Daniel
I spotted Livy heading down the hall towards Markian’s room. She looked distressed and worried.
She had not being at the hospital when I arrived, so as far as it goes, I’ve only heard Heather’s side of the story.
She said Livy had confirmed that she had the food poisoned, but Markian ate it anyways hoping she was lying or joking. Heather also said Livy didn’t care this afternoon whether Markian lived or died.
I searched for excuses, anything that could help me believe that Livy wouldn’t go as far as to hurt Markian even if it’s to prove a point, but I got nothing.
Whatever the reason was, she still poisoned Markian’s food and she’s the reason he’s here at the hospital.
I became nervous seeing here, because Markian’s parents had arrived few minutes ago and Heather might come out of the room at anytime. That encounter would not go well, and it would be a blood-bath if Livy goes into Markian’s room.
So, I intercepted her few rooms away and pulled her into an empty room. I just needed few minutes and by then, Matthew and Barbra must have gone.
Markian wasn’t keen on seeing them, so I’m sure he’ll ask them to leave very soon.
“Daniel? what are you doing?” she asked in surprise.
“Trust me, you don’t want to go into Markian’s room right now” I said, breathing heavily.
She wasn’t so easy to pull into the room and i had to struggle with her a little just to keep her in place.
“What do you mean I don’t want to go inside? I need to see Markian, to know if he’s ok or not. I’ve been worried sick about him.” she said.
“Worried?… Seriously? You are the reason he’s in there and you’re worried?” I blurted out unknowingly.
Sh’t, those words were not suppose to come out.
That’s the problem with me- I keep things inside for so long and soon, nothing becomes a secret anymore. I didn’t even realize I was upset and angry with Livy until I heard myself just now.
“I know- I’m the reason Markian is hurt, Daniel. I never said I wasn’t. Which is why I need to go in there and explain things to him before any further misunderstandings.” she replied agitated.
I was agitated too. I thought she told me things, I thought she and I had a connection. But lately, there are things that she has done that just makes me wonder how true what she said at the hospital a week ago was.
“There would not have been any misunderstandings in the first place if you hadn’t poisoned Markian. That’s just not like you, Livy. Lately you’ve been acting out of character in very disturbing ways that makes me feel you really need professional help.” I stated coldly.
“Is that what you really think of me? You think I’m a mental case? (Sighs)… That must be what everyone now thinks of me, right?” she questioned sadly, and I felt pity for her.
“Livy, you tried to kill yourself a week ago, and today you tried to kill Markian. It would be kinda difficult to make people believe that you sanely did all that. And Barbra… she just showed everybody your Mental Health Assessment Report and it doesn’t tell well of you.” I stated clearly.
“That report is a lie! I’m not sick! You of all people shouldn’t be standing here right now, saying all these to my face. You of all people should understand what I’ve been going through!” She yelled at me.
Understand? I thought I understood everything.
Ok, maybe she is being framed for her sister’s death, but barely anyone can trace the death to her nor do they want to remember that issue, her mother made sure of that.
Her mother fell into coma but, that can’t be enough reason to try to commit suicide. The Verc is unlike what it used to be and as I heard, she has quite a marvelous setup there already and everyone already acknowledges her as their leader.
So, what exactly could be reason enough for her to want to murder Markian.
I have never made her feel like she couldn’t talk to me about anything- so this misunderstanding, even though it’s with others, it shouldn’t be with me.
“I understand you, Livy…” I started in an attempt to calm her down, but she cut in.
“No you don’t! Ever since you saw that picture of me hurting Sophia, you’ve gotten a different notion of me. I may have tried to kill myself, but I didn’t try to kill Markian- I would never do such a thing to him! If you understood, you never would have believed even for a minute that I would ever hurt Markian.” She ranted upset and disappointed.
“What am i to believe then? You stopped confiding in me- you stopped telling me things that bothered you. So, when you said that you only used me to separate my family, I didn’t know what else to think. You were pretty damn convincing and that stung real bad. I would have helped you, aided you and been by your side through whatever you were going through, but you never really trusted me and that’s something that can’t be forgotten.” I confessed sadly.
She was very close to me right now, but felt very distant.
“I’m sorry, ok?! I know that things have gone too complicated between us both and it’s all my fault. If you ever trusted me in the past, then you’ll believe the next words I’ll say” she stated with confidence, so I listened.
“(Sighs)… Daniel, when you first appeared in my life, I thought you were a nuisance, so I couldn’t wait for the day to end so I could forget you, and I did. When you reappeared for the second time at Markian and Sophy’s wedding, I was too distraught to even notice your presence. But you came back again 3months ago, and even though we never really knew each other, I felt like I could trust you. That’s because you are like a mail-man that brings you your mails often. You don’t really know them, but when you are faced in the crowd and spots that one face, you count it as a face you know.” she commented anxiously, with sparkling eyes and i literally held my breathe.
“You knew me and loved me even before I knew you, and that’s the best part of you. You believed and trusted me, but I broke that and I can only imagine how painful that must feel. But if for even I second I thought confiding in you wouldn’t mean that someone would get hurt, I would have told you everything I was going through. Because, you are one of the most important persons in my life- a very dear friend I didn’t know I needed, but got anyway. And I love Markian with every fiber of my being, I didn’t want him to lose any part of his family on my account. I would never even dream of hurting him either if my hands weren’t tied.” She confessed sadly.
I couldn’t hold in my tears anymore, and neither could she. The sudden realization that I was a disgrace to all things pure and good, tore my soul into bits.
“You were being threatened and blackmailed with Sophia death, weren’t you?” I asked, seeking clarity with a heavy heart and she nodded in affirmation.
Livy is a saint, and I deserted her when she needed me the most. I didn’t even know she remembered the first time we had met at the Caribbean, while I was being chased down by her mother’s goons.
She have been suffering in silence all this while, and I didn’t even notice. This is the very first time I’ve felt like I don’t deserve a person like Livy- none of us do.
“Markian doesn’t know yet but, I’m also pregnant with his child. The life of our unborn child was being threatened, and that was why I had to poison him at the command of the killer- but I had no intent of killing him. On my way here, I thought I would just tell him that I was being threatened with the life of our child to hurt him, unless they’ll kill both him and our unborn child.