Everything I said at the hospital was to push everyone away, especially Markian.
I’ve felt pain before but not like how I felt as I watched Markian shed those precious tears when I told him that loving him was suffocating and hard.
I stood and looked him straight in the eyes as I told the man I love with all my heart, that I can’t love him when he is in fact the reason I found strength and courage.
My heart couldn’t take losing anymore of my family, so it was better I disappeared from everyone’s life for good.
After Markian left my room, I felt broken and empty, shattered into pieces- and I wished I had died.
Until the doctor showed me my pregnancy test result and I was barely 17days pregnant.
The news brought back life to me at first, but then I regretted making the decision to attempt suicide.
I was scared of anyone finding out- especially that bastard, so I asked the doctor to keep it a secret and thankfully he obliged.
Although, he was skeptical at first, thinking that it was because of the pregnancy I tried to kill myself.
But I assured him that I didn’t know about it, and that this pregnancy was the best thing that have ever happened to me. I couldn’t wait for my life to fall back almost in track so I can tell Markian about it.
The news gave me the strength to want to push on, and there was nothing I felt I wouldn’t do for it.
Until I received another call from that bastard, 4days later. The police had told me that they were closer in their pursuit, so I thought I had him on the run and hiding from the cops.
The wave of fear and anxiety suddenly washed all over me again as I picked the call with terribling hands.
“He… hello?” I stuttered nervously.
He took a while before he replied and the tension was agonizing.
“Hello, Mrs Markian Winfrey… here we are again.” he taunted.
What is this? He gave me 7days, but those days are not up yet. Does he still want to hurt Markian? Or has he done it already? I wondered.
Oh my goodness! Markian! I scream in my mind as it went dark with worry of what he might have done to Markian.
“You… gave me- 7days, which is not up yet.” I blurted.
“Well, I don’t have 7 days to spare since you seem to be even more clever and conniving than I thought.” he replied hastily.
Oh no… he is someone who loves to take his time to gloat, but he isn’t taking his time today. Which means he just became desperate, and a desperate man can turn out to be extremely dangerous.
This realization sent me into a panic once again. I had to prolong the call for the police to track him, so, I needed to say more to keep him on the phone.
“Conniving? If it’s about the suicide attempt, it was just a way to make sure Markian doesn’t have any reason to hold back,” I lied.
It may have been the reason at first when I had thought about it, but I’m those fleeting few seconds before I drifted off into unconsciousness in the tub, I may have wished never to wake up.
“And that’s the problem. Even though you did that, we still haven’t received any result now, have we? But since you won’t be doing anything drastic anymore, and my lack of time- which is also thanks to you, I’ve decided that what you need is the proper motivation.” he stated unfeelingly.
“You bastard! You’re the devil, you son of a b’tch!” I cursed in anger.
Proper motivation? He plans to hurt someone again, that’s his definition of proper motivation?
“(Menacing laughter)… it seems the pregnancy hormones are kicking in earlier than I suspected. I wonder how you would explain the next 3days to the kid in your womb. Maybe in a bed-time story titled, ‘how I killed your father’?” he replied shockingly.
You can only imagine how I felt at the realization of my new reality. The proper motivation he was talking about was my unborn child.
A monster who kills for fun and capable of threatening with an unborn child was blackmailing me. At that point, I lost all sense of reasoning.
“It’s mine!!! It’s my baby, you coward! I won’t let you hurt my child! I’ll hunt you down and I will kill you! If you so much as threaten my unborn child, I’ll burn you- you imbecile!” I yelled, threatening and completely disoriented.
What’s fear?
This was pure agonizing-deteriorating fear and anguish.
How did he find out? My heartbeat was racing and I felt very faint. I was going to collapse any moment and that would make things worse, so I gradually fell onto a couch in my office- exhausted.
“There she is..! My all time favorite; the Vicious, Ruthless and Coldhearted killer, Olivia Luthel. I have absolutely nothing else to lose even though you eventually catch me. But you on the other hand, keep proving to me just how much you stand to lose, and I really can’t get my satisfaction until I see that you lose it all.” he said spitefully.
“I won’t lose my husband to your stupid game of revenge. I won’t lose anyone else to your vileness!” I replied dauntlessly.
Whoever I was when I hurt him as he solely claims, I was ready to be that person again if I can drive my hand through his chest and rip out his heart.
If he thought I was vicious and coldhearted, then he was going to see just how heartless I could really be.
“Hmm… I like a challenge. It means you leave me no choice then, since it will be a race against time for this final task. If at the end the next 48hrs you and your amateur police friends and their puny hackers haven’t been able to catch me, you’ll have to kill your beloved husband yourself or I will kill- him and your unborn child…” he stated and ended the call.
A cybercriminal known as Blackace and No. 2 most notorious wanted hacker in the country, real name: Carlos Guillian declared a war against me almost 3months ago.
He have already taken the lives of 2people and another he had rendered comatose just to get to me.
I had just 2days to catch him unless he’ll kill my husband and my unborn child.
With just a text he left behind as primary evidence, since all his calls have been untraceable, the police in collaboration with TNet Telecoms had less than 48hrs to apprehend this maniac.
What an action movie my life had turned out to be after all. I can’t tell how far or how shrewd I have to become to see that that criminal is caught, but one thing I can say is that I’ll never let him hurt me or anyone I cared about ever again.
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