CHAPTER 127"You seem to be responding to treatments well" the doctor commented as he picked Christian's hand to check for his pulse. "In a day or two you will should be out of here,up and running like nothing ever happened" While Christian managed to force a smile in response to the doctor's compliments, Antonia's heart was palpitating with anxiety. At long last, she would have what she'd always desired, Christian would be hers. The longer the doctor tarried in his check up, the more she grew impatient, wishing she could grab him by the collar and push him out of the room. "Has your appetite returned or shall I send a nurse in to check you" "Christian is fine sir," Antonia cut in impatiently, "he only needs to take a nap or don't you?" "Yes doctor," Christian answered slowly, smiling as a feeling of warmth engulfed him. He'd never imagined how happy he could actually be with Antonia in his life. "Very well then Mr Christian," the doctor said, heading for the door, "you should
CHAPTER 128She thought about the entire situation again. It had been three days since Christian disappearance añd it was starting to look more or less confusing. At that moment she did all she could to get the situation off her mind but it was getting more and more critical as the days went by.If there was anything that was right there at her mind, it must definitely had to be how he allowed it to happen, one moment he was right there on the bed lifeless and in the next moment he was nowhere to be found.Was this mere coincidence ?As she thought through this, she saw the need to speak through all that was going on at that moment. She saw the need to concentrate that day on the task at hand — a meeting coming up in a few hours.With a deep sigh she walked out through the door still trying as much as she could to make certain that she didn't give away the fact that she was very much worried.Approaching the door, she walked in … She looked round the room trying all she could to decip
CHAPTER 129How many much minutes was she going stand right out there?The answers came again in the thuds. While it was difficult to let her heart pace normally, she thought about what she was going to say about the entire situation.It was making it more difficult for her to tell what it was all about, she couldn't get herself to think as she knocked again. Laura stood there for what felt for more than a second, she stood In the shadow— what was she?A fiction of her old self? All through the while non of this things mattered to the back of her mind, she was still trying to decipher her thoughts, what happens when the door opens.The door opened and standing right there was a woman who has almost an replica look with Antonia.She didn't know what she was expecting when she had come to this address she found around the house but at that moment she was standing right outside Antonias home. While Still trying to get over the thoughts that she might had made the wrong decision, sh
CHAPTER 130Christian needed that cherry on the top and that was not the woman that was lying close to him, yet at the back of his mind he was still a bur detached, all he wanted at that moment was sanity and he would do anything to have it at that moment.What else? His eyes was wide awake as he thought it through at the back of his mind while he needed that bit of sanity he wouldn't deny the glitch that seemed to feel him up each time he though through the entire situation He turned to see if like he was, she was finding it hard as well… surprisingly enough she wasn't as she looked to have her firmly shut.He got out of bed and wobbled to the window nearby, with a gust of wind trying to get past him drifting through his hair.He sighed. He felt lost here and he was doing what most people In his shoes would do , he was trying to find himself.“Why don't I belong here?"For some reason he felt like taking a run, he looked back at the bed one more time, he shrugged.Soon, he was ou
CHAPTER 131Riley tries calling her several times but it was all proving abortive, thinking about it all that was definitely how she was doing especially after how she had walked out of the room at that moment she was filled with nothing but confusion, when finally got a response late in the afternoon.Apparently, she had dragged the whole issue and had thought that it was best that we thought the matter through again. She didn't know what all of this was about, but still it was starting to seem more like she had to do something that felt most cynical at that moment.When Laura had picked the call it was just the brief moment Antonia's mother had walked away.“Yeah, my cell phone was set on vibrate, so I hadn’t noticed it right away”she spoke In a hush tone.“What do you mean?" She asked.Riley was confused as she couldn't get it off her mind, she didn't know why but it was seemingly more like the Laura was taken the entire issue so far soon Much that she didn't know what to do about
CHAPTER 132IT has been quite a strange night for Christian who was just waking up at that moment, everything felt distance in his head even as he tossed one more time and opened his eyes to a bright new day, he could tell immediately that something felt off about the whole entire situation, first was the fact that he still couldn't remember anything and the other had to do with the fact that he wanted to bad find out what was running through his mind.Sensing that bit of uncertainty that was at the back of his mind, he had awoke, sensing he wasn’t in her own room—It took him quite a while to remember how the previous day had gone, as he turned again on the bed with the surface beneath him too firm, he sat up on the transitioning his weight to . It…There he covered his face with his hands, one thought or the other filled his mind and the most cynical of It had to be one. What was he going to do about all of this?Still feeling a bit devastated he felt...numb...as if he was drifting
CHAPTER 133“Alright thanks for that bit of information.” She dropped the phone and looked a bit dejected. She had wished that all of this would come out a bit different but it doesn't.Laura had been over the phone for the past moment trying all she could to get access to what all this had been about, at the moment she was still trying to get all the situation settled to the back of her mind, it seemed more difficult that there was no way for her to have answers as they gave away little to nothing ,still she felt there was need for her to get herself together.Something's beyond control and this happened to be one of it, all these thoughts filled out her mind and in a way it made things complicated.Riley all throughout the whole had her gaze on her, she wanted to know how the call had gone but so far she had been given little to nothing about the situation leaving her feeling more confused.“So … what are you able to find out? “ She asks finally when it looked as though the woman w
CHAPTER 134Christian Wakes up with a a gasp as he did eh looked around the room that was dimly dark, it was the same dream as he had always seen himself.What is going on, why do I keep having these dreams.All the thought flooded through his soul that moment and all he could do was let himself settle into the moment, there was a feeling of Unease in his soul as he seemed very delusional at that moment he tried thinking but couldn't get himself out of the entire situation that has made him near paranoidNaked and all sweaty, he sat with a thud right there at the side of the bed.The room was empty, void of any sound than that of his heart beat. At first thought he wondered where she was, he couldn't bring himself to think about everthing that was happening at the moment.Of all things that could be flickering through his mind, one seemed most paramount.At that moment all that filled the room was a sense of squeaking silence that fell all around it like a hush, it fell over the room
ÇHAPTER FINALEEveryone was shocked to find out that Alexa was missing. Laura sat on the ground holding the toy that Alexa was using to play before he disappeared. Her mind was blank and she didn't know what to do. Antonia and Christian were also present, both of them just as bothered as Laura was. "Where could he be?" Antonia asked Christian "Maybe we should check the CCTV footage" Christian brought up and immediately Laura got up from the floor. Why didn't she think of checking the CCTV footage since?"Thank God you had it installed," Antonia said as she rushed into the study with Christian and Laura to check the CCTV footage. It took a while before the footage played and Laura kept biting her fingers while counting the time, she was so scared but Antonia's hand kept patting her back as she asked her to calm down. They finally found the clip and watched it so as not to miss any detail. "Rian?" Laura questioned immediately the camera caught him "What did Rian come here for?" Ant
CHAPTER 150At that moment he is certain about just one thing at the back of his mind and that was the fact that all of this was happening just as he had thought it would, immediately he had landed in a jet his Chauffeur was there waiting..It was the longest trip he had gone home, all haunted thoughts had been about the life he was going to have with the woman that was seated closer to where he was at that moment, he had seen the look in her eyes and enjoyed that bit of thrill that it left him with.He turned his ring and funny as it seemed, the wedding he had was more shocking to himself than to his parents when he had sent the pictures.Antonia drove behind in a different car, she was getting 30% of his assets including the home at Columbia in which she chose to settle, all charges being dropped against her and it made her more relaxed knowing that all of the heavy weight was about to come to an end. When they arrived home, it was a heartfelt moment, she was quick to hug Riley who
CHAPTER 149“Oh thank goodness!" Riley grimaced The night he was found just few people got to know about and Riley happened to be just one, the man that had brought him was never disclosed even after Christian had opened his eyes those few minutes before fluttering close muttering to him thank you.For Riley there was just one thing at hand and that was getting ready for the welcome party as usual just few people were aware of the party that would have de cremes of the society.For her she was disturbed about something different at that moment, she was disturbed by the matter of the heart at this period. She was balancing the last bit of hope that her relationship with him was holding on to.Inhaling deeply, she let the fresh, crisp air invade her she had left at that moment and she was certain that she'd do all she can to live through it -Being the last bit of feeling she had left for her soon to be ex Rhys, she had thought about what he'd say after she must have given him the news
CHAPTER 148He blinked his eyes and opened, he was alive which at that minute was a very good thing, he could remember everything now as it appeared that all that was needed was for him to get a blow to the head.There was only one person in his mind at that moment and it was the one who had just hit Rian.At Moment he tried to move and found out he was restrained, he tried to think about how it had happened again, he had barely made his way in when he came across the fucking man, just when he thought all was said and done he got that devastating blow to head and the rest now was history, he was trying his best to think through the situation but still it was all confusing to him“Help!" He called out but his voice stretched to the distances giving nothing.“No one would hear you." His voice was familiar and so when he least expected it , he had looked up to find Rian.“Why … Why did you do this.” Christian cried out.Rian laughter filled the room, “Remember when I said the last time w
CHAPTER 147“Laura."She called out her name again just so she'd be certain this was not a dream sort of at that moment she would take anything, she would rather just disappear into the ground but instead she was right here, she was right here doing nothing than looking straight into the eye of the Woman she had betrayed her trust.“I am sorry —"“We need to talk." Laura muttered*****Laura had spent the longest time thinking of the right words to say to her about the entire situation but as it seemed it was turning out to be the hardest thing she would have to do at that moment.Most definitely she was still right there , with Antonia after all the madness between them and she couldn't be more happier.Now they walked across the lawn and ensured they were Actually were alone, prior to this moment she had thoughts about now she's handle this aspect of seeing Antonia she hadn't expected that she'd still be this be calm but it was exactly what she had done, she was calm taking in every
CHAPTER 146He feels like his mind would be torn apart that moment if he continued running, yet he didn't stop not because he didn't want to but there was a deeper force pushing him to just keep on going..He feels his heart threatening to fall apart but forces one more time to run through the flanks.It had only been two days since she accepted to give him a phone and it was funny it had contacts , was his life that miserable, so imagine the shock of her life when His phone beeps. He stops and picks up his phone to see he got a text. An unusual text. He reads it once and then again. The more he reads it, the more it sounds like a trap. It probably is, but then again, he thought he'd try it out.After the sex she still hasn’t apologized or tried to talk to him,He picks up the pace and goes for another lap before he’s done for the day. He wipes his face clean of sweat and heads for home.******He had been surprised to see that she was looking at him, but he' was feeling unsettled s
CHAPTER 145Antonia decided to take a walk and it was a every long one way from everything it had been the third time getting that call that was asking if she was saved, she had done all she could to keep the situation to herself now it is looking like she can't.Surrounded by the quiet stillness of the Vicinity, she sat at the bottom of the bench looking at everything listening to the sound of her own heavy heart beats as she was not sure if to go home or not. Every square inch of her body hurt. She’d completed what seemed to be a run to that place and at the moment she could do anything just to let her take in the eminent moment.It felt like a herculean task by working herself into a standing position, her heart still sank as she rested at the base of a small tree. Now, as she leaned against the trunk, she fought against the waves of thought in her soul looking to consume her , slowly she oddly could feel that blackness that threatened to overtake her. The move had been excruc
CHAPTER 144.IT was all starting to look rather ridiculous at that moment, and that was all Laura was trying to do at that time was to fix this— it had only been days since she had been here and still there was nothing for her to deal with it, she still didn't know how best it was for to deal with the entire situation, at the back of her mind there was still that bit of fact that she had to do something about all of this and that was go one after the other to each of this places to find what's she wanted, it made it harder that she had to fix this. Anger and anxiety felt heavy in hwr chest when whe recalled what she had insinuated about the entire situation, in her mind she felt that she was still to be blamed, whiel Laura hated her , she made it seem as though there was more she had to do.In her mind she felt that all of this was far from the Truth,even at that she still felt hurt by her words the last time they had been there enough that she could feel it weighing him down
CHAPTER 143Soon as the call went through she sighs in relief, it had been over Twenty hours since she had been trying to reach her boss so she could ask about the trip -Reports in the news stated a heavy storm at the gulf and all through that day she had been restless, it was a good thing that had fixed whatever drift she had with Rhys all she thought about was how dinner was going to be.“It is a good thing you are doing well." She spoke immediately she had picked up the phone.Laura mesmerized by everthing had a lot to say and so the call she had thought would last a little while spanned to Minutes.“Have you found anything yet?" Riley questioned.Once again it was the Woman being her kind useful self, though she was so self absorbed with everything happening she was glad that he was reaching out and that in a way, she was trying to figure things out for herself at that moment.All the situation were made difficult by the fact she knew all the details In her hands were scrap.Laur