HAROLD"She's with Ron Gusevi!" He sighed as his eyes met mine."Ron Gusevi!!?" I frowned. My mind was not able to comprehend what he was saying as it was messed up due to fear."Yes!! I've warned you so many times about him. They are dangerous...the Russians are dangerous." He exhaled, his eyes glinting in sadness.I took a step back in fear. A shiver ran down my spine at the thoughts of what those cruel beasts could do to my daughter. I was having a panic attack. My breathing ragged as I stood, petrified.I felt a hand on my shoulder as I glanced up at Marcel."She's going to be fine... we'll protect her together!!" He said in a soothing way to comfort me.I pushed him away from me."It's all because of you.." I snarled."If you wouldn't have joined mafia..if you wouldn't have killed Mother..if you would have been good.. everything would have been perfect in my life." My whole body was trembling as I hissed these words out, which has been inside me for so many years.Marcel's demean
NAOMII was lying on the hospital bed after enduring a lot of pain. I glanced at the cradle where Hayden and Hazel were sleeping soundly.I heaved a long sigh and glanced at the wall clock. It has already been two hours, and still, Harold and Nadia are not here.Maybe Harold is stuck in a meeting.But he should have quit his meeting and come to me as he promised. Last time, during Nadia's delivery, Harold was with me the whole time, and it was much easier than this.I exhaled.I wonder where he's stuck and when he is getting Nadia.I can't wait to see both of them, especially Nadia. I want to capture her expression while she sees Hayden and Hazel. She's gonna be so ecstatic."Why are they not here yet??!" I asked Daria, who was sitting on the couch, glancing at the babies.She shrugged her shoulders and shook her head in response."I called King an hour ago, and he said he's on his way to Nadia's school, but he's not here yet." She stated in puzzlement."Pass me my phone.." she passed
NAOMI"Mom.." I heard her whisper from behind, and I immediately spun around to face her.I sucked in a deep breath as I saw her face. Her hair was disheveled, her eyes were watery, and her nose was puffed. Her clothes were half torn. There was a dark red mark on her cheek. Someone slapped her hard."Nadia.." I lost my breath, seeing her condition. All my tears were flowing down uncontrollably knowing that my baby had to go through all of this.Again, a sharp pain coursed through me as I collapsed on the ground."Mom!!" Nadia exclaimed and limped towards me.I glanced at her feet, which had a bad burn. A little flesh was also out.I crawled towards her and checked her feet. Her sole was burnt partially. I glanced up at her. "Who did this to...--" I was cut off as she hugged me tight and started crying."Mom!!" Her voice echoed as she cried loud."Shh.." I mumbled. "I'm here.... we'll get out of here, baby." I whispered."Shh.... I know they hurt you, and your dad will surely kill them
NAOMI"NO!!!!!" My voice echoed throughout the room as a loud cry escaped my lips as triggers were pulled.A bodyguard pulled the trigger, aiming the gun at Ron's chest, and Ron pulled the trigger, aiming at Nadia's head from back. Both did that at the same time."NADIA!!!!" Harold and I screamed simultaneously as the bullets were shot.Ron body fell on the floor with blood oozing out, followed by a loud groan of pain."MOM...--" That was the last scream that escaped from Nadia's mouth. I gasped and cried aloud as I saw Nadia collapsing on the floor with blood flowing all around her hair."NADIA!!!" I screamed and clutched my paining stomach before crawling towards her.Her blue eyes were wide open, her eyelashes were wet, her cheeks were tear stained and red. A continuous flow of blood was coming out of her head, bathing her hair with blood."Nadi... baby.." I took her head gently and placed it on top of my lap. My hands and clothes were covered with her blood.I tapped her cheeks sl
NAOMINADIA HELEN KINGSTON,A daughter and a sister. A caring, kind, thoughtful, and wonderful girl who died young..May her soul rest in peace.I placed a flower on her grave and again, glanced back at the smooth polished headstone, and again, I couldn't help but let the tears freely fall from my eyes. It's so hard to believe that she's no longer with us. I know, I'll forever be in the misery of eternity.I'm sorry I couldn't save you, my girl.My heart throbbed in such a pain that it was impossible to even survive. As I close my eyes, I see all those horrific scenes that happened to my Nadia.I glance up at the graveyard. A place which I hate to visit. A place which is circled within wrought iron fences and gates. A place where we can only hear mourners crying and sniffling. We can smell tears of hundreds of years in these freshly cut grass. A place where graves cry when it is vandalized. And I can't believe that I'm gonna let my Nadia live in this place alone, forever.Sometimes sh
NAOMI"What.. do.. do you mean Naomi?" His voice cracked in the end as his eyes showed pure despair."It means I don't consider you to be my anyone." I stated in abhorrence, looking straight at him in the eyes."Why?" He whispered to himself and fixed his eyes on the floor."Don't make me open my mouth!" I stated curtly at which his head snapped up in confusion."What do you mean?" He asked, and I looked away from him."Just say it!!!" He said.I chuckled humorlessly before looking at him."Really!!!" I wiped my tears harshly from the back of my hand."Fine then!!" I gritted."Who was more important to you back then, Nadia or those freaking girls that you've saved?" I snarled with my chest, heaving up and down."I did.. " he opened his mouth, but I cut him short."Don't tell me it was Nadia because it was not.." I shook my head in denial."I saw hesitancy in you when Ron asked for those girls. You could've just given those girls to him and could've got our Nadia back, but NO!!.." I ye
HAROLD"Don't go tonight, Stay here one more time, Remind me what it's like. And let's fall in love.. One more time, I need you now by my side. It tears me up, When you turn me down. I'm begging please, just stick around."I brushed my fingers rapidly against the keys of my piano."I'm sorry, don't leave me. I want you here with me now, I know that your love is gone. I can't breathe, I'm so weak. I know this isn't easy. Don't tell me that your love is gone.. That your love is gone.."Her love is gone.She LEFT me!!And I'm not broken, I'm shattered beyond repair.I close my eyes, feeling the new fresh scars torturing my insides.'You killed Nadia!!'My eyes snap open as I hear it again. My whole body is still shuddering with this unknown fear. Everything has already happened. Nadia's dead.... Naomi left.... nothing is remaining for me to even survive.This is all so hard..I collide my fist on the keys, letting the tunes come out in an array.I'm so done with my life.. I just... I jus
HAROLDI rushed towards my room in haste with the envelope in my hand. I clutch the envelope tightly as I reminisce his words.He was a man in his late fiftees. He sat across me with a sad smile plastered on his face."What is it you wanted to talk?" I look straight into his eyes as I ask.Without saying anything, his hands digged inside his pocket as he pulled out an envelope. He kept the envelope on the table before pushing it towards me."Your father asked me to give this to you after his death, but I never thought that I would come to you this soon." He lamented.I glanced down at the envelope before glancing up at him."Who are you exactly?" I asked.He passed me a warm small smile before opening up, "Helen, Marcel, and I were in the same college, but we became distant when Marcel and Helen moved here, in Hawaii. We barely contacted each other. I was busy in my life, and so did they. One day, I got a call from Helen saying that they had parted ways.. I was puzzled because they h