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AUTHOR'S POV“ Emily? ” Sia looked up at Emily as she stopped in her track hearing Sia's voice.Turning around, she stared questioningly at her. Sia folded her arms on her chest to warm herself up a little.“ Where are John, Louis and Harry? ” She inquired still trying to hold in the shivers. She was feeling cold all of the sudden now.Smirking, Emily crooked her eyebrows at Sia, “ Do you miss them? ” Her tone was clearly teasing as Sia scoffed at Emily forgetting all about her cold.“ No! Not at all! Why would I even miss them? See it's so peaceful now! ” Sia shook her hand in front of her face laughing humorlessly as Emily's smirk deepened. Sia was clearly nervous. She usually doesn't say such long statements.“ Ofc~FLASHBACKAUTHOR'S POVSmirking sneakily at Sia, Emily picked up the bowl from the table as Sia too leaned down to pick up her bowl. Emily was reacting the same way, she anticipated.Looking down at the hot noodles, Emily picked up the fork and started eating. She had not eaten anything after the breakfast as she was too busy in taking care of Sia. She still didn't believe that Sia was worried about her sleeping hungry. A smile was constantly present on her lips as she slurped on the hot noodles almost burning her mouth.“ Slow down! ” Sia warned unconsciously as she noticed her almost chugging the bowl of noodles down her throat, but she regretted the moment these words left her mouth as Emily again gave her that creepy smirk and side eye. A shiver ran up Sia's spine. God! Sometimes Emily acted like a psychopath.
~FLASHBACKAUTHOR'S POVAfter the day Emily took care of Sia, Everything changed. Well! Not in a good way but not in a bad way either. Sia just realized what she had been doing. She had been showing too much emotions. When they provoked her, she got angry, irritated and when they did something good she showed her good side too. That's what she bad been doing! She had been reacting too much for them.So after that day when John took Emily home leaving the food behind saying that Sia can store it in the fridge, shs sat there for the half of the night thinking about her own behaviour. Giving up on her thoughts, she made a final decision. She decided that she would be neutral with them. Not showing any emotions or not reacting to whatever they said or did will eventually lead them away from her.What she did proved to be right! Emily and John start
~FLASHBACKAUTHOR'S POVA moment comes in your life, when you are unwantedly made to face the things you have been avoiding just so past memories don't appear again. A day which makes it clear that no matter how many time or years you have been running, you were right back on stage one because you were always running in circles without knowing that you were doing it.You realize that the feelings you thought have faded away were never gone...Those feelings were right there, hiding under your facade that you have created not to fool other but to fool yourselves. You try to think that you were not hurting and that you have moved on from the past as you have grown up but this all proves ot to be nothing but a big fat-useless lie that day.That day had come in Sia's life and those who were trying to heal her had unconsciously ripped out the stitches, she had applied to
~FLASHBACKAUTHOR'S POVSia didn't realize how she got home, how she managed to open the door and sit by her bedside. She didn't remember any of this. All she remembered was, how she kept crying even though she didn't know why she was crying in the first place.Sitting by her bed with her back supported to the bed, while she stared at the wall in front of her, all she could think about was how messed up she really was. All it took was a reminder of her past and she came breaking down once again. All these years, even if she knew where Ms Amelia's grave was, she never once visited it. Maybe because she was still upset with her. Ms Amelia promised her child self that she would take her away from that hell but she never came. She broke her promise and left her alone to suffer the torture that came her way. It was the thing that had pierced Sia's heart when she was
~FLASHBACKAUTHOR'S POVSia had come here again. She was here again; at the same place where they have bought her for the first time. The same peek of the mountain from where she was able to see the whole city; the whole city at which night was falling now.Everyone would have been peacefully resting in their homes, but she was here restless about what she had done. A week has passed since what she did at the planetarium. A week of agony and guilt. A week of abundant feelings. She had finally managed to stop crying. It felt like there were no tears left for her. There was only regret-heavy regret; the regret that weighs you down and kills you slowly. She was tired of it all. She hadn't been to the University because of holidays and she hadn't been to her part time job at the cafe either as she had took one month leave from there. She
~FLASHBACKAUTHOR'S POVThe person who had dragged her, threw her harshly to the floor in the alleyway. She didn't turn around to see who it was... As she already knew who it was...She stood up and tried to run away in the opposite direction...to get away from him, but he grabbed her leg and she fell down on the ground again. It was again...familiar.This time...She was not going to give up so easily...This time, she will fight, even if she had to die in the end...She will fight, because she had a reason to fight.She wanted to see them! Even if it was for only one last time...She wanted to see them and apologize. She will fall down to her knees, if she has to, but she won't die before gaining their forgiveness.Mustering up her courage, she turned around to the person who stood there,
~FLASHBACKAUTHOR'S POVSia opened her eyes back again scared to face Max, when she didn't feel the knife piercing her heart.As her eyes adjusted to the darkness once again, she glanced at Max's hand, which was still holding onto the knife, but now there was a hand under it...A hand, that was stopping it from piercing her body, taking her life.Shock was evident on Sia's as well as Max's face. They both didn't expect an intruder...But someone had came between Sia and death again.Someone, who had stopped death from claiming her this time and death had returned disappointed.“ Back off and I will let you leave alive! ” Max sneered at the person, who's face was not visible in the dark... Only a dark silhoutte could be seen.Blood had started to drip down at Sia's neck, from the hand of the intru
~FLASHBACKAUTHOR'S POVInstead of a knife piercing through Harry's precious flesh, he felt a complete body falling over him and crushing him to the ground.“ Oof ” A hiss left from his lips, as he felt like he had been completely smashed, becoming one with the hard ground.Surprised, he opened his eyes and met face to face with Max, who was unexpectedly unconscious and was on top of him, with his ugly lips almost touching Harry's lips.Cringing and disgusted by this closeness, Harry pushed Max away from on top of him and Max's body rolled off, lulling to the other side.Sighing, Harry looked up where Sia was staring down at him, with her eyes wide open and her jaw hanging low in surprise. She looked like she had just killed someone. Harry's eyes travelled to her hand, that was still hanging in the air and he noticed an iron rod.
AUTHOR'S POV “ We are going to marry next week. ” Hardin dropped the bomb on her and Sia's jaw hanged low in shock. Now, this was what they called going overboard with everything. Sia thought and whipped her head around to argue with him again when his hands made their way to her sides for the second time. “ Hardin Please. Listen to me. ” Sia placed her hands on his wet chest and sighed. Hardin's hands paused, his eyes assessing her expressions. “ I am listening. ” He smiled, pushing Sia's hair behind her ear softly. Sia heaved a heavy breath not knowing what to say to him. She did not know why she still felt so scared of everything. “ Don't you want to be with me? Don't you want everyone to know that we are married? ” Hardin whispered, his eyes noticing her expressions that changed to one of horror. “ No. No. It's nothing like th
AUTHOR'S POV When she opened her eyes and found him on his knees in front of her with a ring box opened in front of him, all fear got replaced with awe and raw shock. It was like she would never be able to breath again. “ So? Will you marry me Sia Hardin Black? Once Again? ” He smiled nervously as he proposed to her. Sia's hands shot up to her mouth to cover it as a gasp left her lips. Tears started streaming down her red cheeks. “ I wanted to prepare a grand proposal event something but I think this is the right time for this. ” He shrugged his right shoulder as he stared in his teary eyes hopefully. His heart was beating in his ears like a drum. This was the second time in his whole life that he was so nervous. Truly scared yet hopeful at the same time. “ I think this is the best time because there is only you and me. You need me and I want to be there for you whe
AUTHOR'S POV Sia turned around in the bed, her eyes opening. She did not know when she fell asleep and woke up just now. Yawning, she focused on the figure laying just beside her with his arm draped over her waist protectively. Her hand reached out to brush off his bangs away from his eyes with her fingers gently as he sighed in his sleep. An unconscious smile was tugged up at the corners of Sia's lips. Her thumb slowly drew circles on his cheek with her eyes taking in the sight before her. She had never thought that it was possible for Hardin to love her. It all felt like a lie at first but the sincerity in his eyes and the determination in his voice drove all fear away. Now there was only him and there was only her. Nothing else mattered. Atleast she could try thinking like that but she still had a hard time adjusting to this new thing. She pushed herself off the bed as she grabbed her clothes to wear them.
AUTHOR'S POV Sia turned around in the bed, her eyes opening. She did not know when she fell asleep and woke up just now. Yawning, she focused on the figure laying just beside her with his arm draped over her waist protectively. Her hand reached out to brush off his bangs away from his eyes with her fingers gently as he sighed in his sleep. An unconscious smile was tugged up at the corners of Sia's lips. Her thumb slowly drew circles on his cheek with her eyes taking in the sight before her. She had never thought that it was possible for Hardin to love her. It all felt like a lie at first but the sincerity in his eyes and the determination in his voice drove all fear away. Now there was only him and there was only her. Nothing else mattered. Atleast she could try thinking like that but she still had a hard time adjusting to this new thing. She pushed herself off the bed as she grabbed her clothes to wear them.
AUTHOR'S POV “ What? What did you say? ” Hardin shook his head, his heart pounding in his ears. He was wondering if what he heard was really what she spoke just now. “ I will stay. I said I wil-will stay. ” Sia immediately changed her statement, her cheeks starting to heat up. She had never said I love you to any man before and she felt like she did something out of the world just now. His shocked eyes were making her breath hitch. “ You said something else. ” Hardin's eyes darkened as a smirk tugged up at the corner of his lips. He knew that she confessed to him just now but changed her words instantly after that. She felt awkward but he would definitely hear it from her. One way or another. Sia pulled her hand back feeling nervous and turned around to march closer to the pictures that were hanged on the wall. Her hands were trembling at her side,
AUTHOR'S POV “ You! You will come with me. ” He grabbed her wrist and started dragging her back inside the mansion as Sia let him take her, feeling dumbfounded. What was Hardin doing? Sia wondered but could not find the answer to that. She guessed, she would find out in a while. Hardin dragged Sia to the room on the upper floor which was his as she recognized instantly. The combination was maroon and black. It gave off an eery vibe just like his personality. He pulled her inside and closed the door behind them smoothly with a click. Sia took in the interior of the room. There was a huge king sized bed in the middle with black sheets and maroon duvet and pillows. Sia's eyes conveniently left the bed and stopped at the wall beside it. Her breath hitched when she noticed alot of pictures hanged on the wall. Her pictures. She had never seen them before though. She did
AUTHOR'S POV “ I am going to leave now. ” She whispered and looked up in his eyes that were open now as his heart dropped down to the pit of his stomach. “ What do you mean by this?! ” Hardin pulled away from her and asked in a cold tone as Sia gazed up in his eyes thoughtfully. “ What do you mean by leaving?! ” He asked again with hysteria clear in his eyes. Sia heaved in a heavy breath before grabbing his hands and pushing them off her arms. She looked in his eyes for a moment before replying in a determined tone. “ I am going to take Emma and I am going to leave from here. I am going to go somewhere far from here. ” Hardin's eyes went wide realising what she was hinting at. She was talking about leaving him. She was telling him that it was over between them. It was over before it even started. “ No. No! You can't do that! ” He growle
AUTHOR'S POV Sia embraced Emma closer not knowing what to say as a lump formed in her throat immediately. Emma placed her head on her shoulder and did not say anything else either. Sia's eyes travelled upto meet Hardin's baby blue orbs that were already staring at her with an unrecognizable emotion shining in them. “ I won't cry if you won't cry. ” Emma sniffed after a while and pulled away wiping her eyes with her small hands. Sia grimaced as she averted her eyes back to meet Emma's eyes that painfully reminded her of Emily's eyes. “ I won't cry. ” Sia shook her head as she pushed the tears back, looking at her. Emma pulled her closer once again and sighed out as Sia felt her heart hurting more. She was just a child yet she was like this. Emma pulled away instantly and her eyes shot up to meet hers. “ Will you play chess with me? ” The same excitement shined
AUTHOR'S POV Standing in front of two old graves, Sia did not know what she exactly felt. She never knew these two people. Luther Martin and Lily Martin yet their connection was deeper than anything else. Their blood ran in her veins and pumped through her heart. But she was not used to this. Her whole life, she had known only herself and her loneliness. Nothing else. She was so used to it that the term family scared her now. Shaking her head, Sia turned around to leave. They were dead and she had to move on from all of it once again. All important people in her life were either dead or they left her like Harry was going to do. A red rose was clutched tightly in her hands. It was so surprising that Lara, Lucas and even John and Emily's new graves were in the same cemetry. Her parents were so close to her yet she never knew. And now, when she knew everything, it did not make any difference. Glanc