Davina’s Pov:-
I glanced at the people standing in the living and my eyes moved back to Arthur’s mom, this woman had left a wound that wouldn’t heal even after four years. The day she came into my life was the worst day, I still hate to see her face.
“Arthur?” His father called while stepping towards Arthur,
“What’s happening here?” he asked with worry and confusion evident in his eyes,
“Who did this to Olivia?” He asked while glancing at the man behind him,
“Where are Allen and her child?” The man behind Andrew spoke,
“Both are dead…” Arthur replied and every single one except for me and Arthur gasped in shock,
“What?” The woman beside the man spoke earlier exclaimed in shock,
“Jesus,” Nadia muttered under her breath while glancing at the floor,
“How did all this happen?” The man asked,
“Someone kidnapped her and Allen… tortured them and killed Allen a year ago… they planned to torture her for few years but she escaped them… Davina found Olivia unconscious in the woods and brought her here…” He said while glancing at me,
Everyone’s eyes landed on me, and I felt a little uncomfortable under their glazes, “Thank you so much for saving our nephew,” Spoke the woman while stepping towards me,
“This is Samuel, Olivia’s uncle… her late father’s younger brother and I’m her aunt, Emily,” She introduced,
“Thank you, Dear,” Samuel said, “Thanks for saving her life,” His eyes held genuine emotion and I noticed tears rolling in his eyes. I just smiled at them and glanced at Arthur, his eyes were already on me.
“Arthur… Do you think it’s still safe to keep her here?” Andrew asked,
“Cops asked us not to leave the place since they are investigating everything,” He replied,
“I hope the culprit gets caught soon…” Nadia said, I glanced at her and our eyes met for a split second before I looked away from her.
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I was sitting in my room with April, and all of a sudden Arthur opened my bedroom door and strolled in with an extremely serious expression on his face. He glanced at April and stopped in his tracks, “Coop,” He called, Within a minute Coop appeared in front of my bedroom door.
“Yes, boss?” He asked standing out of my room,
“Take April with you,” He ordered, and Coop bowed down and walked inside the room. He took April with him and closed the door before walking away.
I glanced at Arthur and saw him walking towards me, “Cops informed me that body was indeed Allen and it’s one and half-year-old dead body…” he said while sitting beside me and looking at me.
“So… she was telling the truth,” I exhaled, he nodded his head while placing his hand on mine.
“We will find the killer…” He said,
Tears rushed to my eyes as his words hit my ears, he hated Allen and promised to kill him in front of my eyes but for sake of me, he changed his decision. As I was about to wrap my hands around him and hug him, his next words stopped me.
“He will get punished for what he did with Olivia…” he said staring at the wall with a determined expression on his face.
I tried to cover my disappointment and moved my hands back to me, I swallowed hard and turned my head while trying to control my tears. I took a deep breath and tried to put on a normal face.
“Thank you for letting me know about this…” I said while turning to him.
Hearing my words he turned to me and stared at me without saying anything, I smiled at me while trying to control my emotions.
“I… I want to stay alone for a while… Can you please…” I said while turning away from him,
I could feel his gaze on me but he didn’t say anything and stood up from the bed, he glanced at me before turning back and walking out of the room. Leaving me alone in sorrow and pain.
Tears rolled down my cheek and all the pain I dug inside rushed back, I covered my face with my hands and let it all out. I cried and cried, yet the pain wouldn’t disappear.
“Why?” I sobbed,
“Why am I like this?” I asked,
“Why does this hurt so much?” I whispered while crying my eyes out,
I laid back and cried till I slipped into sleep.
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As I woke up, I saw Arthur sitting beside me and staring down at me, I blinked my eyes to make sure it was real and he was there sitting beside me. I slowly sat up and glanced at him, he moved closer to me and pushed a strand of my hair behind my ear while gazing at me.
What is he doing here?
He stared at me while letting the silence fill between us, “Why are you here?” I asked while moving back from him.
As my question hit his ears, I noticed the glint of hurt in his eyes which disappeared in a second. He covered it up and quickly answered my question, “They are talking Allen’s body off the island… I’m taking Oliva… do you want to come along… with us?” He asked,
Hearing Olvia’s name I quickly wanted to reject but I wanted to see him one last time, so I nodded my head.
“Give me a minute,” I said while getting off the bed and walking to the bathroom. I freshened up and came out of the room,
“Let…” I stopped as I saw that he left the room.
I let out a sigh while walking towards the door and walking out of the room, I made my way towards the living room and saw Arthur helping Olvia while wrapping his arm around her waist and holding her other hand.
A strand of pain hit my chest which made me want to go back to my room, I reduced the speed of my walking as I watched them and tried my best to not be affected by it. Hearing my footsteps, they turned their heads back and glanced at me.
“Davina…” Olivia smiled,
“How are you feeling?” I asked while walking to her,
“I’m good,” She replied,
“Let’s go,” Arthur said,
“You’re taking her with you?” I heard a familiar voice coming behind me,
I turned back and saw Nadia asking Arthur, “Why can’t you and Oliva got there… Alone,” She said, glancing at me.
I tried my best to not get struck by her idiotic words but somehow her words hurt me, I didn’t let her notice it though.
Arthur glared at her while clenching his jaw clearly showing his anger and disappointment, “It’s up to me… Who I take and Who I don’t… It would be best if mind your own business,” he said while turning back and helping Olvia, I quietly followed them.
I was quietly following them as they both kept walking in the direction of the underground place, there was complete silence between us.
No one spoke anything and it was very awkward. As we reached there, I noticed the guards around and there was a ladder placed to help us get down. He got down first and helped Oliva reach down.
I stepped forward and extended my hand to him but he turned to Oliva and was helping walk inside, I sighed in disappointment.
I should have come alone rather than with them, I thought while climbing down and walking inside. They placed lights inside making it a bit brighter than before. I followed them to the room where I saw the dead body and noticed the cops standing beside the body.
Seeing the dead body, Oliva began to cry out loud while slipping down on the ground. Arthur bent down and tried to console her, she wrapped her hands around his neck and was crying hysterically.
Looking at the dead body, tears rolled down my cheek. The condition of the body was terrible and the smell of it was making it impossible to go near him. I wonder how she lived here with his body lying in front of her eyes.
“Mr. Spencer… we need to take the body now,” One of the cops walked towards Arthur,
Arthur nodded his head at him while holding Oliva, they carried the body out of the room as we stood there, watching them taking Allen’s body. Oliva kept crying and Arthur was trying his best to comfort her but failing terribly. He helped her to stand up and led her out of the room and I just watched him take her. I glanced at the spot where his body was laying last time before following Arthur. As I stepped out of the room, something hit my mind. I turned back and glanced at the spot, my eyes caught a glimpse of something in the corner. I slowly walked there and bent down to see what it was.
There was a tiny hole at the corner of the wall below, I covered my nose while moving closer to have a better look. I put my little finger inside the hole and I felt something inside. I tried to move it out with my fingernail, after a few unsuccessful attempts it came out of the hole.
It was an sd card, it stared at it while taking it in my palm.
Why is this here? A question popped inside my head.
What if… What if it has something important? Something related to the killer? I thought while winded in my eyes.
I have to find out.
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