All Chapters of Shadows of the Past: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

EMILY I was sorry to leave there. I felt like that was where I could live forever, but after everything that had happened, I couldn’t bear to face anyone. The wounds in my heart were so deep and painful that I felt like sometimes even my breath was hot. I got a window seat on the plane, a secluded seat in a single seat. It was just what I needed. Just me with me and my pain. I closed my eyes, hoping to relax a little, but sleep stole me away and took me to dreamland. I don’t know how long I slept, but I woke up to one stewardess gently tapping me on the shoulder. “Ma’am, are you alright? Have some water.” I looked at her strangely because I didn’t understand why she woke me up. To drink the water? If I was thirsty, wouldn’t I ask for it myself? “You were crying and sobbing loudly in your sleep and we were afraid you might be sick,” she said, waking me from the reverie I was still in. I took a glass of water without being able to say anything else. I felt embarrassed by the

EMILY“He was in bed with her while I....I... I was waiting for him like a fool,” I told my sister through sobs.“My dear, tell me everything so I can understand. Who was with whom? We all know about Kevin, but he left,” Gaby replied, puzzled.“No Gaby, Kevin is back. Thanks to my mother, I’ll never get rid of him. He was a crook and lured her into illegal business.”“What?” she exclaimed in astonishment. “Do you know what you’re saying there?”“Of course I know. I’ll tell you all about it at once. So, I wake up and there's Kevin, standing in my backyard. I thought I got rid of him, but I wasn’t. When I got there, a well built, handsome man who was on fire greeted me. It drew my attention to his muscular chest showing through his white shirt and his sea-blue eyes. It immediately attracted me to him, except that he honestly annoyed me. One day, lost in thought, I didn’t see that the pool had a tarp on it and I jumped in. He jumped in to save me because otherwise I’d drown. That’s when

EMILY“Going where? Do you have somewhere to go?” asked Clark.“I don’t know where to go. I’ll find a place where I can get away from him,” I replied.“Honey, you won’t be able to run away for the rest of your life. There must be something or someone who can help you get away from him.”“Do you think there is a guardian angel for me?” I asked, trying to joke with her. It was actually a rhetorical joke. With one eye, I was laughing and the other crying.“Yes! There is someone,” she affirmed.“Gaby, don’t do that!” came a determined woman’s voice.In that second, I felt cold shivers take over my body. It was my mother! The last person I wanted to see. She had ruined my life and I couldn’t forget that. But she was still my mother and I couldn’t hate her, but I didn’t want her around me anymore.I got up, wishing I could leave and leave her with them. I knew they had a very close relationship, and I didn’t want to change that. Except my sister grabbed me firmly by the hand and pulled me t

Emily “Gaby enough! I said no!” my mother shouted once. She screamed so loudly that little Eduard cried. “No one will look for that.....” he stopped.The little innocent angel’s tears brought me back to life. I picked him up and carried him to his father, who stood like a statue, unable to believe that his wife had the strength to face his mother. I felt innocent but also incapable of ending this war.“That’s it!” I said to the two of them. Only they weren’t willing to listen. They acted like I was just a doll they didn’t know where to put.I motioned for Clark to take the boy away. He’d witnessed enough of the rough stuff for his age. He was terrified by the screaming, which didn’t do him any good. Besides, I wanted to do Clark some good. I wanted to be alone with my mom and my sister.“That’s enough!” I yelled after everyone else in the room retreated. “I’m not an object. Look at me, I’m an adult and I can make my own decisions. Enough of your bickering. It’s pointless what you’re

Mike “Just calm down!” I heard Olivia’s angry voice. “Stop it! Get down from there” she yelled at me as she pulled me back.“You bitch! How could you?” I shouted at Carla after I came down after Kevin.“How could I do what? There’s nothing between us, so I can do what I want,” she replied nonchalantly.A box, which was definitely containing a necklace, jumped out at me on the nightstand next to me. I took it in my hand and opened it. It was a valuable necklace of genuine pearls.“You sold yourself for this? I can’t believe it. I trusted you too!” said I to him in disgust.“You traded me for another, so it’s my right to do what I want, isn’t it?” she asked me, smiling mockingly.She kissed Kevin, then got off the bed. She was completely naked. Although she had a sculpted body, she was nothing like Emily. Her body looked like that of a goddess. The texture of her skin was comparable to the smoothness of the most delicate rose petals. Her intoxicating scent....“Do you dream of what you