BIBLE- “You lied to me?” I saw my brother walking in my direction as I was walking out of her room. He ordered me to follow him to his room and I quickly walked after him. I knew I messed up big time and all I can do is tell him the truth. But that would shatter his dreams and I didn’t want that; I closed the door behind me and stood in front of him while peering down on the floor. “Since when has she been staying here? What about the wounds she has on her body?” he spoke and I gulped really hard not knowing what to say. “What happened here while I was away, Bible?” He spoke in a loud voice making me look at him, I couldn’t muster up the courage to speak that I've fallen for your bride-to-be. I had to come up with something eventually and spoke. “She wanted to break-free hence, tried to hurt herself. I tried every possible to stop her but… here we are” I spoke and he walked in my direction. “Why her?” I spoke without giving it a thought as he looked in my eyes, I think he was se
SARAH-Liza entered inside with some food for me to eat while I was too stunned to even speak, I didn’t know why was he pushing me towards another man. It was hard to believe that I had developed feelings for a man who doesn’t love me back.I don’t even know his name, I thought he is the mafia, Bar Holding but everything turned out to be a lie since the real Bar Holding was his elder brother.They’ve been hiding things from me, moreover the real intention of kidnapping me while I thought, he is obsessed over me. He traded me for his brother, I was kidnapped to marry a guy I don’t even know of.What century are we living in? is this the way a mafia works, why would marry just anybody? Him and I, we’ve done things that are sinful yet he wants to hand me over to his brother.“Your son is a true bastard.” I spoke as Liza entered inside and placed the plate beside me. I wanted someone to vent my anger out at but she was too old to listen to her son’s sin.“What happened now?” she spoke and
BIBLE-“Hardin… get up” I heard Harvey’s voice but couldn’t get my mind to it as I was too shocked to process things around me.“You dare treat me like a slave? I won’t be-------” he spoke and immediately closed his mouth in shock as if cat got his tongue. He kept on looking right through me which shock.“Ha-ha-ha” is that how you’re going to take revenge?” he spoke and I failed to make out who he was talking to. I turned around to see Sarah who was whimpering in panic while nothing was clear to me.“What’s going on here?” I asked looking at Harvey who was as confused as I was, nothing made sense as it seemed impossible for both of them to know each other before hand.Though I would dig into it, what relations does a girl like her can have with this wretch?“Theo will take charge of it” I spoke and kept on staring into Liza’s eyes, I didn’t know how to react, what to say or even think anymore, tears in her eyes gave me disgust as I learned something I never even imagined.I ignored al
SARAH-I don’t know what was more shocking, bible found out the truth Liza has been hiding for the past 25 years or Hardin, the guy I was madly in love with was here in this mansion.I don’t know what was happening around me, is God putting me through a test which is never gonna end, do I really need to count the number of times I've been trying to calm myself down and not break myself through these circumstances.Can’t I have a normal life, is it too much to ask for? What sins did I commit to get such merciless punishment which is neve gonna end. How do I remain stable when the settings around me aren’t?What more do I have to see before taking a breath of relief, when would all of this torture end or has it just started yet. Am I going to lose myself before I reach my end? Is this how I'm gonna make my father proud?Screw love and responsibilities, what about my ethics and moral I always had a firm stand of. This guy, Bible, he feels nothing for me and I know he’s not gonna take any
SARAH-“I purposely came here for you, upon learning that you’ve been abducted by the Holding’s I came up with a plan and here I am. My people would be here any moment, we’ll get out of here don’t worry”His words made me squint my eyes in shock, what did he mean by that? Should I trust him? the way he looked at me was different, and he wasn’t the Hardin I used to know.“I love you Sarah, I love you so much, I'm sorry for everything. all that you went through because of me, I'm sorry.” he spoke again and I couldn’t come to terms with the fact that he had a change of heart.What I saw that day wasn’t true? What if he is speaking the truth and I canceled my marriage according to my own interpretations. I genuinely started regretting my decision of breaking of the marriage.Even though he turns out to be a cheater; I’d be cheated on and not kept like a hostage while someone always forcing me to marry a guy, I know nothing about. My life could’ve been so better and out of trouble.It seem
SARAH-“I can’t believe I'm free…” I spoke while looking into Hardin’s eyes as I ran in his direction. The emotions I felt since I was held captive for so many days, it was indescribable, the smile on my face that was lost deep inside my sorrows suddenly came back with the same light I had.Though I hated Hardin, even underestimated him but what he did for me was something I can’t ever repay. I'm indebt to him, for what he’s done. He officially declared war against the ruthless mafias, ‘the Holdings’ just because of me.I didn’t know the reason behind his kindness neither did I wanted to think about it, walking on the road being careless and not thinking about anyone’s emotions for once. Being selfish… selfish enough to forget about the worries and torture I went through.The pain I'm living in, just for the love I'm never going to get. No matter how hard I try no one’s ever gonna love me back. I'm just a mere puppet around their finger and they roll me as per their wish.“I told you,
BIBLE- “What happened between you and Liza… you had a mother-son type relationship with her” Harvey spoke and I looked in his eyes. It wasn’t real though, it can’t be, no matter how hard life gets, God can’t put so much pressure on one particular human being. I can’t be suffering about so many things, it must be a dream, a nightmare perhaps. “Bible? …” Harvey placed his hand on my shoulder bringing me out of my thoughts and I peered down on the floor. Even though he knew everything about me and Sarah, I couldn’t tell him that Liza is my real mother. “Are you tangled in some weird mystery again?” he spoke with his usual calm voice while dragging me towards the kitchen. I didn’t want to go anywhere near her but couldn’t resist Harvey. “Sit down, she’ll make something tasty to shoo away all the things you’re worrying about.” Even though Harvey was just trying to bring ease around me, it wasn’t helping. Luckily the room was empty and I didn’t have to face her, I stood up. “I’ll make
BIBLE- “If Sarah and Hardin planned to leave then she wouldn’t be lying on his shoulder like a corpse. They might’ve dated but they broke up on bad terms and Sarah would never ask for help from a jerk like him” I spoke using whatever I had inside of me. I couldn’t bring myself to accept the fact that Sarah left willingly, she wouldn’t go near him, she doesn’t have to. “I'm sorry if I'm crossing my boundaries, but she’s been kept as a prisoner, she would want to leave by all means. Does that matter if the guy was her ex-fiancé?” Theo spoke while opening his laptop and I got curious to know what he’ll show me. “Apparently, as we can see from the footage, Hardin declared war, he wasn’t alone and I believe it was planned before-hand. He met you, entered inside the mansion, figured a way to perhaps, gain Sarah’s trust and flew away. Sarah believed him because… A- she was desperate to leave this place or B---” he explained everything word by word while clicking few buttons on his compute
HARVEY-“Tessa, can you listen to me”“No, I don’t want to”“Tessa… I love you” I spoke giving up and she finally stopped. Last night was hectic and I drank a lot, we never got to talk about our kiss but what I did yesterday made her angry.“Go love that whore” she replied in anger.“I was trying to make you jealous; I didn’t even touch her, it was just a few glasses and nothing else” I was explaining myself but I knew the way she reacted, she feels something for me too.“I don’t get jealous for jerks like you, let me be” she spoke again and started leaving, I ran picking her up in my arms and jumped into the pool. “What are you doing, leave me” she spoke but I didn’t give her any chance to fight.I pressed my lips onto hers and she began hitting me with all her might, we were wet and I was losing it, a devil like Bible is on the verge of getting married while a saint like me hasn’t even expressed my feelings for the girl I love.She stopped hitting and the forced kiss turned into a p
BIBLE-“Yes, who are you?”“Uh! I'm Mason… Mason Chester” I couldn’t believe my ear and felt a huge shock taking me back to my misery, I looked at Harvey who didn’t even have the courage to look back into mine.Sarah was standing right beside who didn’t have any idea about my past, my surname. The other day, Harvey and I talked about if I wanted to see my real father and I clearly said no, the surname Chester was the indication that he was m---my father.“W---what happened? Who is he?” she asked grabbing my elbow slowly caressing it with his thumb, she sensed it too but I was dumbstruck not know what to say.“I'm sorry… but I couldn’t let him leave since he wanted to talk” Harvey explained himself, it’s not how this is supposed to happen. I'm finally happy with my life and I need no more drama.“Bible…”“Bible Holding” I corrected him even though I remember that my mother was never married to him, then why did she write her surname as Chester? “Please show him the way out” I spoke loo
SARAH-“You disappointed me, you chose to live with someone who killed your father. You chose him over me…”“What the fuck Hardin, stop the car” I yelled not getting scared of the gun aiming in my direction. “You know what, I'm so done with your abduction tricks, it just never gets old does it?” I roared not losing my calm.“Little Sarah has finally grown up…” Hardin mocked me and I felt anger pulsating in my veins. I placed my hand on the gun and pressed the magazine releasing it with my thumb, Amias taught me how to disassemble a gun and surprisingly I became master in it. I pull the slide back and locked it open with the slide stop lever.He taught me that once, the slide is open, look into the chamber and ensure that no ammunition remains in the gun. It was open in no time leaving Hardin and his partner in shock. “If I know how to destroy it, I very well know how to use it as well. Stop the car before I define the word terror in detail”Words automatically fell from my mouth, I kn
BIBLE-“Where’s Sarah?” I rang the bell and the old lady opened the door while I was expecting Sarah to run into my arms with a broad smile on her face.“What do you mean? Didn’t you send someone to pick her up?” she said and my mind went blank, this isn’t what I was expecting. “Are you kidding me? If this is some sort of joke, please don’t do this.” I spoke not caring about the honorifics.“Sarah! Come out, don’t mess with me” I yelled not believing her words, it might be some sort of joke just to piss me off. I waited for her to come. “Sarah… I'm starting to get angry” I roared again but no response while her mother was only looking at me in shock.“I'm telling you; you asked your man to pick her up.”“What do you mean? Didn’t I say, I’d be coming here?” I ran inside and found nothing; I called Harvey to know if he had sent someone in my place, but he clearly said no.I thought Bar had learnt his lesson but he clearly doesn’t want our mercy, I’m just too tired with his stubbornness.
SARAH-“Do you wanna stay?” he asked as I was cutting my pork dropping all the battle happening between them. He knew I would like to stay since I’ve finally found my mother.“Can I come back home tomorrow?” I asked him politely and he smiled at me in agreement. We finished eating and he stood up leaving. “Wait… already?” I asked while turning and he nodded.“I’ve got to deal with something, it’s already late” he spoke coming closer to me, my mom was sitting right around the corner so I prayed that he shouldn’t kiss me. Or else, she’s gonna talk about this all the time.I eyed him saying no as I saw him leaning forward, it was slow to notice his actions but too fast to dodge the kiss. I looked at my mother eyeing us from the corner of my eyes until he suddenly kissed my forehead. “I'm saving that one for later”He slowly whispered into my ears making me smile like a joker, I pushed him away concealing my smile from both of them but failed and he started leaving. “Wait…” my mother stoo
BIBLE-Since the day when she left without giving me the answers, I lost it. I didn’t hate her but couldn’t find the courage to talk to her about that. I tried to focus on everything but her, I couldn’t, knowing that I'm vulnerable around her.I tried to talk but couldn’t muster up the courage anymore, I would go to work and end up shooting someone in the spur of the moment, Harvey tried to talk it through but I failed. I couldn’t process anything anymore and just simply wanted to get the torture towards the end.I started killing people, ruthlessly and far worse than what Bar used to do. The vow I took of not killing anyone just vanished into thin air, my ten-year-old self would be hating me now as I broke the promise, but promises are meant to be broken.Some were happy and cheering me for the way I was becoming while some who were closed to me got really scared. I got praises as I was maintaining the fear the Holdings have always held on everyone. It was enough to calm me down but
SARAH-He woke up early and I didn’t find him near me as sunlight hit my eyes waking me up. It looked at the time and it was eight in the morning; he wouldn’t have left and I believed he’d come back to take a shower.I got up and washed my face, last night I couldn’t talk to him, he was in pain but I was glad he came to me even though he was unconscious, his inner self calls and yearns for me, I wouldn’t want to ruin this relationship.I heard someone opening the door while I had soap in my eyes, “Bible? Is that you?” I asked walking out of the bathroom. “Hey! Watch out…” I heard him roar all of a sudden and bumped into the wall in front of me, where did that come from, I felt his steps running in my direction and he quickly took me inside in order to wash my face.I felt the tingling sensation near my temple and looked up in the mirror, “It’s bleeding…” I looked at him through the mirror and he scoffed at my reaction slowly taking the first aid kit outside.He held my hand making me
SARAH-We were drifting apart, slowly, but I could see it. the distance between us was suddenly so huge that I couldn’t cover it or cope up with the anxiety coming with it. things had changed so dramatically as whenever I'm sleeping, he would simply come to check on me for once and leave.He didn’t talk to me after that, not that he never tried but got caught off guard that morning, we were sleeping in separate rooms for days now, and more I think about this being a normal thing it just never made sense.He wasn’t angry, he was just… wasn’t him. he saw me training with Amias but never chose to interrupt and the longest conversation we had in the past few days was;“Hey! Uh, do you know what happened between Tessa and Harvey?” I asked trying to start a conversation with him, he looked at me with his normal gaze and stood up while wearing his shoes.“No… t---t Harvey is avoiding her” he spoke and stormed off the room like I had pointed a gun on his forehead. I could see him leaving but
SARAH- “I know, I'm not the right person for you, I ruined your childhood and I have nothing to defend myself with. The only thing I have is my love for you which is never gonna deteriorate. It’s impossible for you to not hate me but it would be so hard to hang to without you.” “Please don’t leave me Sarah… it feels like I'm begging you knowing that it’s wrong as I am the most horrendous person you’ve ever met. I have no right to ask you for anything, but I’d be dead without you” I wasn’t sleeping, but his words definitely made me want to hug him tightly, I held onto his hand not letting him go as I needed him but also, my mind couldn’t forget about what happened with my father. Should I really blame him for something that happened so long ago? Wouldn’t it be too mean of me, but he was my father after all, how can I stay happy with the man who killed my father. “Sarah!!” I heard Tessa’s voice and felt him leaving, I got up and hugged her tightly trying to forget the problems I’ve