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Stars In The Snow
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In order to save his crush, Zach Clark bought a dismembered female torso from the black market. He personally removed the kidney from the torso for his crush’s kidney transplant. To prevent the police from chasing him down, he threw the torso into sulphuric acid to destroy the evidence. But he did not know that the torso belonged to me.
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Chapter 1
JESSICA
I’m seated alone at a table in the corner of a lush garden in which my former fiance, Sebastian, is having a ceremony to celebrate the renewal of his wedding vows with his beautiful wife, Carol. I wish I can just leave, but if I do that, it would look like I’m jealous or that I bear ill will toward the happy couple. It isn’t either of those things that make me want to leave though. It’s just that being here, in this garden, with so many people around, reminds me of that fateful night, three years ago, when I was kidnapped and then held captive and tortured for so many months. It was from this very garden that it had all started, and the atmosphere in it right now is the same as it had been that night … festive and unsuspicious, except that it is daytime this time around.Still, I hate the feeling that the whole thing is giving me. Thoughts of Charlotte, the sadistic bitch who had wreaked havoc on my life, come into my mind unbidden. I still have nightmares … nightmares in which an evilly smiling Charlotte stands over me and plunges a needle filled with poison into my veins as I lay, unable to move in a hospital bed so that I will die slowly. Or nightmares in which Charlotte hides in the shadows and pumps me full with bullets so that she can silence me forever and no one would know that she’s the one who kidnapped and almost tortured me to death.I’ve been seeing a therapist for a while now, and like to think that I’m making progress, but somehow, I know that I’m going to have one of those nightmares again. Some days, I get so fed up with living like this and being so skittish and afraid of everyone and everything, that I think of just ending it all, but I refuse to give that bitch Charlotte the satisfaction. She would be smiling in her prison cell if she knew that it was because of her I wiped myself off the surface of the earth.Suddenly, I get the feeling that I’m being watched. It is a feeling that I’ve learned to easily recognize after what happened to me. Fear gnaws at me, but I laugh a little to myself, feeling a little foolish. It’s broad daylight, after all, and there are lots of people milling around, so I’m perfectly safe. Besides, Charlotte and all her cohorts are either dead or in prison, so no one can harm me, not that I know of, at least. Still the feeling of being watched persists, so I turn slowly to face the direction in which I’m sure the person watching me is seated.I give a loud gasp, suddenly feeling very faint, as terror courses through me. It can’t be, can it? As the seconds pass by, I realize that my eyes are not deceiving me. It is her! Right here in the garden, sitting a little distance away from me and casually sipping a glass of drink, while staring unabashedly at me. Charlotte … she has escaped from prison, or maybe it was all a hoax, and she hadn't really been arrested but was now here to finish off what she had started. I open my mouth to scream, but nothing comes out of it, despite my best effort to force something out. My vision begins to become blurry, and within seconds, everything goes black and I slump to the ground in a dead faint.By the time I regain consciousness, I realize that I’m inside Sebastian’s mansion and I’m lying on a big, comfortable bed. Concerned voices speak over themselves, but I’m too tired and scared to follow what any of them is saying. Someone, probably Sebastian’s wife, is talking about calling the doctor to come back, so I quickly sit up, immediately regretting the decision when my head begins to swim. I now have a phobia for hospitals too, thanks to my horrid experience.“She’s here.” I manage to say, accepting a glass of water that Carol thrusts into my shaking hands.“Sorry? Who’s here?” Carol asks, sitting beside me and rubbing my shoulders to calm me down. She is a very nice person and thinking about how horribly I treated her after my experience makes me very ashamed of myself, but that’s a story for another day.“Charlotte … I saw her in the garden. Oh, my God, Carol. I’m so scared. She’s back to kill me. She’s back to finish what she started.” I say and then unable to help myself, I burst into tears, crying into Carol’s shoulders.“Calm down, Jessica. Charlotte’s locked away for life in prison, remember? She can’t harm you anymore. Don’t worry, just rest. You hit your head when you fell in the garden. Charles said that you’ll be fine, though.”“No, you don’t understand. I saw her before I fainted. She was wearing a suit and a tie… and she had cut her hair, but it was her face. I’m sure of it.” I insist, but pause as a deep baritone voice speaks from the doorway.“Oh, good. She’s awake.”I turn my head in the direction of the door, where the voice had come from and I nearly gasp again, but this time, I realize my mistake immediately. The man standing at the door is impossibly tall and has almost the exact face of Charlotte, but his face is more masculine than hers and it lacks the craziness that Charlotte’s had. In fact, his eyes are the kindest ones that I’ve ever seen. Still, the resemblance is uncanny, and it causes me to shudder involuntarily as I look away from him and look at Carol instead.“Who … who is that?” I ask Carol fearfully.“That’s Charles. I’m guessing he’s the one you saw. He’s Charlotte’s twin brother.” She replies, her eyes filled with compassion.I glance at the man, Charles, and he smiles warmly at me, but I look away without returning his smile, shuddering. Charlotte Callister’s brother? Charlotte, who had kidnapped, tortured, and nearly had me killed, and had then framed poor, terminally ill Mr. James, who was her own father, for the whole thing, and then killed him, causing me to hate the innocent man, and even worse, causing Sebastian to blame and hate his uncle? Can this day get any worse?Bab terbaru
Stars In The Snow Chapter 23
‘I don’t want it, Zach.’ I thought. ‘Since we were children, I always wanted you to live freely and happily. I never wanted to be a burden that stopped you from running to your future.‘I don’t want you to ruin it and turn into such a scary person because of me.’“Stella, you’ve never been my burden. You’re my one and only family in the world.“I was useless and didn’t protect you well, but don’t worry. I’ll go over and be with you very soon.“I told you before: I’ll stay beside you and protect you forever.”When he cut his flesh open with the surgical knife, I screamed. I wanted to go over and stop him, but I could not touch anything.I could only watch as Zach cut his torso open.The pain made him unable to continue. He hissed.“So, it hurts this much?”But he only smiled and injected anesthesia in himself. Then, he continued cutting open his torso.He was covered in blood and looked like a demon.I had no idea how long he kept this up.The pain made his survival instin
Stars In The Snow Chapter 22
The final time I met Zach was by the pool of sulphuric acid.He held my head and carefully covered it with a beautiful white veil.Bound beside him were Catherine and Gale.“Zach, if you want to take revenge, come at me! This has nothing to do with Catherine!”“So, you can actually feel fear, Gale?”Zach put me on a table and wiped away nonexistent dust on my face.He then kissed my rotten head and said with a smile, “Be good, Starling. Once I deal with your bullies, we’ll go home together.”‘Don’t!’ I screamed. ‘Zach, have you lost your mind?! This is a crime!’“Zach, are you crazy?! Not only did you break me out of prison, but you also kidnapped my sister! The police will know about this soon enough! You can’t ruin your future!”“Future? What other future do I have?” Zach smiled. “Do you know why I became a doctor? Because Starling nearly died from a fever when she was twelve. I carried her on my back while begging for money door to door, but no one helped me. From that mome
Stars In The Snow Chapter 21
Since my head was discovered, I found that I started growing weaker.I knew then that this must mean that my attachment to the world was about to fade away.I was about to disappear.Gale was sentenced to death.Even though he said that he killed me because he found Zach an eyesore, we all knew that he did it for Catherine.He was the adopted son of the Queen family and had always taken care of his sister.He would do whatever it took to keep Catherine alive, regardless of the cost.He would even kill his sister in all but blood.From that day onward, Zach stopped going to work.He stayed home with my head in his arms.Just like before, he cleaned up the house and cooked my favorite food.He would then remove the fat on the meat and eat the food I could never again finish.He even bought a wedding gown for me.But I only had a head left, so I could only wear the veil.He told me that I was the prettiest girl he ever met.He even told me that he rejected my proposal becau
Stars In The Snow Chapter 20
Bam!When Zach got home, he destroyed that huge, heavy statue.After it crumbled to pieces, a head that was preserved perfectly via chemicals showed up.She looked calm, and her eyes were wide open, as if she could not feel any pain.It was as if she was asleep, just with her eyes open.Zach acted as if he discovered treasure. He pushed away the hair over her face and nuzzled against her cheek.“Don’t worry, Starling. I’ll always protect you.”
Stars In The Snow Chapter 19
A police officer rushed over to Zach.“Mr. Clark, we identified the person who picked Ms. Riverra from your house seven days ago. Do you know Gale Queen?”When Gale was arrested, he appeared exceptionally calm.“Yes. I did it. I lied to her to get her out and had someone kill her.“It’s nothing, really.
Stars In The Snow Chapter 18
‘Starling must have been scared, and she called me three times, just as we promised.‘If I had answered, she would have been so happy.‘No matter how much pain she was in and how terrifying the person threatening her was, she must have believed that I would save her.‘But I did not go.‘I even snapped a
Stars In The Snow Chapter 17
“You’re lying!”Zach’s eyes burned with rage, and he grabbed Catherine’s neck.“That can’t be possible! She’s weak, and she even trips over her own feet! How could she have carried me out of the mountain?!”“Cough… Let me go, you crazy b*stard!”Catherine shoved him away.“I’m going to tell you something
Stars In The Snow Chapter 16
A few days passed. Zach never went to work.He did not answer any phone calls either.He just tied an apron around his waist and cleaned up our house. He also made a lot of my favorite foods.He even filled up my plate for me and cut off all the fatty bits of my meat.“You don’t like eating fat, but you
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