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Sweetie its time for breakfast come downstairs and your dads
about to leave come say good bye to him " Amelia said from
outside the door "I'm coming mummy" Ria yelled from inside
the bathroom. Brianna Donovan , turned twenty yesterday and
it was one hell of a party ,Chris , her father hosted it , she got a
lot of gifts from both her parents and every other person who
attended the party , she even got a car from from her father , if
there was anything Christian Donovan knew how to do best ,
then that would definitely be spoiling his overly pampered
daughter Brianna as she was an only child. Adding to the many
privileges Ria had, she was also the heiress to the Donovan
Empire which Christian was presently running. " Ria!!!" Amelia
yelled making ria almost drop the hair dryer she was planning
to use to dry her hair "I'm coming!!!" Ria screamed running
downstairs immediately with her hair still wet. "Brianna your
dad just left,he kept waiting for you but you were just delaying"
Amelia said already annoyed "I'm sorry mummy I was getting
dressed I'll see him as soon as he gets back or better still id just
give him a call" Ria said as she headed back upstairs "where are
you going I told you its time for breakfast " Amelia said
stopping ria "I'm going back to my room , I'm not properly
dressed,my hair is wet,look I'm a mess "she said pointing her
hair "just tell someone to bring my food upstairs "you have to
be fast we have cleaning to do" Amelia said sternly as she
headed to the living room "what? Clean up? Its not even
Saturday " ria complained as she stumped her way upstairs . if
there was something to be noticed about Ria 's parents it was
that when it came to handling her they both did in different
ways, because while Christian would pamper Ria to no end and
give into her every demand , Amelia was the exact opposite she
always kicked against him spoiling their daughter despite them
being super rich and having everything they wanted and more at their beck and call Amelia still didn't think it was okay for ria
to be over pampered and never have to even break a sweat for
anything she wanted as she would already get before she even
thought of it, so Amelia handled Ria in her own way.
After hours of endless cleanup Amelia was resting on the couch
extremely exhausted from all the hard work she just did "mum
I'm going out" Ria said as she quickly grabbed her keys from the
side stand and headed to the door " I told you we had cleaning
to do and you didn't show up" Amelia said coldly as she didn't
even turn to look at Ria , if Ria was not already used to her
mothers behaviour she would have definitely peed her pants
because of the way she just spoke . Amelia was a very nice and
sweet woman and would only show this side of her when she
was pissed or angry at someone. "oh actually mum I just had a
slight headache so I just thought I just pass" Ria lied "and
you're going out?don't you have a headache" Amelia asked
sarcastically " look Brianna you have to stop this nonchalant
attitude of yours and put your self to some use" Amelia said
angrily as she glared at Ria causing her to chuckle which
angered Amelia the more " look mom we have more than 50
maids in this house to do anything you asked them to without
the slightest complaint but you still decide to work your butt
off , oh mummy you're not that young for this kind of strenuos
work you know, you leave the hale and hearty maids to do
what they are paid for" Ria said giving a tired expression as she
pulled her sunshades up to her head " if I'm not mistaken
you're also hale and hearty " Amelia snapped almost loosing
her patience " Mummy I'm 20 I'll soon get my own house
soon ,so if I were you I'd rather be spending all my time with
me rather than quarreling me over some stupid house chores"
Ria rolled her eyes putting down her sunshades to her eyes
" learn how to do some things your self first before thinking of moving out" Amelia hissed as she left the living room "I'm
going to get my drivers license , love you" Ria yelled laughing as
she left the house.
Chris's car was parked outside the company , he was on his
chair getting ready to leave when he heard a loud bang on the
secretarys door after which her loud scream followed , before
he could even get up to see whats wrong , he saw the door
knob twist "you… how did you get in here" he stammered it
was as if all the blood in his body was being drawn out by some
invisible force , but how did he get here? He made sure to run
he was always running for so many years now but it didn't
matter how fast or how long he kept running because his doom
was always going to catch up with him no matter what
"scared?" the person before him asked with a maniac look on
his face but he was too numb to even say a word " look Chris
there is no running this time and I mean it " the person said
again " you have till tomorrow " he said and left the office. God
knew all chris wanted to do was just die and finally vanish away
from the surface of the earth but he couldn't he had Amelia
and Ria to protect , especially now that a grave mistake rom his
past had come back to have his way. He immediately rushed
home , he was going to keep running until he couldn't any
longer because he had more than just himself to actually look
after now."Amelia!!! "he yelled immediately he got into the
house "what! Why are you yelling?" Amelia ran from the
kitchen frightened "where's ria?" Chris asked panting "what
the hell Chris is that why you're making such a fuss " Amelia
asked confused " ANSWER ME" he yelled " she went out to get
her drivers licence ,says she has an appointment " Amelia said
nonchalantly, rolling her eyes " good now come we're leaving"
Chris said impatiently heading to the door adding an even more
confused look to Amelias already troubled face "okay you're
gonna have to explain why you acting so weird CHRISTIAN" she stood still hands folded under her breast as she emphasized on
the Christian stretching it " look I promise I'm gonna explain
everything now you just have to come with me please " he said
with a [pained expression and at last she followed he grabbed
her hand as they both scurried towards the door because Chris
was almost running he opened the door and just as they were
about to step outside someone was standing right in front of
them , someone Chris was very familiar with because of the
terrified look on his face but someone Amelia knew? Definitely
not she had never seen that face before at least that was what
she thought , he was dressed in all black from his head to his
toes, he had his hoodie draped over his head which covered
almost half of his face making it very hard for anyone to be able
to recognize him even if they knew him very well , but with the
look on her husbands face he seemed to have very well
recognized him even with the stated facts at a certain point
she even started to think she knew this mysterious man
because she knew almost everyone her husband knew and it
was very obvious that her husband knew this man very well ,
although something seemed really off with this man had a
certain discomforting aura emitting from him she couldn't even
tear her gaze off him because of how disturbing he looked "Mr
Donovan " he said in an excruciatingly slow and creepy way his
voice had to be the deepest form of bass she had ever heard in
all her 42 years of living the only time she ever heard this type
of voice was at church or the orchestra she usually goes where
male singers sang but that was not how they actually spoke
because they were actually forcing it which usually made their
throats sore for a few days but this man just spoke that way
without any stress or maybe she was exaggerating she wasn't
sure she turned to look at he husband as she had felt him
stiffen , he looked like he had seen a ghost his mouth was
literally hung open as trickles of sweat could be seen forming
on his forehead she had never seen her husband like this since
she met him he was always so reserved and never showed too much emotions no matter what he was facing but here he was
in front of this man like an 8 year old about to pee his pants ,
"who are you " Amelia stuttered after gathering lot of courage
she tried her best not to sound her gaze but lady suck was not
on her side as no matter the effort she put in she still sounded
very scared but he didn't even spare her a glance slowly he
took off his hoodie his full attention on Chris now " I told you
not to attempt running but knowing typical you I knew you still
would you're such a coward who only knows how to run away
from his problems never even stopping for a bit to even see if
maybe there's anything he can do, even just a little bit" he said
bending a bit to be on chris level as he gestured using his hands
to emphasize on a little bit " but that's all over now no more
running Chris you've unfortunately come to the end of the line
" he added, this was unacceptable to Amelia er husband was
anything but a coward he was a strong man and she knew it her
gaze at the man sharpened as she looked at him with eyes full
of hate as he said all those things about her husband which
were obviously all lies. She had enough "Chis who is this man
" she asked nudging her husband as she threw him a
meaningful glare " and what do we have here" the man said
turning to her , finally he was noticing her she shot him a death
glare and if looks could kill this man would have been in the
deepest depths of hell in less than a second . her just chuckled
at her expression " I'm guessing she's your wife right ,
Annabelle? No Akeelah? Or wait Annie ? oh oh sorry Amy right?"
he said laughing as he gazed at Amelia intensely " Chris why
does he know my name" she asked as she clung on to her
husbands arm with confusion written all over her face " shh
love its okay he's not gonna hurt you "Chris said gaining his
composure as he patted her back in a soothing manner
"Jeremy you can take me please don't hurt her she knows
nothing about this right? You know it" chris said to man with
pleading eyes " what are you talking about Chris , take you to
where" she cried shaking him " No Donovan that was not the deal you broke the deal countless times and now I'm mad and
I'm no longer going to overlook your actions and you know I
always go overboard when I'm mad , it was just simple for you
to come with me and nobody gets hurt but you chose the hard
way and I hand it you man you are very smart because you
have played me continuosly for years, but you didn't expect to
get away with all of that right? And come to think you're of no
use to me so I might as well just get rid of you and I promise I
would have spared your life but if I do the moment I walk out of
here she's calling the police and not like they can find me but I
don't wanna go hiding you know it's not convenient for me but
I promise you one thing I'll make it quick" he said with a smirk
what was he even talking about nothing made sense to her she
just continued crying as her husband held her close to him
" don't be afraid , I'm here" Chris said as he flashed her an
agonizing smile and before she knew it she heard a deafening
bang and it was like the whole world stopped and nobody was
moving her husbands grip on her slowly loosening up as she
saw him crashing slowly to the ground with a bullet right
through his head blood splattered everywhere her Chris on the
floor and slowly all their memories came rushing in like a
broken record with a small smile in his face in all of them this
definitely wasn't real her heart broke into a million pieces , he
was her everything "NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" she screamed and
wailed endlessly crashing down on her knees holding her
beloved in her arms "WHYYYYYY!!!!" she yelled at the man
looking at him with blood shot eyes "oops I said it was gonna
be quick" he said and flashed a quick smile and just like that
she was also gone and just like he said it was so quick she just
felt a sharp pain and then it went all black.
