'Is this… this man strangling… a child with a pillow? My child ?!'
Not even the most disgusting horror film has such an ugly scene.
At last, my body also responded and I ran to the attacker with all my strength, causing him to fall to the ground, and Nic cried gladly for free breathing.
I was panicking.
"My God, what do I do now ?!"
Finally the watch came to mind, I pressed the red alarm button on it.
I picked up my little boy from the bed and ran towards the door.
"Help! Help!"
I shouted as best I could.
'Where are the guards in times like this?'
I asked myself, but of course I knew the answer. They cruise on the borders of the plot. 'There are only two around the house, they can eat right now, but also in the camera room? Did no one see a stranger come in?'
I was already on the last steps when someone caught my hair.
"Ahhh!"
I screamed in pain, but the attacker pushed me to the ground using this short leash. I fell to my side, my right arm catching most of the fall. I felt the bone at least crack, as I was protecting not only myself but my son as well.
As I looked up, the man approached me with eyes narrowed to a crescent shape, holding a few strands of hair in his hand.
He visibly enjoyed the situation.
I hugged my little boy even more. I knew no matter what, my son have to get out from here alive… if I protected him with my body, maybe I'll gain enough time for Dominic to get here.
"Stupid bitch... would you have had a hard time coming 10 minutes later?"
He pulled out a knife.
"E… Ed… Edward?"
I asked trembling. I recognized his voice immediately, if the sight of the weapon hadn't made it clear, the person of the perpetrator made my situation clear… he doesn't intend to leave without bloodshed.
" Are you completely out of your mind? Dominic will kill you if you just touch us! Plus, this house is packed with cameras everywhere. Stop now, or you'll rot in jail!"
I tried to change his mind somehow.
" Hahaha!"
He laughed, even his tears welling up.
" You know... I wanted to kill you too, after you buried this little shit... But now the two worms… who stood between me and my company, will die at my hands at the same time.
" What the hell are you talking about ?!"
I looked at him with piercing eyes, and he kicked me with all his might. Luckily, I noticed in time, what he wanted so I could turn on Nic, so the force of the kick was suffered entirely by my body.
"Agh…"
I moaned in agony.
"What I'm talking about?Maybe..."
He was playing with the knife in his hand.
"About the fact, that the son of a bitch can't produce a heir without you."
He squatted down next to us.
"So if I got rid of you... Everything will automatically go to my wifey, and with the background of the Meridian, I'll get out of pirson easily."
'How did he know... from where? No one except the doctor, and us knew that Dominic could only have sex with me… then did he…'
But I didn't have time to think much, because the sadistic animal cut the knife into my calf, preventing me from escaping.
" Ahhhhh!"
This pain was by no means nothing.
Nic began to cry in despair seeing my suffering.
"Ssh..nothing' s wrong… right now… Dad will be... Here soon… and..everything will be… okay…."
Gasping for air, I tried to bring to life the hope that we could survive this while I whispered to him.
Edward laughed, giggling.
"Don't worry kid, you won't feel anything right away!"
He took the knife out of my leg and stood up. He was clearly ready to finish me off.
That's when I saw the babysitter frozen in stone in the kitchen door.
'A spark of hope… she might even get to the door and be able to shout for the guards! Someone would probably hear.'
"Magdika! Call for help!"
I shouted in despair, but the woman turned her head, as if she could not see or hear anything… then everything suddenly became clear. So that's how he got in… and that's where he found out… I wanted to laugh in agony, but all my cartilage hurt, I felt like I was losing more and more blood… and… and I wanted to live!
'Damn life too!'
Then Edward raised his arm and started toward me. I curled up over Nic, so my body was surrounded like a shield. Although I was showing my back to my assailant, he could still inflict a lot of fatal wounds on me, but that was my only chance to win a few minutes for my husband…
As I waited for the first sharp stab to penetrate me, once a pistol rumbled.
I waited for the pain to appear somewhere in my body, but nothing. I didn't feel anything.
That's when I looked up.
Dominic stood in front of me, one arm outstretched, toward Edward… as he grabbed a pistol.
" I said I'd kill you next time."
He declared. As I looked behind me, I saw that he had shot Edward's chest, presumably his lungs.
After a few seconds, he gagged with blood and then collapsed. My bare feet swam in his blood until, after some wrestling, he drowned in his own blood.
I tried to hide the sight from the child, but I couldn't take it any longer… I fainted.
Stress and blood loss knocked me out. I had been asleep for barely two days, when I finally woke up seeing my worried husband's face for the first time. As if seeing the sunrise for the first time, his gaze shone.
"Hanna!"
He hugged me.
"What happened?"
I tried to recall the memories…
" Nic!"
I remembered suddenly.
"Is Nik okay?"
"Nothing's wrong."
"I have to see him!"
I tried to get out of the hospital bed, but Dominic pushed me back.
"You need to rest and… your muscles are injured, you can't stand on them for a while, and your right forearm is cracked."
"Really... "
I suddenly began to feel the pain.
"You were very brave, Hanna! I will never be able to thank you for what you did for me, for us... "
He took my hand. I thought he's gonna cry.
" What happened?"
I asked .
"Well, the babysitter played us out for Edward, in return she took the blame... "
He smiled contentedly.
"Edward ... Is dead?"
"Yes. You don't have to worry anymore, now no one can hurt us."
And Magdika? "
" She is going to get a life sentence, I guarantee that... and she got away with this cheaply. "
As he said this, I was a little reassured. I will never forgive what she did… that she helped to kill a baby… even if the plan failed.
"You arrived just in time."
I smiled at him.
"I was lucky, because when you called, I've changed my plans and left to go home so we could go back to the opera in one car, since you pressed the alarm and I saw on the GPS that you were home, I stepped on the gas thoroughly… so I got home just in time…"
" The smart watch saved us… "
" I would have been comfortable without it and I'll be home 5 minutes later… so yes. Luckily it was on you. "
"I knew you were going to save us. "
I cried. I sobbed in my husband's arms like a little girl… for long, long minutes.
After physical rehabilitation, I had to go to Levi on a weekly basis for a year to process the trauma.
Anastasia and her father did not even come home for the funeral of the old Menzer. I guess they didn't dare to show up in front of Dominic.
After Grandpa died, officially all power fell into the hands of my husband, no one could stand in his way anymore. So we stayed in the villa for good.
Kevin and Mili broke up, so the boys decided to move back to their father, so he wouldn't be alone. The weekends were spent with me, of course.
Finally, after a long time, I could sit out on the terrace in my favorite hammock with a glass of wine. My two big boys taught the little 3-year-old to play football, and my husband sat down next to me, in the company of a bowl of lawsuits. He hugged me and whispered in my ear:
" I love you."
" Me too. "
I smiled and kissed him. I guess I've never been happier than there, then, at that moment.