[ Colton ]"Hey, it's alright. Don't overthink." I said to Evangeline who had been stressed since we walked out of the restaurant after our tensed dinner with Brandon and Emma.Evangeline hadn't eaten properly. So, I parked the car outside another diner and brought her favorite Chinese takeout."Freya." I touched her softly."Umm yeah.."She jerked out of her trance and looked in my direction."Your food. Please don't tell me that you're not hungry because I won't buy your excuse. Come on, eat before it gets cold." I spread my handkerchief on her lap and placed the packet.A weak smile appeared on her lips as she took the fork from my hands and swirled it in the noodles."Thanks for the treat." She said and took first bite. The satisfaction on her face made me feel elated."This is really good." She said after taking few more bites."I always take you to the best places I know." I said."You also haven't touched the food. Please have some with me." She forwarded her fork near my mouth.
[ Evangeline ]I glanced over my wrist watch anxiously as there was no sign of Colton. He promised to pick me up at 12:15 but it's almost 12:45 and he's nowhere to be seen. I tried calling him a few times but it directly went on voice-mail."What happened baby? You look stressed?" Dad's voice forced me to wipe my moist eyes and I turned to face him with a smile. But with whom was I kidding? He's my father who knows every single fibre in my body.He inched closer and dabbed his fingers on my eyes."You're worried about Colton,right?" He asked.I said nothing instead shook my head slowly."Don't worry, he is outside talking with the security team. His phone fell from his hand and broke as he told us. Go and meet him." Dad said and I could feel my heartbeats returned to normal rate."Thanks, Dad." I kissed his cheek and hurried out of the mansion.There I spotted him talking to the guards, the frown itched on his forehead rang alert bell in my head. He hadn't seen tensed for last two wee
[ Evangeline ]"I'm waiting." I nudged him again as he remained silent."It's about Evanca." He finally broke his silence."What?" I exclaimed and tried to process his words."Did you just mention, Evanca? What the hell did she do? Please don't tell me she's here." I threw my hands in the air.I hadn't heard from Evanca of Francis for a long time, it was only Dominic who had been lurking over us as a danger."She barged at my penthouse when I was about to come to your house. She has turned completely lunatic after whatever happened in Mexico." He paused and played with his ancestral ring."What exactly happened in Mexico, Colton? You never told me anything." I said."I didn't want to scare you, Freya. It was horrible and I don't want to remember anything specially for Mia's sake." He said but I had a feeling that he wasn't telling me a lot.I placed my hand on his shoulder. The afternoon breeze in a deserted park gave us the opportunity to talk freely without any disturbance or the fe
[ Colton ]I felt numb.The excruciating pain in my body, dried blood on my cuts and a throbbing headache didn't feel at all as my heart bled for the woman laying lifeless inside the OT. I couldn't understand what just happened within a few seconds. We were talking and going back to home ans suddenly my world collapsed."Colton."A faint yet very soft voice reached into my ear but I didn't react. Moments later I felt a gentle touch on my shoulder and the person sat beside me."Please don't loose your faith in the God. Evangeline is a strong woman. She'll survive this, mija.""I don't have left any faith in the God, mother." I finally tilted my head to face the woman who gave birth to me.I didn't know how she came here as the storm had taken a dangrous shape. Her family could also not come to the hospital.Her old, moist eyes stared at me with pain, agony and sadness."But I have full faith in Almighty. Evangeline will be fine but you have to be strong for her and for your children."
[ Colton ]"How's she?" We asked the doctors impatiently.The senior doctor removed his mask and shook his head passively. My heart sank."Miss Parker is fine. There's no major injuries on her body just a concussion on her head due to the blow and a few cuts on her hands but this isn't our concern, Mr. Black." He told us which gave me partial relief."How are her babies, Doctor?" Mr. Parker asked him. Sweat beads formed on his forehead."That's what my concern is, Mathew." Doctor addressed him by his name,"Your daughter lost one of the fetus due to the blow. Her stomach was hit. We managed to save one baby but next few hours will be very crucial for the alive one." The doctor said in a pensive voice.I stumbled on my feet. It was a news which was more like a nightmare for me. I didn't want to believe it."My daughter is out of danger, right?" Mr. Parker asked the doctor but I couldn't hear anything."Yes, she's absolutely fine but we have given her high dose of sedatives so her body c
[ Evangeline ]Numb and void.That's what I felt since I woke up and my Dad broke the news of my baby's demise. I couldn't believe him, for me it was like living a horrible nightmare but it was reality, a nightmare in reality.My baby boy.It had been hours since I woke up, the medicines numbed the pain in my body but my heart bled and the irony was I couldn't share it with anyone because no one could ease my sorrow."Evey, my child, please eat something. Your other baby needs the nutrition, you need strength to heal faster."Mom's constant begging went unheard by my absent ears. I was lost in my sorrow and didn't want to come out from the darkness as the light hurt even more."Evey, don't hurt yourself more than you already are. Think about Chase who always saw his mother fighting bravely. He is sad to see you in this condition. At least, you have your two babies and Mia to live for. Don't loose them because you're mourning for the one who would never come back." Mom said, her words p
[ Colton ]"What they've found this far, Brand? I am waiting here like a fool when my love and my kids need me." I exploded on Brandon who was pacing too and fro in the living room of his penthouse."Please have some patience, Col. This isn't easy. They are rats who can hide beneath the ground. Trust me, my team is searching them like dogs but there's no single trace of them being found so far but I promise you, Colton, within the next two hours, you'll have Evanca's location." Brandon responded in a pleading way.I knew it was too harsh of me to blame him for the delay but I was helpless. I promised Evangeline and her father to bring their sinner to them and the time was running out of my hand."Please do faster." I rubbed my temples and slouched on the couch near the window to watch the gloomy sunset.The grey clouds were again covering the sky. It was going to be another stormy night same as the storm inside me.My heart badly wanted to see and talk to Evangeline but I made a promi
[ Colton ]"What the fuck is this place?" Brandon yelled as soon as our boat anchored on the island's shore after a long tiring flight.The midday sun waa shining brighly above our heads, the humidity and salinity of the ocean made it even worse. We're adapted to the tropical climate. In less than ten minutes' time, we were drenched in sweat."I'll get severe sun burn, you fucking prick. Why didn't you tell me that we're coming to this deserted island in the middle of the ocean, thousands miles from the mainland? I could have come with necessary protection." Brandon yelled on me as we walked further in the groves of palm trees."There's no sign of a life here, Sir." One of the security guards said to me."Wait, wait, wait!"Brandon halted in his track and ran under a tree to save his red skin from more burns."Isn't it the punishment? No humans, no source of communication from the rest of the world, only the primitive way of survival. You want to her here?" He blinked his eyes in disb