Her eyes were no longer burning with an enthusiastic light, but had become calm and thoughtful, those were the eyes of a grown woman.
" Hazel.... My child.. her voice crack with every word.
I rush towards the iron gate almost melting myself into the cell as I hugged her warmly. Her hug was cold as if not exited to see me.
" What happened to you mom, I thought you were dead... How did you end up with Carden. I kept bantering her with my questions.
" Get me out of here, child, she combs my hair with her fingers, just like I remember,
I search around the dimly litted hall.
Grabbing a stone I hit it several on the iron lock and it felt to the ground.
Finally the barrier separating us was finally gone, I buried myself in her embrace, I pulled away when I noticed she wasn't hugging me back,
" Are you alright mommy.... She roll her eyes scanning my appearance vividly,
" You sure grow up into a beautiful woman, her voice held a mixture of anger and jelousy.
I was sure a beauty as I took after my mother.
" Now listen to me carefully, I'll help you escape from here, don't go to your father's place cause Carden will find you.
"What about you mom, I can't leave here without you,
I grab her hand but she pulls back avoiding me like I had some sort of infection.
"Hazel...
Cardens voice came from behind me, it was sharp as a blade and quick as a whip.
" Step away from her Gianna..
Cardens voice trembled, I had never seen him this frighten.
Before I could perfectly access what was going on Mom grabbed me by the throat, and I felt her cold weapon in my throat.
" No Carden, I have let you have your way for so long, you're mine, " this is what is standing on our way right, she pieces the knife harder as blood drips slowly from it, " the pain evaporating from my heart was deeper than any knife could inflict,
In a swift motion Ethan came from behind hitting her with the under of his gun as she falls to the ground whirling in pain.
Carden pulls me away, but I pulled back and rush to my mother's side,
" Mother are you alright, tears warm my cheeks as she laid completely knocked out.
Carden please help me get her out of here, I scream unable to process everything that's happening.
Carden picked her up like she weighed nothing and brought her to the other room on our floor. Once inside I glance at her beautiful potrate still hanging on the wall.
Carden laid her comfortable on the bed as she slept peacefully.
Pulling me away Carden locked the door to our room immediately we got in.
I landed a hard slap across his face immediately he let go of my wrist.
" How dare you keep my mother hostage, you stole her from me and my father... You took away my childhood, why.. why did you do all that,
" Hazel, calm down, you're far too angry to understand anything right now.
" No Carden... No .. I want answers, I don't want to be a prisoner of all your lies, am tired Carden, I crash to the ground sobbing uncontrollably.
" What did I ever do to you, I thought our live was perfect, I thought you loved me, but it's all make sense to me right now, everything was a part of your own ego, you wanted my vulnerability right. ... Here I am Carden..
He pulls away clearly not knowing what to do in such a situation, he sure can handle anything when it came to Mafia businesses, but relationships where clearly not his thing.
Step by step he pulls away and finally dash out of the room.
" Great he has nothing to say as usual.
" I need to get out of here that too with my mother.
I rush into her room panting heavily.
" Mother please wake-up we need to get out of here, I called for the hundred time hoping she'd open her eyes and luckily she did.
My mouth hangs open in shock as she shoves me away,
" Get out of here her once calm voice turned into something I can't figure at the moment.
" Mom it's me ... Hazel, your little baby,
I went closer this time she sat still.
" I and Dad have missed you so much, we thought you were dead but thank God, you're alive.
" I need to get you out of here mommy, Carden is a monster.
" Get out, she barks immediately I mentioned Cardens name,
"Leave this house if you don't want me to do something I won't regret, Carden is my life and everything and I was his, so I thought untill you came Into the picture and ruined everything I hate you so much.
" You and that pathetic father of yours deserved everything that witch and her daughter did to you.
Memories of everything I went through in the hands of aunty Lizzy and Emily came flooding as a tear escape my eyes.
" You had no idea of what I went through mother, all the sleepless nights and everything, the pain I felt when I thought you were dead, all that suffering, and you stood from a distance, watching your own daughter suffer,
" I was only 7 years old for crying out loud, how could you do that to your own child.