Two days later. The room felt suddenly too hot and too stuffy for Richie to breathe comfortably. In anger, he loosened his tie, took a few cufflinks off and threw them into his pants pockets as he stared at the doorway which wasn’t opening like it was supposed to. It was way past 11:00pm, way past the time Elaine was supposed to walk in like the Angel she was, but she was nowhere to be found. At first, he had tried reassuring himself by saying that she was probably held down by her ever classy makeup artist, and with the fact that she had always wanted to look exceptionally good for her wedding but now it was beginning to feel different. Richie felt weird and bothered. He couldn’t stand the wait anymore. A tiny voice in his head whispered to him that this was her way of escaping, her way of running away after everything they had been through but he couldn’t bring himself to believe that. Elaine wasn’t one to run or shy away from her problems, a
Richie The tie clung onto his neck like a choker but he didn’t notice it as his mind was somewhere else entirely. He yawned, rubbing at his heavy eyelids only to sit up in shock when he discovered that he was still inside his car since the previous night and that he was still clad in his wedding suit. His wedding suit… The suit that he had planned to take off the instant he was alone with Elaine after their ending; the suit he no longer had the strength to take off his body because suddenly it felt like all of his dreams were already going up in smoke. …a thick choking smoke. He slowly trudged out of the car, walked all the way into the house, and stood hopefully in front of the large TV screen which only brought news of the exploded warehouse over and over again. He couldn’t believe that something this drastic could simply happen only a few hours to something he’d always dreamed of. It felt like a dream, a very terrible dream that he had still not woke
Elaine. Her eyelids were heavy, almost like they’d been previously sealed shut with a cement and then forcefully ripped open after it had gotten dry moments later due to indecision. Elaine winced under the pain. It was a little too much and her body throbbed from it. She could feel her stomach twist painfully from it too but she didn’t care, all she wanted was to understand what she was doing here when only moments ago, she was at the back of Richie’s Rolls Royce…on her way to her wedding reception. She wanted to understand why anyone would decide to kidnap and beat her up when in fact, she could swear she hadn’t done anything to warrant such treatment from anyone. She was confused and at the same time shocked but was also scared because she was quite unsure about who was behind all these. What if it was Jude? Or Ashley? Her eyes widened at the thoughts as her heartbeat accelerated. She prayed that It shouldn’t be any of those two because she knew of
Elaine “How’s this even possible?” Elaine mumbled very quietly under her breath after taking her first bite of the almost half cooked cheese sandwich which smelled way tastier than it actually tasted.Her taste buds which had previously been on overdrive immediately came to a rest and then she began to munch slowly on the food whilst fighting the urge to drop it in order not to offend Ashley.That would be bad.She couldn’t even bring herself to tell Ashley that she wasn’t such a good cook and that the food tasted bad, instead she ate on slowly and decided to strike a conversation with her.“I get the part where you always had people working for you and so you should always have them doing your biddings. Why then did you still learn to cook?” Elaine asked whilst chewing.She grinned when Ashley frowned at her half opened mouth but wasn’t remorseful as she kept chewing absentmindedly on the offensive tasting sandwich.Ashley rolled her eyes; “I never learnt to cook pumpkin, and I know
Richie seized this peaceful opportunity to ponder over everything that had been happening in the past month. He decided to turn every table, leaving no one out. He thought about Ashley and how she was a probable suspect in Elaine's disappearance case but then he knew that Elaine hadn’t snitched on the girl. Ashley was big on loyalty… and since Elaine had done her own side of whatever deal they had on, then she would be off Elaine's back. He also thought of Jude but the young man was dead, thus leaving him with his mother and jane. Those two were the only people he could bring himself to suspect but then he still couldn’t wrap his head around how or why they would try to get Elaine out of the way. his Elaine… He thought about the part where she told him about being pregnant and it made him sick because now he wasn’t sure if she had made it up or if the autopsy results had been a lie. He could remember how he has always been sceptical about having kids, h
“Stay back!” Jane growled fiercely but Elaine couldn’t exactly say if she was yelling at her or at Richie. Her body shook with fear as she stared at the black metallic object clasped in Jane’s hands but she didn’t show her fear; She couldn’t bring herself to because she knew that that was exactly what people like Jane thrived on. She couldn’t give her that satisfaction. Before she came here, she had braced herself for the absolute worst; had expected Jane or Mary to pull a stunt like this from the very beginning that now it no longer surprised her. All she wanted right now was to get out of this situation unscathed. She didn’t care how she intended to do that but knew that that was her only aim. Ashley had told her that a thing like this would happen; had warned her and thankfully she had listened. At first, she didn’t want to be scared but when she looked into Jane’s eyes, and saw the crazed maniacal look in them, her fear only intensified. This witch
Days later… (New York city) “Please be quick about it..” Elaine said to the hotel receptionist and quickly dropped the phone almost as soon as Richie waltzed out of the bathroom looking as though he was running an ad for a modelling agency. He looked so handsome in his bathrobe and had droplets of water on his hair and face which only made him look more breathtaking to Elaine; and she couldn’t help but thank her stars for allowing her to get to meet someone as perfect as him. He was the perfect depiction of her childhood dream man; and sometimes she feared that he was just too good for her. Their eyes locked and held; and for a moment they were so enthralled by each other that nothing else mattered anymore. Not even the fact that they were clad in nothing but their birthday suit. Richie winked at her, making her blush fiercely. After a long while of comfortable silence, Elaine let out a long sigh and screamed excitedly; “I still can’t believe that I
In the city of Greece, a lovely mansion with a beautiful garden.The first rays of sunlight streamed through the curtains, gently illuminating the room where Elaine lay in bed, her weary eyes staring at the empty space beside her. It had become a familiar sight—a husband who was physically present but emotionally absent. Richard, the love of her life and her husband had become a mere stranger in their marriage.As Elaine mustered the strength to sit up, she glanced at Richard, hoping for a spark of recognition or a word of comfort. But his eyes remained fixed on the newspaper in front of him, his silence was a constant reminder of their growing apart marriage. She stared at her husband still waiting for his recognition but it seemed as if he was never going to acknowledge her presence or the fact that she had woken up.With a heavy sigh, Elaine mustered the courage to break the silence. "Richard" she spoke softly, her voice laced with a mix of hope and desperation. "I need to go to