The Wretched Mistress - Chapter 131

Time went fast for someone who wasn’t paying attention.

Time goes fast for someone who wants to stop time.

And…

Time is inevitable for someone who was dying inside.

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Hoping that Time will heal us all…

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The Funeral process went fast and since her body was already burnt, she got fully cremated. Her ashes and Sky returned home to the US with Ted. Malcolm and his son accompanied him all the way home.

Bringing bad news to their wives back home, It didn’t end up well. April’s mother, Annie got hospitalized. While Jenny Smith had a very heavy heart. It was all said that everyone felt unfortunate for this to happen but what could they do?

Meanwhile, in the Hawthorne’s mansion, Theo and Phoebe were helpless with their son. Alex had fully stopped working and went AWOL. They couldn’t get hold of him. As far as they know, he had been constantly seen at pubs and clubs. Drinking his broken heart out.

“He can’t go on like this! He still has a son to take care of!” Phoebe looked at her husband.

“Sigh… Just give the kid some time. I’ll handle the Lewis for now. Sky is our blood after all. Alex needs to step up sooner or later.” Theo patted his wife while sitting on the couch.

“I know. I feel bad for them to lose such a precious daughter. We could’ve had a perfect daughter-in-law. Alas, You better catch that damn wench! Or else! I won’t talk to you anymore… Hmmph!” Phoebe harrumphed.

“I know, I know. I’m doing all I could. Just take care of your health. You’ve lost weight ever since all this started. You’ve also neglected the charity. I got a call earlier from them that they needed new supplies.” Theo did all he could to calm his wife down. He felt that he and his wife had gotten older within the past year. They didn’t seem energetic enough to socialize and mingle.

“I just feel bad. I know, I’ll check with them tomorrow. Pay attention to your health as well. You are not young anymore.” Phoebe patted Theo’s hand.

“Your the best, my love.” Theo hugged Phoebe.

If only their son could experience this kind of love. If only April didn’t have to die. But what could they do? The DNA testing matches with April’s. She was now forever gone. Meanwhile, the cause of all of these was missing. Francesca’s body was not found in the scene. It could only mean one thing, she escaped.

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“Alex, you had enough buddy!” Frank took the bottle of liquor away from Alex’s hand.

“No! I’m not dru..nk yet!” Alex slurred his words while trying to grab the bottle.

“Sigh… Man, you’ve been drinking since you woke up at noon! You had a hangover since last night’s drinking! You didn’t even eat anything! I’ll have to bring you to the hospital sooner or later!” Frank was one of Alex’s business friends. He had heard of what happened to his friend and so he came over.

“Give it back to me! I’m not drunk yet.” Alex could only say these words again. He felt like he didn’t drink enough yet. He could feel that his heart was aching. The alcohol wasn’t enough to numb the pain that he was feeling inside.

He couldn’t believe that his ex-wife tried to murder the mother of his son, the love of his life. That’s right, Alex had already divorced Francesca just before April got kidnapped. From what the police had concluded, Francesca’s motive was jealousy and vengeance. She couldn’t stand that her ex-husband was going to be happy with his new lover and so she had made this plan.

“This alcohol is not enough to make me drunk from this misery.” Alex grabbed the bottle from Frank’s hand and took a swig.

Looking at his friend’s haggard appearance, Frank could only sigh. “Fine. I’ll accompany you to drink away your heartaches.” He raises his hand to the bartender and asks for a new drink for him. A good friend would accompany a friend in misery, he thought.

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“Mommy…” Sky whispered.

His mother had missed his 4th birthday since she went missing and then into a coma. Now, he was close to having his 5th in a few months. He had grown up mature in a span of a year and a few months.

From what he had heard from his grandparents, his mother was no longer in pain. She was no longer going to experience any nightmares. She was now free, just that, she wouldn’t be able to accompany him anymore. She went to a faraway place and would never return.

Although they made it sound so kid-friendly. Sky knew the truth. He had heard from the servants and also by what happened to his grandma. His mother, April, had died.

Luckily, he was smart and own a couple of technology that his cheap father had given to him. He was able to search up words that he could not understand.

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Death

/deTH/

Noun:

The action or fact of dying or being killed; the end of the life of a person or organism.

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Pass away. A phrasal verb.

You can say that someone passed away to mean that they died if you want to avoid using the word ‘die’ because you think it might upset or offend people.

Ex: He passed away last year.

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Sky hugged his mother’s pillow while looking outside. It was the middle of the night and he had sneaked into his mother’s room. He heard from the servants earlier today that Grandpa was thinking about emptying this room. This room had brought pain to his Grandma and so Grandpa wants to do something with it.

Sky didn’t want his mother’s memories to be gone and so he had sneaked in here to take some of his mother’s belongings and hide it in his room. Just now, he was sitting on his mother while hugging her pillow.

Sometimes, he hated the fact that he was too smart. He had an amazing memory that could retain knowledge as early as he was 3 yrs old. When he grows up, he doubts that he could forget what happened to his mother.

“Mommy… I hope that you are now really free from all the nightmares. Don’t worry about me, I’ll grow up well. I will watch over Grandpa and Grandma for you. Your baby will not be dumb like Daddy. I will never marry a wicked woman.”

Sky hugged the pillow tightly while crying silently. He misses his mother’s smile and hugs. “Mommy… I love you… Till we meet again…”