Nathan’s P.O.V Her voice was barely above a whisper, but due to the eerie silence of the night, I could hear her. “It’s Nathan,” I answered almost immediately. “Can I talk to you for a minute?” “Sure…” She answered as she opened the door slightly, revealing only her face, her eyes darted to the empty passage way fearfully, I could tell she was on the lookout for dad, then her eyes returned back to mine and she smiled softly. She opened the door wider to let me in. “Thank you.” I started, this was the first time I was ever coming to my elder sister to speak to her, Norah and I have always hated her right from the time we were born. Our parents have always made her seem insignificant, she was never allowed to join us during the family meal time, I had never once seen her hang around the living room. It was almost as though she wasn’t a member of the family, and we have never done anything about it. I also thought about it, and I am just as guilty as my father. “I waited for you bu
Nathan’s P.O.V “It’s quite late, don’t you want to go to your room?” Valentina asked as she glanced at the time from her worn-out alarm, my eyes went in the direction of the alarm as well. We have an hour and thirty minutes till the next day. “Can I stay with you tonight?” I offered pleadingly and Valentina blinked owlishly at me, she was suspicious of me. “I just want to sleep here.” “My bed is quite small and you might not be as comfortable as you would be in your room.” She began to adjust her bed, trying to get her clothes away from it. “Are you going to be, okay?” “Yes, I will be,” I answered confidently, climbing into the bed first even without asking for her permission, she didn’t seem offended. “Would you mind telling me about this Ethan?” “Uh?” She flushed turning her face away from me, I could tell they were more than friends as of now. “Why would you ask me that sort of question in front of him?” She then suddenly started scolding me, it took a while before I recalled
Valentina’s P.O.V A small smile reached my lips as I stepped out of the bathroom, I was in the middle of changing when my phone beeped. I slipped my panties on limping towards the bedside table to check my phone, the message was from Melissa. I just sent her an impromptu text telling her I was unable to come to work yesterday and I begged her to cover up for me. Another beep came and this time, the message was from Ethan. “What are you doing today?” I read the message out loud, I hadn’t finished mentally reacting to it when the phone beeped again. “I would like to meet up.” “What is wrong with this man?” I asked myself, at first, I threw the phone back to the table and turned away from it in an attempt to ignore the message. The phone beeped again and she could almost swear that the message was from Ethan and when she picked the phone, she was damned right. “If you don’t respond, then I will come find you at your place of work.” It was his audacity for her, he was so confident
Valentina’s P.O.VDaughter of a murderer? Who? Me?“Daddy what do you mean by the daughter of a murderer,” Norah asked curiously, as she inched forward towards me. “Dad please answer me.”“Right… you guys have the right to know what kind of beggar she is,” Ron said as he stared down at me condescendingly. “And about how ungrateful she has been to do something like this to you, Norah.”“Dad please stop.” Nathan inched towards us, but his father glared at him. “You have done enough.”“This is nothing compared to what she had done to me.” Ron kicked me again and a small scream escaped my parted lips. I was in blinding pain as I tried to shift away from them, Ron grabbed my hair hurling me to my knees. “And to your mother that I love even more than I love myself, all those wounds that wouldn’t heal.”Ron seemed to be crying, as heartless as he was… Ron cried.“Years, years ago your mother used to work in a bar, just to make ends meet, your grandparents are very poor and she was a very amb
Nathan’s P.O.V“You can’t tell the police anything.” Norah lectured me at the hospital’s reception, “If they question you too much just tell her she slipped and she fell all by herself.”“And what about the bruises on her?” I asked sarcastically. “Do you think the police are fools?”“Then do you want to tell them father is responsible?” she asked me in a harsh whisper, she paused to look around vacantly, before she continued. “Valentina got what she deserved, she deserves that and more, I can’t forgive anyone that hurts Mom.”“Do you have any idea what position she is now?” I asked tears filled in my eyes. “Valentina could die from that fall.”Norah became silent, and without waiting for her to continue with her annoying ramblings I got up and left immediately. Valentina fell from the stairs, or rather, her father threw Valentina from the stairs and she landed on her head. I’m not too worried because I know she isn’t going to die, she fractured her arms and broke a leg, and she wou
Ethan’s P.O.VThe boy grabbed my hands and he tried to push my hands away from his neck, but I held him even tighter pushing him harder into the wall. Valentina was fine when she left me yesterday, and I spoke to her this morning, even though her replies were quite harsh.I understood her, but why would she suddenly be in a very serious condition all of a sudden?“Let me go…” Nathan said breathlessly as he tried to disengage from me, “…This is a hospital, you shouldn’t be doing this here.”“Tell me, what happened to her truthfully… I don’t care where we are,” I snapped at him and the boy quieted immediately. “Was it Ron who did that to her?”His eyes widened in surprise he seemed to know what I was talking about, I pressed him even tighter into the wall.“I-I don’t know what you are talking about.” He denied it almost immediately.“I’m asking you if your father did that to her!” I yelled once more, attracting the attention of the passerby, but I couldn’t care less about that right now
Ethan’s P.O.V“You’re right, it was Father who did that to her,” Nathan had already calmed, and he wiped the ends of his eyes with the handkerchief that I gave to him. We sat down just outside Valentina’s room as we discussed, the doctors said she was stable and would wake up as soon as the anesthesia wore off. “Norah accused her of hitting her, and then father took it personally, I tried to make Valentina leave but my timing was too late.”Norah… that bitch, I clenched my fist, I better not meet her alone one of these days, even though I was fuming mad at the two assholes, I didn’t want Nathan to feel bad.How could he even think of doing something like that to Valentina?I admit that I was also a terrible person towards her, I’ve always complained that she was a helpless and clumsy fool but I would never go to such an extent to leave her hospitalized with those nasty fractures… It was inhumane and it was almost as if he was trying to kill her.“What would you do if Valentina would a
Valentina’s P.O.V It was hot… I felt hot and very uncomfortable, there was something heavy on my neck and it felt as though the weight was sinking me into the bed. I groaned in pain, maybe it’s because I was now awake, but I felt a very sharp pain in my jaw and legs. My eyes flung open and I was met with sharp bright lights that made me wince. I was in a hospital, and there was no one in my room, I wanted to call for help, I didn’t need anything at the moment but I wanted to know why I was there and why is there a cast on my neck. Oh now that I remember, the events of Ron beating me up flashed across my mind, and I sank back into the bed in defeat.Who would have thought that was the reason why I have always been hated and stigmatized all those years? Tears well in my eyes, it’s not my fault… but it was also my fault.I tried to turn but it was close to impossible, I felt so heavy and I burst into tears, the pain came from inside my chest. I didn’t know how long I lay there cryin
Writer's P.O.V "How is the book ending?" Maurice my assistant asked me, "I thought you were working on it the previous night." "Oh yes, but I didn't like the ending." I answered her and her eyes fell towards the laptop screen, she was too strict with me, even though I didn't sleep all night while writing this ending she might still criticize me for being a shitty writer. "I like this." A small smile reached her lips. "I never liked the fact that Valentina would die at the ending, you would never reach best seller with that mentality." I was never trying to be best seller anyways, but since she approves of this ending, I know that the book is done. I will miss talking to Ethan, and also my number one fan, Valentina, even as she died she called my book, beautiful and a masterpiece. It was different from the way the toxic web readers did. But how did the book end again..."You're going to get late for your interview." Melissa yelled at Valentina, just because Valentina was trying t
Third Person's P.O.V"Travis, what are you doing here?" Valentina asked curiously before she could push the door close, he stopped it with the tip of his foot and pushed her away instead. She fell to the ground, she knew she wasn't supposed to let him come inside. "Travis." Her eyes widened when she noticed he was holding a knife again, and that was when she remember a memory that escaped her mind, that day in the crowd, she saw the person who stabbed her, and that person smiled at her. It was Travis. "What do you want?" she asked fearfully as she thought about he could be looking for, was he trying to kill her again? Or could he be looking for Ethan instead. "I see you have gotten quite close with Ethan." His eyes scanned through her angrily, and they narrowed. "You are even wearing his clothes, what is this, are you guys married now?" "What do you want?" she insisted on knowing that first. "Are you telling me you don't know? I know you remember everything, don't you try to act
Valentina's P.O.V Today is the day that Ethan said I was supposed to die, I have been in Ethan's house for the last three days and he had been nothing but kind and sweet to me. I didn't even notice just how lovely Ethan was until recently. I have been getting some very strange memories, this was probably the memories of the Valentina in the previous timeline, the Valentina that died. I thought Ethan was the one who assaulted me, but he was actually the one who helped me. I just understood just how much I had misunderstood Ethan's intentions. I didn't tell him about the strange memories that I am getting, I remember so much about us now, and even the first time he kissed me in his house. "Valentina are you okay?" Ethan asked me curiously, I was spacing out while we were cooking, he nudged me softly. "I didn't know you could cook." I mentioned as i washed the vegetables under the running water. "You cook so good." "I once told you I used to cook for my mother while she was still
Travis P.O.V“I never knew you were this kind of person.” My mother said and her eyes widened in horror as she threw a slap at me. I clenched the part of my cheeks that she hit. “Mom, I had told you not to go into my room, without my permission.” I was at the store today, because I noticed that my tapes were running out, so I went to get a new one. Mother claimed she was cleaning my room and she found my collections, pictures and videos. “You invaded my privacy.” “How dare you…” Father joined in, ah, I forgot to add that after looking through my stuff she also invited my father to see things too. “Who are those girls in the pictures and did you do that to them?” “Yes and what if I did?” I asked them curiously. “What are you going to do, are you going to hand over your precious son to the police?” I was daring them, my mother broke down in tears, and the tapes contained images of badly beaten women that I had sexually assaulted. I used the recordings as a blackmail I never needed t
Ethan's P.O.V I woke up with Valentina in my arms, her eyes were shut tightly, as she slept peacefully, a smile reached my face, and finally this is everything I wanted. Valentina and I like this, every day. She stirred slightly, and soon enough her eyes flew open, they blinked slightly as she stared back at me. At first two of us, just stared back at each other in silence, and then a small blush creeps on her face, and she tried to disengage from me. "Wait..." I whispered as i pulled her back to my chest, "Where are you going in such a hurry?" "Ethan..." She whispered, i loved it whenever she calls my name like this, she was very embarrassed at the moment, and I wrapped my arms around her. "We can sleep some more." I advised. "N-No..." She muttered again. "I-I need to go home, I need to go to school." "Valentina," I turned her towards me, and she hid her eyes away from my gaze, i held her chin softly and tilted her face slightly until her eyes met mine. "We can't go anywhere u
Third Person’s P.O.V (Somewhere not so near)“I am telling you this will be a success.” Guillotine said as he closed his laptop shut and he turned towards Maurice his assistant and content editor. “We should be grateful that the reviews are coming back positively tonight.” Maurice answered with a small sigh. “To be honest with you, you are such a terrible writer.” “Oh, no Maurice, don’t do this to me.” He chuckled as he reeled himself in his chair. “Writing is the only thing I know how to do.” “Your writing has been messed up lately, I was becoming concerned for you, I was about to tell the publishers you would need some rest.” Maurice added and Guillotine noticed the sarcasm in the note as well. “But since the newest chapter had been released, the readers and subscription had increased.” “Oh…” He cracked his neck tiredly, he couldn’t care less if there are people reading the book, but one thing interested him tonight. “And the characters likability?” “Um, everyone wants Ethan t
Valentina’s P.O.VThe doctor said I could go home today, I was getting discharged, and I decided that I was going to quit school and leave home. Once I stepped out of this door now, I would be free, I would try my best to hang on to my life before I disappear completely.I stepped out of the bathroom, and that bastard, Ethan was still in the room, he was sitting on the bed, and speaking to the nurse who came to clean the room. Was it me or his hair had grown a bit longer than usual, well, I shrugged, I didn’t care.Just before I was able to slip out of the room, his voice stopped me.“Valentina,” He got up from the bed and strolled towards me, I turned back and glared at him. “Where are you going?"“I’m going home,” I answered confidently, just being close to him irked me so badly, I knew I had no right to get mad at him for not keeping my secret, but I hated the fact that he was just so carefree about it. “Thank you for the support.”I forced out between clenched teeth but Ethan didn
Ethan’s P.O.V“Valentina,” Nathan shouted again, this time even higher than before, it seemed that he was struggling with the security personnel, I withdrew from the bed, and strolled towards the door, I opened it and it was just as I presumed, he was struggling with the security personnel in front of the door. “Let me in, my sister is inside the room, Valentina!”“What is going on here?” I asked curiously as I stepped outside, only then did the security men let go of Nathan, Nathan’s brown eyes shot in my direction, and there was no sign of recognition. He didn’t recognize me, seems like Guillotine took my request into consideration. “Who is this?”I asked feigning ignorance as well, his eyes widened and a hint of recognition hit him.“You are Ethan Lords, right?” He seemed to remember me, but not more than that. “Please tell them to allow me to speak to my sister, I heard she was involved in an accident in the school.”“Of course, come inside,” I answered and the security men nodded
Ethan’s P.O.V“I said no, you can’t go home.” I rephrased as I tried to aid her understanding even better. “No matter what you do, you can’t go home unless I allow it.” I finally realized it, I can’t be soft with her, if I do, she would continue to be stubborn, I leaned in her face and she scooted backwards glaring at me. “You will stay here and leave when I allow you to.”“You can’t do that.” She snapped and I smirked. “You don’t even have any right to do this, after what you did to me, do you think I am going to listen to you?”I nodded, before pulling back, tiredly, since I was still anemic I strolled back to the couch and sat down crossing my legs again. Valentina was just too stubborn, once she had set her mind to it, she would it, she didn’t care about reasoning, what she is focused on more is her hatred for me, and there was no talking her out of it.That’s why I have decided for myself. “You have no reason to listen to me,” I shrugged my shoulders, “I will not stop you, but