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Watching the car drive out of the gate with his fist clenched tight to his side. Mr Gordon grits his teeth until he feels pain ensuing from his gum.
The eerie winds blow, almost sweeping him off his feet. He turns around and walks back inside the house with guilt that cramps his heart.
“I never mean to let them go. Sending her out wasn’t in the plan. I just want to threaten her and forbid her from seeing Andy, why did I let my anger control me?” he sob quietly as he make his way up to the stairs. Climbing with his head down, glaring hard at the smooth tiles.
Tears stream down his eyes, almost blinding his sight. His legs quiver with each step he takes. Mr Gordon stretches out his hand, gripping the rail tightly to support his weight. He funnily finds his body heavy for his legs to carry.
“Melanie!” he shrieks, sliding his grip off the rail. He tries to climb another step on his own but his legs failed him. He twists his ankle and tumbles on the floor.
His head hit hard on the floor, which makes him winch in pain. “Hmm,” he moans, grabbing his head in his hand. A wave of headache flash through him and he groans.
Mr Gordon forces his body off the floor, he staggers as he tries ascending the last few steps. Even though his sight is getting heavy he still makes his way back to his room. Mr Gordon headed straight to the fridge and grabbed the intoxicating liquor from the fridge. He set them on the floor and started drinking directly from the bottle, yanking his tie as he gulp down almost all the drinks.
He is already getting high but he doesn’t feel like quitting drinking yet, he grabbed the last bottle and moves it to his mouth. His handshake terribly and the bottle slid off his grip, it hit the ground and shatters into tiny pieces.
“Hmm,” Mr Gordon groans, he shakes his head, trying to keep himself sane from the noise that’s bursting into his head. He shut down his lid and moves his hand to his ears, blocking them from hearing those dreadful noises.
Suddenly he feels a pair of eyes staring sharply at him across the floor, he flaps his eyes open only to meet with that of his dead wife, smiling brightly at him. Sitting on the floor beside him.
“Selena is… Is that… you?” he stutter, having almost forgotten about who she was. He hasn’t been seeing her for a while and he didn’t remember anything about the illusion of her that he used to see.
Selena bats her lashes, smiling as her hair moves sideways. Mr Gordon moves away from her, shaking his head as she stretches out her palm for him to take.
“You can’t take me with you, I swear it wasn’t me.” Mr Gordon screams. He moves away from her until his back hit the bed. “I didn’t kill you. I… I… I woke up just to meet myself beside your body. You were so pale as snow that I barely recognise you. your dried blood trickled everywhere on the floor. You were already dead when I woke up. I swear I didn’t know anything. I had blood on my hands… But they were mine. I got injured on my head, I didn’t know anything about your death so please don’t take me.” he begs, clutching tight at the bed as he watches Selena staring blankly at him.
His head hurt so badly, but he needs to get away from her. Selena smiles and touches the ring on her finger, she pulls it out and crunches it in her palm. She opens her palm and watches it fade into the thin air with a bright smile on her face.
“Live the rest of your life with no regrets. You’ve tortured yourself enough. You created the illusion of me in your head and made me disturbed your peace even though that’s not the life I wanted for you. You’re the best man anyone would pray to have. You stood by me till my last moment, I couldn’t believe you would still torture your innocent mind for a crime you never commit. Take care of our child together with that woman, she loves you dearly and I’m sure she’s going to take care of you as I would. Please be happy so I can make it to the afterlife with no regrets.” she stretches out her hand to touch his hair.
Mr Gordon feels relaxed after hearing those words from Selena. Tears sprout from the brick of his eyes as his gaze rests on smiling Selena. He moves his hand and grabs a hold of her hand on his hair. He brings her hand to his face and presses his lips gently on the back of her hand.
The smile on Selena’s face grow wider as she realised she has brought him out of his mind cage. She moves her free hand to his cheek and cares it lightly.
A light appears from above, it shines brightly on Selena and she slowly fades into the light with a bright smile on her face. Mr Gordon gasps and hides his face away from the light. He didn’t want to go blind from staring at the light that seem too bright to behold.
Mr Gordon felt a wave of breeze push him on the back, he falls flat on his face before passing out on the cold floor.
*
Melanie pulls the car to a halt in front of a house that seems a little similar to the mansion from the outside, the gate slowly opens on its own and she drives in, glancing at Archie who seems a little shocked at what she has no idea what it was.
She stops the car at the garage and pulls out the key from the ignition. The first difference between the mansion and this house is the parking lot. The parking lot at this house is small compared to the one at the mansion. The garage here has one car and the parking lot at the mansion has a lot of them.
“We are here.” Melanie smiles at him, peeling off her seatbelt. She steps down from the car first and heads straight to the back of the car to fetch their luggage from the trunk.
Archie looks out of the window of the car and a slight frown appears on his smooth face. He peels off his seatbelt and steps down from the car. Looking around the house that looks so much like his father’s house from the outside, but looks nothing like it from the inside.
The second difference between the mansion and this house is the waterfall. The mansion has a beautiful waterfall and a swimming pool, but this house has neither of them.
The house is a single floor with a rooftop that’s made of glass. Anyone could see how the rain fall from the sky from the inside. Archie moves his gaze to the building that was built with a taste of nature.
Archie roams his eyes on the building with his forehead arching in a frown. He never thought they would be here, his mind was on that house that he went to the last time and he seems a little bit disappointed that his assumption was not right.
“Mommy!” a tiny voice scream from the inside. Archie smirked, he could recognise that voice anywhere.
Archie turns to see a little girl in a flowery gown running up to welcome them. He steps in her front, blocking her from running past him. “Oh, hi my darling! Fancy seeing you here.” he grins and watches the little girl trails her eyes from his legs to his face and gasp in surprise. Archie squat on one knee with arms wide open.
“My Skye!” he smiles warmly at her.
“Brother!” Skye gasps, running into his arms for an embrace.
The little girl smiles happily as she hugs him tightly with her tiny arms circling his neck.
Melanie grabs their luggage in both hands and shut the truck with her leg. She turns around to call Archie for help when she takes a glimpse of him holding a little girl in his arms. She moves closer to have a proper look at the little girl.
“Skye?” Melanie calls in surprise realising who the girl is.
“Mommy!” Skye smiles, releasing herself from the warm embrace. “This is my school brother.” she giggles, staring back at Archie who has a weird smirk dancing at the corner of his mouth.
“Brother, this is my mommy!” Skye announces happily, waving at Melanie to move closer.
Melanie seem a little shocked by the sight before her, she couldn’t bring herself to move closer to them. Her hands shook terribly and she slightly open her mouth, gasping for breath.
Archie moves his gaze away from Skye and stares at Melanie who seems too shocked to move her legs.
“Is she the one you’re trying to hide? I know you’re her mother!” he smirks at her and he watches Melanie’s eyes grow wider in shock.
*thump*
*thump*
*thump*
Melanie’s heart hammers against her chest, almost ripping out of her shirt.