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Chapter Twenty-Three
"It's your fault, Celestine. You killed her. It's your fault."
"No, I didn't. I just protected myself. It's not my fault. She's trying to k-kill me first," Celestine murmured as her eyes started to become blurry again because of the tears that attempting to fall from her eyes. She's sitting on the cold tile floor of the hospital and hiding on the side of the bed. Her hands were covering her ears, trying to shut down the little voices in her head.
"It's your fault, Celestine. You killed her. It's your fault."
Her shaky hands run to her hair and frustratedly pulled it. She shouted and hit herself a couple of times. Her body is betraying her, as well as her mind. They're forcing her to believe that it was her fault. And no matter how much she tries to shut them up, they wouldn't budge. They're whispering, endlessly, trying to push her to her limits.
The voices at the back of her head are slowly trying to get ahold of her sanity. It was
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"No," Vincent firmly said before he got up from his seat and walked towards the bedside table to get the brown paper bag that he put there when he entered Celestine's hospital room. Inside the paper bag is a wooden lunch box that contains slices of fruits with vegetable fried rice, sliced boiled eggs, and sausages. It took him a couple of minutes before answering Celestine. He's undecided. That was his plan; to get rid of Celestine as his way of protecting her against his father and to his enemies but now that it comes from her mouth, everything that he planned vanished to his mind and the only word he can utter is: no. He doesn't have enough time to prepare everything that's why he did the easiest food to cook. Nicholas and he stopped by a restaurant owned by his friend when while on the road, he decided to make something for Celestine. He used the restaurant kitchen with permission from his friend. "P-Please, let me go now..." Celestine said that Vincent do
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"It's a deal," said the old man in his expensive suit as he extend his hand to Vincent for a handshake.Vincent stood from his seat and accepted the old man's hand. He heard a lot about the old man and closing a deal to him is such a privilege."You're a smart kid," the old man said after the handshake. "Businessmen your age did not become successful because of a woman. I'm in hopes that you don't belong to those stupid d*cks."Vincent sit on his chair again and lit a cigarette. "The business talk is done now eh?"The old man chuckled before he sat on the chair again. He was both intrigued and delighted to finally meet the famous son of Venedict Mogilevich. He heard a couple of interesting things about the man and at a young age, he had achieved a lot."I heard things about you," he said in an attempt to open a topic.Vincent blew smoke. "I hope what you heard are good things.""I heard good and bad. However, I'm the type of person wh
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JUST IN: An unidentified man was found dead inside the elevator of Romero's hospital this afternoon. According to the authorities and forensic team, he received more than ten stabbed all over his body, particularly his lower abdomen. It is also stated that the killer only uses one knife to do a crime. Furthermore, the knife was found inside the trash bin inside the hospital. As of the moment, the authorities are doing their best to find the culprit and to identify the name of the man who got murmured. For more updates please check— Kingston turned off the television then he suck on his cigarette. It's been hours since he committed the crime and yet, the news just reported it now. He was tremendously disappointed that it took the authorities hours before they tie the knot of the crime that he did. Hiding the crime wasn't his intention, he wanted to broadcast it and give warning to certain people that he knew will be getting the message he wants to convey by h
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"Just wait, Celestine. He'll be back, like what he promised," Celestine murmured as she was playing with her fingers that is lying on her lap.It's been hours since Vincent had left her inside of the hospital room and until now, he's still not coming back yet. As much as she wanted to get out of the room and find him, she can't for she doesn't want to anger Vincent by not following what he said.A while ago, the heavy footsteps from outside and the nurses hysterically talking about what happened to wake her up. She was left dumbfounded when she heard what happened and see one of Vincent's men, that is guarding her room against the outside crying and screaming, struggling to get out of the security team holding him back to stay in one place.Despite being weak, she try her very best to walk and see the crime scene and found Vincent's man lying on the opened elevator, bathing in his blood. She remembered cupping her mouth in an attempt to stop herself from vomitin
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"You're my wife, Sophia.""No, no, no, it's impossible." She let out an awkward chuckle then she let go of Vincent's hand. "I'm going out. Thanks for the treat but I have to go now."She gets out of her seat and stands up. However, when she was about to walk out of their table, he stopped her by grabbing her wrist. He's holding it firmly with his calloused cold hand. As he was holding her wrist, the fear of losing her came back to him all over again. For a moment, he doesn't want to let go of her hand, he simply just couldn't afford to see her walk away again."No, please stay. I-I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that" he apologized with his hand not letting go of her wrist, not giving her a chance of going away."I'm sorry but this whole thing is making me uncomfortable. I don't know if what you're saying is true or not, but even so, I don't want to know the answer. I'm fine with my life now. I don't want to remember anything from the past so I'm sorry...
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"I want to eat ice cream and go out to see the moon," Celestine answered when Jacob asked her what she wants.Being inside of the cold, pale hospital room for hours, doing nothing makes her sick even more so she needed to do something that is out of it, even just for an hour or a couple of minutes."I'll just get a wheelchair for you, Miss Celestine," he said before going out of the room.Jacob had been nothing but a professional bodyguard to her. He only talks when she's asking him and after that, he'll eventually leave her room. Unlike, Vladimir before. She took a deep breath before adjusting the height of the bed that slowly moved upward for her to look somewhat sitting on the bed.In her mind, Vladimir is someone she just met and had a special bond with. Until now, she still can't accept the fact that he is her brother. It's just difficult for her to accept it—that her mother cheated that's why she was born.She stares blankly at the ceil
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Deafening silence welcomed them as they entered the bleak hallway of the mafia organization building. The hallway is devoid of cheeriness as if every corner they're walking through also grieves for the death of Carter. Each one of them emerged a candle from their sleeves and eventually lit them. The sorrow in their hearts will forever be with them with the thoughts of Carter, and also for the lives of other men that were taken away too early.Carter's body arrived just an hour before the men were asked to come. Surprisingly, more than ten men were guarding the whole place which they're not familiar with.First in the line to see the body is Nicholas. Behind him were three men, supporting his balance. After what happened, Nicholas had been silent. He never speaks after fighting the security guards to let him see Carter's body. In the end, he got tired and just let his frustration out by punching the wall of the hospital.He's not in a good condition—his eye
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It's been minutes since he asked one of his men to track down the location of the call earlier and until now, his man hasn't called him back yet. He tapped his fingers to the steering wheel, extending his patience. He'd been driving with no place in mind ever since he received the call. He can't relax but he needs to calm down. Celestine needs him and if he let his emotions and his desire to save her immediately get in his way, he wouldn't be able to save her properly.After all the things that happened, he learned one thing and that is to not be impulsive. His impulsiveness is what brought Celestine with him in the first place, and also the main reason why everything after her becomes chaotic that resulting in the deaths of his men that could've not happened only if he wasn't too stupid and impulsive before.After another minute of driving, finally, he decided to stop his car and parked it temporarily, while he's waiting for his man to call him back with the location
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