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SIMON’S POVThe next day was no different.I woke up hoping that somehow things would change. Like some kind of miracle would happen and Anika would finally look at me without hatred in her eyes.They did not.I had spent the entire night convincing myself that yesterday had changed something. That maybe after everything that happened after I almost...I shut my eyes.No.I refused to think about it.I just wanted her to see that I was still here. Maybe we could start over. Maybe somewhere beneath all the pain there was still a tiny piece of the woman who used to smile at me. This time there would be no Bree to come between us. No lies. No secrets. I would treat her right.But it was all just wistful thinking.Anika was sitting by the same window, she still had the same distant look in her eyes. And she was crying.She barely moved except to wipe her cheeks.The breakfast Manuel bought sat untouched on the table.Lunch followed the same fate."You really plan on doing this forever?"
SIMON’S POV“Tell me Anika for how much longer are you going to stay staring at the wall huh?”I asked, it felt like I was losing my mind.All she had done ever since she got here was just stare at the window and cry. Morning, afternoon, night, it was like her tear glands were working overtime, leaking nonstop.She barely moved unless she absolutely had to. She would just sit there hugging herself so tightly that I wondered if she was trying to keep herself from falling apart completely.I would have found the display pathetic if it was not so damn annoying.The room was silent except for the occasional sound of her sniffing or wiping away another tear. Every single tear scraped against my nerves until I felt like screaming.As usual, she did not even bother to reply me, she just kept crying and hugging herself tighter while facing the window.I clenched my jaw."Anika."Not even a peep from her.It was like I did not even exist.I ran a frustrated hand through my hair before turning
LIAM’S POV“I don’t know what to do mum” I said.And yes, I know that I was at work and supposed to be dealing with all the work that was held up in my absence, but here I was complaining to my mother.Shoot me.“What are you talking about son?” my mother asked and I ran a hand though my hair.“I don’t know mum it’s just Anika…”“Trouble in paradise?”“Not exactly, it’s just that it has been a week now since the incident that happened, and Anika is not acting the same anymore. She is so skittish and walks around with this permanent look of guilt on her face. Whenever I try to ask her about what the matter is, it is like she completely avoids me” I ran my hand through my hair.“I know that she is sad mum, I just wish she would tell me why.”What I did not add, even though it was pretty obvious was that the fact of not knowing was eating me alive from the inside out, because if I did not know, then I would not be able to fix it.My mum chuckled a bit “you really love this woman don’t yo
ANIKA’S POVThere was tension.And it made me feel uncomfortable because before all of this, Felicia was the closest person in the world to me, the one person on this planet earth that I could come to with anything.And I am sure it was the same for Liam.Jonathan was the closest person to Liam as well, and one person just managed to knock down the trust we had amongst ourselves with the snap of a finger. It hurt so much to think about it, and I just hoped that things would get better between us.I could not leave knowing things would be on sour terms.And now, the thought of what I was going to do was already breaking me into shreds.The silence in the room felt heavier than it should have. It settled over us like a thick blanket, making every breath feel difficult. I hated it. These were my people. The people who had become my family in every way that mattered. Yet somehow, we all looked like strangers who did not know how to find our way back to each other.We were sitting in the l
ANIKA’S POV“Please Simon, I know the deal that I made… I just need seven days with Liam, and once I am sure that he is alright, I will leave,” I said.My throat was burning as I spoke, every word scraping against it painfully. I caught the tears that threatened to leave my eyes with my fingers before they could fall.If Liam was to see me like this, then I could not explain why I was crying to him, and I could not handle lying to him any longer. Every lie felt heavier than the last, pressing against my chest until I could barely breathe.With every lie that came out of my mouth felt like another knife twisting deeper into my own heart.Simon burst out laughing like this was the funniest thing he had heard in a long time.“Doesn’t this give you déjà vu, Anika?” he asked, amusement dancing in his voice.“...”“I also asked you for seven days to win your heart. Now what are the odds?” He laughed even harder, clapping his hands as if he had just told the greatest joke in the world. "How
ANIKA’S POV“Simon they are hurting him!” I said again for the umpteenth time.I was way past hiding and keeping my voice low. None of that mattered anymore, not when there were literally five brute men on him, beating him like he was ordinary cattle.He glared at me. “Shut your mouth and stay put,” he said, still angling the camera in their direction.Simon had gotten a live confession from Bree when she was gloating, and that would be enough to prove Liam’s innocence, but other than that, it was like he actually derived some sort of sick pleasure from seeing Liam get hurt.It was the opposite for me.Every blow that landed on his body, it was like I was feeling it… twice as hard.“Simon…”“Anika, I know what you are thinking, wait,” he snapped, grabbing my wrists tightly with one of his hands.I was never going to wait that long anyway, but the second I saw Simon’s father pull out a gun and point it to Liam’s head, I lost all sense of common reasoning.I snatched my hand from Simon’
ANIKA’S POV“Are you really sure about this?” Felicia asked and I nodded.“I am sure”“But-”I cut her off “please don’t. Hell I just finished having this exact conversation with Liam and it was not easy” I said voice pleading.Felicia just sucked in whatever she had to say “ok then”Sure, I was aw
ANIKA’S POV“What!”He said like he could not believe what I was saying, which to his credit was totally understandable, he must have never thought that in his wildest dreams would I even insist on a divorce.Unfortunately for him, I was no longer the person that I was before…now, I could care less
ANIKA’S POVOne week.That was how long I stayed in the hospital. There was no visits, no calls, not even a message to check up on me.I had devoted 4 years into this marriage, poured all my love, my time and my affection and in the end I had come to terms with the fact that the person that I loved
ANIKA’S POV“I am sorry Madam Smith but you lost the baby”The doctor kept on saying more things but I was not listening from that point on. My hands instinctively wrapped around my stomach that now seemed empty and I felt the tears run down my eyes… still, I did not say a single word. I could not







