Grandma Lisa POVThe light in Grandma Lisa's eyes dimmed, like a total blackout. She still remained pale for a couple of hours after leaving Darren’s room.Darren had expected everything he had planned to go down the drain when Grandma Lisa saw his true face.He had never forgotten to shut the door and make sure no one was coming before he took off the mask, but just a few minutes ago, he forgot, and it was the first.His heart almost left his body; it felt like there was going to be a great cavity in his heart or that his heart would permanently leave his chest.The only luck he had was because Grandma Lisa had somehow grown fond of him, and if there was anyone Darren was meant to trust a tiny bit, it was Grandma Lisa.He flinched at first, but found total solace after telling her everything. He hadn’t expected her reaction—that she was going to shed tears after he told him what Mr. Reeves told Darren before he died.She was too broken to walk herself back to her room, and Darren too
DARREN POVDarren sat beside her on the bed she had been lying on for over three hours. At first, he was kind of skeptical about what the nurse told him—that Grandma Lisa was going to be fine and it was not serious.He didn’t want to believe that anymore because it was over three hours and she was not flickering her eyes open yet.The fear dissipated when he noticed she was trying to move two of her fingers beside him, and her pulse started to beat normally, not as slowly as it was a few hours ago.Darren, at some point, felt emotion because he was seeing a mother figure in her. He never meant his mom, not his dad; he was raised in an orphanage home, and that was all he knew about himself.He had no clue about his family and little clue about himself. He was able to let go of his nightmare after Mr. Reeves meant it to him that night.Darren was lost in his thoughts; he was barely aware of his phone ringing until it sang for the second time. He pulled his phone out of his pocket and no
Darren POVDarren rode into the parking lot and killed the engine. While he hopped out of the car, he could hear growling going on inside the house.And with that, he could recognize Eric's voice as part of it. He took a deep breath, popped his cheek, and helped Grandma Lisa out of the car.She saw her car on the right side of the parking lot. Hector had returned it, but she noticed Greg’s car wasn’t there, which meant he was not back home.She almost panicked because she had no idea where he must have gone again or what he was up to this time.“Do you trust me, Grandma? I will handle everything. I just need you to have enough rest in your room and don’t get involved in any of these.” He requested it, and she smiled and held tight to his hand. They headed towards the sitting room; the growling was coming from the other side. Darren took the short cut by taking the staircase to the left beside the entrance.He helped her up to her room and made her lay on her bed. “Have some rest, Gran
DARREN POVDarren headed to Grandma Lisa’s room to check on her and happened to overhear Nora telling her she was divorcing him.He heard her cry as well, which was serious, and he had truly hurt her. He barely could hear what Grandma Lisa was saying to her, and it wouldn’t be proper if he went into the room when Nora was having a conversation with her.Then he waited beside the door until she was done speaking to Grandma.A few minutes later, Nora angrily stormed out of her room, and she hadn’t noticed Darren; probably she was too overwhelmed.Darren popped his cheek, deflated it at the same time, and took out his hand from his pocket before he proceeded inside her room.He met her sitting on the bed, and she looked better than he left her. The nap had truly helped, and that was enough to make him sigh in relief.“Did you two plan on coming to see me one after the other?” Grandma Lisa cracked a smile, tapping the space beside her on the bed.Darren got the signal and entered the room
Hector POVHector was heading to the company before he received a call about Greg, then he reversed back immediately.He could recall the last place he spotted Greg’s car, and now he was heading there. He remembered his plate number, so it might be easier to trap him this time.He reached the same spot where he last saw him at twenty-five minutes and came down from his car. He spotted Greg’s car, wondering what he was doing there.As he was about to walk through the parking lot, the same place he had gone to pick up Grandma Lisa’s car, he saw Greg and heard a female scream.Now, Darren was right about getting a female to get his drugs transported. Hector watched as he yanked the girl by her blonde hair, and she screamed even though she had something in her mouth that shouldn’t make her speak audibly.Hector immediately put a call to Darren: “You are right, he’s with a girl now, and I think he abducted her.” Hector spoke angrily. His anger was built up because of Greg.He wanted to imm
Richard was in the company when his phone suddenly beeped in his pocket. He had decided not to take anyone’s call because he had lots of work to do.But the moment he noticed that it wasn’t just a normal number but the normal Cops code, he answered immediately, his heart beating frantically, hoping he hadn’t done anything wrong.With shaking hands, he glued the phone to his ears, and it happened to be Greg who was speaking on the phone.His voice was nearly inaudible, more like he was wincing in pain. “I don’t have much time to speak on the phone, Richard; I only have two minutes to speak to you. I want you to come to the station; I have been arrested.” He sounded like he was pleading for mercy, and before Richard could say a word, the call had already ended.“What the fuck just happened?” It felt like he was in a trance because he would never have imagined Greg being in police custody.Greg also contacted Nora, and they were all on their way to the police station. Grandma Lisa was fu
Immediately, Darren hopped into his car. He had another call from Nora, and she was still panicking.She asked him if he was on his way already and where he had gone without informing her. This time, Darren laughed hard because it was already sounding funny.He still didn’t want to sound harsh to her; he calmly told her that he was on his way already and she was going to see him in a few minutes.Darren was furious; it didn’t show on his face, but his nails were digging into the heel of his palm as though he wanted to rip out the flesh from the area of his palm.Hector had already started the engine of his car; he was waiting for Darren to get in and do the same, but he noticed he just stood in front of it, squeezing his brow and his head facing down.Hector noticed that something was wrong; he took off his seatbelt and ran towards him.“What’s wrong?” He put a hand on his shoulder, but Darren wasn’t looking at him because his eyes were shut and he still had his head face down.“Nora
“Shit, you motherfucker, how did you let them catch you?” Eric cursed as he clutched on the bars of the gate that were separating him physically from Greg.He came as a visitor, and Greg was in jail in the meantime, waiting for his fucking fate.The way Greg looked was dreadful. Eric had never seen him this scared and hopeless. Eric was feeling thankful in his head because he didn’t accompany Greg when he abducted the girl.If not, he would have been behind bars as well, but his betrayal smile kept flaunting on his cheek as though he could do something to help him.“It’s been two days, and Grandma Lisa hasn’t even come to see me.” He murmured, his head down, facing the ground.“What if she thinks you really did it, or maybe she was still in shock that you could do something like that to ruin your family name?” Eric's words were beginning to piss him off.“If you fucking don’t have anything good to say, then get the fuck out of here. I don’t even need your sympathy.” He growled at him.