The Love that Never Really Dies

Yancy had defied him and delivered the child, causing his carefully laid out plan to fall apart. Hence, Federick was rather infuriated.

Frederick left. Not long after, Karl arrived.

“Mr. Hayes.” “Where is she?” he demanded, the most pressing matter heavy on his mind.

Karl lowered his head slowly.

Sebastian felt something had ripped his chest open, leaving behind a massive hole where his heart used to be. He began coughing violently like he was exposed to a chilly gust of wind.

“Mr. Hayes, are you okay?” Karl asked urgently as Sebastian’s hacking coughs grew louder and more intense.

Bent double from pain, his veins throbbed in exertion as his handsome features were contorted in pain. Like a fish out of water, he gasped for air, being completely devoid of oxygen.

With a final cough, he spat blood and fell back onto the bed, and passed out.

Sebastian only recalled snatches of things when he was not himself. Once, he had remembered Roxanne performing hypnosis on him. He had hated it so much that he had an urge to drag her into the kitchen and savagely mutilate her with a knife.

The memory of him opening fire at the woman who burst into the room swam across his mind.

“No… no!” Sebastian moaned in his sleep. “Sasha, I didn’t mean to do that. I… “

“Sebastian, wake up!” Roxanne attempted to rouse him out of his nightmare.

threw open his eyes violently and sat upright. Grabbing her wrist roughly, he cried, “It was my fault, Sasha. I will never do

had fallen freely down his face

it was the first time she had

not cry when she had jabbed, berated, or was rough with him. He did not even shed a tear when she had subjected him to

that moment, however, he held on to Roxanne’s wrist and sobbed like

The sight

gently. “I’m Roxanne. Look closely, Sebastian.

“What did you say?”

was struck by

is dead,” Roxanne repeated, hardening her heart. “When you were brought here, her body had been left behind. Karl had brought her back after you. He did not tell you because he was worried for

Smack!

was interrupted by an abrupt

commanded, glaring at her with bloodshot eyes, looking like a ghost condemned to perpetual

she stood motionless for a long time, suppressing the urge to retaliate. Nobody had

to hit him back, though the anger burned within her. Contenting herself with a fierce glare at

Sasha is dead!

of days, Sebastian’s door remained closed. The man inside was detached from the world. Nobody was successful in

to order the door to be broken down in his panic when the triplets

let us try and talk

wearing the clothes that Mommy bought for us. Daddy would love it.”

pieces at the sight of their new