The Devil Behind Me のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 61 - チャプター 70

Little young Mirabel could be seen walking around the corridors of a place, presumably a hospital, she moved from one door to the other in search of a room. After a long walk, she paused on her steps as she reached a certain door that read ROOM 25A. She could hear voices from inside, more like whispers, Mirabel peeped through the glass window where she could see someone from inside. Her eyes landed on a figure that sat down on the bed, with his back against her, so she couldn't see his face clearly. The other person wasn't in her line of sight, but she knew that there were two people in there. "If you keep this up, you'll end up dying. You know well about your condition but you are being adamantly stubborn" Mirabel heard a voice from inside, which seemed to be reprimanding someone. She had only come here because the stranger said Room 25A, and she was curious about what he wanted to say to her "If death wishes to come by easier, I'll humbly accept it" the familiar voice of the pers

Axel paced to his grandfather's room and gave a slight knock as he arrived at the door. "Yes, come in" the old master's voice rang out from inside. Axel opened the door and went into the study room. Old Master Stuart who seemed to have been reading rose his head up. "The pain keeps on becoming unbearable," Axel muttered as he made his way to the couch and sat on it. "Isn't that what you wanted from the beginning? You yearned for death right from the start" The old man said in a rigid tone. Axel pressed his lips together, the past was different from the present but his grandfather was the type to bring back old tears "That was what I had wanted, but not anymore, grandfather" he said in a solemn tone "Well... past actions still come around to haunt your future at times," Old Master Stuart said. Axel didn't say a word, he knew how right his grandfather was, he gave a loud sigh "The pills..." Axel started but paused as he saw the glare his grandfather was giving him "I overdosage a

"So, where exactly are we heading to?" Charlotte asked Mirabel as they had been walking around since with no destination. "I thought you were taking me somewhere," Mirabel said with squinted brows. "And I thought the same," Charlotte said "Whatever, let's just return, I'm sure she should have left our seat by now," she said as she held Mirabel's hands to lead her to the RAAH. As they approached, Mirabel suddenly got a call from her manager and she had to divert to Ms. Rosie's office, while Charlotte decided to head to her manager's office also, so they parted ways. As Mirabel approached the door before she could enter, someone suddenly came from nowhere and tapped her shoulders "Hello" the voice said. "Leon, what is it again?" she asked as she recognized the voice. Mirabel turned around and her eyes met Leon's who was staring down at her "Ohh, I'm leaving already and I happened to see you over here so I decided to say goodbye," he said "Wait, you are taking me for a nuisance or w

"Welcome Stephen" she heard her mother say as the young man also walked in. "What in the world!"... Arabella muttered as her gaze met his, was he...? She couldn't even get her words complete any longer as she stood there, star-struck. " Momm..." she trailed as she came back to her senses and glanced in her mother's direction. "Are they?" Arabella asked and received a nod from her mother. "Yes, these are the guests I was talking about" She heard her mother say, Arabella came back to her senses and greeted them but her thoughts were going haywire and in turmoil "Good evening, sir, ma" she greeted respectfully with a forced smile. "Dad, I thought you said we were visiting a friend," Stephen asked in confusion after he had greeted. He was in his office yesterday when his father suddenly called him and told him to come home because they were visiting a friend the next day. His father didn't even say much about it before he ended the call, that was why Stephen wasn't suspicious of anyt

**** Mirabel sat down on a couch in the study doing nothing, she has been sitting there for almost an hour now 'Did he call me in here to come and do nothing but stare at him?' she mumbled inwardly. Axel who has been busy with some files ever since had almost forgotten about her presence, he rose his head up from the files when he heard her clear her throat, probably to draw back his attention that she was still there. He had called her for a reason but he became occupied and had forgotten about it. Axel picked up his phone from the table and answered it as a call came in, the person from the other line of the call said something which resulted in Axel rubbing his hands on his forehead before opening his mouth to speak "Meet me in the basement" that was all he said before he ended the call. Axel stood up from the swiveling chair and glanced at Mirabel "We are heading out" he uttered as he walked to the door "Huh? Together? Where are we going to?" Mirabel asked a row of questions.