Chapter 106: A still night

Aniston's POV

Getting out of the cuffs took the help of three maids and Cephas but I was suddenly free.

I rubbed my hand and entered my room to shower, so I could go after the son of a bitch who tied me up.

I slipped out through the garden and I made it as far as to the creek before I stopped and I sat there with my feet dipped in the shallow water.

It was stupid.

I hated bodies of water because they reminded me of a time when I had nothing to live for.

I sat there for a while just listening to the birds sing in the trees and the sound of the clashing water.

It was soothing and relaxing.

I laid on my back and for a while, I wasn't the screw up. For a minute, I wasn't the girl that lost her mother at a young age. I wasn't the girl who her family can't stand.

For a second, I wasn't worried about the Storm or Lee or Ari

I was just Aniston, a nobody and I was free.

But sometimes, freedom always comes at a heavy price, for me it was a snap of a twig. I opened my eyes and turned around.

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