Chapter 2: She is Really Gone Forever

At the graveside, Mr Shawn held the little baby in one arm and a flower in the other staring at Mrs Shawn's grave.

"Forgive me, my love, forgive me, for all the pain I have caused you," he apologized and shifted his gaze to the sleeping baby in his arms.

"My little angel, forgive me. I promise to protect you and give you a great life." he said and placed the flower on the grave and read the inscription on the gravestone 'Mrs. Lily Shawn, 5th June 1994 - 7th March 2021. I will never forget you'

"She was still young, very young," hee thought and left the graveside.

He looked at the baby sleeping in his arms while walking toward his parked car. He secured the sleeping baby in the back seat. Ensuring she was ok. He went around the car to the driver's side, took one last glance in the direction of the graveside and exhaled heavily before getting into the car and driving off. 

Abigail came out of the shower wrapped in a towel with another wrapped around her hair. She picked the dryer from the drawer and started drying her hair. She turned off the dryer when the dressing table vibrated with a notification from her phone. She took a quick glance and read the sender's name, "Black Dragon" She quickly placed the dryer down and unlocked the phone to read the message.

'You idiot, she was not meant to die. Better fix this before things get out of hand'

Abigail quickly texted a replied, "Stop with the name-calling, I did exactly what you told me. How is it my fault the outcome,"

Sent was the message Abigail read on her screen. She waited for a reply. Two minutes passed, three minutes, and five minutes and Abigail started typing another message when a message came in from Black Dragon

'Watch your words idiot, or shall I remind you of who I am'.

Abigail read and froze as images of a dark room and a man with bloodshot eyes hissing like a beast flashed before her eyes. She shut her eyes pushing the memories away. She sent another message

'No need to remind me of who you are. I have not forgotten, Satan!'

She quickly sent another message

'What now, she is really gone forever,'

Her phone buzzed with another message from Black Dragon,

'I know. Move to the next plan and don't mess it up this time,'

Abigail read the last sentence again, 'Don't mess it up this time,' after, she deleted all the messages and tossed the phone to the bed furiously.

"A little while longer, Satan!" She thought ,"Just a little while longer," she sneered.

She finished drying her hair and applying some lotion to her body. She opened her wardrobe and searched through her clothing and picked up a long red velvet dress with a split on the thigh and a very low back. She smiled and put the dress on.

She put on some light makeup and admired herself in the mirror. Abigail had an alluring charm. The dress showed her perfect curves and made her more attractive. Satisfied with herself she stepped out of her room and went downstairs to the dining area. She found Mr Shawn and the baby sitting in a rocking chair. Mr Shawn was feeding the baby. 

"Going somewhere?" asked Mr Shawn.

"Yeah, but looking at this sorry sight, I just lost interest," replied Abigail as she walked towards Mr Shawn and took the baby from his arms.

"What are you doing?" asked Mr Shawn with a frown.

"Helping," replied Abigail. "I am your wife too, forgotten," she added.

Mr Shawn sighed and allowed Abigail to take the child from him.

"So, what is her name?" asked Abigail.

Mr Shawn replied, "Lily, Lily Shawn," he shut his eyes and stopped the tears threatening to fall.

"Wow, you named her after her mother? tsk tsk," Abigail said curling her lips with the baby in her arms.

Mr Shawn shot her a look and stared furiously at her and said through gritted teeth, "You have a problem with that?"

"No, I don't, just asking," she said nonchalantly.

She took the baby upstairs and laid her in the cradle and gently closed the door behind her. She came back to the dining area with a bottle of wine in hand.

"Here, let's drink," she suggested. 

"I don't have a reason to drink," blurted Mr Shawn.

"Well, I do. She was my cousin. You think I don't miss her? Or you think I wished her dead?" Tears started falling from her eyes as she spoke but her expression was cold.

She poured a drink into the glass and handed it over to Mr Shawn "Here"

Mr Shawn stared at the glass of drink and took the bottle from her.

"I don't trust you," he said and drank from the bottle.

She smiled inwardly and put on a pitiful face as if she had been wronged. She took a seat next to him. In one shot, she poured the drink in the glass down her throat. Mr Shawn gave her a look and stared at the bottle he was holding. His hands went numb and the bottle fell from his hand. Before Abigail could react a piece of glass gave her a cut on the leg.

"You idiot, there is nothing in the drink," Shouted Abigail.

She got up angrily and was about to leave when she slipped and fell butt-first to the ground due to the wet floor from the wine. She yelled in pain. Mr Shawn quickly got up realizing what was happening in an attempt to help her but she pushed his hands away before he could touch her.

"Get away from me," She yelled and crawled out of the dining room.

Mr Shawn saw the trail of blood on the floor following her and quickly went for the first aid kit. Abigail went into her room and took off her clothes and saw a cut on the back of her thigh with a piece of the broken glass still stuck in it. She tried to remove the piece of broken glass but it hurt so bad. Mr Shawn barged into the room with the first aid kit. Upon seeing Abigail in that sorry state, his heart softens and he quickly walked up to her. He gently removed the piece of glass from her skin and cleaned her wound, applied some medicine to it and covered the wound with a plaster. 

He realized Abigail was just wearing a panty after he was done taking care of her wound. She quickly covered her chest realizing the situation herself. Mr Shawn had his eyes fixated on her unable to stop looking at the beauty in front of him.......