INICIAR SESIÓNSIMON’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’
LIAM’S POVI laughed.Because there was nothing else that I actually could do.I knew that someone had it out for me, that much was obvious, but what I did not expect was for it to be him that had it out for me.Out of all people in this world, it just had to be Mr. Smith, Simon’s fucking father.What are the odds?“I helped you!” I spat. “You came to me when you were no less than a rat begging for scraps and I helped you.”That smug look on his face finally vanished completely and was replaced with a blazing fury.The next thing I knew, he raised his hand and backhanded me hard across the face.My head snapped to the side.The tangy taste of blood exploded in my mouth. I spat the blood onto the floor and smiled at him. My teeth were probably stained red from all of the blood and I probably looked like a madman.“Does that make you angry?” I asked.His hand wrapped tightly around my neck.“And tell me, whose fault is it that I no longer had the company, huh, you bastard?!” he screame
LIAM’S POV Rosewood City was usually known for its crisp weather.But for some reason, the every moment that my legs stepped down from the plane, all I could feel was suffocation, which normally would make no sense, I mean the sun was bright, the city had strict laws on pollution and so the
BREE’S POVSimon was usually so easy.I mean he was prone to drink all the time since I had been here, a very nasty attitude by the way, but now it was a bit beneficial to me today… i did not even have to do anything and he damn near drank himself to stupor.I walked into Anika’s room and opened up
LIAM’S POV“You didn’t!”My heart warmed the second I saw the absolute surprise on her face.Such a nice feeling to know that my efforts did mean something.It had taken a lot out of me to pull this off, to keep this secret, more than I would ever admit out loud, but standing there in front of her
ANIKA’S POVNow trust me I know that Liam wasn’t one to keep malicious secrets.He was not Simon.I mean the first indication was that Liam couldn’t even keep secrets from shit. I mean for about a week now, whenever I saw him, it was like h was about to explode and finally tell me what the secret w







