Minutes to hours, hours leading to days, days leading to months and months leading to years, , I stood before my ceiling to floor window staring into space, it being exactly 4 years since I left everything I once loved behind, the father of my children, 2 beautiful girls and a boy, my Dad and my sister Emily, Sky and Ethan, all of them buried in my memories.
" Momma, three tiny voices called drawing me back from the land of my thoughts, I turned with a bright smile meeting the beautiful gray eyes of those who have been keeping me sane for all this years, Harden, Carzel and Denzel.
" We missed you mommy, Harden and Carzel, my beautiful girls ran into my arms as I hug them tenderly kissing every part of their bodies, Denzel being the man always wanted his hugs far from his sister's, when they both pulled away he rush towards me as I buried him in my arms,
" Mommy's boy, Harden and Carzel tease,
" What about mine Liam said as he opened his arms, I hugged him too as the triplets close their eyes with their palms while piping from the corner.
" Thank you for bringing us home uncle Liam, they said before rushing to get their Grandma to change them from their school uniforms.
" Thanks for picking them up from school Liam,
He nods, Liam had successfully established a good business here in Denmark, and our lives were perfect due to his hard work and constant support. We were a perfect family, but the guilt of constantly refusing Liam's proposals were slowly ruining everything, the triplets wanted someone they could call Dad and Liam was the perfect match, though we were married on paper our personal relationship was far from a loving couple, we only got married so we could settle peacefully in a single home.
NYC.
After the declaration of my death, Carden turned completely into a shadow of his old self. He drinks get drunk and toy with woman, Ethan and Sky were there trying so hard to get him back to his feet, which became extremely difficult since Sky was heavily pregnant for Ethan.
Ethan has been trying so hard to figure out, what provoked the fire but everything kept leading him to a dead end till this faithful morning.
" Sir you claimed Mr Carden gave her a ring the same night of the accident right, Ethan nodded, well we all know something like that can't be burnt to ashes too. And Carden left there when she was still fast asleep that too with the ring on her finger. The ashes didn't have any ring, and we can't say it magically disappeared,
" What are you insinuating, detective.
" Am not trying to bring up any false hopes but I think everything seemed to be a plan all along, there was absolutely nothing in that room that could trigger a fire, some one intentionally set the room ablaze.
Everything seemed to be making sense as Ethan tried putting together the missing pieces,
" Can the Gray's really be this smart, an evil smile captured his lips as he left the detectives office with high hopes of getting his friend back on track.
" Don't you think it's too early to be drunk Carden,
Ethan walks into an already intoxicated Carden, laying half naked surrounded by a bunch of women.
Ethan throw a stack of cash at them asking them to leave and they rushed out immediately.
" Why are you bent on spoiling my fun and making my life more miserable, he struggles with his words as he pulls himself into a seating position.
" There's some important news I need to share with you Carden, I need you to act calmly till it hundred percent confirm.
" Cut to the chase Ethan, your ruining my mood.
" I think Hazel is alive. Carden widen his eyes he knew Ethan won't say something like that without a valid reason.
" Don't you think it's kind of strange we couldn't find any thing that could trigger a fire in her room and the engagement ring you gave her that night seemed to have disappeared, Carden stood up like he was never drunk.
Rushing to his couch he grabs his laptop.
" What are you doing, Ethan asked shocked at how easily he could switch moods.
" I installed a tracking chip beneath the ring I gave her and as long as she wore it I would know exactly her location, he search through his laptop before opening the tracking device on his
" you're right Ethan it's indicating the ring is in Denmark, they looked at each other shocked.
" But I had checked the migration offices and they had no information on Her.
" That only means she changed her name, coupled with the fact that Gianna had also seized to exist from that night,
" The Gray's played me dirty, I'll kill everyone one of them for Daring to double cross me, he slams his fiste on the table shattering it into pieces.
" Carden calm down, if Hazel is truly the one wearing that ring then we should get her and find out if your kids were born or not. Ethan taps him lightly on the shoulder
" I will burn down that entire city if anything happened to my children, with eyes burning with rage, he picks up his gun and fired it at a portrait of Hazel that was hanging on one of the walls
"I'll get a few things and also let Sky know we'll be leaving this evening. He nodded as Ethan disappeared behind the door.
" Why did you do this Hazel, he looks at the shattered frame laying lifelessly on the cold tiles
"I gave you everything, my heart and my love, I was willing to change and become the man you've always wanted but no, you betrayed me, you ran away with my kids.
" I'll make you and your entire family pay for betraying me, Carden was clearly hurting so badly.