Richard woke up with a startle, he almost fell off bed because of the gun pointing on his forehead.
"What is going on? Who are you?" Richard asked the huge man with the gun.
Richard looked to the side of the bed to see his wife but she was not there.
Just then a woman on black outfit, black nose mask and black glasses walked up to him.
She placed a document in his front, and then handed him a pen, she gazed at him for a while and shook her head.
"Sonia?" Richard called out after looking at her closely.
Sonia removed her glasses, and Richard gulped.
"Sonia, what are you doing?" Richard asked in disbelief. What on earth was going on?
"Sign the papers!" she ordered pointing at the papers.
"What exactly am I signing?" Richard half yelled.
"Sign the divorce papers," Sonia made known to him that the papers were their divorce papers.
"Sonia, let us talk, we need…" Richard was interrupted by the huge man behind him.
"Sigh the freaking divorce papers!" The man yelled at him.
Richard shakily collected the pen from Sonia and signed the divorce papers.
"I have signed! Can you please move that gun away from my head to avoid the mistakes of shooting me," Richard pleaded. His life was very important to him.
"Thank you for signing the papers stress-free, at least you did not act stubborn," Sonia said.
She collected the document from him and handed it over to the huge man.
Her gaze lingered on Richard for a while before she turned to leave.
"Sonia, what is the meaning of that?" Richard managed to ask in his surprised state.
Sonia walked majestically towards him, she then squatted in his front and looked directly into his eyes.
"I don't know what you men take women as, you think we don't have a say, and we are weaklings. Just in case you remarry, treat a woman with respect because an angry woman is deadlier than a serpent," Sonia stated.
"And also don't forget to prepare the documents containing your properties, you know that I get half of your properties. Be a good boy while I go process this divorce papers," Sonia said with a broad smile on her face.
Richard was beyond stunned because he never saw this coming. He stilled on the bed trying to understand what happened few minutes ago.
Sonia was a smart woman, he knew that, but what he did not know was that she was very tricky.
He vividly remembered when she threatened to divorce him and how he also threatened to kill her even before she files a divorce paper.
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Evie woke up thanks to the noise from the sitting room. She paid closer attention and realized that two persons were actually quarreling.
Quietly, she sneaked out of her room to the sitting room.
She hid behind the curtains to make sure no one saw her, she then peeked and saw Alice yelling at Ezekiel.
"Xander told me that you met Gracie," Alice said, her eyes burning with anger.
As usual, Ezekiel did not comment about it, he only stared at his mother.
"Tell me it is not true, Ezekiel," Alice yelled.
"What do you want me to tell you? It is true," Ezekiel replied flatly.
"What have I ever done to you to deserve this treatment? I am doing everything to bring you back yet you make things tougher for me," Alice was almost on the verge of crying.
"I lost my son. I lost Elijah. I can't lose you, don't you know everything happening so far is hard for me. Do you know how it is to lose a child?" Alice asked in tears.
"With all due respect mom, I don't want to be redeemed, I can't even be redeemed. Elijah took the fall for me to rise. He took my punishment and went hell just because of me. You want me to be happy when I am the reason why my brother is suffering?" Ezekiel asked and for the first time, his eyes were sparkled with sad emotions.
"There is more to life than self regret, I know that Elijah would want you to live a normal life," Alice added.
"A normal life you say? Mom should I remind you that I was cursed, I was freaking cursed. How do you want me to have a normal life after that?" Ezekiel yelled.
"Ezekiel…" Alice couldn't complete her statement because she broke down in tears.
Ezekiel walked out of the sitting to the garden to take in some fresh air.
"Good morning ma'am," Alexa voice echoed behind her.
"Shhh," Evie placed her hand on her lips, indicating for her to keep mute.
"Your bath is ready," Alexa continued to talk.
"Do you want me get caught or something?" Evie asked, glaring at her.
"I was just doing my job informing you," Alexa replied honestly.
Evie did not say anything, she just left for her room.
She slammed the door behind her as she sat on the sofa in her room.
'He is cursed,' she muttered under her breath.
She kept on wondering about the conversation she heard earlier in the living room.
There was many things she could not understand. She knew that Ezekiel had an ugly past but she felt like there is more to the story.
She felt something was off about the family she got married to but she could not pinpoint it.
She felt like she had just arrived in a fictional world, where vampires, demons, witches and faries exist.
Now that she thought of it, what if they truly exist?
'It is not possible' she told herself as she undressed and went to bath.
After changing into new clothes, she headed for the sitting room.
No one was in the sitting room when she arrived, the place was eerily calm.
Just then, her mother walked inside. She held her mother's gaze for a while until Sonia approached and hugged her.
"Mom, what brings you here?" Evie asked.
"And why are you dressed like an assassin?" Evie asked because of her mother's black attire.
"I just came to inform you that I am leaving the country soon," Sonia said.
"Alright, when are you coming back?" Evie asked and Sonia only chuckled.
Sonia made her way to the sofa and sat comfortably while her daughter was standing and staring at her.
"I am not coming back," Sonia replied.
"What do you mean that you are not coming back?" Evie asked, cocking an eyebrow
"I am leaving the country because…" Sonia trailed off, holding her daughter's gaze.
"I divorced your father!" Sonia announced.
"Oh my goodness! Would my life get any better?" Evie yelled, placing her two hands on her head.
What was wrong with her life?
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