CHAPTER SIXTY NINE
Alyssa rested her head against the door of her room and the tears that she had been holding back since morning, just started streaming down her face. She was used to hearing hateful comments from people, but the comment that Ella made about taking over her position as Timothy’s mother, made her so sad and the hole in her heart deepened.
She can’t just watch that happen, if it does actually happen, then she’s going to run to her second plan. When she thought of that plan, she didn’t know that she would actually want to use it, but with the way things were going, that seemed to be the only solution for her.
Alyssa thought that the second plan was going to hurt Liam and Timothy, but seeing the way the boy was acting towards her, just told her that they were going to be satisfied with killing herself. Yes, killing herself.
She had thought of killing herself when Liam started acting really weird towards her, but she instantly thought against the plan because of Timothy. She would rather not leave him without a mother and not just that, leave him with someone who doesn’t even care so much about him.
The fact that Timothy was acting that way towards her was a bit odd. Barely a week ago, Timothy couldn’t even stand Liam at all, talk more of Ella, Ella that doesn’t have any good intentions in her. It’s really peculiar.NôvelD(ram)a.ôrg owns this content.
She just hoped that they hadn’t done anything to the poor boy to turn him against her because if it’s that way, then Alyssa is going to make them pay for that. She kept on brooding over it, it was all confusing to her.
Alyssa’s mind started wandering around what Ella said about her getting married to Liam. When she said that, her heart clenched against her chest and she couldn’t breathe for a second. She was unable to imagine anyone taking Liam away from her. She had thought that they were soulmates for life and nobody could separate them. If what Ella said was true, then things will be horrible.
With the way she was feeling about the news, it seemed like she was still very much in love with Liam, even though she wanted to avoid accepting it.
She closed her eyes tightly against her skull, and she allowed the fresh set of tears to stream down her face. She would rather not be in love with Liam again because if she did, then she knew that she would be so vulnerable with him, and she didn’t want that. Likewise, she wanted to be strong for herself…for Timothy and for her bond with Liam, but…she just couldn’t.
The pain was just too much for her to handle alone, especially when nobody in your life actually cares if you live or die.
She opened her red, teary eyes and scanned the room before going to bed. She involuntarily fell on the bed, and she instantly closed her eyes, praying for them to be shut…forever.
Liam got back from where he went to and when he got home, he saw both Ella and Timothy playing. Well, it was more like Timothy watching her trying to play with him. The little boy was tired of putting up with the act, and it was just the first day.
He asked Ella to leave because he wanted to talk to Timothy alone, and she reluctantly stood up to leave. He made sure that she had completely left the room before he turned his attention back to the boy.
The boy’s face was gloomy and he looked deplorable. That was a concern to Liam because before he left in the morning, the boy was looking so happy and excited to start the day.
“Did you see your mother?” Liam asked him, and that made him turn his attention back from the floor to Liam. He scanned Liam’s face before he nodded severally.
That was when he knew where the problem was from. The boy had seen his mother, and pretending to dislike her was really hard for him. He genuinely understood.
He turned his head to face him, and he drew him closer, enclosing him in a warm embrace.
A few seconds later, Liam broke the hug off, and he asked Timothy what he wanted. He wasn’t surprised at all when the boy mentioned his mother.
It felt like Alyssa’s dream of sleeping and not waking up was coming to pass because she had been sleeping for several minutes without moving a muscle. It got to a pint that her father started becoming worried because he thought she had died.
While sleeping, Alyssa felt like someone was watching her. She wanted to stand up, but she just…couldn’t. It felt like her whole body was glued together because she couldn’t even move at all.
A few seconds later and it was becoming more terrible. It was as if she were having sleep paralysis because she wanted to stand up, but she couldn’t. It was as if someone were pinning her to the bed and trying to suffocate her. She wanted to scream and break free from that torture, but it seemed like that wasn’t possible.
It was getting worse.
She was losing her breath.
She…was.
Alyssa started fighting for her life, but every action of hers, seemed to be going to waste.
She was really trying to break free, but…but…
She lost her breath. Forever?
That was it – her greatest wish coming to pass.
Closing her eyes and never opening then again.
Her father saw that she was truly struggling in her sleep, her eyes were trying to open, and he could see that she was endeavouring to stand up, but…it wasn’t working?
Was she having sleep paralysis? He thought and he went over to her. He started shaking her, waiting for her to stand up, but, but…she didn’t.
Furthermore, he tried it again two more times, and she still didn’t. Likewise, he moved his hand to her chest, and he saw that her heart was slowing down.
There was only one solution to snap her out of it.
He moved back and the next thing that he did shocked him too.
He placed a very hot slap on Alyssa’s face, and she instantly jolted from the spot that she was lying on. She looked like she was trying to catch her breath.
Her eyes started scanning the room and when her eyes were fixed on her dad, a frown appeared on her face. She wondered if she was dreaming, and she rubbed her eyes to confirm. She wasn’t. He was really there.
They exchanged pleasantries, and she was about to ask him how he entered her room. After a second of thinking about it, she thought that she wasn’t interested in knowing, and she got off the bed.
Her father started asking her about Tim, and she wanted to tell him everything, but they didn’t. Subsequently, he made mention of the mission that she fled from, and they started arguing about that. Her father called her a coward and said that she was too weak anyway to take the mission on, and that really hurt her. He really didn’t understand what she was going through.
He started saying how Ella was better than her and even with that, she was still treating her in a bad way. Alyssa watched in awe as her father continued saying so many cruel things to her.