Catherine’s POV
I watched as the strange man foolishly left the room as if he wasn’t even in control of his own mind and I wasn’t surprised at all. It wasn’t the first time it was happening.
“Arthur!” I called out to my husband as I used my eyes to scan the room only to find him sitting on the couch in the room.
“Thank goodness you are here. Let’s go please, just take me away from this place please ” I pleaded with Arthur. I had enough of this place and I knew that my cup was filled up, I wasbt so sure that this strange man would still keep me alive.
“No Catherine, I cannot do that. You will have to stay here because I cannot take you away from him unfortunately” Arthur was trying to sound strong but I could sense the sadness in his voice.
“Why Arthur? Why do you want to leave me here?” A teardrop escaped from my eyes.
“Because I just can’t take you from here. If I take you away with me then you will have no choice but to cross over to the other world with me and if you do that then who is going to look after our daughter?” Arthur came closer to me but he still kept a distance.
“Our daughter? You mean Mia is still alive?” I was surprised and happy. After hearing that all I wanted to do was to force my way out of this hell of a place and go find my child.
“Yes, she is Catherine. The only evidence of the love we shared is still out there and you know she has grown up to be such a beautiful teenager. She looks like a younger version of you” Arthur’s voice was as sweet as I had remembered.
“Then bring her here with you. Is she staying with you now? Why don’t you take me to her? I want our family to be complete again, please Arthur” I kept on talking and when I looked at Arthur’s face, I saw so many emotions.
“It is all my fault Catherine that we can never be complete. But this I can promise you, I will reunite you with our daughter again.
I will do everything in my power to make it possible” Arthur was feeling remorseful but I couldn’t understand why.
“How is it your fault Arthur? You are not responsible for anything. That strange man and woman are, they are the ones that plotted to k*ll you and they are the ones that locked me up here, they…” I took a pause and suddenly remembered that Arthur was dead, so I had been talking to his ghost.
I suddenly panicked as I sprang out of the bed and stood far away from him.
“You don’t have to be scared of me Catherine.. please, I am only here to protect you and our baby girl. I will never hurt you, I could never do it while I was alive so I cannot do it now I am dead” Arthur was calm despite my reaction.
“I still love you so much. ” I cried out as I wanted to go close to him and hug him. I really didn’t care anymore, all I wanted was my husband and my child.
“I still love you as well, maybe even death cannot undo our love but you cannot touch me Catherine, you must never touch me no matter what” Arthur moved away from me.
“I have to go now but please be strong and don’t get too depressed. I will always be with you and from now on that b*st*rd will never be able to lay his hands on you again” Arthur smiled at me and I just wished I could lie on him and let him stroke my hair like he did whenever we just finished having s*x while he was still alive.
Mara’s POV
“Good morning ma’am” I greeted Keren as I shut her car door.
“And since when did you start calling me “ma’am”?. I know you Mara, you lack a lot of respect, ” Keren was explaining as she was quite surprised that I actually called her ma’am.
“I don’t lack respect. I was just being rude towards you back then because I didn’t know you much and besides you are now my boss so I am forced to respect you whether I like it or not” I argued.
“You threatened me when you were attacked and I was your boss” Keren stretched her palm that was resting on her driving wheel, tapping on the wheel with her fingers as she raised an eyebrow and looked at me suspiciously
“Hmm” I scoffed.
“Anyways we have to get to business. I sent you a photo and that is the lady you will be handling the perfume to.
There are police officers up ahead and if they ask for a search make sure to keep the bag hidden while you are seated at the back of the car” Keren was giving me really strange instructions that made me suspect her.
“Why should I hide the bag if it only contains perfumes? I mean are the perfumes illegal or something!” I was questioning her as if I was a police officer myself.
” Now that’s the Mara I know. The one that talks back at me. Look, it’s a simple instruction and it’s a very easy task to carry out.
Don’t ask me many questions, if you don’t want to do it then it’s fine. You can leave, nobody is forcing you into doing this” Keren responded rather harshly, which was quite unusual but I needed the money.
“Okay, I will do whatever you ask me to do without asking you any questions. I am sorry if I have done something wrong, let’s go now ” I looked at her quickly before looking away and getting my phone.
I checked the picture of the lady she sent to me and she started giving me more instructions on how to act when I am around the lady whose name she said wasn’t important I knew, this Keren lady is really something else on her own.