Liam pulled me towards him .
I did not resist him.
I could almost feel the cold blackhole that was swallowing him .
Lin had opened his old wounds and he was bleeding from there .
He buried his nose on my neck , with trembling voice he said ," I-I was trying to remember your scent ."
" You will always remember that ," I said as I gently took his face in my hand ," I will be with you , forever ."
With a desparate yank he pulled me to the front seat and kissed my lips , as if he was trying to wipe out Lin's kiss from his mouth.
Bile rose on my tongue . The more I remembered how that bitch had tortured my husband, the more I wanted to take a gun and run after her .
Why was the world not simple enough for us to just shoot criminals like her ?
I pulled my mouth away from him and kissed his ears ," I won't let her have you , ever ."
" No matter , how much I try , I can't get her out of my head ," Liam voice was filled with pain .
" Liam , look at my eyes ," I gently kissed him again ," Just pretend that it's me and you here ."
He froze under my stare and then brushed my hair with his finger ," Yes , it's just me and you here ."
Together we sat side by side in the darkness .
Sometimes all I could do for him was just to be there beside him .
I did not ask him questions,I did not wonder about how much time had passed .
I wanted to create a safe bubble for him , no matter how small it was .
For once ,I wanted him to feel like he was out of danger .
We cranked up some music in the radio station .
I could have sung for him but I wanted to enjoy being silent with him .
We were just two mute children who were not allowed to speak of the tortures we endured .
We stayed there holding hands , pretending out scars never existed...only us ....only we existed for each other .
I knew that there was no way these hands would let go of me and I was also not losing his.
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The morning was grey and empty . I could not go to work since Liam fell ill again.
I was wondering how long it would take for me to find Lin and burn her alive .
The audacity that pig had to talk to Liam like that , last night .
All is due in time , I tried to reason with myself .
Eventually I would get to her .
It wasn't until the evening , my husband's fever had finally subsided .
I did not want to imagine how many times he had to go through this again.
My in-laws did not question me , nor asked about what happened last night . It was as if Mrs. Anderson had already given up her fight.
She had accepted the fact that we were rolling towards the destruction.
Afterall the end was near .
I watched Liam sleep in silence , anxious if he was still having those nightmares. I would have been by his side like that forever if the servants had not come for me , telling that a guest was waiting for me.
It was none other than Jasper .
With him , there was Sasha .
Jasper knew from the look of my face that nothing was fine now .
So he came to hug me .
I could have smiled for his sake , but if I tried anything other than keeping my blank face ,I was afraid that I would lose my composure and break down into crying .
" Why are you here ?," I asked , though I already knew the answer .
Sasha was here with him .
That meant that she had decided to do it .
" Sasha would like to sue her family," Jasper just confirmed what I had guessed .
I sat down on the sofa , looked directly as Sasha ," Do you understand that your family is very influential and this is going to be a very hard fight ?"
Sasha did not turn to Jasper for translation. She kept looking at me , which meant that she understood what I was saying .
She noded .
Her hands moved with determination.
" She wants to get back what her mother has stolen from her ,"Jasper said ," She understands that there will be risks but she will like to give it a try ."
" We may fail altogether and you might end up in a position worse than the one you are in now ," I warned her.
There was a thin smile on her lips and her fingers moved again.
But this time her hands trembled with the weight of her emotion.
" Sasha had no power to make any decisions in her life ," Jasper said ," This is the first time she has decided to do something. She will like it if you don't try to scare her away ."
I could have pointed out that if not for us , Sasha would not be dragged into this mess.
But for now , we needed her.
As much as I was regretting using an innocent girl like her , I still would do it again and again.
I would do worse things to get Liam out of his hell.