REVENGE GONE WRONG
EPISODE THIRTEEN
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ADAM’S POV
I was in my desk, my hands supported my
head, I was tired, mentally tired. Emma was
gone and I didn’t know what to do, should I
look for her? Even I decide to bring her back I
don’t know where to find her.
This morning I left to work very early , I was
avoiding her sleep didn’t get to me last night
anyways. This afternoon when I c@m£ back
Martha was anxious waiting and informed me
that Emma decided to leave, she was gone
and did not tell anyone where she was going.
Now that she’s not here I feel empty, and lost.
Emma bec@m£ a big p@rt of my life and I feel
like I’m not myself anymore. She even left
behind everything a bought for her, even her
ring, she doesn’t want anything coming from
me and I don’t blame her I’ve been the worst
husband. A p@rt of me tells me we can not be
together and the other wants her here now. I’m
so confused.
A knock in the door took me out of the trance.
“Come in.”
Martha walked in with something in her hands.
“Sir. are you alright? ”
She probably noticed the bags un-der my eyes.
“Yes, I’m fine. What happened?”
“I don’t know how to say this Sir.”
“Just speak Martha, I don’t have all day.”
“I was cleaning your room now and…”
“What happened? Just say it.”
“I…. I found this in the trash.”
I frowned my eyebrows, what could be so
important for her to pick it up from the trash?
Martha placed a white plastic stick on my
desk in front of me. I looked at her and back
to the unfamiliar item.
“What is this.”
She stud quiet, looking at the floor so I
gr@bb£d the mysterious object in my hands in
order to bring it closer and inspect. My eyes
wi-de-ned when I re-ad the word ‘pregnant’ in the
small screen. I think in that moment my br@in
just shut down because I couldn’t bring any
coherent thoughts.
“What is this? Just tell me what this is?” I
repeated.
“It is a pregnancy test Sir. a positive one
actually, looks like Mrs. Emma is pregnant,
you are going to be a dad again.”
With that I got up from my desk and ran out
the house leaving Martha in my office stunned
and confused.
I got in my car and started driving. I nee-d to
find Emma even if that implies fli-pping this
entire city over. I called every single Hospital
in the city asking if Thomas Ross was a
patient until one confirmed, I headed there
chances are Emma will be visiting her dad.
I parked and walked in. The receptionist
informed me where his room was and I went.
As I approached the room a weird s-en-sation
begun to build up inside me, I was so close to
see the man I hated the most, the man to took
Amy’s life. I reached room 412, like the
receptionist suggested, it was so ha-rd to walk
inside that room, I could not bring myself to
open up that door, so instead I just stared
throu-gh the glas-s window.
Thomas was helpless in his be-d, his eyes
closed and all kind of monitors and cables
around him. To my surprise the first thought
that c@m£ to my mind was, Emma, how much
could have she suffered seen her dad like this
for two entire years, everyone telling her he
would’t make it. As ha-rd as I tried I could’t see
the man I hated, I only saw the father of the
woman I love, yes, because I love Emma, with
all that’s in me.
That very man who took away one love of my
life, but brou-ght to me the other big love of my
life. The mix of emotions was unbearable, of
all the women in the world I had to fall in love
with his daughter, but how could I not, she was
always kind, sweet and selfless.
Suddenly images of Emma popped up in my
head, our fist k!ss, her red hair sighing in the
bright br@zilian sun, her soft ivory skin, her
dancing in the street in Rio de Jaeniro staring
right in my eyes, her smile, the fist time we
made love and how I feel at heaven when she’s
k!sses me.
‘Where are you Emma? Come back home?’ You
can’t leave, how come you didn’t tell be you
were pregnant? I whispered. She did say she
had something to tell me, I’m sure it was that,
she probably changed her mind after I told her
that our relationsh!pwouldn’t work, I regret
saying that so much, I wish I could go back in
time and change, not only that but many things
I said and did.
“Sir. are you lost?” A voice from behind made
me startle and turn around. It was a nurse.
“No, he’s my…. my wife’s dad.”
“Oh I didn’t know Emma was married.”
“We recently got married, that’s probably why.”
I mean what else could I say?
“Congratulations then, you are one lucky man I
must say, that girl is one of a kind. Did you
know she sle-pt here at the hospital for two
months straight when he entered in the coma,
two months slee-ping on a ha-rd hospital chair
after being working all day as a waitress? We
had a ha-rd time convincing her that she should
go home, there was nothing she could do
staying here, we didn’t want her to get sick too
you know.”
“Yep, that’s my sweet Emma.”
“Alright, my name is Mindy, I’m Mr. Ross’
nurse, let me know if you nee-d anything.”
“Actually I do, can you tell me how’s his
condition right now?”
“Well Thomas is a very strong man, we are all
surprised he survived and even more surprised
now after all this time it looks like he’s going
to fully recover, is amazing.”
“Yes, the car accident he was in was deadly.”
a knot in my throat formed only to mention
that accident.
“Mmmm, I sorry but Mr. Ross was never in a
car accident, he got in a coma after falling
from the second floor balcony of his home. He
received two gun shoots ma-king him fall off
the balcony.”
“What?” who was driving that car then.”
“I’m sorry Sir. I don’t know what your’e talking
about. I have to continue with my round but
plea-se let me know if you nee-d anything OK?”
Mindy walked away leaving me more confused
than ever before. How come? the police report
was very clear and specified the plate number
of the other car and it was un-der Thomas’
Ross name. If he wasn’t driving that car that
night then who.
“Mindy?!” I called her again, she turned to took
my way.”
“Yes Sir.”
“Can you tell me the d@t£ of Mr. Ross’ accident
plea-se.”
“Of course, I remember very well, he’s been my
longest patient. October 10, 2016. Anything
else Sir.”
“No, that’s it, plea-se continue with your day.”
October 10, 2016 was the exact same day of
Amy’s accident, this is not ma-king any scene,
Thomas Ross couldn’t possibly be driving that
car, and if he wasn’t then who?
ADAM’S POV
TWO MONTHS LATER
It’s been two months since Emma left, I’ve
been looking everywhere for her, its like she
just vanished. I can not help but to wonder, if
she’s been eating and slee-ping right, if she has
a comfortable be-d to sleep in, how is she
felling, is she having any morning sickness,
have a doctor seen her, does she misses us?
Me? Nothing more than a total mess, I haven’t
been able to catch any sleep, an hour per day
at the most is all I’ve been able to achieve. I
try to sleep, I really do, but somehow I wake
up in the middle of the night my thoughts and
worry haunting me.
I have hvge bags un-der my eyes and I’ve even
lost some weight. I felt like a hvge p@rt of me
was slowly dying.
Most of the time I’m either at work or in my
study, I only f0rç£ myself to have dinner with
Demi and spend some time with her before her
be-d time. This is been ha-rd on her too, she
misses Emma so much and won’t st©p talking
about her. She’s even saying now that Emma
went to see her at school, my poor little girl I
don’t know what to say to her anymore.
I walked out of my study to go and say
goodnight to Demi, ever since Emma left it
bec@m£ my job again.
“Daddy!!! how are you feeling?”
Even a four year old can notice my ghostly
state.
“I’m good princess, how are you?” I tried to
give her my best smile.
“I miss Emma.” Her mood changed and she
looked down to the floor, my heart broke a
little more if that’s even possible.
“I know baby, I miss her too.”
“When are you bringing her back, you said you
will bring her back but it’s been too long.”
“I’m sorry princess I’m doing my best, I wish it
was that easy.”
“Why don’t you go and get her at the school?”
“Demi, Emma is not at the school, why do you
keep saying that?”
“Because she is daddy, I’ve seen her, I
promise, I’m not lying. Sometimes when I go
to the pla-yground I can see her at the other
side of the fence, across the street looking at
me, she even waves when I notice her and she
smiles to me, sometimes she’s crying. Emma
is very sad daddy, why?”
Could this be true? I know my daughter, she’s
not the kind of kid who lies. What she says is
too specific to be coming from her
imagination. Desperation took over.
“Demi you nee-d to tell me at what time and
what days she’s going to your school.”
“I don’t know daddy, she goes some days not
all days, sometimes in the mornings and
sometimes in the afternoon.”
I keep forgetting she’s only four, I can’t ask her
for more.
I k!$$£d her head.
“That’s fine, you have helped me a lot alre-ady,
now get some sleep, I promise you Emma will
be back home in no time.”
Follow U.S. Bah for
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I’ve spent an entire week literally parked
outside of Demi’s school and Emma hasn’t
showed up. I don’t know what to do anymore, I
even hired a pri-vate investigator but no trace of
her could be found, she couldn’t have
disappeared, she’s somewhere and I wont st©p
until I find her.
This morning I decided to go to the hospital to
check on Thomas’ progress. I bu-mped into
Mindy when I was about to enter the room.
“Good morning Sir. its been a while.”
“Good morning, yes it has… how’s Mr. Ross
going?”
“Oh you did’t know? How come Emma didn’t
tell you?”
“Tell me what?”
“Mr. Ross has alre-ady woken up, two weeks
ago.”
I felt a cold s-en-sation in my stomach and
relief at the same time, Emma must be so
happy, what I’ll give to see that smile of hers
one more time.
“How’s his condition now?”
“Well the recovery process is very ha-rd and
slow, he will nee-d a lot of physical thera-py for
a long time, but right now the main concern is
if they will be able to afford the payments, you
know.”
“Oh… that shouldn’t be a problem, I’ll pay
now.”
“Now? today?”
“Yes, right now.”
“That’s great, follow me this way plea-se.”
I followed Mindy into an office to processes
the payment, I also left my personal
information and requested if further charges
appear to contact me directly and I’ll make all
payments necessary. They shouldn’t bother
Emma with anything in regards payments.
I went back into the room, I nee-ded to face
Thomas Ross for once and for all, it will be
easier now that I know he wasn’t the person
behind the accident. When I walked in his eyes
landed on me right away.
“Good morning Mr. Ross.”
“Good morning, I’m sorry but do I know you?” I
can’t believe I talking to Thomas Ross right
now.
“I’m Adam McRobers, Emma’s husband, I don’t
know if she has mentioned me.”
“Yes, she has, you can take a seat if you wish.”
“Thank you Sir.” I obligated.
“I don’t know what happened between you two,
but my daughter is very hurt.”
“I’m sorry, you don’t know how much I’ve
wished I could go back in time.”
“I can only say that you will nee-d to earn her
forgiveness.”
“I’ve been looking for her for so long, but she’s
nowhere to be found, do you know where she
could be?”
“I don’t know much, she’s not telling me a lot,
she doesn’t want me to worry. All I know is
she got a job at a restaurant, she sle-pt here at
the hospital for sometime and once she
gathered some money she rented a room and
have been staying there since then, she still
visits me everyday but at random times, I
guess she does it around her work schedule.”
A knot formed in my throat just to imagine her
slee-ping at a hospital chair and working at a
restaurant while pregnant. I nee-d to fix this
mess.
“Do you know at what restaurant she’s working
now?”
“I’m sorry, I have no idea.”
“Alright, thank you for your time Mr. Ross. I
must go now, but will give you a visit
tomorrow again… can I ask a favor from you?”
“Sure, as much as I can help.”
“Don’t tell Emma I c@m£ and we talked.”
“I can do that.”
“Thank you Mr. Ross.”
“Just call me Thomas.”
“Thank you Thomas.” I said turning my heel to
walk away.
“Adam….” Thomas’ voice made me st©p and
turn my attention to him again.
“Yes.”
“Protect her plea-se…. her brother….”
“I know, and I give you my word I’ll protect her
with my own life, I’ve been looking for her for
two months alre-ady and I’m not st©pping until
I bring her back home.”
“Thank you.”
I nodded and left the room. I’m starting to get
a head ache, the lack of sleep and the anxiety
are taking a toll on me.
I’m now walking looking at the floor, my n£¢k
can no longer support my head, I made a left
turn towards the exit hallway, something made
me look up and there she was.
My heart skied a beat Emma as right in front
of me and my face lit up. Her red hair fell over
her shoulders in waves and she looked prettier
than ever, even though I could see bags un-der
her eyes she still had this glow to her, could
be the preg….. I looked her up and down and
a small bu-mp was alre-ady visible. A sudden
wave of happiness hit me, I had alre-ady
forgotten this amazing feeling. I look back at
her eyes, she was surprised and a little bit
worried of seeing me but I couldn’t hide my
smile.
“Emma, are you alright?”
“I am fine, thanks for asking… excuse me…”
She tried to go around me but I gabbe-d her
arm.
“We nee-d to talk.”
ADAM’S POV
Emma, are you alright?”
“I am fine, thanks for asking… excuse me…”
She tried to go around me but I gabbe-d her
arm.
“We nee-d to talk.”
“I don’t want to, plea-se continue with your life
as I am with mine.”
“I’m not letting you go, specially now that we
are having a baby. You nee-d to come back
home.”
“Fist of all, that’s not my home, it never was,
and second this baby isn’t yours so st©p
haras-sing me, forget that I ever existed.”
“You’re lying just to push me away, I know that
baby is mine and you’re mine too.”
“How arrogant can you be, I’m not one of your
business deals… just stay away from us, like I
said this baby is not yours.”
“Even if you say that a thousand times I wont
believe it.”
“How come you not believe it? Didn’t you say I
was a who-re and a gold digger multi-ple
times?”
“Emma plea-se st©p.”
“That’s actually what I want to do, st©p, just let
me go Adam.” She pushed her arm away from
my hold. You were right this relationsh!pwill
never work.” She started walking away.
I gr@bb£d her by her w@!st from behind, my
hand landed on her wo-mb and I felt how she
froze not knowing what to do. I gave her the
hvg I so desperately been wanting for two
months, her scent bec@m£ my medicine as I
buried my face on her n£¢k and ca-ressed her
little bu-mp with my hands.
“I love you two so much, I was going crazy not
knowing where you were, plea-se don’t do this
again.” I whispered in her ear.
“St©p we are in the middle of the hospital,
people are staring.” She whispered back.
“Lets go somewhere appropriate then.” I
continued whispering in my ti-ght hold even
though I wanted to stay like this for ever.
We left the hospital and sat at a nearby cafe,
Emma was avoiding my eyes the hole time.
“I don’t even know why we c@m£ here, I said
all I nee-ded to say.”
“What do you want me to do to make you
forgive me.”
“Nothing, there’s nothing than can be done at
this point. The only thing I want from you is
your signature in the divorce papers.”
“That I will never do.” I said taking calmly a
sip of my coffee, while inside, I was dying.
“Why are you doing this to me? You are just
ma-king my life more difficult.”
“I’m not letting you go, I’ve tell you this so
many times.”
“Why?”
“Because I love you!” I yelled ma-king her
startle in her chair and the entire cafe clientele
and staff look at us.
Emma was in shock, I have never said this to
her before. I saw how tears gathered in her
eyes and one ran down her cheek, I couldn’t
resist the drive to wipe it with my thumb.
“That’s no enough and you know it, you even
said it that night.”
“Forget what I said that night. Besides I know
your dad was not involved in the accident
and—”
“My brother was.”
She interrupted me .
“What?”
“The night of the accident, Jason c@m£ home
along with one of his shady friends, both
extremely intoxicated. He asked dad for
money, for sure to buy more drugs. We had no
money, so he wanted to sell my dad’s car,
everything else of value we had he sold before.
My dad refused, they stated arguing and he
got a gun shooting my dad twice, dad fell off
the balcony and entered in a coma as a result
of the injuries.
Jason didn’t even st©pped to see if dad was
alive or not, him and his friend got the car and
left. They crashed the car that same night,
Jason’s friend was the one driving and died
but Jason was uninjured and being the coward
he is ran from the scene before the police
arrived. They were unable to identify Jason’s
friend because he wasn’t carrying and
do¢v-ments with him. He probably didn’t even
have a driver’s licence. Adam my dad didn’t
caused Amy’s death but my brother did, things
haven’t changed.”
I took a de-ep breath and closed my eyes. I’ve
been so wrong all this time. I feel terrible for
Emma, she was as much of a victim as I was
and I made her miserable, I took my
res£ntment on the very person who suffered
the most in all this.
“I don’t care who caused that accident
anymore. Forgive me Emma, none of that was
your fault, I’ve been selfish and ignorant this
hole time. I don’t care about the past anymore,
I can’t change it. I want to focus in the future,
a future with you.”
“How do I know you won’t fl!pover one day
and go back to hating me again.”
“I could never hate you Emma, I love you more
than life itself.”
She look at her wrist watch .
“I have to go, can’t be late for work.”
“You don’t nee-d to work and in your state I
prefer you stay home and rest.”
“Are you going to control my life again?”
“Of course not, I just think you nee-d to take
things easy now that you’re pregnant, you don’t
nee-d to hustle for money anymore, I’ll give you
everything you nee-d.”
“I don’t want anything form you.”
I took a de-ep breath, this will be ha-rder than I
thought.
“Okay, then do it for the baby, I have all the
right to provide for my own child.”
“That doesn’t mean I nee-d to st©p working.”
“Emma plea-se don’t be stubborn, just give me
one more chance to do things right.”
“Okay, just one chance, you have only one
chance left in your lifetime.”
My face lit up
“That will be enough, I’m not planing on
scre-wing ever again, now lets go home.”
“No, this time we will do things my way, I’m
not going back to that house until I know
things have really changed, I will continue with
my life how it’s been for the past two months.”
“Okay, I guess that’s more than I had
yesterday.”
“Now I have to go.”
She got up from the chair.
“Wait!!!! Can I at least know where you live and
work.”
“I’ll find you.”
She said and walked away leaving me in the
coffee shop, I hvgged my head with both my
hands in frustration.
*TO BE CONTINUED*