로그인ALEXAIn a few hours, Mark and I would be married again.The thought woke me up this morning and till now, I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I still had about an hour and some minutes to get dressed. The address Shirley sent to me wasn’t far away from the house.In ten to fifteen minutes, I should arrive there.Why didn’t I feel the need to get dressed?On my bed were Noelle’s wedding dress gift and my mum’s wedding dress, both staring at me and my heart trying to decide which of them I should wear.My mum’s dress would be tight because of the bump; she wasn’t pregnant when she got married to my dad, but Noelle’s dress would fit absolutely well. Still, there was still the dilemma and the tugging in my heart, telling me that I was doing the wrong thing.I was giving Mark Ronaldo the power to have control over my life again.He did for five years and I lived in misery. Only a foolish person would agree to take that path again. It was even worse now because someone else was also pregnan
IVY“Finally, she comes out,” Lina Barry said, sipping from a cup of coffee.She was drinking my coffee.Jack must have made it for her, and from all indication, it was obvious that Jack had gone out as he always did.I had no idea where Lina Barry slept or how she managed. After storming into the room and locking the door, no one had bothered to disturb me about opening it, and maybe I should feel relieved for it.I just didn’t like how comfortable Lina Barry seemed to be getting already, especially after her reaction last night.Lina Barry still looked very thin and sickly, but then again, the anger and hostility in her eyes seemed to have disappeared.“Good morning, Ivy,” Lina Barry greeted when I didn’t respond to what she said earlier.Still, I didn’t respond to her.Instead, I went over to the small kitchen, and that was when I noticed that Jack had also made me a steaming cup of coffee. All I needed to do was pour it in and start to drink. Nevertheless, it didn’t make me feel b
MARKA knock on my bedroom door woke me up, and the first thought that came to my head was that Mona had come again to try her luck.I groaned in exasperation.When would she leave me alone?But it wasn’t Mona. The door pushed open and it was Vector.“I can’t believe that you are still sleeping at this time,” Vector said.He went over to my window and drew out the curtains, letting the daylight into my room and straight into my eyes.“Ugh, Vector!” I groaned some more.Then I got off the bed and reached for my phone, but to my surprise, it wasn’t even seven in the morning yet.“Come on, Vector, the wedding isn’t supposed to hold until nine,” I grumbled.“Do you want to get there at nine?” Vector asked, taking a seat in my bedroom couch.I could see that he was dressed in a new pair of suit. Just as I was about to speak, Reyna called me.“Well, it seems you all are determined to keep me up this early,” I murmured before taking the call.The day before had been a whole lot for me, and e
IVYI was expecting some form of excitement from Lina Barry, being that I was doing what she wanted me to do, which was get her out when I got out, but I was wrong.For a moment, I thought I had made a mistake coming from her because of the strong coldness in her eyes.“Lina,” I called again. “It’s me, Ivy, and I have come to get you out,” I explained the situation as though she didn’t understand it.“You have been released for weeks, Ivy,” Lina Barry said tightly.Was she upset?What freaking right did she have to be upset? I was doing her a favor, it wasn’t like I owed her anything. Lina Barry should be grateful that I was the reason she was finally getting out after spending years in the mental home.What was wrong with her?“Are you serious right now?” I asked Lina, barely able to keep my annoyance from showing. “I came to get you as soon as I could,” I said, my voice increasing.Drew decided to step in.“Hey, we need to get out of here first before you two start exchanging words,
IVY“You are going to stay right here and wait for me, Ivy. Please, do not move an inch, talk to anyone, or even make anyone know that you are in the car,” Drew told me firmly.“Mm-mm,” I said, nodding.“I am going to go in there now and in a few minutes, I should be back out with her,” he said again.I nodded again.After waiting for a few seconds to make sure I was okay, Drew got out of the car and walked towards the front door of the mental home.I swallowed hard as I watched him enter through the door.My heart began to race faster than normal.Several months ago, I was brought to this very mental home, forced in without a say, and I had to live each day fighting for my life. Here I was again, but this time around, for something else, and with the help of Drew.He said he had a master plan, and I trusted him.What other choice did I have anyway?I had sat at the back of his tinted car, ready to lie on the floor of the car if the cops stopped him on the way for whatever reason, and
ALEXAI sat in the living room after having dinner, trying to get some rest, or maybe it was because I was too restless.All day, not a word from Noelle.I couldn’t stop thinking about the fact that Shirley told me that she had gone to be with Mark. I did try to get the ugly thought of what they might be doing together, being that Noelle was my best friend and she wouldn’t do something like that to me, but it just wasn’t working.“If she could lock lips with Mark and keep it away from you, then what is the guarantee that she wouldn’t do more?” A voice in my head asked me.Would anyone blame me?Why wasn’t Noelle honest enough to tell me where she was going? She simply used the excuse of going out with Shirley and Reyna, only to divert and go somewhere else.To go to Mark.If she wasn’t doing anything I shouldn’t be aware of, why then did she think to hide it from me?There were several thoughts that kept running through my mind, riling me up, and I really hated to feel this way becaus
IVY“Did you hear what I just said?” She asked me when I stopped but said nothing.I didn’t turn around to loot at her either, so she couldn’t exactly tell my mood. One of the quickest and easiest ways she could get me was looking at my face or staring into my eyes.“We have to keep your name away
ALEXAI honestly didn’t want to show up at the station, but I was informed that I needed to by Donald. “It is important that you are there so that you can make up your mind on if you want to press charges or…whatever decision you come to,” Donald had told me.Then he had offered to come with me to
MARK“Who saw me?” I asked Mr. Devon on our way to the station for the umpteenth time since his last statement but he couldn’t give me a direct response.My heart was beating rapidly; this was becoming more complicated than I anticipated.If someone truly saw me run out of his apartment, they would
MARKI stopped for a minute and wondered what the lawyer was doing coming from Mr. Silver’s office. Seeing someone like that only meant one thing; Mr. Silver was ready to either give away his company or bequeath it to someone else.I shook off the thought for a minute and proceeded to his office.“







