Happy Never After - Episode 18

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Her chest kept rising and falling while her tommy was fast turning into jelly. Taking a deep breath, she lifted her hand towards the wooden door and pushed it…

Everywhere was dark except for the backlight of her phone. With shaking fingers, she pulled the switch and the light came on. She dialed the number again but it said unreachable. Crap!

No, no, you cannot be unreachable now…

The room was how she had left it, empty and clean . Where could the phone be? She kept dialing the number but still said the same thing. Now she was sweating from panic. She rushed to the table and checked the drawer.  She opened the cupboards on the wall but they were as well empty.

She inhaled, resting her back against the wall. Was she going crazy or did the phone actually ring?

She was beginning to calm down gradually, maybe she was actually going insane. What would Fabian’s phone be doing in the house? He had called her on the day of her wedding and they haven’t even seen. What would bring the phone there?

The vibration of her phone scared the crap out of her but she was relieved on seeing her sister’s name.

“Oh, Lydia, I am so happy that you called.”

“How are you Alicia? What is going on? You didn’t even call me? Your husband has been keeping you really busy.”

“I’m so sorry, Lydia. Please, did you hear from Fabian?”

There was a short silence

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. “Fabian? You are asking after Fabian in the middle of the night while your husband is beside you?”

“No, he isn’t here, please just answer.”

“You are scaring me, sis. Why would you be asking after someone who’s dead?”

Alicia was quiet.

“Well, I just wanted to check on you anyway. I need to come and check on you, I don’t care if you are on your honeymoon or honeysun, send your address to someone!”

Alicia nodded. “I will, I promise.”

“Regards to your husband, you have one week left in that house, come back soon.”

They kissed over the phone before the call ended. She should have told Lydia but she couldn’t.

She straightened up and said a short prayer before dialing the number again. She held her breath as she put the phone into loudspeaker and waited for it….

The ringtone started again but it stopped, giving a warning tone of a low battery. 

Where are you, damn it?

She started searching for it all over again, afraid to make another call lest it would go off. Even though it was ridiculous, she started searching the windows as well. She drew the curtains apart and stopped as she sighted a closet behind the curtain. That was strange, where did that come from. She opened the closet and found a suit hanging in a corner. She recognized the suit, it was his wedding suit…

What was it doing there?

She removed it from the hanger but stopped as she spotted a red painting at the collar, she had seen this before.

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. Yes, on the night of the wedding. What painting was this and why did it look so much like blood?

All of a sudden she heard a door closing and her breathing froze. She hadn’t heard him drive in.  Gingerly, she hung the shirt back and stealthily closed the closet.

Her head was scrambling for an escape route. Should she leave, should she hide? Where was the perfect hiding place in this empty room? What if he got to the room and not find her? What if he comes in and find her there.

She was still thinking about this when the door of the room opened..

 

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