Chapter 19: CHAPTER NINETEEN: An evil deed

Ariana’s POV.

There was no one standing in the hallway, I stepped out and my eyes narrowed and I found no one standing out. I bent down and saw the broken vase, it was a sign that someone was here. Does that mean someone overheard me? My face immediately turned pale. I entered inside, closing the door behind my heart beating.

“Who was there?” Lily asked, her voice low and quiet.

“I don’t know, I found no one,” I said, my voice quivering.

We kept quiet for a while. If anyone overheards our conversation it meant I was in deep trouble, my heart was pounding. Did I really make the right decision coming here? My stepmom wont hesitate to lock me up.

My eyes locked with Lily and she set her hand in the air bending it slightly as she moved it up and down in her chest.

“Calm down,” she whispered. And I nodded my head trying to keep my cool. After a while Lily moved to her room while I laid on my bed.

As I lay there, I felt lonely, it was as if there’s a hole in my heart. I couldn’t help but miss Brian. The past few weeks I have grown so used to him. I didn’t realize how much he has grown on me. I remembered the way he looked at me. How he kisses me and how good he is in bed.

Tears pricked down my face, I wished he could just accept the fact that he’s good enough to be a father, that he can care for us and be a great dad rather than run from his responsibilities.

If he didn’t have to be so difficult then I wouldn’t have to be here in this place, I let out a groan as I tossed around and cuddled my pillow. I couldn’t help but wonder where he was? Was he in the club where we first met? Was he asleep? Was he busy with work?

My breathing became slow, I tried to keep my eyes open but my lashes were heavy. I closed my eyes and allowed darkness to visit me.

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I was jolted awake by the sudden pain in my stomach and I let out a groan as I sat up stretching my arms. My stomach made some noises reminding me that I was hungry. I cradled my hands around my belly.

“You pups need to stop eating too much, you are draining mama,” I whispered. I glanced at Lily who was sleeping peacefully, I wish I could sleep like her.

I stood up dragging my feet outside, my shoulders sagged and I rubbed the sleep off my eyes. I got to the kitchen and opened the pots but they were empty. I let out a low hiss as I covered it with my lips pressed into thin.

I moved to the fridge and creaked open with a soft, muted sound. I let out a hiss not as the empty fridge greeted me and I let out a growl. There was no way I was going to bed without eating.

I took some cereal and sat at the dining table as I began to eat it, but it did nothing to soothe my cravings. I groaned as I shoved it aside. This pregnancy was showing me more hell than I expected.

There’s no fucking way I would cook food by this time of day. I stood up, my face deepened with a frown as I moved to the fridge and picked some cookies and fruits.

I was moving outside when I saw a shadow in the dark. I froze at my spot my eyes fixed at the curtains as I picked a rod and began to move slowly trying not to make any noise as I moved as slowly as I could, my breath coming in shallow.

And then I raised the rod up hitting the curtains but there was no movement. I opened the curtains abruptly and I saw no one, only a scarf on the floor.

I picked it up, and sniffed it lingering on the scent as I closed my eyes and then it clicked to me, this belongs to no other person than Stella. What was it doing here? Was she the one in the shadows? Or was someone trying to play games with me?

My grip on the scarf tightened as I held it heading to my room to rest. I had only taken a few steps when I heard a sound coming from the back door. My heart skipped my head pounding, was someone trying to break into the house. I tiptoe as I began to move to the back door my heart racing

The sight beside me made me gasps but I quickly covered my mouth hiding under the table as my stepmom and Stella froze. They were wrapped with a shawl covering their face except their eyes, Stella's grip on the lamp tightened and her face pale as my stepmom's eyes flickered in the kitchen.

I held my breath squeezing myself as I my stepmom began to walk towards my direction her steps echoed in the quiet kitchen. I could sweat dripping from my face.

She opened the kitchen door, she peeked outside and after a while she closed it quietly.

“Who’s there,” Stella whispered, fear laced in her voice.

“No one,” Her mum replied, her eyes darting in the kitchen. For a moment my heart dropped, our eyes met but then she shifted her gaze and I let out a sigh of relief.

I waited till I heard the door closed, I crawled out of the table and stood up dusting my clothes. I noticed some few bruises in my knees but I shoved it away right now. My priority was nothing more than to find out where they were heading to.

I peeked through the window and noticed they were a bit far, so I opened the door and began to follow them. The cool air hit me as I stepped outside and I cursed my stepmom and Stella for making me come out.

It was dark, the moonlight shining. I tried to be careful trying not to make it obvious. I wrapped my face with Stella’s scarf. I twisted my nose as her scent lingered in my nose. My heart was pounding, if my grandma should catch me right now I would be dead, but my curiosity was getting a hold on me so I kept on moving, letting my leg lead me.

They stopped and glanced back, I quickly hid behind a tree. They kept moving and then stopped. I opened my mouth wide when I saw where they were.