MONALISA
“We are here” Mum said softly as we walked into the hotel room we had just booked for the night.
“We will be here only for tonight. Tomorrow, we will leave for a friend’s place and be there till I finalize renting an apartment. But I am also thinking about buying a house. I have saved up enough to do so” Mum added but I really didn’t have it in me to give a single response.
There was nothing I wanted to do more than jump onto the comfy looking bed and cry myself to sleep. Today was the worst day of my life.
I glanced at the clock on the bedside table and realized it was a new day already.
“Mum” I called in a weak voice and I saw tears gather in her eyes instantly but she took in a deep breath and just hugged me again.
“I really want to ask him why he did that. I really want to ask him why he killed Seb and acted like a true friend for years. I really want to know” mum sobbed and I patted her back.
My eyes stung but the tears were not pouring out like earlier. It seemed like I was quickly running out of tears to shed.
Holding each other, my mum and I found our way to the bed and laid on it.
We didn’t say a word to each other, not even a word of consolation. We were silent, sobbing at times and just sniffling back tears at times until I finally fell asleep.
LUCIUS DEVINE
I looked like a total mess, a shadow of what I used to look like. And I didn’t have to look into the mirror to come to that conclusion.
I ran a hand through my hair. I was going to make amends in whatever way I could.
I walked down the stairs into the living room and then walked out of the mansion and proceeded to go to the mansion opposite mine.
Lisa could not have told her mum about it. I was pretty sure about that. But the moment I was there, I noticed the air. It just did not feel right.
I unlocked the door and walked into the home. I could feel a type of anxiety building up quickly inside of me. How was Lisa going to react this morning? Was she going to be calmer than she was last night?
“Cupcake?” I called out on getting to the living room.
I caught sight of an unfinished glass of wine but I paid no attention to it.
“Cupcake?” I called again but still yet, there was no response.
My brows arched and the anxiety in me was quickly replaced by a sense of urgency.
“Cupcake!” I called loudly, going up the stairs already.
A quick look around and I knew Lisa wasn’t here.
“Fuck. Where could she have gone to?”
I brought out my phone and dialed her contact before recalling that she had lost her phone the previous day. I cursed underneath my breath and dialed another contact.
“When did Lisa leave here?” I asked immediately the call was answered, cutting off the greeting the guy on the other side had intended on saying.
“She left late last night with her mum, boss”
“Her mum?” My brows arched.
“Yes boss”
I let the phone down from my ear and ended that call. The words repeated in my head. ‘With her mum’
Did Lisa tell her mum about the fact that I killed Seb?
“Damnit!” I cursed and punched the wall next to me hard.
The pain wasn’t close to being enough, though.
If Lisa’s mum knew about it, it would be even more difficult to get Lisa to accept and love me once more. Yet, I could not do with her.
Lisa was everything I needed and without her, I felt dead. The only thing keeping me alive and active right not was the zeal to find her and bring her back to me.
Taming my emotions, I dialed another contact.
“Find the location of Lisa Sebastian for me right now”
“Yes boss” he replied and I ended the call.
I was still in Lisa’s room and slowly, I sat on her bed and brought the sheets close to me. It smelled of her and heavens, it was less than a day but I missed Lisa so much already.
“I need you back, Lisa. I need you”
Perhaps it was my neediness that eventually pushed me to call Lisa’s mum. I didn’t care if she had found out too, I just had to hear from Lisa.
I watched as it rang and was picked at the second ring.
“Why the hell are you calling?!” It was Lisa’s voice.
“Oh god” I sighed.
I fucking missed that voice already.
“Lisa, we need to meet. We need to talk. I…. I know I messed up real bad but I really need to talk to…”
“What do you want to talk about? About how sorry you are for murdering my dad? Or about how sorry you are for killing others? Or how sorry you are for hiding all these away from me for years?”
“Everything. Everything and more, Lisa”
“Listen, do not call my mum ever again. You have done more than enough to hurt us. My… My poor mum wouldn’t be able to take any more. Please just let us be. Don’t ever call my mum again.”
“Lisa, please hear me out” I didn’t want her to end the call.
“Wh… What do you have to say?” Her voice was breaking. That beautiful voice was filled with so much sadness.
“Let me see you, Lisa” I whispered and heard her sigh softly over the phone.
“I… I can’t” she sniffed back tears.
“I will explain everything to you. Every word I will say to you will be the fucking truth. Just let us meet. I can’t do without you, love. I can’t.”
“Lu… Lucius”
“Lisa…”
I heard her name get called by her mum in the background.
“Don’t call my mum. I will send you an address. I want to hear the truth and nothing more. I will be leaving after that. That would be our last meeting” she ended the call immediately after the hurried words.
I could not be more glad. I had a chance to meet Lisa and I was going to try my fucking best to make sure that would not be our last meeting.