The Wretched Mistress - Chapter 123

As time passed on, there hasn’t really any big changes that happened. But inside in April’s consciousness, she had become aware and could hear voices. Unfortunately, no matter how much she yells and calls, no one seems to hear it. She could not see anyone but could only hear them.

Every time someone visited her, her heart would ache in pain. Especially when her son tells her stories of his days. What he had been up to lately and how he was doing.

She had also heard her parents, the Smith’s, the Hawthorne’s, Colm and Alex. It felt like years had gone by. Inside this darkness, she couldn’t really tell the time.

What boggles her the most was, there was another man who was talking to her. He rarely speaks though and when he does, somehow, she felt comforted. Unlike Colm’s and Alex’s, the man’s voice wasn’t hurrying her to wake up. Instead, he told her to take her time. To let time heal her and to let her face whatever was holding her back to wake up.

His voice was so familiar and yet, she somewhat couldn’t put a finger in it. She doesn’t remember how she had gotten to this place. The last thing she had remembered was, she had been kidnapped after running away from Alex. She felt like there should be more than it. Like some memories she had forgotten, but what was it?

As time goes on, she had gotten used to the voices. Like what that unknown man had said, she decided not to force herself to wake up. Whenever she heard voices that were talking to her, she would reply inside her mind. As if they were talking to each other.

If made her actually comforted. The more she tries not to fight herself, the more she had become used to the darkness. Until one day, she heard a different voice inside her head. Odd thing was, it was her own voice.

“It’s either you live, or I die.”

This sentence had been confusing at first. What did that mean? She knew that the voice was hers and yet, it feels like it wasn’t something that she would’ve said. What exactly did it mean? How could she live yet and her other self dies?

Every night, she would hear this sentence repeated on her mind. Was she going crazy again? These thoughts had been bothering her since then. She already doesn’t know how long she had been in this state. Hearing this kind of thought was not something she wanted to hear. It felt scary and unnerving. Like some ill premonition was set to happen.

At some point in her darkness, she heard a new voice.

“Hahaha! The bitch had finally arrived!”

“Francesca?!” She thought. “Ain’t that her voice?!” Somehow, remember Alex’s wife, it brought a headache inside her head. Unconsciously, it actually stimulated a response into April’s body. She hurled in pain and held her head with both of her hands. If her family and friends had seen this, they would’ve become astounded and be worried.

“What’s happening to her?! Hurry up and let’s get out of here!” Francesca ordered her subordinates and left the area. They had kidnapped April.

She would’ve killed her right then and there but she decided to torment her for a while before killing her.

Unbeknownst to them, Cefei’s men had heard everything. They had been observing Francesca’s team for quite a while. Yet they didn’t go and save April. Instead, they had followed their trail without giving away their actions. It was Cefei’s idea to get Francesca caught in the act and be thrown in Jail. Also to shove it on Alex’s face how naive he was for marrying a Snake! It had been already half a year since Cefei had saved April from Jackson. It was already time to take action. How dare the two hurt his beloved April? Although he had not made his move to conquer her, it pains for him to see her like this. Because of these two people, April’s life had become like this! In Cefei’s eyes, they are part of the people who had hurt April!

—–

“Did they left?” Cefei asked. He was currently sitting in front of a desk, inside a hidden room in the villa where April stays.

“Yes, boss. Francesca and her team had taken her. We’ve also caught the people who had been bribed.” Tommie informed.

Cefei clenched his fist. “Watch everything and make sure she doesn’t get hurt. If she really tries to kill her, make your move. Alert the Hawthorne’s once they get settled. They must catch Francesca. If they can’t even do this small task, Then they don’t deserve her!”.

“Yes, Boss.” Tommie nodded and left.

In Cefei’s eyes, although April’s family matters, they didn’t have the ability to protect her. They can’t even protect her before, much less now. He wasn’t like Alex, he wasn’t indecisive. He wasn’t like Colm, he wasn’t gentle. He was born to rule the Black Dragon Club. Their hands were stained with blood and sweat. He had grown up with a hard and cold heart. Whatever he decided to do, no one could change it otherwise.

It might sound selfish, but he had given them a lot of chances to make up for April. He had given Alex the chance to be with her and yet, what has he done? He brought a snake into Cefei’s lair and that Snake was even Alex’s own wife!

This, he can’t forgive. When the time comes, he could only hope that April could forgive him.

—–

April could hear a bunch of voices. Francesca and some men. But she could hardly understand their words because of the piercing headache inside her head. It was so painful that it hurts so bad. Her eyes were watering nonstop.

Francesca glance at the sorry figure of her husband’s mistress. For some odd reason, she didn’t actually find it rewarding. She had learned that this woman had become ill. Not normally type of ill but that she no longer recognizes anyone. Especially Alex and their son.

“Heaven’s have been helping me. This is Karma for taking something that isn’t yours in the first place! You well deserved this kind of outcome! Hahahaha!” Francesca laughed her heart out. She could see that April had indeed become mentally ill, to the point of not recognizing anyone. Too bad, too bad. She would’ve like to see her reaction when she knew that Jackson had ruined her life and now, her death was awaiting.