Chapter 103
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\[Next Morning, SH Hideaway\]
"So you're telling me I'm the only one feeling the energy shift between Cap and Fisa?" Konstantin said broodingly.
He's seated on the couch, shirtless and smoking that early morning.
"I noticed too, wifey" Ashton replied, coming out of the kitchen with a plate of fruits which he set on the table.
"I told you to stop this wifey shit!" Konstantin threw his slip-on, and Ashton dodged, so it hit Warren's head instead.
Warren is just coming downstairs whrh he received the hit.
He picked the slip-on and flung it back to Konstantin, hitting his right eye.
"Ugh!! You thick bastard!!" Konstantin groaned, but Warren just sat, staring at his phone...
Ixora's message from last night...
Little Liar: Goodnight❤️🔥
"What the fûck does a fire heart in bracket mean?" He asked cluelessly.
"Seriously? I can't with you" Anfisa shook her head, just coming downstairs.
"Are you explaining or not?" Warren smirked, and she gave him the same smirk.
"Burning emotions, intense desires, lust...I want you" Capri explained, descending the stairs too.
He's shirtless and also bare in the lower body, almost naked except for his boxers.
"Wear something, shit!" Anfisa threw the marijuana kettle at him, and he caught it, returning it to the table before ignoring her.
"Meanwhile, I can't wait for what's to come tonight" Konstantin said, smokes swirling out of his mouth.
Warren's eyes are still on the phone, the fire heart emoji.
"Intense desires? Bold" he muttered, texting her to meet at the cinema tonight.
One final outing before he'd blow her off.
"I'm gonna go see Bronx this morning" Ashton said.
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\[Hello Hospital\]
Monty's hands are in her pockets as she walked in, and though Tina is behind her, she feigned ignorance, pretending to not see her.
They came in different cars actually.
"Monty" Tina finally called her, but she didn't stop.
"Monty" Tina blocked her.
"What?" Monty folded her arms.
"I'm sorry for being a bîtch last night and always, don't give me this continuous silent treatment, it's killin" Tina said.
"Are you sure you wanna go in there with me?" Monty softly replied.
"Of course" Tina smiled, holding her arm and entering Bronx's ward with her.
Bronx is in bed, whole body bandaged except his face, and he's barely conscious, but the moment he saw them, his eyes opened fully.
"What the hell! Didn't I warn you to stay away from me, Monty?" He struggled to sit up.
"You're suffering like this cos of me so the least I can do is stay with you and—
"I don't need your presence!! Get the hell out!!" Bronx pushed away his monitor and drip stand aggressively.
Tina shifted back, but Monty still went close.
Bronx kicked her in the tummy, and she fell to the ground.
"You stinky feet!" Tina almost went for him, but Monty held her back.
"If you dare tell the secret to anyone, I'll skin you alive. And if you're still thinking the cult is something light, then you better be prepared...you both will die" Bronx said.
A minute later, Ashton came in with Capri, and Bronx got down from the bed.
"The fûck do you think you're going?" Ashton held him back.
"None of your damn business!" Bronx pushed back, and Ashton pressed him to the bed.
"Let go of me!! Let go!!" He yelled.
"Who did this to your body, say a fuckin name!" Ashton demanded, and Bronx laughed scornfully.
"Do you care? You never cared. If you did, you wouldn't leave me in Tennessee to come join your friends here in Cali! You wouldn't leave me to father's mercy for years! And now you're acting like a big brother? May you rot in the bottomless pit of hell" Bronx spat, and Ashton's hands tightened on his clothes.
Monty swallowed the bile in her throat, wishing she could talk.
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\[Creed's Family House\]
Elder Creed's knees have bandages on them, wrapped to keep his wound dry.
He should still be in the hospital, but he insisted on coming back home since he can't stand the hospital smell.
He's on his wheelchair, sitting alone in his inferno chamber with a table of documents in front of him.
He has finished working on them, so he's currently staring into space, reminiscing about the past.
—24 Yrs Ago—
Elder Creed stood in a thin hallway in his family hospital, going back and forth with cold fear on his chest.
His wife is currently getting operated on.
She was in labor for three hours straight, so Elder Creed signed the CS form for operation.
He's not alone in the hallway though... He's with a woman who's his wife's twin sister.
The woman looks even more tensed than Elder Creed himself as she's almost peeing on herself with anxiety.
"I swear if anything happens to my twin sister, I'll kill you, and I'll kill that baby, so you better pray for my sister to survive!" She talked.
Elder Creed continued pacing, ignoring her.
"You're aware that she's not strong enough to birth a baby, you've been told before you got married to her!" She shouted again.
"I wanted abortion the moment I detected the pregnancy, but she was adamant about keeping our baby!" Elder Creed finally talked.
"You're the man, you should have forced her into the abortion ward!" She yelled back.
And at that same moment, the doctor in charge came out of the theater, lowering his nose mask with a sad look on his tired face.
"How's it?" Elder Creed and the woman asked impatiently.
"It's a handsome baby boy" the doctor managed to smile.
"My wife, what about my wife?" Elder Creed fearfully asked.
"I'm sorry, sir" the doctor said.
"No...no..." Elder held the doctor.
"No!!!!!! Doreen can't be gone! She can't be!!!"
"My twin sister is gone? It's not over" The woman said as tears rolled out of her wide eyes.
She got a gun out of her belt holder, and the doctor tried hard to protect Elder Creed, but the woman already shot four times, and all four bullets hit Elder Creed's knees.