CJ is in sheer panic when he finds us at the waiting area at The Valley Hospital.
Heaven and his mom follow closely behind CJ.
CJ's mom, Cassandra, can not even hide the spite in her face when she sees me.
"What's this bitch doing here!" she snaps.
CJ immediately stops her from getting any closer to me.
"Not today mom..."
Heaven slings her hand across Cassandra's shoulder affectionaly and says in a soothing voice,
"We are here for Eli, mom."Fake bitch!
She's now doing everything she can to be liked and accepted by CJ's family. She's not only desperate for CJ but his family too...
Disgusting!
"He's awake!" Zara shrieks immediately she's out of the ward room.
"The other bitch is here too!" Cassandra sneers.
"Mom!" CJ glares at her.
"Fine... Fine... I'll behave son," she grunts.
CJ turns to Zara. "How's he? I flew here as soon as I heard! Chris
Babies!Everybody is just getting pregnant and getting babies!And then there's me, going to every baby shower and labor room.And here I am at Dee's baby shower.An all-women small party.I drove all the way here after Dee called saying she needed me to help her out with putting the event together.I left work a bit earlier, some few minutes after I'd had lunch. Infact, I didn't just leave. I sneaked out before CJ could smell a rat.When he notices that I'm absent, he's going to breathe fire and brimstone but be can go to hell for all I care...Infact, why is he so much on my case when he should be training on how to change diapers. You know, such important things, now that he's going to be a dad...So he really chose Heaven...He chose her to be the mother of his kids...In some strange deep part of me, I always thought that would be me... That I would be the mother of hi
Another stupid nightmare!I hate having to wake up all sweaty and panting heavily. But what I hate most is waking up to the same exact person that's causing me to have the nightmares.I didn't wake up screaming this morning.Seven is still asleep.Funny enough, May was able to squeeze herself between the both of us. Like she always does because she's afraid I'm going to fuck her boyfriend.But I might...Just to mess around with their heads...That would drive May and CJ crazy...I quickly prepare for work and when I'm almost done with dressing up, Seven wakes up and sits up on bed."Morning Sugar...""Morning babe..."This leads to May waking up and she sits up in bed, looking me up and down."Damn! Your body is to die for!"I just giggle."Guys! I'm in a rush!" I grab my handbag."See you all in the e
"Push! Push! Push!"Tears trickle down Dee's eyes as the doctor asks her to push the baby. She's in immense pain and I find myself feeling so empathetic towards her that I find myself crying too.I hold her hand tightly and assure her. "You'll get over this."She looks at me and I expect her to say something but instead she lets out an ear splitting scream.Ren pushes me away from the seat and takes her hand."Baby I'm here..."Dee glares at him. "I... Want... My.... Best friend!"Ren lets me stand beside Dee as I hold on to her hand tightly.This is an emotional yet blissful moment for me. I get to be there for my best friend on one of her big days. The day she becomes a mom. Being away for three years, I've missed a lot of moments with my loved ones and though they'll never come back, Atleast I can catch up and be there for every ceremony I'm needed. So you guessed it right.I left work much earlier than I should
"And I know you're working for him!"The relevation leaves him in total disbelief with his eyes wide open."I... I... can explain..." he stutters.I move much closer to him on the couch and touch his chin."You don't have to... I won't let this get between us, Seven. What we both have is real. I can feel it. And I know you can feel it too..."Seven looks at me, his brow creased."Terra," he takes my hand. "Please tell me you're not joking or playing with my head! Tell me you're serious!"I grin at him. "I'm serious, Seven. When I found out yesterday through your phone call at midnight, I was hurt. But... I have fallen for you already and I want this. I want you."Tears sting his eyes and I stare at him in disbelief.I didn't expect him to buy my lies so quickly. And on top of that to be this emotional?Seven rakes his fingers through my hair and he cups my face." Sugar, tell me this isn't
Two dead bodies.Laying in a pool of blood.Seven and May.Their naked bodies lying on the floor, their throats slit and fresh stab wounds allover each and every part of their body.I stumble backward, bile burning my throat.I want to throw up at the horror.The wall is splashed and written in blood,"Surprise! I'm back baby!"Zara screams. "What! Who the hell did this!"I shut her up before she can make a scene and drag a crowd here."Please shut your mouth. I beg you!"Zara is in panic. "How the hell are you so calm, Terra? They are dead! Dead!""Yes, they are dead! And you screaming won't bring them back!"Zara stutters. "Now... What... What will we do?... Report this to the police now?"I stop her. "I have a plan."She looks at me in a skeptical manner."What plan?"I take my phone from my jacket and call 911."Hallo... 911... What's your emergency?" a
TERRAThree years ago... It's crazy how we met.How Roman and I met.He helped me out at a bar.He stalked me though he denies it a million times. He dropped my purse at my house and that's exactly how he and I started being friends.And now three months later, we are the best of friends.Oscar scoffs. "Friends? Oh cut the crap! I see how you two look at each other..."There goes Oscar for the thousandth time.He says there's more to my friendship with Roman. Though I deny it consistently, I know deep down, there's more to our friendship....Not just the way we look at each other.But the way just a simple touch from Roman makes my skin tingle. And how I'm always longing to spend more time with him.
Present day... "Hallo Suzanna..."Bile burns my throat.Roman smirks. "Or, is it, Terra?"I'm tongue-tied.My heart is pounding hard against my chest."So you don't speak anymore? Oh, that was Suzanna... Terra doesn't speak much, does she?"I cast him a cold still stare."What do you want?"Roman sinks back on the chair."Wow! All this time without seeing each other and you can't say hallo back? Ouch! You didn't miss me?"I roll my eyes and rise from the chair."Please take me back to my cell," I ask kindly.But the guard doesn't.Instead, he just stares blankly at me as if he didn't hear what I just said."He can't!" Roman states, standing f
The cab comes to a stop a few metres outside the plush home of Ren and Dee.The home that Spencer, Dee's deceased husband left behind.Dee stands outside, holding little Lion in her arms. Ren steps out and stands just behind her.They stand, staring at me as if they don't recognize who the fuck I am. Recognition clicks swiftly and Ren rushes to me."Christ!" Ren gasps touching my face. "What happened to you?""I'll explain everything later," I say in exhaustion. "Please pay the driver first..."Ren takes out his wallet and pays for the cab instantly.I bolt to the house, folding my sleeves as I head to the washrooms."First aid kit!"Ren points to the drawer and I immediately nurse my wound with a surgical spirit and Ren helps me tie a bandage around my wrist."Terra, you're scaring us..." Dee says after I'm done bandaging my wrist. "What's wrong?"
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CJ'S POVTearing Terra?What does that Even mean?Tearing Terra?To tear her apart is like tearing me apart. When she's hurt, I hurt. When her heart breaks, mine does too. Even when I tried so hard to torture her and cause her pain, at the end of the day, I would feel so bad about myself and completely drained. I would lie asleep at night, thinking about her and that would tear me apart.Tearing her apart tore me apart too.In short, I was not able to tear her apart like I had previously planned.I tried so hard to tear her apart but I was not able to.I wanted to stay away from her. See her suffer from a distance but I couldn't do that as well. I couldn't fucking stay away from her because I wanted to kiss her. Caress her. Tell her I had missed her. And it was so hard for me because I saw her on a daily... Saw that beautiful hair being flipped at meetings... That perfect sweet mouth curving up a happy smile at lunch... T
Three months laterCJ is gone.Everyday I wake up, I'm reminded of that.I don't wake up with him beside me anymore.It's honestly sad, gloomy and boring without him here.It's cold mornings like this that I wish he was here, lying next to me. Holding me so tight that I felt his warmth. I wouldn't be feeling this cold because we'd make some intense hot love that would leave us burning. That would force us to head to the shower to kill things off... In each other's arms.I miss him...Everyday, I miss him.I drag myself out of bed and head to the kitchen. I sit down to my cup of hot coffee, looking out the kitchen window. Morning mist, thick as smoke.It's going to be a long boring day.No plans whatsoever.It's
"Don't tell me to calm down!"I yell at CJ.We just got back to town and everyone is acting okay and cool. Because it's not their only sister that has been kidnapped by the most dangerous serial killer I know.Their only sister that's pregnant.While I was having the time of my life, my sister was in suffering in the hands of the devil himself. That breaks my heart into pieces."Terra," Dee who just came in some few minutes ago says. "It has not been confirmed that it's Roman who kidnapped her..."I laugh sarcastically and bitterly. "Oh wow! That makes a lot of sense! I think she got lost on her way to the mall, don't you think?"Ren intrudes. "Terra, I think you have to relax-""Relax!" I scream. "Relax? My sister is in the hands of that evil monster and you're telling me to relax! How can I fucking relax! Who knows what the hell he's doing to her! Lord!"I fal
"Don't tell me to calm down!"I yell at CJ.We just got back to town and everyone is acting okay and cool. Because it's not their only sister that has been kidnapped by the most dangerous serial killer I know.Their only sister that's pregnant.While I was having the time of my life, my sister was in suffering in the hands of the devil himself. That breaks my heart into pieces."Terra," Dee who just came in some few minutes ago says. "It has not been confirmed that it's Roman who kidnapped her..."I laugh sarcastically and bitterly. "Oh wow! That makes a lot of sense! I think she got lost on her way to the mall, don't you think?"Ren intrudes. "Terra, I think you have to relax-""Relax!" I scream. "Relax? My sister is in the hands of that evil monster and you're telling me to relax! How can I fucking relax! Who knows what the hell he's doing to her! Lord!"I fal
"Shit Eli! You scared us!"CJ and I are in a towel as we stare at both Eli and Zara from upstairs as they are downstairs."Biiiiiiiiiiiitch!" Zara shrieks. "So this' whatchu' been upto after some jail time! Lookatchu' being naughty!"I roll my eyes at her, concealing just how excited I am that she and Eli are here.It's going to be so much fun.The perfect way to escape from all the negativity and toxicity. I was drowning with everything that was going on. A part of me died slowly day by day.But this... This will be the perfect therapy.An old beach house with the man I love and two close friends.The perfect combo!Eli tosses himself on the couch as CJ resumes to the master bedroom that we slept in."Zara? Can you please come up?"I borrow a dress since I didn't carry any clothes. A few minutes later, I step out of my room with my hand in C
I knew this moment would come.But I swear to heavens, I was not prepared for it. I was not prepared to explain myself. I don't know if the answers I got are the right answers or if they are answers at all.I open my mouth to say something then I quickly shut up, careful with every word I'll say."Honestly, Cedric... I can blame it on a lot of things but they all come down to me. To my selfishness. It was me..."I take a deep breathe and continue."When I eloped to Russia, I did therapy because I couldn't live with what I had done to you. I had nightmares. I drank myself to sleep. Bars were my favorite spots. But therapy kind of helped me deal with what I had done in a positive manner and learn to live with myself."I swallow hard, nostalgic about those pretty dark days of my life." And through therapy, I learnt some things I didn't know about myself. I had severe anxiety. It's something I had lived with, yet didn't know
The sun is low on the sky when CJ opens the cab door for me.I step out into a stone circular driveway in front of a mansion and I look around blindly In awe.The view of the mansion in front of us is breathtaking. The house sits on a cliff above the ocean and the low sun sets the waves on fire.CJ leads me around the house, his bag on one hand as he holds my hand with the other. We walk along the edge of a large blue pool and towards a furnished pool house.At the doorstep, is a large porcelain pot. CJ bends it over and takes a key under.CJ opens the door and I step inside to an old classic living room with artistic old paintings on the cream walls and one-armed sofas with hundreds of pillows. The table in the middle is wooden and seems like an expensive old furniture that has seen the best of years.Underneath the sofas, lays a Persian rug and just in front of the decor, sits a huge fireplace.&nbs
Present day..."He killed his friend?"I nod my head sadly. "Then he forced me to clean up for him and drag the body to the basement."Honestly, that was it for me.I didn't care if he threatened me anymore.I had to leave him. And leave him right away.If he could kill Oscar that quick within a snap of a finger just because of some argument, I wonder what he'd do to me?There's no way I'd sit and wait to see what he'd do to me... I had to leave!"So you stole his packaged drugs and sold them?" asks CJ."Yes, to a guy he despiced. Osborne. Some rich tycoon and I sold it at a very cheap price because I needed to fly away..."CJ looks at me in worry. "It must have been hard for you...""Yes... Especially because I had to stay in h