CHAPTER THIRTY EIGHT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Tremont pushed aside the documents, breathing out his frustration. It had been a week already, but he still found it difficult to concentrate on anything.
It was her.Aurora, who kept haunting his mind. He could still remember the hopelessness in her eyes as she uttered those last words.' You never listen to me simply because you already hated me, you think that I'm a very horrible person, I can't say if I'm a good person, but I've never had any bad intention towards you or your family!'She even troubled his dream, he found it hard to sleep at night, he should know better than to believe a gold-digger like her, but that didn't make him feel any better.He drank a sip of his tea only to spit out the soured taste, he was going to be sick.
The doctors still weren't clear on his mother's condition, they had advised him to prepare himself for the worst. Even if his mother somehow manageCHAPTER THIRTY NINE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Aurora was surprised when she saw the person waiting for her on the opposite side of the room. From the peripheral of her vision, Aurora saw the warder leaving. Her eyes never wavered from John. She had thought the likely person to visit her would be Georgina, at least to gloat about her victory if not anything else."How is Linnet doing? What about Ryan? has h...he been fine? Did he recover yet?" Aurora spoke weakly. She thought if she only had some minutes, she would at least try to get the answers to the questions that had been disturbing her mind from the very first day she had been imprisoned. John didn't respond for the next few seconds, and Aurora suddenly grew doubtful. Did something happen to Linnet and Ryan? Or maybe John thought she was guilty of what had happened and that was why he wasn't replying?"Do you also think that I was the person who attacked Linnet?" Instead of ans
CHAPTER FORTY~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Tremont stepped out of the doctor's office, his face schooled in a hard mask. It would only require a glance for the people around to tell that something was amiss. "Tremont, what's wrong? What did the doctor say, is she going to get better soon?" Georgina spoke softly, as opposed to the panic and resentment in her heart. She couldn't believe that the old witch had survived the fall! She thought that she had successfully gotten rid of her for good. For the past few days, she had lacked the ability to sleep or think about anything, she wondered if Linnet would miraculously get better and would expose the truth to Tremont. Tremont inhaled sharply, the doctor's words from a few minutes ago echoing in his mind. "Tremont, please speak to me, I'm getting worried." She urged. Tremont stared from her to John and then to Ryan. He decided to speak, concluding that his son would be too young to understand the s
CHAPTER FORTY ONE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Aurora clutched her stomach as she emptied bile into the lavatory, her stomach hurt, she couldn't count how many times she had vomited since the last hour. She always has had a weak stomach, it wasn't used to the water given to them in this place. She sighed as she splashed water over her face and rinsed her mouth. The detention center didn't provide a mirror but could guess that she looked horrible, she was leaner, her once long hair had been shortened as per the rules. "Hey! How long do you intend to spend in there!" An impatient voice yelled. Aurora adjusted her clothes and stepped out of the lavatory, only for one of her fellow inmates who had been waiting outside to bump into her. "You better watch it whore!" The inmate snapped bitterly, shoving Aurora hard against the wall. Aurora staggered to regain her stand to stare at Paula, it wasn't the first time the girl had been rude and mean to her, Even so
CHAPTER FORTY TWO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Tremont almost couldn't recognize the woman lying so still on the small bed. Bandages covered some of the bruises on the frail body which the provided hospital grown had failed to hide. His heart gnawed with the same intensity of anxiousness as it had when he had first found her under the heavy rain yesterday. How did she turn out like this in only the space of some weeks? The woman he had sent to prison had been healthy-looking. Now, she was painfully thin, her complexion was pale and waxy, her previously long hair was now short and dry, he even spotted some fresh bruises on her face. ' She is suffering from a severe case of cholera, combined with the infections from the untreated bruises on her body, if she had been brought any later, I'm afraid that it would have been difficult to save her ' The doctor's words echoed in his mind.The more he stared at her unmoving form, the uncomfortable sensation in his heart
CHAPTER FORTY THREE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"Water." Her mouth felt all dry and swollen. She opened her mouth and managed to repeat the words, this time her eyes fluttered open. The first thing she realized was that the walls were different from those of her prison cell. She suddenly remembered she had been released!After that...The thought was shoved aside when a glass of water was presented in front of her, she grabbed the glass greedily and dragged it to her lips. At that moment, she gazed at the person who had handed the water and her shaky fingers gave way.The glass fell to the tiled floor with a loud shattering sound. She was barely conscious of the sound. Her body was left frozen in shock, she couldn't tear her eyes away from the man in front of her.Dressed in a charcoal grey suit, his dark hair thoroughly combed was none other than the very person who had sent her to jail.Her husband.Trem
CHAPTER FORTY FOUR~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~' Make yourself presentable ' Tremont had spoken before leaving the room. Was it an hour ago that he had mentioned the charity function?Aurora stared from the expensive-looking clothes to the jewelry that appeared to be very valuable, Aurora decided one thing. She wasn't going to attend. She paced around the room, deeply lost in thoughts. First, he had taken care of her expenses and had brought her home from the hospital. Now, he wanted her to attend a charity event with him? A sigh escaped her mouth when a knock sounded on the door. She walked towards it to pull it open. She met Tremont's familiar gaze. He seemed to access her every feature with an emotion she didn't recognize. Her heart skipped hard when his gaze found hers again. She noticed that he was dressed in a flawlessly ironed black tuxedo, his dark hair had been brushed to perfection. He was strikingly handsome, Aurora thought i
CHAPTER FORTY FIVE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The questions started to pour like rain.' They were rumors that you sent your wife to jail, how true is that? 'Aurora couldn't breathe, she was feeling light-headed, most of all, she wanted to disappear from their midst, but that was something impossible."Mrs. Tremont, a source spoke that you tried to kill your mother-in-law, was that the reason you were imprisoned?" A faceless voice from the crowd yelled.Aurora's heart was thumping too fast, she was going to suffer from a panic attack. Suddenly, her fingers were enclosed in warm larger ones. She lifted her head sideways to stare at Tremont, her heart missing a beat when she found him studying her closely.Confusion raced through her mind, didn't he bring her here to humiliate her? Why was he clasping her hand?Tremont turned towards the crowd of reporters and spoke for the first time."Those are plain rumors, my wife and I ar
CHAPTER FORTY SIX~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Georgina couldn't get enough drinks. She wanted to forget her argument with Tremont but couldn't.How could he treat her so? Didn't he know how much he meant to her?He had publicly denied her!Since he found out that she had framed Aurora, he had spoken less and less to her, and now this.Was she starting to lose him to that whore? No... She couldn't!Not after all her years of waiting for him!"Did he really say that you guys are over?" Audrey spoke sympathetically while Nicole poured the wine for her friend.Georgina blinked back tears. Her eyes suddenly caught sight of Aurora who was sitting only a few tables away.A few women were surrounding Aurora, all of them probably trying to curry favor with her.That used to be her spot! Georgina fumed inwardly, she had never hated anyone so deeply as she did this woman."It's all because of his new wife! I'