Chapter 131 Chapter 104 (2)
It's the weekend. Yet, this weekend feels so quiet. Mamma and Padre are nowhere to be seen, and I don't know where they are. And considering they're giving me the silent treatment, I dare not contact them.
I choose to have breakfast alone. Today, I will start searching for Adaline again. And I hope to receive good news.
Out of curiosity, I open my social media account again. Seeing Adaline's face boosts my spirits even more.
Why am I so foolish? Wasting my precious time all this while. Why do I only realize now that I've never truly spent my time with Adaline? Not even for a simple date.
I regret it. For all the time I've wasted. Spending too much time on never-ending work, to the point where I neglect the times for Adaline's prenatal check-ups and let her go with Mamma or her mother instead.
Never making her happy by taking her out, even just for a meal or shopping for our baby's needs, something I should have done considering I wanted to fix this marriage.
I've been too foolish. I've treated Adaline as I treated Jovanka.
Yes, with Jovanka, we never went on dates or had dinner outside. It was all clear because she didn't want our relationship to be public. And unconsciously, I did the same thing. Yet it's clear, Adaline and Jovanka are different. They're like water and fire. Earth and sky.
I can only sigh deeply. Regret is pointless. Unless I manage to find Adaline, apologize, and make things right.
I swear, if I find her and I'm given the chance to be with her again, I won't treat her like I treated Jovanka.
Somehow, I suddenly want to see my niece's account. And something surprises me.
@Fla_via. Doesn't this cake look beautiful? Oops, but this isn't my creation, it's Aunt @Adawithline's. My body will be expanding soon. My dreams of becoming a model seem to be given to @miss.Abby instead.
The post is accompanied by a photo of the beautiful cake that Altezza saw yesterday. Flavia, Abigail, and Adaline? Are they in the same place?
I furrow my brow. That means...
I remember my parents' words from some time ago. Aunt Brianna. Why did I forget that name just like that?
My heart feels elated. I quickly grab my wallet and car keys, rushing to the garage.
Why didn't I think before that Aunt Brianna might be hiding Adaline? Of course, Antony's mother would help Mamma too. After all she's done all this time, she wouldn't do things halfway. I'm truly stupid. Extremely stupid.
I half-run to my car. Yelling at security to open the gate quickly. I can't wait to see my wife and our future children.
Adaline, darling. Wait for me. Even if I have to beg you, I'll do it willingly as long as you come back to me.
I speed up my car with impatience, entering the toll road heading towards Kansas. I glance at the rearview mirror and see a familiar car following closely behind me. What is she doing? How does she know where I'm going? How can she be following me?
I can't be mistaken about that car because I bought it for her. And of course, I know its license plate very well.
But I don't want to dwell on that right now. What I want right now is to find my wife.
I press the gas pedal harder, pushing the vehicle to its maximum limit. Until I feel something hit the rear of my car. I glance back at my side mirror, and the front of her car is so close to the rear of mine. Jovanka seems to want to play with me.
I press the gas pedal even harder. My car speeds up to a hundred kilometers per hour. Luckily, the road is empty even though it's the weekend. But she doesn't want to give up. She matches the speed of my car.
We continue to compete in speed until I feel her deliberately bumping into my car again.
I try to stay focused even though my car is swerving slightly. I can't. I can't give up.
She's trying to harm both of us. And I refuse to lose. I keep driving my car fast until she swerves towards me, and I lose control completely. I jerk the steering wheel to the left and hit the brakes simultaneously.
The screeching sound of tires can even be heard in my ears until I hear them burst from the pressure and friction on the asphalt. My car flips. I feel my body spinning. My head hits quite hard.
I feel the spin come to an end. The throbbing in my head becomes more painful. My ears are ringing. My car lands somewhere. The road is above my head. The seatbelt restraining me doesn't really hold my body weight. The airbag in front of me only makes it difficult for me to breathe. I struggle to move.
I faintly smell a pungent odor. Warmth flows through some parts of my body. Not to mention the throbbing pain starting in several places. My vision is even starting to blur. My sight feels dazzled, as if several lights are shining towards me.
Adaline, it seems we can't meet right now.