" Carol! Do you want to swim? Let Mommy and Uncle teach you how to swim!" "Really?" The six years old Carol hugged her mother's knees tightly with excitement. The girl's eyes watched her mother's smile. But she didn't understand the meaning of that smile. It was wicked but to her, it was the most beautiful one. Her mother who never gave her love, smiling at her was something unimaginable. However in the next minute, " Hahaha!!!! Look at this thing. Trying to live. Die, You unwanted burden. I don't know how I carried a trash in my precious belly. Die!!!" The laughter from her mother suddenly brought darkness. Carol finds herself drowning in the dept of the ocean, bone-freezing, sleek black, like there is no dot of light. Black, only black, cold, suffocating and soul-crushing. " Help me!" She shouts, " You deserve to die!!! Die!!!" A voice follows. " No! Help me! Please help me!!!" She screams, trying to swim but finds herself being tied with a chair. Her eyes open
Earlier when Damien was informed about her fever returning and nurses requesting for further tests, he almost stormed inside. When he found her lying on the bed, breathing heavily, her flushed red face and neck, her puffy eyelids, tears strained.... Everything was a shock to him. Damien was raised like a beast who wasn't allowed to show any sort of emotions. He never smiles in front of his family. But at that moment, he found his reflection on her face. When he used to crawl under the blanket, trying his best to ignore his body temperature, that awful feelings of having a fever and having no one around. As he approached her, gently placing his hand on her face to feel the high temperature, his eyebrows knitted with the constant vibration sounds around him. He looked around, and then on the floor. After collecting the phone from the ground, he glanced at her. Seemingly she dropped it when she passed out. As he attempted to turn it off until she woke up, his attention went t
Who is Pamela? The question hangs within her. Maybe his mother, maybe his sister, maybe someone relative? He didn't say he had a lover. Or the marriage won't be valid if he has a secret lover. But whatever it is. It keeps digging a hole into her heart with thousands of questions. While she is thinking about it, her attention goes to Damien who suddenly stops. Although she is feeling a bit shy about a man helping her. But if she tries to say something and what if he says that he is her husband and it's already allowed for them to have their rights as wife or husband.? So, seeing him stop suddenly makes her look at him. And it causes her brow lift with surprise. He is flustered with something. She follows the direction of his sight and looks at herself. He is staring at the strap of her bra, literally turning pink. She just pulls off the sleeve, letting him free exposure on her shoulder. But he immediately shuts his eyes, looking away. ' It's just a shoulder!' She shrugs th
Sheila becomes shut immediately, her eyes widely open. She swallows hard, trying to laugh it off, " Faking power? You can't do anything!" " Well, Wait for a few seconds!" It hasn't even taken a second before the door open, revealing the director of the Hospital and Damien standing there with coldest expression that a person can ever see. Damien hurriedly wheels himself towards Carol who is trying to keep standing. ** Sit down! Everything is under control!** His expression turns soft one. She nods, watching her husband's expression changes into a coldest one. She flinches for real, because she never saw that expression before. " No question asked. I want both of them out of the hospital if you want me to keep sponsoring your hospital, Uncle!" Director Ferber shakes his head with quite disappointment, " Don't say that, Damien! It's our fault that we couldn't give you the best service here. We are doctor with oath of giving our best to our patients. Even if you weren't
How she feels about it. She wakes up, welcomed by a dazzling beautiful day, she is greeted by the kindest and hot young men in the house, a calm and peaceful morning, a Man who always waits for her in the dining room, while working with his best friend, a warm smile although most of the time she notices his cold expression to everyone else. She finds it funny. His expression lifts into the warmest when he looks at her. But when he looks at others, his expression is the coldest. But she has gotten used to it. Within a few days, she can draw a line of their relationship - Friends? Close friends? Probably, or more than it is. The beautiful silver moonlight bathes the world in its glow. She steps onto the balcony, fresh from the shower, her damp hair clinging to her shoulders. Frowning slightly, she leans over the railing. Beneath the dazzling light of the moon, a certain someone is indulging in the pool’s cool water. Damien reclines at the edge of the pool, savoring a glass o
Once she thought, maybe, just maybe there was a chance to be reborn, she would want to be with some people who genuinely love her. Maybe in another universe, she will extend her arms to ask for help and someone will help her without making her guilty. She doesn't know how God controls a person's life and fate. But sitting here, right next to the Man who suddenly popped up in her life, telling her that he was concerned about her if knowing the truth, she became overwhelmed and stressed. Why does someone like him, who has been there for her, who didn't ask anything from her, who didn't even reschedule to meet his parents even though it was her first task as his wife because he didn't want her to face their wrath now keeps worrying about it? She doesn't know why... ** I have moved on!** She signs, ** Troy is nothing but a dark past that I want to remove from my life entirely! So you didn't have to do anything. But - Is Grace involved with this?** She asks since Damien hasn't m
Working hard on the dream to make it happen, dealing with thousands of nights, empty stomachs, thousands of strokes, revisions, readjust, tears, pain has never been easy to deal with. Some people are talented, have creative minds, have a strong focus and concentration, some people are lucky, have good imagination and excellent skills to achieve their dreams. But some people who keep staring at the blank white sheet, tears flowing, questioning themselves - Why? Why can't I do something better? Why can't I think of something beautiful? Why can't I be like others? Each question is like stabs to their own hearts. They keep working hard, they keep working more than twice that an average person does. Yet, at the end of the day, they know - It doesn't matter. Grace has been keeping herself shut since that day the cops called her for interrogations. Damien was supportive enough to let her have her own explanation. She was scared, she was terrified of everything. She shouldn't hav
Four of them lie down on the floor, covered with paints, filled with laughter and heavy breath. It was fun, the best moment after all the things that have happened between them. ** So-!** Eunice raises her hands, getting everyone's attention, ** Gracie!!! You should have directly come to us where things happened , you know?** She turns, glancing at Grace who takes a deep breath. ** I was scared!** She says, her voice trembling. ** Idiot!!! We are friends - No, We are family! You should come to us without any hesitation. Good or bad, you are ours!** Sarah pinches her cheeks, making Grace laugh. ** I apologize! I didn't think that I should share my problems with you. You all have been holding so much for yourself!** Grace says, hugging Carol. Carol pats her head, looking at Katie who is busy with making circles on the floor, ** Don't you think that we should just move on? Those bastards will be in jail.** Carol adds, trying to change the depressing subject. ** That's true!** Ka