Athena’s POV“Adriana, Adriana wait!” I heard Massimo desperately call out to me but I didn’t even do as much as spare him a glance.I still couldn’t say if I was heartbroken by what I had just witnessed or not but what I knew was the fact that my chest hurt badly… and it felt like something extremely heavy was right on top of it. I felt suffocated.“Adriana, please wait up!” I heard someone call out but I still didn’t stop.This time, it was Michael and I could say this due to how he had sounded and even though I knew that he didn’t do me any wrong, I still could help but think that he’d known about it all along, thus, his reason for not wanting me to go with him earlier.In anger, I stormed away from them and when I got to my own hospital room, I slammed the door shut, shrieking when it made a loud noise.In the confines of my own room, I allowed myself to cry. I slowly slipped to the floor, wrapped my arm around my body and began to sob, shaking violently when the heart wrenching
Adriana’s POV“You really think I’ll go with you after everything you’ve done to me in the past?” I snarled at Caden who seemed to be so excited at the prospect of taking me back to my old house that he didn’t realize the dirty look I was throwing at him.He infuriated me; his guts… everything!I couldn’t believe that he had the effrontery to say something this insane to me when it was obvious that I was mad at him… especially after finding out that he had a thing or two with my step sister, Amy. Caden tilted his head to the side, waved the gun in my face as if in a bid to threaten me and then with a small voice said; “Besides giving you the best time of your life, I can’t remember doing anything else to you.” “Really? How about adding how you’ve been sleeping with my sister to the list of terrible things you’ve done to me in the past?” I snarled.I had expected him to be a little remorseful now that I had brought it up but instead of that, I was beyond shocked when he simply shrug
Adriana’s POV“Help!” I yelled again, looking around the room frantically. I opened my mouth to yell again but as soon as I tried to shout, the door was suddenly pushed open forcefully and then three nurses stormed inside.As soon as they saw Caden writhing on the floor with a bullet wound to his chest, one came over to pry the gun out of my shaky hands while the other two ran outside only to come back minutes later with a stretcher.With the help of two bulky security officers, they helped him up and into the stretcher and then pushed it out of the room after helping me to a glass of fresh juice. Sighing in relief, I plopped back into bed only to jump right back up when someone, or some people walked into the room, making a whole lot of noise as they walked in.They were Massimo, Michael and two other people who were obviously police officers and as soon as they came in, I immediately knew that they were here as regards the incident with Caden; I freaked out.“I did it out of self d
Adriana’s POVThe next few days that went by after that incident at the hospital happened so quickly that for a moment, I almost began to forget that they even took place at all.Ever since that fateful day, I hadn’t stepped a foot outside Massimo’s home in fear of being attacked by Lux or Caden. Two criminals who would stop at nothing to get me back into their web but today I had to… I needed to in fact.Today though is my mom’s birthday and despite the fact that Massimo and I had come to a fair ground and even adjusted our little arrangement a little, I still couldn’t help but find it quite difficult to ask him for a trip to my mom’s.I missed that woman like hell and wanted to see her also because I hadn’t been able to really see her after she got discharged from the hospital. I also hated the fact that she had gone back to Elrod’s despite all my pleas. In her defense, she had told me that they were still married and that she wasn’t about to break her wedding vows by leaving but I
Adriana’s POV“Oh my fucking gracious! You look absolutely stunning!” Massimo’s voice snapped me out of my reverie and I sighed when I discovered that I was still standing in front of the vanity in my room and that I had been there for too long.“I’m sorry, I took too long to dress up,” I quickly apologized, afraid that he was probably mad at me because I had taken almost… an hour to dress up for a simple surprise birthday party even though he had brought in my clothes and shoes earlier.“No! I’m certainly not angry that you took your time! Glad you did though because you came out looking absolutely gorgeous!” He replied and I couldn’t help but smile at him even though I was certain that it was simply just mere flattery.“Thank you,” I blushed while he simply nodded at me.He helped me out of the house outside, whilst holding my arm but when we got outside, I stopped in my tracks when I noticed a huge decorated van standing just behind Massimo’s sleek car. I gasped.“What’s happening
Adriana’s POVA lot of activities were happening around me at the moment but none of them made any sense to me as all I could think of was how my mother had gotten into that situation.Massimo had helped me call for an ambulance and with them came the cops. I stood quietly at a corner as I watched them go around the house, probably looking for evidence that could lead to them finding the person who had attacked her but I didn’t care.All I knew was that my mom must’ve been attacked by either Elrod or Amy! Those two were devious enough to want her dead and now that she didn’t have me as her watchman, they took the opportunity to carry out their evil deeds.“Who did you say she was to you again?” Someone asked me, snapping me out of my thoughts and when I turned in the direction of the voice, I was shocked to find Detective Dan, the police officer from when Caden had tried to kill me at the hospital.“My mother.” I replied curtly.I remembered how I had felt a kind of attraction towards
Adriana’s POV“It’s either you allow me to take her home or you make her go back to that house where we’re not sure if it's your stepfather or sister that wants her dead,” Massimo exclaimed, making me roll my eyes in frustration.I couldn’t believe that he was still head bent on this same thing that we’d talked about several times and at the same time, I also couldn’t help but wonder why he wanted her at his place when we could easily rent her a flat somewhere else.I snorted.“No.”“No?!” Massimo exclaimed incredulously, making a nurse who was walking past stop and stare at us skeptically before she continued with her journey. “What do you mean by no? Do you just live to put your mother in danger or what the heck is wrong—”“And it is none of your business!” I snapped, interrupting him. “It’s none of your freaking business where I want my mother to be but you just know that there is no way I would willingly put her in the line of danger for selfish reasons!”“Well, if you ask me, I’d
Adriana’s POVThe next few days after that happened in a hurry. Mom got discharged from the hospital and as agreed was brought with us to Massimo’s house.Elrod on the other hand was arrested at his workplace while Amy was still on the run. The police suspected that she must’ve gone into hiding in the state as all travel records have been checked but none of them had come out bearing her name.Caden was still not found yet too and as annoying as that might sound, it was keeping me on edge. I couldn't help but wonder where he might be and sometimes I thought that he must’ve gone into hiding just to get back at me when I least expected.This thought didn’t sit well with me and so made me quite afraid of leaving the house in fear of getting attacked by an obsessive ex.“Adriana, you seem lost.” A voice said from behind me, snapping me out of my thoughts. I hadn’t even expected anyone to walk in on me and so I gasped in fear only to turn around to see that it was Michael who was looking