VERA'S POVI thanked my neighbor in New Orleans for finding a place for me on request. She offered a drink at her house, but I turned her down with the excuse of unpacking while I didn't even take any of my belongings.I lay down on my bed and looked around me in a lost gaze when she finally left me alone. This house holds nothing meaningful for me, just loneliness and emptiness. Did I make a mistake by coming here? I thought I had lost my child before, but this time, I felt pain in my bone marrow. I truly lost a baby this time and it's his fault! It's Jack's fault!!If he had talked to his ex-wife and made her leave, what happened shouldn't have happened and I would still have my baby waiting for the due date of delivery.It's disheartening to leave without saying goodbye to him and Tim, but I wouldn't have been able to leave if I had waited to say goodbye to them.The only thing I care about now is taking my child back from Prince Kenneth and going far away from everyone with my so
JACKSON'S POVI know that it's a useless thing to do, but I went to the plantation to make an inquiry regarding Monica and Timothy.Monica never liked coming to the plantation, so nothing would have made her come there. I sat down on top of a fallen tree and watched the laborers do their job. I have asked everyone of them if they saw her or my son, but they all said the same thing that no one else apart from the people I am seeing came to the farm.I remembered coming here with Vera and Tim and how I had been thinking of bringing her here with two more sons in the future. The future has been cut short and I don't see any reason why I should keep living. Why is it always like this for me? Whenever I thought I was going to be happy, something creeps up my sleeve and bites my neck and I would find it hard to laugh again.Look at these people working in this hot sun and laughing loudly, cracking dirty jokes and playing, at the same time working hard to meet the deadline and get their f
WRITER'S POVJack knew there was a time in his life when he faced loneliness. That time he was sleeping peacefully at the hospital while fighting for his life.There was also the time he woke up and there was no one beside him, expecting him to wake up and never fall asleep again if possible.He thought that was the kind of loneliness that was heart ripping until the past few days. Time they say waits for nobody, but Jack noticed that time was going slower than before.It seemed to be intentionally irritating him and mocking him for letting his life shatter again because of one single mistake that he could have avoided if he hadn't been too considerate.Going to work, trying to read, jogging and visiting the plantation were all measures to get over Vera. There was a vast emptiness in his heart that he felt it would burst one day and he would go back to sleep.He has never spent a New Year's night alone. No matter what happened, someone would come or call, and there's Tim who has alway
JACKSON'S POVI was awakened by a terrible dream that sent me panting and sweating profusely even though it was cold in my bedroom.I swiftly switched the bedside light on and sat up to look around my bedroom. When I heard my phone beep, I knew that it's morning already because I set a six o'clock alarm.I quickly went to open the blinds so that daylight would take away the vast dark and loneliness in the room, the one in my heart can only be taken away by Vera's presence.I stood by the window and looked down at the garden where we had made love for hours. It felt just like yesterday. It will last forever."Vera…" I whispered her name. She's in danger. I know, I understand the dream that I had. I saw her in my dream, happy at first and cheerful as ever. Then there was this masked person that appeared from behind and bit her before she could escape. I was supposed to run towards her and save her, but it felt as if my legs were rooted to the ground and I watched her scream for help
VERA'S POVI was dreaming about myself being chained up and thrown into a very deep hole when I sprang up, panting and sweating.I looked around and saw that I wasn't in my house. I'm in a familiar bed and the awful aura of the place I was has never left me ever since my last experience with the boss of the house and that made me become afraid.I rushed to the door and pushed it open. I still didn't feel a sense of freedom at all when I saw that nothing had changed about Kenneth's house.The memories of what happened last night came, but I don't remember what happened next after the person bent closer to me or how I ended up inside Ken's house.I concluded that they must've found me this morning and had given me first aid which seemed too generous for a man like Ken who doesn't care about anyone else's welfare.I knew better than to make the guards look at me with their horrible and scrutinizing eyes. I sneaked back inside, but left the door slightly open so I could see whoever decide
JACKSON'S POVI was going to ignore the news. I would have done that without minding the way people looked at me as I walked to the elevator.My workers and clients weren't left out. Some of them actually forget what they are supposed to be doing and only gape at me all day.The new year ended and things died down and life started moving at a slow and steady pace as if nothing was ever celebrated in just a matter of ten days.So the company is flooded with my workers, clients, and people looking for jobs. Of course it's the eleventh day of January and many applications have been submitted.I wasn't bothered by all of the changes at all. I was more concerned about the fact that I haven't heard from Vera and the cops have no good news about Monica and Timothy. I always stay idle, but my head is full because it's always occupied with so many thoughts. I would wonder if they are doing well and blame myself for everything that had happened.Many times, I jumped whenever my phone rang, expe
VERA'S POVI believed that Jack would comply with Kenneth to see that I am safe and sound, but I didn't know that he would actually appear in front of me.When I heard voices from the room I was locked in, I stood up and went to see what was going on outside through the keyhole.It took me a great deal to realize that Jack was the one pushing through over sixty armed men and yelling at them. My heart raced. What exactly was he thinking when he made the decision to come to the house of the prince of Wales, unarmed, reckless and untamed? For Pete's sake, it doesn't even look like he came with someone! Does he have plans to live again? Does he think that he could buy his life if he loses it or what? I did not realize I was crying until Monica opened the back door and came in to talk to me."What did you do to Jack? He's…" her voice trailed off as she shook her head in disbelief."He shouldn't have come here! He shouldn't comply so easily with Ken! He should be looking for us and not y
JACKSON'S POVI kept lamenting and blaming myself for everything. If I meant everything I'm saying, I would tell the driver to stop in front of Vera's house right there in New Orleans and ask her to go, but I couldn't do that.But that doesn't mean that I am not mad at her. Everything would have worked out fine if she hadn't left the hospital, and hadn't submitted herself to the enemy!She isn't to be blamed for her actions, she only wanted to escape from reality. I had taken another child away from her, and this time around she wasn't allowed to at least deliver the child safely before it was being taken away.I just hate myself for that! And now that I think about it, I have never been so afraid in my whole life like I was when Ken called me and said he captured her.As she sat quietly beside me, I only wanted to take her hand, plant a lingering kiss on her lips and assure her that I will do anything to protect her and no one would ever have to hurt her as long as I am alive.I want