My head gives a little spin and I reach out for a wall instinctively, fighting the lightheadedness that creeps up on me. I refuse to look weak in front of Malachi’s father.He has a newborn now, so what? It’s not my problem. It’s no use for me to start feeling dizzy about it. I could walk away from here and forget this ever happened. He can sort himself and his new family out. Almost like he can hear my thoughts Malachi’s father begins to beg, “Antonia, please.I’ve never asked anything of you, but I need you to help me with this. Please, Antonia.”I can hear the desperation in his voice and I can see the pleading in his eyes. I’ve never seen Malachi’s father in this light.He’s always been mellow and uninterested in most things. Sienna is the more vocal one and he backs her up on everything. Malachi trusts his mother’s word more than his father’s and I've always assumed he was happy with that laidback uninvolved life. But right now, that laidback and uninvolved man has just revealed t
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Ian jumps in his seat as I get into the car. I slam the door like a demon and the devil are chasing me. His eyes meet mine and I see them taking in every panic-filled detail they can, before he sees too much or Malachi decides to come after me, I give one order, “Drive.”Ian hits the accelerator like he’s been waiting to do it for a while now and the car moves into the smoothest jerk of speed I have ever experienced a car move in. Ian is chuckling in his seat even as we zoom down the road and he turns back with a beaming smile on his face, “Did you feel that smoothness?”My response is a nervous chuckle. Oh, I felt it alright. I just don’t care much about it. I already have a feeling asking about will get me the kind of answer I hear the owners of very expensive cars giving. That it has a transmission engine of something, something, and a this of that. No, what I need right now is to be as fast as I can. I speak briskly, “I need you to take me to the Starlight hall. Do you know where
Bridget’s pov.“I’ll never tell you where she’s going.”My face still hurts from the force of the slap I received, but I know that face wears a fierce look on it too and I'm proud. It’s time someone stood up to this man-sized bully, and if that person has to be me then so be it.Malachi Finn’s voice sends a chill down my back when he speaks, “I wasn’t joking when I said I could break you.”Malachi speaks like he’s bored and irritated, and though his back is turned to me right now, I'm sure his face says it too.He’s occupied with something on his phone, his attention not even turned towards the mother he threatened Antonia for because he knows his mother is okay. Antonia just has to be made a scapegoat to appease her vanity.Anger curls up in me.For years I watched this idiot treat his wife like she was a lesser creature than him. For years, I had to watch Antonia pine for the love of a man she knew wouldn’t love her back in return. For years, I saw this pompous cart-sized asshole wal
Malachi’s pov.I’m starting to get really annoyed by all of this.Tieran’s presence here is like an itch. A very irritating itch, but the more irritating thing is that i know why he’s here. He’s not here for Antonia’s annoying friend. He’s here because Antonia has asked him to be here.“I’ll hand her right back when she tells me where Antonia is.”If she wasn’t being so damn stubborn we’d have been out of here by now. My uncle Tieran’s response adds to my annoyance, “We have a date, Malachi. We have to get to it sometime soon so i need her back.”A chuckle leaves my lips and i give Bridget a sardonic look as i speak, “Can you tell him his plan is a lousy one? If he’s planning to take you out of here under the guise of being in a relationship with you,” I give her a look that says she’s plain. She cleans up well in the nice clothes and makeup, but i’ve seen her annoying face around my wife too much to think she’s anything but annying and plain.And most importantly, she’s not Tieran’s
Antonia’s pov.The wait in the car for Tieran’s call to come in feels like forever, and though time is ticking away i am not going in there without at least knowing Bridget is okay. I’m still quite early to the hall, “We’ve been waiting here for the past one hour.”I shoot Ian as menacing a glare as i can and he shrugs and blows out an exasperated breath, looking forward instead and out the window.One hour isn’t too much to make sure my friend is okay. In fact, i’m prepared to wait here two hours!My phone rings and i snatch it up immediately. I pick the call and put the slim device by my ear, “Hello?”Tieran’s cool chuckle is like a beach’s breeze on my neck even though he’s probably miles away right now. I probably sounded so anxious, but i am anxious, and only one thing can calm me down. Come on Tieran, please, “Your friend is okay. She’s with me now.”I release a relieved sigh. It’s so loud and the feeling of freedom in my chest is so vivd that i don’t know what to say or if i’ve
“Do you mind telling me why the Senator is asking for you?”I don’t realise the officer is speaking until he turns his head to look at me. Nervousness is making me trip on this dress, and i didn’t consider how hard it would be to walk in it, only that it was pretty and it would look good on me.“Or do you mind, that i’m asking you about your relationship with him?”I didn’t respond the first time, and if i keep on with my silence, i can tell how that will look. He’s helped me today in avoiding what would have been a pickly issue for me. I can’t respond to that type of kindness with rudeness.Through the fluttering nervousness in my stomach i give a response, “He’s no one special. Just someone who has something i need.”I sound like i’ll be out of breath at any moment now and i don’t know if that makes my words very believable. If they do or they do not, Officer Kay makes no indication. He simply nods, and a worried look lines his face. I do not want to ask what that look means so i i
“You still can’t remember who I am can you?”My heart is pounding so hard in my chest right now. A feeling of liquid awe fills me as I watch what’s happening in the room. This looks so real, it feels like magic. The amount of technology it would take to make this happen though….I touch the flowers that have sprouted from the ground with an eagerness that feels childish, and the petals feel real. They feel just like real petals and the fragrance of the flowers is like those of real flowers. Yet there’s no way I could be standing beside a flower bush right now.I am many many stories up a concrete building and flowers need earth to grow. The floor beneath me doesn’t feel like earth, and these flowers… a tiny aquamarine blue petal from one of them peeks out from a stalk of grass, and something about the flowers I handed back to Tieran comes back to me.“It’s beautiful.” The Senator nods and with a gentle snap of his fingers the flowers are gone again, and everything folds in on itself,