ZACHARYI was panicking as we were heading to the hospital. The child was murmuring incoherent words I couldn't understand, and his tears kept streaming down his face, maybe because of pain. Blood covered his body, and it scared me.He is young, maybe four or five years old, and looks so fragile. Why is there a child outside the building alone? Where are his parents? Why leave a small child not attended? My heart was pounding with worries as I held him in my arms. Finally, we arrived at the hospital after thirty minutes of driving, and the child in my arms was now unconscious, which added to my fear. I quickly exited the car and rushed inside, calling for help. The hospital staff promptly came to aid me, and they brought him inside the emergency room."Zach, what happened? Why is there a child outside the building?" Jason asked the question, which I don't know the answer to as well."I don't know. I didn't even see him block my way. He's so small, Jason. What if something happened to
Zachary I looked at the child in front of me with eyes wide open. My mind is trying to digest all the information he said just now, and the thing that registered in my mind is that Athena Park is his mother, the woman in my diary, who is my fiance, and this child is my son. My son echoed that word in my mind. I have a son. How? When? Why? And no one in my family mentions them. Many questions are stumbling in my mind, and I'll get all the answers from my parents as soon as they come."Jason, what is this? What is this child talking about? He is my son. How did it happen? Why didn't I know about it? Most of all, no one mentions them to me. Are all of you hiding something from me all this time?" I asked softly. I didn't want to scare the child in front of me who was staring at me with eyes brimming with tears, regardless of my anger boiling inside me. How could they hide this vital information from me? I have a child? Is he telling the truth? But looking at him and how young he is, I'm s
Jason came back after fifteen minutes. He took a hesitant step toward me and stopped a few feet away. I didn't utter a word and waited for him to say something."Alex is already working on the search warrant. He will call us as soon as he gets it. Ask your father about this. I am not the right person to tell you everything despite knowing everything." I nodded my head and waited for my father to come and just quietly sat beside the bed, holding Nathan's hand."He looks like you. He really is your son." Jason whispered, moving to the other side of the bed. "He's so brave to come here alone, knowing there's a possibility he wouldn't see you.""He's desperate to run away to ask for help for his mother. Maybe what he witnessed Dylan doing to his mother scared him. That's why, despite the danger, he did it." I softly said as I ran my fingers through Nathan's hair.He stirred and then opened his eyes, looking at me. "Did someone go to help Mama?""We will go after we get permission from the
Zachary When Nathan's name left the guard's lips, I knew everything he told us was true. "Can you let us in?" The officer politely asked, and the guard opened the door wider and guided us towards the house."Is Mr. Lee inside?" I asked fist balled beside me."Yes, you stay here for a while, sir. I'll inform him about your arrival." The guard said, but I quickly grabbed his hand. "No need.""But, sir.""Don't worry." The officer cut him. He just nodded in defeat and led us to the front door. He knocks at it, and then it opens with a woman whose eyes quickly widen and try to run away, but one of the police was quick to hold her, and she panics and struggles from his hold, which confirms everything that Nathan told us.All our eyes darted up the stairs when we heard a scream. My heart pounded, and I rushed to the stairs, followed by the other as the screaming continued."Please stop. I don't know where he is." I heard the woman cry in pain. "You bitch!!!"Ahhh!!! Stop. Please!!! The v
ZORENIt was already past two in the morning when I was startled from my uncomfortable sleep on the couch when someone pushed the door open, and two nurses came in, pushing a stretcher, followed by Zachary, Jason, and Alex.I quickly get up and look at the person on the stretcher, and my eyes widen. It's Athena. It's really her. The hospital staff brought an extra bed into the room, and Athena was quickly transferred. "Why is she covered with bruises?" I asked after the nurses left.""Dylan was beating her when we arrived. I don't know what will happen to her if we arrive late." Jason replied."Who is she?" Zachary asked—the question I dreaded to hear."Let's rest first, okay? Let's talk tomorrow. Athena can tell you her side of the story of what happened six years ago, and we can tell ours, too, because we also don't know what happened to her six years ago. We know that she died six ago. We buried her. She even has her grave in the cemetery. We don't know that she is alive.***ZACHA
ZACHARY I kissed his cheek and sadly smiled at him. I felt bad knowing he didn't experience the care of his parents because of Dylan, and I wanted to kill the guy."He also told me that I am not allowed to be carried. I should walk. I don't remember someone carrying me since I started walking because bad Dylan would tell me I was a bad boy if I asked him to carry me. So even though I was exhausted whenever he brought me outside, I didn't ask him to carry me because I didn't want to be a bad boy. Only Mama carries me when I visit her, but it seldom happens because bad Dylan doesn't allow me. After all, he said Mama has a contagious disease." I looked up at the ceiling to stop my tears from falling, and I could tell my father was also holding his tears."Dylan, you bastard. I'll make sure you'll rot in prison.""Forget what he told you. You are not a bad boy if you ask someone to carry and feed you. Starting today, Papa will always carry and feed you because you are a prince, and a prin
I took a deep breath calming myself. "Six years ago, when Zachary had a business meeting out of town for two days and one night, he asked me to do whatever I wanted while he was away. He told me that when we were already married, I couldn't do it alone anymore because he would always stick by my side. So when he leaves with Jason and Alex, I first go to the spa, but I meet Winter there. Back then, I don't remember her as well as Dylan." I paused and took a breath again."They pretended they were my friends the first time I met them.""What? And you didn't tell us?" Jason asked, annoyed. "I'm sorry. I didn't think that they were planning something. I kept it because they said Zachary doesn't want me to be around them.""Because those two always have a hidden agenda," Zachary commented. I lowered my head in shame for being stupid back then."Whenever I eat alone outside the company when Zachary has a lunch meeting, they are there. I'm so stupid not to notice it back then. I thought it w
ZACHARYI sighed and turned my eyes to Athena, who was now sleeping soundly. Hesitantly, I ran my fingers through her hair. It looks foreign but feels familiar. Everything about her felt familiar, even her scent, the feel of her arms around me. It's so familiar that I always wanted her arms wrapped around me. I think I loved this woman so much back then. I smiled and pressed my lips on her forehead but quickly pulled away, embarrassed when someone suddenly pushed the door open."Papa, did you kiss Mama?" I awkwardly scratch my nape, embarrassed. I felt like I was caught red-handed for doing things I shouldn't. I took him from Jason's arm, who was wearing a teasing smile on his lips, but I ignored it."You can leave now and do your thing. If you need me to sign any documents, you can bring them here.""Okay, sir." He said, smirking. "See you later, Nathan. I need to go to work. Rest so that you'll get well fast.""Okay, Uncle. Bye-bye.""Bye, little one." I glared at him when he gave me