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“Kim what is the matter with you?.”Jill was terrified,Troy and Agatha were missing and Chris was not responding to anything,he was like a moving robot,waiting or lost for his next command.Roy tried hard to bring Chris back to his senses,Rocky was kneeling next to Kim who was not showing any signs of life,what was happening?...
I was there,I could see her crying,Jill was at her wits end,no matter how hard she tried,Kim was not coming back,she was lying motionless on the ground,Troy was just sitting in front of me,I was in a cell lying on a wooden cot,unable to open my eyes completely,something told me that he could see what I was watching,he was connected to my dreams,he was enjoying it,the malicious grin masking his lips were boiling my blood,how on earth I could love a dirt like him,why did I fail to see,see the evil.
“Ruth...Ruth...”I wailed,in pain,I was not dying that was for sure but something within me was burning,I wanted to know why were we going through this,why was Ronaldo in our life,how was she connected to Miyana?.
“Ruth.....Ruth....”I did scream loud and clear.My eyes were heavy,not willing to open,I could see her,she was no good than I was, “Please let her go,you got what you wanted.”she cried,Ronaldo ignored her as usual,he was watering a rose plant in her window, “why are you doing this?.”she shouted,his face was bright and a sharp light shone in his eyes, “you did not give me any other option that is why.”
“What do you mean?.”
“What do you see in them Miyana?.”he asked gravely,wiping his hands in a piece of cloth.
“I see them as my sisters.”she replied.He nodded his head again in disappointment.
“Come on Miyana,you don’t fool me,sister,really..”he laughed holding his stomach.
“Let them go Jacob.Please.Leave her,she is just a child.”
“Crystal I’m afraid has developed a peculiar interest in her and so has Troy,after all you don’t see Berch witches that easily do you?.”he pointed.
“Don’t do it Jacob,you hurt her you hurt me,let her go.”she pleaded.
He was sober again,sitting on the bed,his eyes watching her gravely, “What do you see in them Miyana?.”
His question was not changing,not unless she answered him correctly.He wanted this answer very badly,he knew she was not fond of power then why would she waste her time and energy in bringing up four of them and keep him waiting,he knew she was not the same,the women who loved him had given up long back but he still refused to accept it,he had seen her dying eyes,eyes which waited to see him just once before they closed,it was the same eyes,not at all difficult for him to sense when she was lying or speaking the truth.
“What do you see in them Miyana?.”he repeated again not at all happy.
“They were the first one to love me as me.”her answer was a fresh sting to his old untamed ego,his smile was a hard line of suppressed anger.
“Ah..how foolish of me,I should have thought about it,delicate soul like you,all you wanted was love and there your father married you to an amateur beast,who was hungry for only power and fame,marriage to his only heir,his daughter was a plan to win his throne and power,the daughter however loved the beast but he slowly and steadily cut all her enthusiasm,finally making her nothing but a servant in his huge palace.So when his wife found no love she cursed his soul and tried to finish whatever was left of her.Did I get it right?.”he asked creasing his forehead and trying hard to remember something.
“Jacob...”
“Shh..Sh sh..Oh I forgot to add,but the so called successor, her husband was in love or no I don’t know but something within him had changed,it was not pity or sorrow,it was something which he couldn’t comprehend,something which he came to know recently,he wanted his wife back,he tried everything possible to make her laugh,to make her comfortable but his wife did not give him a chance,for the first time ever in his life he knew a women who was good at taking care of everybody around her,she even took care of him,there were no curses or malice in her innocent heart,till date she is the same but one thing she did change,she vowed that she will never love anybody back,the husband was...”he couldn’t continue,she was in his arms and he tried to reason with her, “would you like to continue Miyana.”
“Jacob that is the past.”she tried avoiding his eyes, “Fine then lets start fresh,only you and me.”
Her eyes were dead,he was madly in love with her but she was not comfortable around him. “Jacob,I don’t....”
“Miyana,I love you,I always did,I’m sorry I was a jerk,forget and forgive me,be mine,I will not give you a single...”
“Jacob please..”she said covering her face, “I did forget and forgive you,I will do anything that you want just let them go.”
“Fine.I’ll let them go.But on one condition.”
“What?.”
“Love me the way you love them.”
She was speechless,his cold touch gave her a shiver,the way his hands brushed her curves and lower lip, she was petrified.
“Do you love me?.”He asked.
“Yes.I love you.”she answered without thinking, “I do.”she choked.Ronaldo was laughing,he just could not stop,holding his stomach,he was on the bed and Ruth was so confused,her hands shivered now and then, “Miyana do that again,like you are vomiting something..”
His laughter was loud and clear, many heads turned in the upper direction where his voice echoed.Crystal was playing with her parrot,she was not looking happy,her eyes were blood red and willing to tear somebody apart.
“Jacob let them go.”
He stopped, staring at the ceiling and then he did turn towards her, “I want her to go,honestly I want it,should we wrap her up in white cloth..”
Before he could complete the sentence a tight blow marked his right cheek.He sighed continuing boldly, “Troy suggested another option he said..”she slapped him again,he tried to open his mouth and she did it again,blow after blow,she did not stop,he did not complain,her hands were red and so was his cheeks,he sat straight in front of her,offering his cheeks again,she did not hit him this time.He waited and she sniffed, “Jacob let them go.”
“Love me.”he said eyeing her,there was no response,he sighed getting up and walking towards the door.
“I’ll kill myself.I will.”
His face turned hostile,his eyes were furious and he looked very annoyed,slowly he turned, his fist still clenched, “come again.”
“I will kill myself.”she repeated.
“No Miyana,not this time,I won’t let you die,this life does not belong to you,it belongs to me.There is no way you will do anything against my will.”
“Death is not your slave.”she threatened.
“But your Agatha is.”he smiled.
“Do whatever you want to do with me but let them go.Just do it.”
“Miyana if I had to do things like that and seek only physical pleasure from you,I could had done that long back why would I wait so long,use your brains,hope it works.”
She was baffled not understanding what to say next.
“Love me and I’ll set them free.”he said leaving the room without turning back,he did stop,just couldn’t help it,the women who was there,she meant the entire world to him,his eyes were hurt,she was the same,they both were speaking,something so mutely that I could not hear.He left immediately when the door slammed.
Crystal threw a newspaper in his direction and he laughed reading loudly the headline, “Jacob Bodwin.”
