'MIA REGINA' ✓

TWENTY ONE

Bella PoV

Sometimes things doesn't happen as we want them to be and I guess this is life. You'd have no idea what would happen the next second. If someone has told me I would be back in the mansion after everything, I would have denied that but here I am, looking out through my window, staring at the beautiful greenery infront of my eyes.

I heaved in sigh as I saw the birds flying freely up in the sky. Sometimes I want to fly just like them, leaving everything behind. Even just for a moment.

It was so hard.

Telling everyone about what happened, was hard. I kept that horrible memory with me for almost a year and I planned to kept it until the end but I couldn't. Seeing my sister accusing me with something I never wanted to happened, it pained me.

Now that I said out everything, I should feel a little less easy but it's anything but that. Everything that happened last night was blur.

I stared blankly at the wall ahead of me. My mind keep stopping at the word Elena said. I didn't reacted when she said because I was so overwhelmed when she accused me but now since the moment I woke up my mind keep drifting to what she said.

Every person in this room knows how much he loves you.

That time my mind was filled with so many thoughts that I couldn't understand what she was saying. A shiver rang through my body as the words kept replaying in my mind. Does—Pearl love me? I closed my eyes and let the overwhelming feeling wash over me. Was it real? He cannot love me, he never did. Then why did Elena said such thing?

My head hurts with everything. I didn't leave my room since last night. Grace came to fed even though I didn't want to but she was so stubborn, I gave up. She didn't ask me anything just held me in her arms. I was glad for that.

Liam wanted to see me but I didn't want to face anyone so I just stayed in my room. Pearl wasn't there  when I woke up this morning, nor did he came to check on me. Grace said he didn't returned home after last night.

This isn't something new. He has the habit of disappearing suddenly and then he would eventually come back but this time it's different. Even though he didn't expressed it or said something I knew he was hurt. I kept on blaming him for everything that happened but it wasn't his fault.

Grace told me everything that happened he left me there. She told me how he regretted his decission and went back for me but I wasn't there. I was surprised when she told me that how he searched for me everywhere neglecting his health. I thought he hated me, he himself said that to me when he pointed the gun at me.

I stood up from my bed and looked at the clock. 7:55 pm

I decided to go downstairs to help myself from drowning in guilt. I changed my clothes and wore a loose shirt and joggers and left the room fixing my hair.

I could hear voices from the hall. Everyone was in the room, Damon was pacing back and forth with a frown on his face. The air around the room was tensed.

"It's not working. I think we should send our men." Uncle Sandro said to papa who agreed hesitatingly.

My eyes landed on Elena whom I didn't talked since the moment she accused me. I heard her wanting to talk to me but I denied.

"What happened?" My voice made them stop whatever they're doing. I walked towards them.

"How are you feeling?" Papa asked worriedly.

"I'm okay." I said and he nodded unsatisfied.

"Come here." Uncle Sandro said pulling me in his arm and I immediately sighed when he kissed me forehead.