After hearing everything from Alex, her heart sinks into her stomach, her cheeks are wet from her uncontrollable tears. Her heart wrenches in pain at the thought of being betrayed by the man she so much loved with everything in her, but on a second thought, she feels like he was right about everything. If she truly loved him, she wouldn’t have agreed to that in the first place. Does she even have any right to feel used when she already hurt Max so much? Does she have any right to be hurt with just this, when she has lived all her life hurting people?
As she drags her feet along the lobby and heads to her room, her phone suddenly starts ringing and she rolls her eyes when she checks the screen and finds out that the caller is Dennis.
She crashes against the bed as soon as she steps into her room, staring up at the ceiling with a pool of tears streaming down the corner of her cheeks.
‘There is no wedding for us, Alicia. Do you think I would still marry you after everything? You fucking got pregnant for my brother… You…’
‘I did all that because you wanted me to! Because you… because I loved you and would do anything to make you happy’ As those words echo in her head for the umpteenth time, more tears find their way down her cheeks, and she feels her heart wrenches in pain.
She takes a deep breath as she sits up on the bed, staring into space. Is leaving everything behind and getting out of this place the best thing she can do? Yes, that won’t ever take her pain away, but then… She won’t feel so much pain if she doesn’t have to see Alex all the time. She won’t be in so much pain if she is away from here and have no memories of him with her.
She takes a deep breath as all these thoughts conflict in her mind. With all the strength left in her, she drags herself to the bathroom where she spent hours doing nothing, and when she walks back into her room, she is just wearing a towel. She crashes on the bed, and that is all it takes for her to sleep.
The sound of her blaring ringtone pulls her out of her deep sleep the next morning, and she groans as she tosses on the bed. The bright sunlight welcomes her as soon as she forces her eyes open.
“Ugh!” Rubbing her palm on her forehead to reduce the headache she is feeling, while trying to sit up on the bed, she finally reaches out for her phone and yawn as she swipes the unlock button, but what welcomes her are pictures of Mr. Daniel and his family, except for Ariel that is not there.
“What!” Her eyes slowly widen in shock as she stares at the picture. They are in a somewhat dark room. Their faces are tied, hands tied to the bank, same with their mouths.
Her hand trembles and her mouth drops open. Just when she’s about to go to her call history, the phone suddenly starts ringing with Dennis’s name displayed on the screen.
“What do you want? Just let them go if you don’t want me to unleash my demon!” She yells at the top of her voice as soon as she answers the phone. Tears brim in her eyes, her heart beating rapidly against her chest, and fear grips her at the thought of Mr. Daniel getting hurt.
“I told you to stop being rude to your dad, Jessica. I’m sure you got my message, right?” Even though she is not seeing him, she can feel the smirk on his lips right now, she can imagine the look he would have on his face.
“Just fucking tell me what you want, Dennis! Don’t you dare hurt them… Don’t lay a finger on Mr. Daniel! He didn’t do anything to you, did he?” She speaks up for the second time as the tears in her eyes finally find their way down her cheeks, but she hears him scoff instead.
“Why? Do you think you can tell me what to do? I’m sorry, sweetie… I’m not used to taking orders from anyone, I give the order instead,” He replies to her with a touch of sarcasm in his voice, and she slowly grits her teeth.
“What do you want?” She asks for the second time.
“That’s my girl. Since you didn’t want to work with me, that’s fine… I will do all the dirty job. Meet me tonight, and let’s elope first thing tomorrow morning after I get what I want from him. We can finally live the happy life we’ve always wanted,” His words pierce her heart, and she gulps down the lump that forms in her throat.
“Be careful of what you’re going to say. Just a little annoying word from you can earn their lives in the instant, ok?” His voice sounds through the phone, and she gulps down nothing.
“What do you want from me?” She yells at him as more tears stream down her cheeks. Although she didn’t like the way Mr. Daniel has been treating her lately, but allowing Dennis to do something to him was the last thing she wanted to happen. Without that man, maybe she would’ve been dead by now. Without that man, maybe she wouldn’t have existed after that day she ran into his car.
“I presume you know where the documents to all his properties are. I want you to get them for me. Get them for me right away if you don’t want to lose all of them,” She gulps down nothing at the sound of his voice, knowing that he means every word that comes out of his mouth.
“I’m going to get them for you. Don’t touch them, please… Don’t harm them, I beg of you,” She pleads with him.
“That’s fine. I won’t touch them, as long as you do what I asked you to do… And one more thing, don’t think of involving the police if you don’t want to lose them. If you dare involve the police, then they will all be gone,” And with that, the call drops dead and her heart sinks into her stomach. Of course, she knows where all the documents are, but giving them out to Dennis was something she would never want to do, but it doesn’t seem like she has a choice at this point.
Jumping off the bed, she dashes into the bathroom and has a quick bath before getting dressed, after which she drives out of the hotel, heading to Mr. Daniel’s house.
As she drives down the road, many thoughts conflict in her mind, and she couldn’t control the tears that keep streaming down her cheeks. Is she really doing this? Is she really going to give him everything that he wants and leave here for good? What if he decides to kill them after she hands everything to him? Those are the questions that keep running through her mind as she speeds down the road, but still, this is something she needed to do if she wants to save them…