My home is not a place, it is people.
Violet
“Then you should also know that we don’t take very kindly to bullies like you.”
I whirled around at those soft words and even as I recognised the voice I was surprised to see Kiara standing there with her arms crossed over her chest and glaring down at Tara.
Kiara stepped closer, towering over Tara and said, “I didn’t know they make bitches like you outside of high school too.”
Tara sputtered and started to say something but Kiara waved her hand and said, “Listen here, don’t ever think Violet is alone and don’t mistake her quietness for anything else but her being the bigger person that she i
Falling in love is a process. It happens gradually with the way your heartbeat increases to the way your heart longs for forever with that one person.~ A. GuptaColeMy eyes couldn’t look away from her. She was exceptionally beautiful. Her beauty was too profound, like she should be kept under wraps and locked so no one would touch her and smudge her pure beauty. One touch and she would get dirty. But the man inside me wanted to dirty her up for myself, I wanted to make her mine, despite her being broken I wanted her to be my filthy princess.Monsters take what they can’t have by force but all I wanted was for her to give in to me willingly. The beauty of a woman submitting on her own, relinquishing all control because she wanted t
You are the spark of light in the dark, like a North Star in the moonless night.~ A. GuptaColeShe sat in front of me, the candle light flickering in those light blue eyes making them glitter like two orbs. She picked at her food daintily, her lips wrapping around the tines of the fork enticing me and making me want to taste those lips myself. When u had prepared this all I hadn’t thought about her looking so pretty like an angel and gracing me with her presence, having dinner with me. It made me think of all the other things I could do for her, to put that soft blush on her cheeks and the amazement in her eyes.The clink of the fork on the plate had me blink out of my thoughts, she signed, ‘You are staring.’&ld
Past“I told you not to do this, now look what has happened!!” Mommy was shouting at Daddy, and unlike other times they weren’t in their bedroom.No. Now they were in my room. And Daddy was hurt. He had a huge red boo-boo near his eye and there was blood on his shirt and hands. He wasn’t even walking good. “If you will just keep quiet for a moment.” My Daddy hissed at my mother.I wanted to go back inside my blanket and sleep and pretend that they weren’t fighting like the other times. But my eyes caught on the bag my Daddy was filling with my clothes. Slowly, I sat up and rubbed the sleep from my eyes. I knew it wasn’t morning because Mommy comes to give me a wake up kiss in the morning everyday and she didn’t.
Human beings are creatures never content, always hungry for something.Me, I hungered for freedom but now all I craved for was his touches, warmth of his skin against mine and to be the captive in his arms. ~ A. GuptaVioletStrong hands grabbed at me as I sat on the bed, drenched in cold sweat I was shaking all over. My lungs heaved for breath and I clutched my chest as my heart felt like it would leap out of its confine and run away into oblivion. I tried to get away from the strong hands that were holding me down, I didn’t want to go with that man. I didn’t.I shook my head. My nails catching skin and muscles as I fought the strong hold. I couldn’t see, there was a dark veil in front of my eyes and it was dark everywhere. I wanted light. I wanted freedom. I wanted the screa
In my dreams, I was brave,I was unbroken, I was yours,But more importantly,You were mine. ~ A. GuptaVioletI didn’t know why, but while sleeping in his arms I woke up more times than I’d normally. And every time I fell asleep with my eyes locked on his beautiful face as if memorizing him, stamping him into my brain and deep somewhere in my chest where it ached every time he was close.Sleeping, with his dark lashes casting shadows on his bristled cheeks, he was a dream in itself. And each time my eyes closed I’d meet him there. In my dreams, there was nothing left unspoken. In my dreams, he was all mine in ways that I had difficulty expressing when awake. In my dreams, I was telling
There’s a difference between me being angry and you hurting me. ~ A. GuptaViolet“What did the eggs do to you?”My fork paused mid-air and I gazed down at my plate, at the macabre scene I’d made of my omelet. I put down my fork and looked up at Maddox. ‘I don't know what you are talking about.’His blue eyes narrowed at me as he considered me, looking at him I realized that he must’ve also noticed the sudden change. The change between me and Cole that had happened since that night.Three days had passed since the night we slept in the same bed, so close to each other that I could hear his heartbeat. But I hadn’t had a
He was like the sun. Warming me up but staying far away. ~ A. GuptaColeFucking hell.I tugged up the blanket up to my shoulders and adjusted my pillow as I tried to sleep. I didn’t know how the fuck it happened, but one night with her warm body pressed into mine, her soft weight settled against mine and now I couldn’t get a proper night’s sleep. My arms felt empty, the mattress felt cold and I fucking hated not having her whisper soft breaths feathering on my skin. Unable to hear her rhythm breathing was making it impossible for me to sleep now. It was like I had gotten a taste of a soulful lullaby and now without it I couldn’t fall asleep.With a low curse I settled for another l
Your eyes, they shine so brightI wanna save that lightI can't escape this nowUnless you show me how ~ Imagine Dragons, Song- Demons.VioletI ignored another of his calls as I slid into the passenger seat of Daisy’s mini VW. She had asked me many times in the past if I wanted her to pick me up on her way to the community center but I had declined every time, but this morning when I woke up alone in my bed, tucked in like a little baby I had texted her to pick me up. Enough was enough, I was tired of dealing with his silence and I didn't have enough strength to decipher what his actions meant. One moment he looked at me and behaved like I meant more to him, and in thevery next second he’d treat me like I was someone he associated with just out of
Eight hours later...I held the most beautiful boy I had ever seen in my arms. He was so small. So fragile. And so trusting of the arms that held him. “We decided that you should name him.” Bree said as Mad sat beside her, his arm protectively curled around her shoulders.I blinked at them, my eyes filling with tears that I hated anew. It seemed that day, eighteen months ago a dam broke and it didn’t stop. I looked at Mom and Dad, who gave me encouraging nods. Turning back to Mad, I asked, “You don’t mind?”He looked at me like I was mad. “Are you crazy? Why would I mind? He is your nephew, and we want you to name him.” His blue eyes softened as he said, “We want you to be an important part in our sons’ lives.”I looked around the room as my mind felt overwhelmed. My eyes fell on Dominic who had fallen asleep in the past hour and then on Alex who winked at me. Brandon had slipped out shortly after the little boy was born and the doctors declared that both the mother and son were fine.
PrologueEighteen months later...Violet‘You should stay for dinner with us.’ Hailey signed as I picked up my purse when I saw it was already six in the evening.I ruffled her hair and signed back, ‘Maybe some other day.’She narrowed her eyes at me, because as sweet as she was, she was also smart. She recognised my words for what it was. Excuses. ‘You always say that.’“Stop pestering her, munchkin.”We both turned to look at Kevin, who entered the house in dark blue jeans and white polo shirt. He was like a typical father figure we watch in daily soaps and even though he was gentle and always respects the boundaries I have set for our friendship, I couldn't make myself feel what I once felt for the man that should not be named. I liked him enough but not as much as he liked me. Maybe I should try harder, if I shouldn’t hold onto my dark past then I shouldn’t hold on to those feelings as they were in the past too.Coming toward us, he bent down and greeted his daughter with a hug an
Two months later...ColeI slid the aviators up my nose, they have become a necessity considering I was unable to sleep without drinking myself into stupor nowadays. I picked up my phone from the centre console and dialled the number that I had been dialling compulsively since the last two months like an alcoholic searching for one last beer can in the kitchen.“Did you find him?”“No. There’s no sign of the boy you gave us a picture of.”I gritted my teeth, my hand going to the back of my neck as tension gathered in my shoulders. “You all are incompetent fucking arseholes. You can’t find a teenage boy, what can you even do?” I growled into the phone.“Mr Bianchi, we are trying our best. We checked the city surveillance, there’s no sign of that boy.” The P. I. my father had hired, said into the phone pressed to my ear, his voice hesitant because he didn’t want to disappoint me. But he was.I wasn’t temperamental like my last name was famous for but maybe it had changed because right n
Two weeks later...ColeI sat in the darkness that was only punctured by a low fluorescent lamp on the other side of the sofa on which I was sitting. The heavy silence surrounding me felt suffocating, the kind where every breath stabs in the lungs. And as I struggled to breathe, the world around me seemed to be peacefully sleeping. Along with the woman on the hospital bed.I wrenched my gaze from her sleeping form and looked up at the ceiling. I was on the eighth floor of the hospital that was considered to be the best and yet they couldn’t wake her up. Like the rest of the world she was sleeping too, but unlike the rest of the world she has been sleeping for a long time now. Coma. The first letter word with a power that put the one person’s life on hold, affected others who were close to them, while the whole world around moves at their regular pace like nothing happened.She hasn’t woken up since the last time I left her— six years ago, except she did fifteen days ago and as fate ha
We belong together, And you know that I am right,Why do you play with my heart? Why do you play with my mind?Said we’d be forever, Said it’d never die,How could you love me and leave me and never,Say goodbye? ~End of the road, Boyz II MenColeI looked down at her beautiful face as a single tear rolled down my face, sitting this close to her I already felt the pain of being separated. She looked so peaceful while sleeping like a fallen angel, a princess broken by the monsters of our real world. Her pretty face was still flushed pink from our earlier activities. After the way we had made love, the intensity of it hadn’t vanished before we were attacking each other once again like hungry animals. Every part of my body, every cell in my body had wished to gorge on her. It felt like it was my last meal before a life sentence. And I wanted to have every last morsel I could.And now as I sat beside her, fully clothed, my whole body trembled and I didn't think I’d ever be able to overcom
The Very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone. ~ Jane Austen, Love and Friendship.There could have been no two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feelings so in unison. ~ Jane Austen, Persuasion. VioletHe tasted like mine and yet he wasn’t. I didn’t know how that could be possible but it was and if all I could ever have of him was this connection between us then it’ll be what I’ll have.I slipped my fingers into his hair and his hands slipped around my waist, pulling me into him. Our bodies pressed into each other like they were glued or we were born to fit like this. Two pieces of the same puzzle. He picked me up and I wrapped my arms and legs around him like I had done millions of times before or like it was just an act I remembered from my past life. His sherry eyes were dark with emotions that I knew mirrored in mine, so many unspoken words remained between us but all our lips could do was kiss each other and we hoped the other person understood the un
Pain was something I was used to but there with him for a moment it was gone, my heart was healed. But broken things don't stay put together for long and he taught me that the hard way. ~ A. GuptaColeI fûcked up.And I have no idea what to do now. The one thing I wanted to do most was to kill Alex. The arsehôle knew how to push everyone’s buttons and this time he did it with me. And I fell for it, did something that I shouldn’t have. I spoke the words that made me the bad person, or just the jealous one. Fûcking Alex!And now the time was running out and she was still not talking to me. Well, she hadn’t been talking to
The words are there on my lips, But I don’t know how to say them,I’m in love with you, But I don’t know how to tell you that,I don’t know how to hide it and I don’t know how to express it.{It’s a very beautiful song from Bollywood. Chupana Bhi Nahi Aata}VioletIt was Alex and Mad who entered the house and Cole stood up, not hearing what I had asked of him. I was disappointed and glad in equal measures. I stood up too when I saw that Mad was holding baby Ivan in his arms but Bree wasn’t there.And as if I had voiced my confusion aloud, Mad walked to me and
You and I are not a mistake. Destiny brought us together and I hope one day it will again for the sake of the love we wished for and then I won’t let anyone take you away from me. ~ A. GuptaColeEverything seemed to be falling apart in the Carter house and I wanted to make it right for the family who gave me a home and Dominic who was a brother like Maddox, but I didn’t know how. I have done everything I could, hacking into every street camera I could and given Alex all the information I got, wherever or whenever I got a glimpse of Kiara.And then there was she. Violet has been ignoring me but at night when I’d slip into her bed and under the covers behind her, she lets me hold her