I laughed. "That's what I'm going to do now, we'll approach you directly as husband and wife."
"DON'T YOU DARE!", Silas yelled.
I disregarded his command, I slid the ring until it attached to her ring finger.
I extended out my hand, snarled at my family. "ISABELLA, PUT THAT RING ON MY FINGER!"
She gazed at Abrams in horror.
"DO IT RIGHT NOW!"
She gasped at my high voice. Her hand trembled while holding my finger.
"ISABELLA!"
She flinched at Silas's voice and the ring dropped.
"ONCE YOU PLACE THAT RING ON HIM, YOU WON'T EVER SEE YOUR PARENTS AGAIN!", said Silas.
"Pay no attention to him! If you want us together, you know what you have to do", I said.
"Isabella, he's aware his family will do anything to keep you apart", Silas smirked.
"You're a bright woman, you can get any man whenever you want, not parents. They're once in a lifetime", said Silas.
She stared at Silas as if she was hypnotized by his words.
I grasped her cheeks, "He manipulated you, come back to your senses, Isabel."
"Isabel, they won't do anything to us! Do what Luke tells you to do", said her father.
"Isabella, we're short in time, do it!", said her mother.
"Once this ring lands on my finger, nothing can separate us", I said.
She went blank.
"Guys, they are coming this way!", Jack was panicky.
"My parents...", she mumbles.
"I stand with them", I said.
"Hurry up! Tie the knot both of you!", said Jack.
I picked up the fallen ring, "Quick, put this ring on my finger."
She took the ring.
"If you love your parents, don't commit this mistake", said Silas.
His words seized her again.
"DON'T LET HIS WORDS CONTROL YOU! WAKE UP ISABEL!", I shouted, rocking her shoulder.
"No, they will harm my parents", she said.
"They just threatened you! We'll be fine!", said her father.
"Mom, Dad, you're the only family I have."
"You don't get it! Please insert that ring!", said her mother.
Before the ring was installed onto my finger, the guards captured us.
The 2 big guards detained us. We're unable to free ourselves, along with Jack.
"You're not as brainy as your daughter. I can see why you stuck up in that mini flower shop", said Silas.
He sighed, "I feel bad for you. You chose an outrageous and disharmonious life over a peaceful one."
"If I could rewind time, I'd restore your harmonious life", Silas stood a few inches from Isabella's father.
Her dad grinned. "This is what peace means, seeing your daughter standing at the altar with her man."
"Are you nuts? Don't you see the wedding is over!", said Silas.
Isabella's dad giggled. "The game is not over!"
"We'll make it over!", Seth clasped his neck.
"GET YOUR HANDS OFF HIM!", I struggled in their arms.
"Free yourself first, bastard!", he smiled devilishly.
"Please! Leave my parents, they are blameless. It's my fault", Isabella sobbed.
Delores pulled Isabella's hair. "Leave your parents? You should consider it before you get close to my son!",
"MOM! LEAVE HER ALONE! DON'T HURT HER!", I said.
"OUR FAMILY FALLS APART BECAUSE OF HER!", she tightened her grip, Isabella screamed in pain.
"Not just her, this woman backed her up the whole time!", Reggie wrung Isabella's mom's jawline. Redness and stings radiated all over her face.
"Our nephew has become harsh to us since they mingle with these destitute people!", said Beth.
"You deserve to be treated dishonorably!", said her mother.
Beth slapped Isabella's mother.
"STOP HURTING MY WIFE! YOU SATANIC WOMEN!", said Isabella's father.
"How does it feel? Sweet, cushy, or pungent?" said Indy.
"PLEASE LEAVE MY PARENTS!", Isabella cried her eyes out.
"Don't fake crying! You hurt your parents!", said Delores.
"If you prevent your desire from day one, you won't see any of this!", said Delores.
"Let them go!", said Isabella in a desperate tone.
"Say out loud, I'm leaving Luke. We'll set you free!", said Delores.
"I'm not leaving him", said Isabella.
"Say, Isabella!"
"I WON'T LEAVE LUKE, I'LL STAND BY HIS SIDE NO MATTER IF I'M ALIVE EITHER DEAD!", she said.
"Isabella...", I was stunned by her high tone.
Without uttering a word, Delores bashes her repeatedly.
"STOP MOM! I SLAP YOU MYSELF!", I said.
"Look what you have done to my son! He dares to slap me for a piece of shit like you!", said Delores.
"Mr. Silas, tell your wife to stop if you don't wish to see the monster in me!", said her father.
"I fancy your joke, David", said Silas.
"Guard, cover his mouth, let me watch his daughter being tortured in peace", said Scott.
"I like it when you're in this mode, Scott", said Seth.
They stuffed his mouth with a cloth. Isabel's father grappled to liberate himself, merely to confirm him as a powerless man.
"LEAVE MY DAUGHTER, YOU F****** BASTARD!", shouted her mother.
"You know what is the one thing I admire most about women? When the lions in themselves rise", said Silas.
"You mean all this time, women, fake-weak themselves?", said Seth.
"Definitely", said Silas.
"I ADORE YOUR BOLDNESS, KEEP IT UP!", Silas shouted towards Isabella's mother. He hinted the guards to seal her mouth as well.
I bit the guard's hand who restrained me. He loosened his grip. I released myself. I twisted the guard's hand and swung a punch in his face. He tripped with his head, bumping into the ground.
When the second guard threw an attack, I dodged and tackled him back.
I hastened to Isabella, pushed my mother away.
"Isabella", I folded her in my arms. Her face was covered with bruises and bleeding out through her nose.
"Luke...", she said in her low voice.
"You're safe now," I said.
I reached into my pocket and pulled out my handkerchief.
I pressed it against Isabella's face, tenderly wiping the blood that smeared on her face.
I took a bottle of water and splashed it on my hand. I brushed my wet palm on her face.
"Isabella, I'm here."
She smiled, "I know... you will always be there for me."
"Don't leave me, Isabella", one tear escaped my eyes.
"Not in my life", she circled her arms around my shoulder, she kissed my jawline.
Shane yawned. "I'm getting bored, may I?"
"Go ahead", said Silas.
"Follow me big guy", said Shane.
Silas sat in the guest chair. He crossed his right ankle over his left thigh. He lit a fire in his cigar, blowing a wisp of smoke from his mouth.
Shane and Scott dragged me out of Isabella's arms.
"GET OFF ME, CROOK!", I shouted.
"Be more gracious, dear nephew", said Shane
The big guy lifted Isabella.
"PUT HER DOWN YOU WHOR****!", I shouted.
"Trust us, it's for your good", said Scott.
"Luke...", she outstretched her hand, expecting me to reach her.
"Isabella!"
I shoved them away. I dashed towards the guard that carried Isabella.
I snatched an empty seat, whacked him on his head.
I caught her before she tumbled down.
"Luke!", Jack rushed over to me.
"Jack, you okay?"
"They're tenacious. Did your father feed them with human flesh?!" exclaimed Jack.
"I'm out of energy, dude, take her away", said Jack.
"Let's get out of here!", said Luke.
"My parents?", she said.
"They'll follow behind you", said Jack.
Jack split from me and went to save Isabella's parents. I carried Isabella. We scurried towards the exit.
"LUKE! IF YOU GO WITH HER, YOU'LL SEE MY DEAD BODY!", said Delores.
I turned my head. She stuck the knife in her neck.
I gave her a cold shoulder and kept walking.
"I'M NOT JOKING! GET BACK TO US OR YOU CAN'T SEE YOUR MOTHER AGAIN!", said Delores.
"Are you out of your mind?! Put that knife away!", said Silas.
"This is the only way to get my son back!", said Delores.
"HE WON'T BACK EVEN IF YOU DIE!", said Silas.
"We'll see!" said Delores.
Isabella shrieked, witnessing Delores slashing her throat.
"MOM!"
I put Isabella down. I ran to my mother, followed by the rest of my family.
"MOM!", I lay her on my lap, I touched her bleeding neck.
Delores became unconscious.
I shook my mom, urging her to wake up. Then a small sharp object pierced my neck.
I stared at Seth holding an injection in his hand.
My scape grew blurred, my eyes started to dim out.
They elevated me.
"Mom...Isabella...", I looked at her when the guards dragged them to the car.
"Isabella... Don't...Leave. Me..", I kept staring at her.
She screamed, "Luke... Get up! They take us away!"
"Luke...Take me with you!"
My body went numb. I could only hear her screaming my name, as she battled to free herself. My best friend Jack, who continuously fights for them, gets injured by the guards. He lay frail on the ground.
The world around me went dark. The last thing I saw, Isabella vanished from my sight.
(The present) (Sarah's pov)
"I woke up from my stupor after 3 days", he said.
I'm shaken, with the ache in my chest. The sadness gushed through my soul for his past. My hands trembled, as I forced them to clutch.
"3 days? ".I said.
"Every time I get conscious, he injects me over and over again" said Luke.
"Who?"
"Seth"
"Your mom?"
"The worst mother!"
"I came to find out she's fit as she always is. No incision mark on her neck."
"She proudly said"
"I have no other choice. I'm not willing to die for that woman.". Delores
"She faked it, by using artificial skin, and unreal blood!", he said.
"Isabella?", I asked
"There's not a day without looking for her, from city to country. I'm only able to scream from within" he said in sadness.
"Sarah, you wonder why I softened to you because your words remind me of her."
"Live in peace, serenity, and happiness. She said that, in our first intercourse"
I pressed his shoulder, "I'm sorry you went through that."
"It's how my love life must end. The worst fate of an only child" he said.
"I've tried to bury her, but I can't."
He wiped his tears. "Sarah, the night before the wedding, Isabella revealed huge news"
I turned to him.
"We are expecting a baby"
My heart dropped. Like being hit by a thunderbolt.
"She vanished with our baby," he said.
"I bet, my baby is able to crawl and walk now" he blushed.
"Sarah, I want to meet them"
His eyes were loaded with hope.
"Luke... You will meet them. I'll help you" I said with a fake smile on my lips.
"It's a long day, you surely need to rest," I said.
"I apologize.. "
"Don't... I feel you. Sleep.."
I left Luke and Isabella's room. I closed the door, I burst into tears.
I covered my mouth, hid my crying voice.
I plopped down on the couch in Luke's study room.
They're expecting a baby? Luke has a child? I hoped that I would be the mother to his child. I'm torn, I feel like ending my life right now. I will, once my husband reunites with his woman.
Behind his severity, there was a beautiful and painful memory that was embedded in his heart.
Is this how my married life ends? I fell for a man who never had me in his heart. Poor you Sarah!
A gorgeous young woman who has never been loved by anyone.
Isabella, If you can hear my heart's voice, come back, my husband needs you and his child, enough to make him suffer. He shattered inside. Come back to him, you're the source of his happiness.
Throughout the night, I stayed up to bar with my fate. When the morning rose, I stepped into Luke's room. He was still fast asleep. I grabbed his shirt which had been resting in the closet for a long time.
Looking at myself in the mirror, I stripped off the red dress and coated myself with Luke's gray t-shirt.
I took the red gown, I exited the bathroom. I snag the petrol can and matches from the kitchen. I walked out, onto the field where Luke stared at the view of Isabella.
I threw my dress and splashed the oil all over it. I lighted the match and flung the fire on the dress.
An immense blazing fire scattered my entire dress, blowing a puff of smoke into the air.
"What are you doing?!", he emerged behind me.
He took a step closer and saw the red dress.
"Why are you burning it?! You sick?"
"I burned my nightmare", I said.