Followed by the Silhouette

Chapter# 8

Lisa was busily whipping cream for the cake she planned to surprise Elijah with. Elijah loved chocolate cakes and Lisa made them often. Just when she raised up after checking the oven, she was dumbfound. She didn't knew Heath will come home this early.

"That's what you think, you'll sneak out under my nose and I won't know!", Heath had it enough.

The whipping got harder and harder.

"I have rights, okay and there's nothing you can do about it", Lisa replied.

"Oh, yeah. I know exactly who you met", he narrowed his eyes at her.

Lisa gave up whatever she was doing as she knew now nothing can be done. She prepared herself for what she hears everyday and on top of it, it doesn't matter any more.

"You're a slut. You hear me?... A slut!", every single word was weighed with anger.

"You mustn't be considering that".

"Come! I'd had enough!", he hauled her out in wrath.

"Stop! Where on Earth are you taking me?"

"You know where your life is taking you with all this you're doing?"

"Yeah! I know. Eternal torment, straight to hell. Let go of me!", she screamed.

The cream bowl sheered on the floor. Smearing white all around.

He dragged her to the white, sliding frame glass window. Seizing her from the neck, he stood at the brink.

"Stop resisting!", he growled in his rattly voice.

"Look how close you are to death, just one push away", his whisper sent chills to Lisa.

She became hysterical.

"Stop!... Let me go!... Please, stop... You know I'm height phobic".

She urged back, panting. She was convinced he'll throw her. Nothing good could be expected from him.

" You'll never meet that babe-magnet again! Understood? And next time, I'd rather let go".

"Understood", she replied frantically.

"Why don't you get it? You're mine and I don't share anything", he said cupping her face.

" That's an erroneous statement. I'm not some thing".

Part of her wanted to assure this guy of her love for him and the other wanted to go run in the hills.

She was leafing through a book, when he rushed in his paranoid rage, "Lisa, how could you...", he trailed off, unable to speak of it. 

The sudden discovery of Elijah's truth made him mute. Not just a discovery, a real coup.

His red-rimmed and runny eyes were an allusion for the severity of the consequences. She did start to predict while living with him. But right now, she wanted the ground to open up and swallow her.

Escape. Run else he'll kill you, she thought.

Sprinting across the room, she hinged to the balcony and jumped.

The ambulance crew arrived to find zero blood pressure and oxygen in his body. He was on the edge of his life. 

They tried everything but no use, nothing made a difference in his body. His body couldn't just believe what he saw. Something really shocking.

They tried more adrenaline and inserted a breathing tube but his heart refused to work. Only the sound of flat lines echoed through the operating room.

All staff started to replace equipment and took off their surgical clothes. They'd tried enough.

"I'm sorry, the shock was so svere", the doctor sighed, "He couldn't make it". Then he walked away after breaking this news to Merissa.

"This is not happening, this is surreal, this is just a terrible nightmare", Merissa babbled shaking her head, "No, this is just a nightmare. Wake up!", she started slapping herself. It was then she hated Lisa and her daughter Elijah. It was then the anticipation unleashed.

"Oh, I'm... I'm so sorry", Lisa wailed while hugging Elijah and sobbingly kissing her, "I'm so sorry. This is all my fault".

Then she sat staring at some unknown point in her slough of despond.

"Never let anyone get under your skin", she said weirdly to Elijah.

And even though Elijah didn't understand what her mommy is saying, she nodded.