Break time is over by the time I get back into the locker room. I'm so disoriented. I keep wondering how Oceana could do this to me. My heart feels like it's being squeezed. I throw my already too-soggy sandwich in the trash. Even if it was still good, I don't think I can stomach anything down right now. What hurts the most is how she treated me. I can excuse Bruno because he usually is a jackass but her?To think that I thought she loved me. I loved her with everything in me and I thought she loved me too. The things she said to me back there keep replaying in my mind. I was only good for company. As I keep thinking, I get more angry than hurt. I put off paying up for my rent so I could get that ring. It was the best I could get at that price and I put almost all my savings to it. I had hoped to get her something better as soon as I could. She just called it cheap and returned it like it was nothing. She looked at me like I was nothing. She said she couldn't stay with me, e

My alarm rings and I wake up to see it's the next day. Just when I thought the night wouldn't end. It's six o'clock in the morning. I should start getting ready for work. I pick up my phone and see over ten missed calls from my sister. She must be really worried. I had told her I was going to speak with her yesterday but after the day I had, I didn't even remember to do that. It's too early to call her now, she must still be fast asleep so I set a reminder to call her later in the day. I don't want her adding me to the list of her worries. She has too much on her plate as it is now. In truth, Tamara isn't really my biological sister, but we feel like blood. I met her when I was forced to stay at a foster home after my dad's accident. We clicked on the first conversation and became inseparable after that. When I was finally able to leave the foster home, my dad fought for her adoption, when he saw how much I liked her and how much I wanted her to live with us. It wa

I am still seated with Aurora.She is seated by my side on a chair near the bed as I ask her some questions.“How did you meet Zente in the first place, I don’t think he would have just approached you to make you commit such a crime if you didn’t have an existing relationship in the first place,” I reason. She nods at me agreeably.“You are right, I knew Zente way before he made that request of me,” She agrees.“I met him twenty five years ago, you weren’t born yet, I was still a nurse in a big hospital back then, I used to be married,” She pauses as sadness fills her eyes.“Used to?” I ask her, I observe her fingers, there are no wedding rings on her fingers. Not even the band mark from wearing a wedding ring and removing it.She must have been married a really long time ago.“Yes, I was married, my husband is late now,” She says sadly.But I don’t feel bad for her.And I cannot pretend so I stay silent, watching her.“Zente was the bar owner back then, where my husband used to go a

"Pray tell, where are we heading to?" Aurora tugs at my shirt, and I turn to face her. Her face looks frightened and I smile at her which obviously doesn't come from my heart. She's the reason we both are in this position right now. I still believe she had a choice if she had used her common sense to think things true back then when the devil had offered her husband's life to her. Rather, she decided to be selfish and let others suffer. I look out of the window not minding her at all. I am thinking of where to take her while I go back to my family. Right now, they are my priority since Zente knows of my identity now and if he can't get me, reaching through my family would be a perfect step in getting me. Thoughts of what he could do to them makes my blood boil hot and I involuntarily clench my hands on the seat, jaw chattering to the extent that it can even grind a diamond at the moment. "You are ignoring me right now. I know you have every right to but please talk to me." Aurora

~Author's Pov~Lynn turns back and sees Mr Matteo, his biological father standing behind him. He looks powerful and intimidating and when his eyes meets his, his orbs softens and Lynn feels a strong urge to cry but he suppresses it and smiles at him. He called him son, he keeps wondering how he knows about it because he's aware of the fact that Aurora hasn't said a word to him. How then did he know about it? "Son?...," The receptionist stutters, her voice quivering in fear as she looks from Mr Matteo to Lynn who she has just insulted. Alias, how is her fate going to be now? She can't help but think."The young man standing before you is my real son, Lynn. He has been undercover for some years now. Infact, he got back from UK a year ago but made his intention clear of going undercover. He's a Hidden Gem but now he's back as a shining light." Mr Matteo explains, smile tugging at the sides of his face. He looks happy and for a reason he thought it was the best thing to do at the situati