EDENRoman was the first to get down from the car. Jump down actually and I ran behind him into the house. The door was locked and Quinn was already there, knocking loudly.“Nelly, open up.”I pushed past both of them and tried to see inside.“Is she in there? Belle baby, hang in there. Mummy is here!"“Mummy?!" I heard her voice though it was faint “Ow!”“Sit down!"I could hear her crying inside.“Roman, do something. She's going to hurt my baby.” I pleaded with him.Roman held me though his eyes were on the door. He looked at Quinn and nodded his head. I didn't know what that meant but Quinn kicked the door open and I ran in.Nelly was on the couch with Belle in her arms. She had Belle by the throat and angled a knife towards her vein.“If you come close, I'll kill her. I'll rip her throat open without hesitation. Just stay away from me.”I held Roman back because I could see he didn't have the patience to stand around with her. But i would rather do what she wanted so that my baby
EDENIt had been three weeks and he had still not woken up.The doctor said that his blood pressure was too high and hitting his head and shutting down was his body's way of saying it has reached its limit and it needed rest.He said Roman wasn't in a coma nor was he brain dead but he was in REM sleep and it could take months for him to wake up.He gave him a couple of drugs and IV to reduce the pressure but when I asked him if he knew when Roman would wake up, his body would tell him when to wake up.So I waited.And it's been three weeks. What was going on with him that made him so stressed? I knew it wasn't the company, his company was doing so so good.Was it the pack? Or did he have some other issues to face?Perhaps it was the fact that I was keeping Belle away from him. So, was I the cause of all this?I just wished he'd wake up already. We'd been staying her in the mean time, Quinn said maybe Belle being closer to him would help him wake up faster.She'd been sad, seeing him l
EDENI was getting coffee that afternoon when I saw her at the shop.My coffee had been placed on the counter and it was time for me to pay so I handed the cashier my card.“Ma’am, it's been declined.”Declined? That doesn't make sense.“That’s not right. Have you tried it again?"She did so right in front of me and the machine read “Insufficient funds.”“What in the world? Okay, try-"“Oh, forget it. Use my card. One Americano.” Selena stretched her hand and handed the cashier her card.I prayed that it wouldn't work too so that it would be less embarrassing for me.Unfortunately, it did and I wanted the ground to open and swallow me.“Thank you. I don't know-”“Save it."Of course, was I really thinking that just because she paid for my coffee, then it meant we were friends automatically?I got my drink and began walking out of the cafe when I noticed I'd left my card at the counter.She was still there waiting for hers so I just reached over and took it.“Whatever it you're doing,
EDENTwo months had passed. Two full months since he'd made that hand movement that gave me hope that he was going to wake up.For days after that, I stayed by his side.Things hadn't really changed since then. My life just dragged on and it was so boring.Even Selena's attacks weren't enough to keep me interested and I think she was getting tired since there was no response from me.I didn't have the time to fight with her, it was the last thing on my mind right now.I needed something exciting and fun to happen to me to take my mind off of things.“Mail for you, madam.”I mailed at Mike, the guy who brought up our mail and waited till he walked away to pick up the small envelope. I frowned a bit, wondering what could be in it because I barely knew anyone that would need to communicate with me through mail.It was a letter.“Eden, this is the only way I could tell you what is really going on. I'm sorry for what I did, for taking Belle and holding her hostage like that. Whenever I th
EdenI couldn’t move.When they called me to the morgue to identify her body, I just stared at the big knife wound on her neck, wondering how she could have died. The death would have been fast because it was right on the jugular artery.She didn’t deserve to die like this. It was unfair. I couldn’t even say anything to the warden about her death because it would alert Ryker that I knew about him and I didn't want him to know yet.“Yes, that’s Nelly. That’s my sister.”I wiped away the tear that had rolled down my face and followed him out. I looked out as they rololed her back into the cooler.“You don’t have to worry. The inmate responsible has been placed in solitary and that…is the worst punishment they can get.”But it wasn’t going to bring Nelly back. I didn’t want to tell him that he was wrong and the person responsible was still out there and walking freely but I didn’t sayb anything.“Anyways, we will contact you when the morgue releases her body so you can make funeral arang
ROMANI was in a car. I was the one driving and I could see Eden right beside me and Belle was in the back. She kept screaming for me to drive faster but I didn't know what we were running away from. “Roman! Hurry up! He's coming!” I could see the panic in her so I stepped on the gas pedal and was going as fast as I could. I thought that would solve the problem but she turned around to look again and started crying. I wanted to ask her what was going on and who we were running away from but I didn't. “Belle? Belle! Roman, she's not moving anymore."I turned around to see Belle, lying lifeless in the back seat. She had a bullet hole in her chest and blood was pouring on the floor in the car. I pushed down the bile that rose to my throat and turned around to face the road. The pain in my head increased as Eden cried over Belle. Her screams filled the car and I kept on driving. I still wanted to ask her what we were running away from but I decided now wasn't the right time to. A t
RYKER“Make sure she falls for it. Find someone around her age to make it more convincing.”“But boss, it's not easy. I've seen the kid, she doesn't have any friends. Don't you think it will be easier to set the trap another way?"If there was anything I hated so much, it was when someone challenged my authority. You were to do what I said, how I said it and with no questions asked.I stood up from my chair, keeping my eyes steadily on him as I walked over to where he stood.“What did you just say?”I watched him tremble in fear as I cowered over him.“M-my Lord, I didn't mean-"I didn't let him finish the sentence. I grabbed the knife that was in its sheath on his waist and plunged it into his neck.His blood splashed on my face and some of it got in my eye but I maintained my grip until his body slowly fell to the ground.Walking back to my desk to grab a cloth, I thought about what he said.He was right though. It won't be easy for her to fall for the trap, it had to be very convin
EDENI never thought I'd be saying this but I'm so glad that Roman is awake. After forcing him to go see a doctor, he resumed work the next day.Seeing him this serious about protecting Belle warned my heart. As much as I hated to admit it, I couldn't stand up to Ryker. At least, not in the way Roman would. I don't have money, nor do I have connections nor do I have people to help me fight him when he comes.The most I can do is to run away and even that won't do me much good because he would eventually find me and he won't stop until he's gotten what he wanted.I can't even go to the police because for him to get through to Nelly in prison, he had to have people on his payroll. Right now, I couldn't trust just anyone.He upped Belle's security, making sure that someone was always watching her at all times even when she was in school. The moment Belle told me that she got a new teacher at school because her art teacher moved away, I knew that it was Roman's doing.I wasn't left out ei