I got home a bit late from school. I did not find a jeepney to ride immediately for some reason. It was almost dark when I got home."Why the hell are you late?" Levan hissed at me which made me shocked. I knitted my brows at him. That was his first words to me as soon as I entered our house. He was sitting on the sofa, just like usual.I did not say anything. I totally ignored him as I continued walking towards my room."I am talking to you!" I heard him behind me. He was following me.I shut my eyes in annoyance and stopped walking before I faced him.He looked annoyed now which I do not even care. Why would he be annoyed?"Why do you care?" I hissed at him.His lips parted before he let out a dry laugh as though he did not expect what I just said. Seriously. Why does he care if I got home late?"Do you have a boyfriend? Were you with him? Is that the reason why you are late, huh?" He glared at me with disgust. I wanted to laugh at him! Why is he acting so weird now?"I do not have
I glared at Levan who was sitting on the sofa when I got out of the shower. Since he lived here, I always bring my clothes whenever I take a shower. Before, I do not care if I am walking around the house naked but now, it is entirely different.I looked away immediately when he smirked at me. My heart pounded so fast and almost ran towards my room. I locked the door and sighed in relief.I started to do my homework. It took me almost an hour before I finished all of it. I stretched my body. When I checked the clock, I did not realize that it was already 10 in the evening. I feel so tired and sleepy.I turned off the lights before I laid on the bed. It has not even five minutes when I heard a small sound. My brows knitted in confusion when I noticed that the door knob was moving. I swallowed hard as I felt my whole body starting to shake miserably in fear.Slowly, I sat on the bed, carefully watching the door knob. I locked it, didn't I? I sighed in relief when I remembered that I did.
It is not impossible, right? Nothing could ever be so safe these days. Everything is cruel. You can't even trust people who you thought your friends and family. And I am sure that what Hale told me is completely ridiculous. There is no way in hell this is true."We can never find out if we will not try," Hale said.I sighed heavily as I shook my head. "No. That is obviously a fraud, Hale. It will not take a genius to know that it is fake or worse, whoever posted that is a crime boss! You know? Like those movies we have watched." I do not know if I am making sense at all but I just want to be smart."Nieva, you are being ridiculous. Really? A crime boss? You have to stop watching too much thriller movies, Hale said in between her laugh."I am just saying that we have to be sure first before we try to apply.""But how can we be able to know if we are not going to apply?" She rolled her eyes at me like I am being non sense but I am determined to stick with my own belief."Whatever. If yo
I refused the food. I do not want to receive anything from a guy who has been harassing me. I hate him and he should know that by now.Levan did not force me to eat the food which I am thankful for. I bought my own food at the hospital. I bought rice and a piece of fried chicken. The water is free which is good so I would not have to buy one for me. When I came back in my grandmother's room. I was shocked to see her awake.I ran towards her as tears immediately formed in the corner of my eyes."Grandma! You are awake!" I smiled despite of the tears cascading down my cheek. She laughed a bit as she rubbed my back in a soothing manner."How do you feel? Are you alright?" My voice trembled in pain. She smiled at me like she wanted me to believe that everything is fine but I know this is far from being fine!"I feel better now, darling. I can go home. We do not have money for hospital bills–""Grandma!" I can't help but raised my voice a bit. What is she saying? "You have to stay here unt
"What?! Now you are trying to protect her, Levan?! Are you fucking serious?! How dare you do this to me?!" Leona's voice trembled as she screamed. She pushed Levan with all her strength.I was still shocked. I could not even process what is happening. Why am I suddenly in this kind of situation? Why is Leona so angry at me? What did I do? I remained behind Levan, afraid that Leona will hurt me again. I was trembling a little bit, clutching my fast beating chest. I feel like Leona can kill me as her eyes were full of hatred and rage for me."Stop, Leona! Just fucking stop!" Levan screamed so loud, voice thundering around the house. He held both of Leona's arms and shook her.Leona stared at her in shocked, as though she could not believe that he just shouted at her."Can you please leave Nieva alone? She did not do anything! We did not fuck! She never seduced me! So please, do not hurt her!" Levan quickly glanced at me while still holding Leona."Nieva, please. Just go back to your ro
"What happened, dear?" Julie, an old woman, came to me. She looked worried as she stared at me."G-Grandma is not responding! She is not breathing at all! Please, help me!" I said in between my sobs."Oh, god! Lucio!" She called her son who was walking near their house. Lucio went to us and I told them about what happened. They call for some help before we went back to our house. They carried my grandmother. We used one of our neighbors' car to rush her in the hospital. I was crying so hard as we were inside the car. I was begging the driver to drive faster. My heart was aching miserably. I hugged my grandmother in my chest. I cried on her hair.I could not even breath when we finally reached the hospital.We waited outside the door until the doctor came out. And the news she bombed infront of me, ended my world."I am sorry. But she is dead on arrival. She got heart attack and you rushed her here a bit late," she said in a soft voice.My knees weakened as I tried to process her words
"How are you now, Nieva?" Hale whispered. She invited me to eat outside. She said that she wanted us to have some bonding time."I am fine now," I whispered and gave her a small smile. She looked at me for a moment before she let out a deep sigh."Do not pretend infront of me, Nieva. I know you. It is not wrong to be sad. There is no need for you to pretend when you are with me," she said in a soft voice. I bit my lip as I felt it trembling. I swallowed hard. It has been almost a month since grandma left but the wound is still there. It is still too fresh. It is like it just happened yesterday, or earlier. Every night, I cry myself to sleep. I always visit her room, hoping to see her there. Hoping to hold her for the last time but I know that is a wishful thinking."I miss my grandma," I said in a trembling voice.Hale sighed softly as she held my hand on the table. Her eyes were bloodshot as she looked at me with pity and sadness. "I am here, Nieva. You are not alone. You know that I
I gasped. "What do you even mean? How did you have such a huge debt? Where did you spend it?!" I yelled. I do not think they spent the money here in our house! Hell!"Why are you even asking, Nieva? And could you please stop acting like we are a bad person just because of our debt!" Leona said angrily. I stared at her in disbelief. I could not believe she said that!"No! You are worse than that, Leona! How would you even pay for it? $50,000?! Where would you find that large amount of money! You can't even pay the electric bill!" I can't helped but snapped at her.She rolled her eyes. I can't believe she still has the guts to act like this infront of me."We will surely find a way to pay it!" She said before she turned her back on me. "Let's go, Levan!"Levan looked at me for a moment before he followed Leona. I sighed as I watched them walked away. I gritted my teeth. It should not even be my problem but when I think about it, I can't help but be stress out! What if they would not be
When my memories came back, I feel nothing but anger towards Petrakis. In all those years where I was living in his lies as his daughter, I did nothing but to do all the things he wanted me to do.Now that I am walking towards the basement, I could feel my heart pounding rapidly. It is not because I am scared. It is because of anger and hatred for that evil man.The image of him shooting my daughter plays in my head over and over again like a broken record. He killed my baby mercilessly... And I will never forgive him for that."You can leave now," I told Greval's men."Are you sure, Ma'am? Don told us to not leave you here alone..."I shook my head. "I can do this. I have a gun," I said with conviction.They sighed and without any choice, they left. I entered the basement with my heart filled with nothing but rage.He was on the chair, just like the last time I have seen him. Still covered by his own blood. I could feel my body shaking in wrath as I stared at the man who ruined my li
I knitted my brows as soon as I entered our home. It feels empty... I do not know why but my heart suddenly filled with fear. It started to pound rapidly, almost making me lost my breath."Nieva? Baby?" I called her as I walked towards our room. But it was empty.I swallowed hard. I just got home from work and usually, she always welcomes me at our door and will give me kiss. She did not tell me anything that she will leave. I tried to call her but her number was cannot be reached. I swallowed nervously as I called her again. Where the hell is she?My heart was almost killing me. It was beating so fast and I think I would pass out any moment from now. Just where the fuck is she? She did not tell me that she is going somewhere today!My fear and anxiety were eating whole system every passing second. And I swear to God, I feel like death is coming to me.I called Kajik and asked for his help. He said that he will order his men to look for my wife. His men... They are not mine now as I
For ten years without her, I have been living in the dark. I have been walking in a dark place. I could not even see the I way that I am walking in. I was scared while taking my each step. But I continued. I continued living even I am broken inside.It was all worth it. I never thought that the God has a plan for us. He did not let me die because she is waiting for me from somewhere. She is alive... My wife is alive...A woman who looked exactly like Nieva broke into my mansion to steal money. It was fucking crazy. I could feel every fiber of my being was shaking as I stared at her face.As the days went by, we confirmed who she was and about her situation. Because she has been experiencing severe migraine for the past days and she often lost her consciousness because of it, I asked Diego, who is a neurologist, to check on her. And there, we found a small looking chip in the right side of her brain. It was confusing. Why is there a chip in there? What is this all about?"Someone put a
"What the hell?!" She hissed as she looked at me.I blinked several times. It is not her...I feel like my world crashed for the millionth time. I swallowed hard. My whole system was filled with disappoinment, anger, pain..."I-I am sorry..." I let go of her immediately, running my fingers through my hair.But her eyes widened a bit as she stared at me. She cleared her throat and gave me a seductive smile."Well, hey. You are alone? Do you want some company?" she whispered in a sultry voice.I pursed my lips in a grim line when her hand caressed my chest. I gritted my teeth and like an instinct, my hand wrapped around her throat tightly. "Do not fucking touch me like that, bitch," I growled angrily before I pushed her on the ground. She was gasping for air as she looked at me, fear filled her eyes. I feel like I cheated on my wife even though I did not do anything after being touched by another woman. I walked out of that damn club and cursed. I looked up at the dark sky dotted wi
I gritted my teeth. They used me. They ruined my life... I could still remember when I woke up after Petrakis put the chip in my brain. I could not remember anything that day. But as the days went by, I slowly started to remember things... but those were not my memories... Those were Victoria's...My own memories were completely forgotten and they were replaced by Victoria's. Started to her own childhood, to her life in highschool until she met Greval. I could remember all of it. It was as if it was my own memories. They just felt so real and vivid in my brain as if they really happened to me..."Are you okay, baby?" Greval whispered in my ear as he stroked my hair. I shut my eyes tightly and hugged him more. We were both naked in our bed."I am just... tired," I murmured.He sighed heavily. "Are you sure?"I nodded a bit, smiling as I lifted my eyes on him. I love this man so much. I do not what I would do without him.THOSE YEARS WITHOUT NIEVA WERE HELL. I was broken. I did not even
It was painful. That is all I could feel when I woke up. I do not even know where I am... and who am I...I looked around the four corners of this white room. Where is this place? Why am I here? And most of all, who am I? What am I doing here? Why am I laying on this bed? What happened?The door opened and a man wearing a white laboratory gown entered the room. I knitted my brows as I watched him walked towards me.I could see the shock flashed in his eyes as he looked at me. His walk became slow."God, is this real?" I heard him whispered.I could not even move my fingers. I wanted to move but I feel like my body was too heavy for me to do that. Who is this man? Who am I? I wanted to vocalize those words but I just did not have the ability to. I feel so weak and I am in too much pain. My head was throbbing painfully. I feel like it is not a normal headache. It was even worse than a severe migraine. It was too painful to bear."Do you remember your name?" The man asked in a calm voice
Victoria smiled evilly at me, crossing her arms infront of her chest as she looked at me as if she won."H-How..." I swallowed hard. "How did this happen? I-I thought–""Oh! You thought I am dead?" Victoria laughed insultingly. "As I have said, it is part of the plan. We had to get your trust...""No..." I breathed heavily, swallowing hard. "But do not worry. Greval is looking for you now. He does not think you are dead. Dad is just playing you. Well, probably soon. You will be dead for real..." She smiled innocently.They left me in the laboratory while I was screaming for help but no one came to rescue me. I have to escape before they could even do their plan. I will not let Victoria replace me in Greval's life. I will not let her desperation lead to any way. I will make sure she will not succeed. I will make sure of that.I do not know how long it has been but I think it was almost midnight. I am not sure about what time it was. Suddenly, I heard footsteps. My eyes widened when I
"What?" I whispered under my breath.He smiled. "He thinks you are dead, Nieva. So you can't go back to him. You have to be with me... darling..." I shook my head, taking a step back as my heart started to beat in bizarre way. "W-What do you mean?""I sent him the body of Victoria... And he thought that it is you," he said in a nonchalant voice."You're..." I shook my head. "No... No! You did not! Tell me you did not!" I screamed angrily as I gasped for air.Suddenly, Taliyah's door opened. My eyes drifted to my daughter who looked so confused."Mommy? Why are you screaming? What is happening? Daddy?" She looked at Mr. Petrakis.I swallowed hard. I was about to grab her arm to protect her from the devil infront of us but before I could even do it, he had already grabbed her.My eyes widened as he gave me a dark smile when he lifted Taliyah in his arms."Your mommy wants to leave, my love. Do you want to leave Daddy?" he said in a soft tone, but I could hear the threat behind his word
I can't stop staring at her face... Taliyah...Tears clouded my vision as I looked at the kid infront of me... My daughter.My heart was beating strangely for this beautiful kid. I do not know what it was but it feels... so good. My heart was hammering so loud the longer I stared at her."She is your mom, Taliyah..." Mr. Petrakis said in a soft voice, kneeling infront of Taliyah.He took me in her room. I still do not want to believe him but my heart was telling me otherwise. And I can't just ignore what it says to me."Mommy? She is my mommy? Why does she look like Victoria?" Taliyah asked in a cute and adorable voice.I swallowed hard as I felt my tears ran down my cheek as I walked slowly towards her.Hey eyes... She got Greval's eyes..."Oh god," I whispered, sobbing.Mr. Petrakis made way for me. My eyes were only focused on the kid infront of me. I can't take my eyes off her. I do not want to. I want to stare at her for the rest of my life... She is my daughter... She came from