“OH MY GOD…”Michelle covered her mouth and looked at Marsha, who then glanced up at her curiously. She pulled her little girl and engulfed her in a warm hug. She could never forget how Marsha asked for a baby brother back when she and Ethan married for the second time around, and now they were able to fulfill her wish.“Mommy, what does it say?” Marsha curiously asked, and then pulled back. “Oh, no, Mommy. Why are you crying?”That’s when she only realized that she was already crying. Michelle was so happy that she couldn’t contain her emotions. She hugged Marsha once more and sobbed quietly. After a few seconds, she pulled back and showed her the sonogram.“You already know how to read, right? Can you please read what’s written above, baby?”“OK, Mommy!” Marsha said and looked at the paper. “I-It’s a… a… b-boy… It’s a boy.” Then the little girl’s eyes widened in surprise. Marsha then shrieked and stood up, jumping in joy. “It’s a boy! Mommy, it’s a boy?!”Michelle chuckled, seeing M
SHE stood in the terminal of the mall, waiting for her father to get their car from the parking lot.Michelle didn’t know what to feel. Her chest still tightened after what happened inside the mall. The adrenaline rush that coursed through her body was unexpected. She had never felt that way before. The sheer amount of hope that washed over her upon seeing her husband on the escalator brought her familiar emotions that only Ethan could make her feel.However, she wasn’t able to follow him.Michelle did not know whether it was just a made-up illusion of her mind, but the searing pain started to engulf her heart at that moment. It stung her to think that Ethan was so close to her, yet she wasn’t able to hold him.She sucked in a deep breath. Her eyes were getting teary yet she looked up and blinked the tears away. All she could do was bite the insides of her mouth to prevent herself from tearing up.A few minutes later, the familiar car stopped right in front of her. Her father went out
ELLAINE was grinning from ear to ear as she checked the notification on her phone. She just received a huge amount of money that she’d use for them to have a comfortable and luxurious life.It was millions of dollars. She could use some of it to undergo plastic surgery, and get her face fixed. Ellaine was tired of hiding her burnt face anymore. She couldn’t live with such an ugly appearance.Humming a French song, she walked into Ethan’s bedroom. The man was sitting on the side of the bed. The fresh shower gel lingered in her nostrils, which made her stop for a brief moment. She looked at Ethan, who was undeniably gorgeous in his simple white shirt and black shorts.Licking her lower lip, she envisioned herself on her bended knees and giving him so much pleasure . . . oh, she craved him so much! But it wasn’t the right time for her to serve her lust. She needed to earn his trust.“Ellaine?”“Yes, my love. It’s me,” she said sweetly as she walked in his direction. “I just got paid from
ELLAINE kept groaning even after arriving home.She paced back and forth in the living room, biting her fingernails due to the anxiety that suddenly went through her after that incident in the mall.Out of all the malls in the town, that bitch of a woman really chose to shop in the same mall where they went!“Fuck. Just fuck,” she muttered, still irritated about the incident.Had she not gone back to the cashier immediately, Michelle would have found Ethan. All her plans would have turned out to be a fucking waste.Ethan walked into the living room using his cane. The man looked guilty and gave her an expression that said he didn’t mean to cause trouble.“Ellaine, are you okay?” he asked worriedly.“I’m not,” she answered, her voice annoyed. “Don’t you ever do that again, okay? If I tell you to stay in one place, do so!”Ethan clenched his jaw. For some reason he couldn’t remember, he disliked being yelled at. However, he still nodded. His wife was mad, and he should understand where
“I APOLOGIZE, Mrs. Steinfield, but I haven’t gotten any concrete clues that would help us locate your husband,” said the private investigator she hired to look for Ethan.Michelle was in the garden, Indian-sitting on the yoga mat as she practiced proper breathing and calming her mind. She heard the private investigator sigh through the pair of earbuds on her ear. She couldn’t continue locating her husband due to her growing belly, so she decided to hire one instead. The man was working for him for almost two months, but there had been no progress so far.“But I can assure you that I’m not going to stop until I find a lead, Mrs. Steinfield.”“Well, then that’s good to hear, Mr. Scott,” she answered, eyes shut as she breathed out.“I will contact you once there is progress.”“I’ll be waiting for good news,” she said, her tone serious.When the call ended, Michelle opened her eyes. Her gaze immediately went to the flowers across from her. They all started to bloom. She remembered that hi
TWO weeks later,Ethan could not understand why he felt more suspicious of Ellaine. He would always hear the woman speaking and arguing with someone over the phone. It sounded so serious but whenever he would try to eavesdrop, Ellaine would end up catching him in the act. The woman even tried to argue with him the last time it happened.For some reason, he felt as if Ellaine was hiding something from him. He wanted to confront her, but a part of him was telling him he had to trust her, as, after all, she was the only person he had in his darkest times. She didn’t leave him, despite being blind and having amnesia.The sound of the water pouring from the bathroom caught his attention. Ellaine was taking a bath while Ethan was sitting on the edge of the bed, holding his cane and thinking of a plan—a plan for him to remember everything so all the questions above his head would all be answered, and so he’d not be suspicious of his wife. At some point, it was making him guilty. He didn’t li
“DADDY, it’s me. Your princess!”“What on earth—”“Daddy, let’s go home. Mommy and I miss you so much!”Wincing in guilt, Ethan gathered the right words to turn down the little girl.“Look, kid. You might be mistaken. I have a wife, and our daughter is living somewhere else. Not here. What’s the name of your mother?” he asked as carefully as possible so the child wouldn’t cry.“M-Mommy Michelle.” Her voice cracked as she answered.“My wife’s name is not Michelle, kid.” He inhaled heavily and shook his head. “You are mistaken. I’m sorry to disappoint you.”“No!” The girl shouted, and then started crying, hugging him tightly like she was afraid to lose him but Ethan couldn’t understand why the kid was acting that way.Even though he felt like he knew the little girl deep within him, he couldn’t set aside Ellaine and their daughter, which he hadn’t seen yet. Ellaine was serious when she said that their daughter was safe in a different city. She couldn’t be wandering around the playground
SHE’D end up getting insane if she stayed at home and pretend that Marsha didn’t see Ethan. That was she thought.Her body shuddered in anxiety. The tears on her cheeks were now dry, yet her heart did not calm down even once. She wanted to take an action.She must find Ethan…Michelle called Megan. It was sundown when they decided to go to the same park where Gregory brought Marsha with only one goal in mind. That was to look for Ethan and get him to come home, whatever his situation was.“Are you really sure that Marsha was not mistaken?” Megan’s voice was filled with doubt. Her best friend was the one driving the car, while she couldn’t stop thinking of all the possibilities on the front seat next to the woman.“Marsha won’t lie. I know my daughter very well. She’s very particular.”“You’re right.” Megan bit her lower lip, taking a quick glance at Michelle before focusing her gaze back on the road. “But do you really think Ethan has become blind? I’m really confused. I don’t know wh