regulated the steering wheel.“Oh, Lord. Please save my Dad and I promise to never miss church service ever again,” she prayed in a silent voice as tears overflowed from her eyes.Daniella raced recklessly, wishing there's a way she could activate wings to her car or anything, just anything that could take her to the hospital in the fastest way. It didn't take long before she started seeing the traffic ahead of her and she cussed loudly before reversing almost immediately, turning into the road on the left side in an attempt to take the shortcut route.However, she soon saw some men at work blocking the road with the traffic cone.“Fuck!” Daniella cursed through clenched teeth before unlocking the door and rushed out of the car and went straight to where the group of men
Daniella felt her tightened so hard in her chest as if someone were trying to squeeze the life out of her while she watched the doctor and the four nurses hovering over her father from the rectangular, transparent little space on the door.The Doctor had restricted her from coming inside and even though she had wanted to argue with him and stubbornly go in with them, she could not do that because she had done something terribly wrong with them just a moment ago.Now that she was unable to go in there to support her father and fight for his life together, she just kept praying earnestly for her father’s safety in her mind from where she stood planted with her face buried into the glass door. Although, the doctor had assured her many times that it's nothing to worry about that her father will surely be alright, but she couldn't just shake off the worry that had filled her. Not when she had seen a piece of glass engraved into his forehead.Thinking of this, a large two tears rolled down