A part of me wanted to throw a massive tantrum before him
I wanted to break things , I wanted to shout at people , I wanted to threaten him with my life , again.
I did not want him to go today , at all.
" Why are you bothering with that piece of garbage ,anyway," despite my best effort , my voice trembled .
" Just get some rest , Julia ," he said ," I will be back by the evening ."
My heart beat rose with spike of fear in my blood .
Why couldn't he just stay with me ?
The kiss he placed on my forehead felt cruel and cold ," Don't think too much about it ."
How could I not spiral my thoughts into that rabbit hole again ? With him gone , it was easier to step down the stairs in my head that led to the dark corridor where I still saw my father waiting for me .
With a cane and with a towel , he was still there waiting for me .
" How am I so different that that husband of your ?," he asked ," We are the same monsters ,aren't we ? And here you thought that you could be free ."
At the evening, a servant woke me up , informing me that I was burning with fever and I should probably take some medicine.
I realised that Liam might have told them to keep an eye on me .
I was annoyed. I wanted to sleep . Only in the darkness that shielded me from my own consciousness, I could be free of my guilt .
When I woke up the next day , Liam ,still was not back.
Rather than waiting for him, I started to get back into my schedule again . Nowadays I liked how my work hours never left me time to think .
We had a meet-and-greet with the fans scheduled for today .
Summer , Rain and me - we could not even smile at each other in the morning. It felt like that night had turned three of us into walking zombies .
Although our ride to the venue was silent , we had to burst into laughter and excitement infrom of the ' Lovelies '
Well , it was not the first time that we acted happy infront of the public when we felt like crying inside .
Three of us had different booth set up for today .
The most common uncomfortable question we had to face was about absence of our member.
We lied ...and we lied....that Winter was getting ready for getting back on the stage again . That we had a wonderful time after our song release .
That none of us were sick.
The bruises in my back caused by the brick thrown by Seymore still trobbed ...the longer I sat, the worse the pain was getting .
Slowly it was getting difficult to even breath .
" It hasn't been a long time but you already looking like you have been through hell ," said the man who came to sit before me.
Usually it was just school students or young people who would come to meet us like this , but this man was old , he was wearing a golden wig .
But his familar blue eyes could never go unrecognised .
" Mr. Hunter ," I smiled since there were cameras all around ," I keep thinking that you don't have anything else to do but bother us ."
" Don't be afraid ," his smile widened, he knew how much he terrified me ," Today , I am not here for you ."
" But you still managed to meet me here , like this ."
" Well , I just wanted to ask how fun was the last few days ."
It took me few seconds to realise," You...you were involved in it , weren't you ?"
No wonder ,Seymore was still able to get in and out of the dorm even after getting fired. Maybe everything was not our Ceo's fault . There was this other person who was pulling the string .
" Smile , there are many eyes watching us ," he reminded me .
I forced my face into a smile . From the booth beside me , Rain threw a quick glance at me in between taking with a fan . She was concerned.
" There , only if your mother-in-law hand over my company, then we can go back to being a big , happy family again."
I looked down at the table , doodling on a piece of paper as if I was giving an autograph. It was easier to concentrate when I was not looking at his eyes .
" Be honest Mr. Hunter , it was never about the company."
He was quiet for a while and then he said ," It doesn't matter , I will have what is mine eventually."
And then he was gone .
I was pulled back into the reality of fans cheering my name , giving me gifts.
I tried my best to stay composed .
I just needed to hold on for the day . We still did not know why Rupert was there.
I did not have to wait for much long to get my answer.
" The newbie you brought," Myra told me ,"She left early today ."
The target today was not me .
It was Jewel Anderson