Chapter 54: Chapter 54

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Love is not about how much you say 'I love you'. But It’s about how much you prove It’s true.

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Megan's POV

My new apartment is fabulous. I can believe I can finally afford to live in a fine neighborhood in New York. The wood was shiny, bricks well constructed. I had a lawn, plant and bushes, a garage and even a large backyard.

Yesterday I said goodbye to Kim, Joyce and Carrie. I would really miss them. They had to go back to London, their home. They promised to come visit sometime and I promise to do so too. I'm going to open my own personal event planning site, I'll start little over here and with my little fame working with S&C am sure I'm going to do great.

Javier and Naomi stayed with me all through yesterday. We were cleaning up the house, setting up appliances and furniture. Decorating it to my taste. Naomi left my dusk, while Javier left by dawn. The house was it a bit lonely with just me, I can't wait to go get the twins, they'll be thrilled at the new apartment.

I'm fully ready to face Dana and social workers, the twins were 15 year old now and leaving with their mother and step father hasn't been the best. I've got complaints on abuse and lack of care. Something last year Dylan was arrested, I had to come back from London to see what all the problem was about. Apparently, their step father, hit Darlene in his anger fit and Dylan set his cars on fire. Then, one time both of them fled from home and didn't return until after two weeks. With everything, Dana doesn't stand a chance. Yes, I'll be separating children from their mother which is cruel but It’s what they want. Rita had her own share of cruelty before she was sent off to college.

"Dang it”I swear running back to the kitchen and bringing down my burnt bacon. I just wanted to go bring out my phone from the room and I come back to see smoke everywhere. "How did you cook so fast?”I ask the burnt Bacon as I lift one up to see if It’s still good, nope all black.

I throw it into the trash when I hear the doorbell ring. Hmm I'm not expecting any visitors, Javier already knew my whole day was planned out. 1) I want to go visit Sam, Kristen and Susan and see their daughter, Kendall. She looked just like Sam. 2) I was going to go see Dana then the social workers. 3) I also want to start setting up my work site. So... My day is packed, no free time for visitors.

"Yea” I say going to the door and opening it up. My face fall on seeing the person. What's she doing here again?, "You again?"

"Megan I come in peace”Faye says lifting her hands up.

I sigh, "What do you want now?”Yesterday she came to see me, then left when Javier showed up and I decided to rub it in her face that we were together again by giving her a good kiss show.

"I just want to talk. I have...I have a lot of things I want to say”she says.

"Well, I don't trust you. And we have nothing to talk about”I refrained from adding the fact that she was crazy, she didn't like me saying that one bit. And I'm kinda scared of her, she becomes scary and I have no one around here to protect me.

"Megan... Megan you're right” she shutters her eyes tearing up, "I'm crazy...”She broke down in tears.

What? She admitted it and she's crying? Is the earth doing Summersault?

"I've no one to talk to...I'm sorry I...”She couldn't talk through the tears. I looked around, I don't want my neighbors to think I'm some kind of weirdo, making someone cry. And she looked quite pitiful, she was also about to chock from talking and crying.

"Come in. Come in Faye”I say letting her in, I lead her to the kitchen island and direct her to a stool. I go and make two cups of coffee. Coffee has a calming effect, it will make her calm and maybe give me the patience to listen to her.

"So” I say placing her coffee next to her and sitting on my own stool, I took a sip of my creamy coffee, "what do you want to say?"

"I just wanted to say I'm sorry, I've treated you badly and I regret it...”She starts coughing, "water please"

Great, you come to my house and suddenly I'm the maid, I go and get her a glass of water. I give it to her and she chugs down half the glass. I sit and continue sipping my coffee waiting for her to start speaking.

"So...I went up and realized that what I've been doing is not right. I guess I really am crazy”she says calmly.

Figures, I knew that a long time ago. I'm really happy she noticed it herself. Is it her talk or is this coffee making me sleepy?

"I have a relapse and I'm going to go back to the asylum that I was in until I get better. I just wanted to tie up loose ends and make peace with you”she says.

At this point, I'm barely hearing her, my head hurts and my eyes are closing by themselves. I'm losing the feel of my limbs and my ear is ringing.

"Megan? Megan are you ok?”She ask placing a hand on me.

"No” I say getting up from the stool, "No, am not ok”I sway and I almost fall but she didn't try to catch me, isn't she supposed to be calling the ambulance now? I look up and I manage to see her smiling. Realization dawned on me. "Did... Did you put something... In....”Oh God, I've been tricked, I'm gonna die. Javier. I start moving to my phone. But then, I lose feeling of my legs and everything went black as my eyes roll back to their sockets.

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My heavy eyes flutter open and I blink, my head hurt and my legs felt cramped. I couldn't move my arms, then felt stuck behind me. I moved them and I hear iron clash on each other.

"What's going on?”I mutter as I yawn blinking again. The last thing I remember.... The last thing i remember is someone shouting 'help!'. Then feeling arms lift me into a car.

Now I was I in a room, it was completely empty like a new house or something. My arms were chained to iron chains on the wall, and I was left kneeing on the ground. Since when did I become a werewolf that had to be chained?

"Hello?” I called the feeling of fear slowly settling in. "Anyone there?"

The wooden door slowly opened and I backed up against the wall afraid of whatever or whoever was coming in. This has to be one of my real action movie nightmares. The one were I get kidnapped by an evil octopus, king of the underworld and a Prince charming comes in and rescue me. I together with the Prince charming and lost boys crew fight the evil octopus and his evil sea minions. We win the battle and escape the exploding building walking in slow motion. Meh.

I see Faye enter into the room dragging a sofa inside. "You” I say surprised. "What am I doing here? What have you done to me?"

She laughs, "oh you don't remember?. I didn't do anything to you, I just came into your house and kidnapped you, easy peasy"

"You what?”I asked confused, my memory seemed hazy but the fact that she came into my house strikes a cord. I close my eyes, trying to remember the last 24hours of my life.

I woke up in the mornings with Javier by my side, we wanted to sleep in but Regina called needing him at the office, we took our baths together then he left kissing me goodbye. I brought out the portrait Carrie gave me as a gift and hanged on my bedroom then I went to cook breakfast. While my Bacon was on the grill, I remembered that I had to call Sam and make sure he was at home before I come visiting. I went in to get my phone and when I came back out, there was smoke and my bacon was badly burnt. "I heard a knock on the door and when i opened the door it was you”I said looking at her, as she sat on the sofa, "you were crying and saying you now know you're crazy, I invited you in and made coffee, when I went to get you water.....you put something in my coffee. You drugged me!"

She smiled and clapped, "bravo, finally you're not dumb. That drug was pretty strong, it hit you quick, more and your memory would have been wiped clean”she laughed, "can you imagine? You without memory? Ah I should have tried that"

"Is this funny to you? What kind of sick joke is this? Release me immediately you psychopath”I spat out struggling against the chains but just injuring myself.

"Careful, those chains are rusty and the hold isn't strong, the moment you break free, I will shoot you”she said, then as if to drive the point home, she opened her bag and brought out a gun.

I shrunk back in fear, my heart racing.

"And about what you said, this isn't funny, except the fact that you are chained there powerless on your knees, that's...that's funny”she laughs then her eye turn icy again, "I'm not joking and I'm not a psychopath"

"You are. You're a sick person. A crazy mentally deranged human being”I shout at her, my throat dry and scratchy.

"Shut up!”She yells standing up and running her hands through her hair, messing it up. "I'm not sick_”she starts walking to me, "I'm not crazy. I'm not mentally deranged!”She yells as her palm connects to my face.

I turn away as tears start rolling down my face, I break into a sob, I'm so scared, she has a gun and she's going to kill me. "Faye please let me go. Please I beg you"

"Yes, yes cry for me. Cry more. Cry a fucking river!”She yells lifting my face up to face her.

I stop crying staring into her evil eyes, "You are sick and you will rot in hell”I spat out and she slaps me again, "what do you want me here for? To torture me? To make me cry”I chuckle dryly, "Can't stand the fact that I'm better than you? Huh? Can't stand the fact, that with all your prettiness, money, class, jewelries, education, that I, a girl from the slums got everything you've ever wanted, everything that is Javier”She slaps me again then moves away from me running her fingers through her hair maniacally and screaming.

"I left for two years!”I yell deciding to provoke her until she breaks. "Two years and what have you got to show for it, nothing. It like you're just furniture in his presence. Doing this won't change anything. I'll still remain The One whether dead or alive"

"Shut up! Shut the fuck up!”She yells hitting me continuously, kicking and slapping. She stops and moves to her bag. I feel something warm and bitter coming up, like I'm going to throw up, I do and I throw up blood.

God, she's damaged my insides.

"I've wasted too much time already, smile Meg”she lifts my face and take a photo. “dear Javier, remember that house I told you I wanted to buy? Well, I bought it and I'm holding your little Megan hostage there, come get her and come alone, or else....”She says, typing and smiling, she looks at me, "I'll kill her"

"There there, all sent now we just have to wait for my Prince charming to arrive”She says sitting down.

I muster all the remaining strength in me to look at her, "What are you going to do to him? Leave him out of this, It’s me you want isn't it?"

"Oh, I'm not going to hurt him. I can't hurt my husband to be now can I?"

Husband to be? Sick girl, crazy woman. My eyes feel too heavy to remain open and so they close on their own, and my body follows suit. I don't know how long I was out, my eyes still feel heavy but I wake up to the call of my name. I must have been out for mere minutes because the blood on the floor and on my cloth is still not dried up.

"Megan? Megan say something”Javier's voice say, his warm hands cupping my face. I look into his eyes. His beautiful blue eyes, they looked sad.

I smile, It’s nice to see his pretty face, minus the sad, angry worried eyes, I touch his cheek, "Hi Javier”then my head fall unto his shoulder. His hand go to my hair smoothing it out.

"It's ok, I'm here now. I've been looking for you since yesterday. What did you do to her!”He yelled at Faye.

"I just drugged her and kidnapped her, then gave her a beating for talking too much”Faye says causally.

Javier tenses up and gets off the ground, "Why? Why you little piece of...”He moved to her like he is going to strangle her.

"Uh uh”Faye says pointing a gun at him. He stops and clench his fist. My heart go into my mouth in fear.

"Javier please, don't go near her. She's crazy. She'll hurt you”I plead, my voice really low, it hurt to talk.

"I don't want to hurt you, but I'll hurt her if she doesn't shut up and if you don't cooperate”Faye says still pointing a gun at him.

"Cooperate with what?”Javier asked.

"My plan” she replies smiling, "Bring him in!". The door open up and a woman dressed in black, her face covered with a mask comes in dragging an elderly man in suit. The elderly man had a gun pointed at his head and he looked scared out of his mind. “this is a marriage lawyer. I kidnapped him"

"What has a marriage lawyer have to do with any of this”Javier asks skeptical. I look up, curious too about her 'plan'.

"He is going to wed us”Faye says, as her lady minion forces the man to seat down and bring out documents.

"Wedding?”Javier and I ask at the same time.

"Yes, we are going to get married in the eyes of the Law”Faye says.

Javier laughs, "Faye, I'm not getting married to you"

"Yes you are! Yes you are and you will whether you like it or not”she yells glaring at him.

"Faye I don't love you. You're sick. Let me help you"

"No, no no!”She yells scratching her head with the back of the gun, tears falling off her eyes.

Megan this is your chance. Do something. Don't be weak forever and loss the only precious thing in your life.

"I'm not sick, I just love you too much. You don't need to love me, you will after our wedding. When we live together, you will find out that you truly love me. Only me and not her”Faye says crying.

"No” Javier shouts his voice pained. "I love her. That woman over there that you're torturing is the woman I love. My heart... My heart beats for Megan, just Megan, only Megan. She's the reason I live today. The reason I breath. Faye she's my world"

"No, no no. It’s not true”Faye says crying uncontrollable.

"I love her. Take her away from me and I'll just be empty, lifeless, I'll rather be dead Faye"

"No! Lies, lies all lies. It'll change. Now go sign your part in that paper. Go!"

"No! I will not enslave myself to you. A sick person that needs help”Javier says refusing.

She cocks the gun glaring at him and points it to me. "Sign it. Or I'll blow her brains out."

Javier looks at me and I see a tear fall off. I nod at him to go ahead, mouthing "I'll be ok". He close his eyes looking away and starts walking to the lawyer. The mask Lady leaves the room.

This is my time.

All those while, I've been struggling with the week chains sbd I've managed to pull them off, remaining just a little part stuck to the wall. I take deep breaths and I stand up, my limb was woozy and weak so I fall back down.

Megan be strong. It’s for Javier.

I take deep breaths again and I stand up using the wall as support. I start moving forward slowly and I yank the chains off the wall. Faye was too engrossed with Javier's signing she didn't notice the sound. With the two chains still cuffed around my wrist, I take slow steps close to them. When I was close enough. I lift up my hand with all my strength and hit Faye with the chain on her neck.

She groans and faint to the ground. Javier and the lawyer looks at me, I feel my knees giving up but Javier caught me just before i fell.

"Come on Megan, I got you”he says as we start moving to the door. The lawyer runs out first and we follow suit.

"Stop right there” a lady's voice say as she suddenly materializes in front of us, pointing a gun at us. The lawyer faints in fright immediately. I recognize that voice somewhere.

"Good job Anna, going somewhere Javier?”Faye ask coming from behind.

"Anna?”I croak out scared out of my mind.

"Yes Anna, my trustful right hand partner, you know her. Take off your mask Anna”Faye says the Lady nods and takes off her mask.

A sob breaks out of me as Javier gently drops me on the floor, "mom?"

"Mom? Ha even better”Faye says laughing as she points a gun at us from behind, while my mum points at us from the front. "Javier you wanted to run from me, now little Megan would have to pay"

"I'm sorry, I'll sign your paper now, just...just let Megan go”Javier pleaded.

"Too late. Anna shoot her”Faye orders.

"No!”Javier yells

"Mom...”I couldn't stop crying, my own mother was pointing a gun at me. She is an assassin? A killer? I didn't even know what to say to her.

"I'm so sorry Meg...”She says lowering the gun to me.

"Just shoot me already!”I yell at her, "do it”I couldn't keep talking because I was choking on my own tears.

"Please don't do it. Shoot me instead”Javier pleaded.

"I'm so sorry that I've been a worthless useless mother. I'm proud to say that I'm proud of you. You've grown to be a beautiful brave woman. I'm lucky to be the one who gave birth to you”Anna says crying. I look up at her confused.

"Mom?"

She slowly raised the gun up to face Faye. I gasp.

"What are you doing? Shoot your daughter Anna!”Faye yells pointing her own gun at my mother.

"You've messed with the wrong cub”my mum says.

"Don't try anything stupid else I'll shoot you”Faye says.

"Tch” my mum scoffs, "like I care"

I hear two bullets go off. I hear someone screaming loudly, I see blood everywhere and finally I see black.

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