Aside from Damien, only one person knew her landline number. Whenever there were contact details that needed to be filled up, she always used her mobile number.
“Go ahead and answer it.” Damien said to her nodding his head. “I will take care of Adam’s breakfast.” He added.
Arabella looked at Damien with a thankful expression and strode towards the telephone. Her mind was a bit messy right now thinking about the call.
“Hello, Farrah.” She quickly greeted. She registered a landline number for only one reason. It’s for her best friend.
“Bestie, your mom…” Farrah’s voice was shaking in the other line.
“Tell me… what about my mom?” She asked worriedly.
“Good news, she is asking for you. She wanted to see you. But…” Farrah reported but stopped with hesitation to continue.
“But what, Farrah?” Arabella was very happy to hear that her mother was asking for her. For so many years, she didn’t recognize her as her daughter and she allowed herself to be trapped in her trauma.
“Hmmm… Bestie, please get a hold of yourself… Your mom had a brain tumor that grows and spreads rapidly every day. Her tumor grew unnoticed and just these past days, after her MRI, we saw it’s already big. My brother said it’s dangerous for us to take it out as this may cause her to die upon the surgery. Chances are if she will be lucky, she may live up to 6 months but if not…” Farrah’s words were staggering and liked weighing on her chosen words but still, she explained non-stop as she was afraid, she had no guts to tell Arabella the bad news at all. Telling or not telling her were all difficult.
Farrah was the one who took care of Arabella’s mom. She represented her guardian on behalf of Arabella but Arabella financed her mom’s medical care in a center that specializes in traumatic persons in Capital Z.
Arabella felt shattered again. She was unable to find any words to say. Her mom had suffered enough and now with a tumor in her brain, she would be in pain again physically. Her tears came down instinctively as her heart was crying deeply. She didn’t want to blame her God for the tragedy that happened in her life. All she could think of was one person that was being responsible was Bill Sky.
That day when she got a gift and a flower in the hospital, she had no time to waste and just texted Farrah about her condition and her mother.
‘My dearest Farrah,
Please take care of my mother for me. I don’t know where I am going right now but I know my mom is safe with you. I will contact you again soon.’
Then she threw her phone leaving without any trace of her.
She couldn’t tell her what’s her real reason for leaving as she didn’t want Farrah to be involved in her troubles and also for her best friend’s safety.
“Bestie, are you there?” Farrah sounded worried that made her snapped back to her senses.
“Yeah.” Arabella was trying to hide her weeping as she didn’t want Adam and Damien to notice her.
“I think it’s time for you to come back, my friend. 6 years is enough for you to hide. Be with your mom for her remaining days.” Farrah was right. It had been so long that she abandoned her mom for her own mom’s safety.
That time in the hospital, she received a printed note was placed on top of the black bouquet.
The message:
‘Dearest Wife Arabella Jones,
Flowers and a simple souvenir gift for you. I am sure you will like it. I hope it will help you feel better about your mourning of your father.
Your Loving Husband,
Bill Sky’
Such a lovely message but she couldn’t feel any instead, she felt a catastrophe was up to smashed her again and again.
She slowly opened the box and to what she imagined, she saw a baby boy doll that was full of blood and the head was separated from its body with face covered by blacks and red paint. It portrayed a baby boy brutally tortured before he was killed. She thought this scene won’t affect her anymore but thinking about her baby inside her belly she still shivered and she felt her spirit went out from her body horrifyingly to escape from the situation.
Inside the box, there’s another note with the message,
‘I am giving you 3 hours to leave this country with your baby in peace and do not let me see you again. Failure to do this will cause your mother’s death. If you wish your mother to be alive and live peacefully, hide where no one can see you. Make mistake and you will end up killing your mother and your baby. Remember, I have all eyes in you my dearest contractual wife.’
She felt she saw an evil insanely smiling at the end of the note.
Soo Bill Sky.
Giving her no option.
That time, she’s weak.
She had no power and not enough money.
How could she fight with a murderer like him?
How could she fight with his power?
How could she fight with his money?
Getting her things in the airport luggage room, she jumped on the plane with a weak body, mind, and spirit. She didn’t know what awaits her in the other country but she refused to give up even if she had held just a little drop of hope.
That was because of her baby, Adam.
Leaving her mom was very painful for her but thinking about her mom’s condition at that moment, it’s better for her to be with Farrah and be brought to a professional specialist.
For 6 years, Farrah reported to her about her mom’s mind and physical situation and this was the only time, her mother called for her name.
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