Eternal Love

⁕Chapter 8⁕

Edited

"When I accepted her call, the first voice, I heard was not hers. It was his."

"He..he was telling Mom how he was going to kill her and then it would be my turn. I was so scared, Nathan. It felt like that my mind was blank. I did not know how to react. It felt like I was fro.. frozen in my seat. I was trembling like a leaf. I could not get my body to move. Then I heard mom's cries. That's when I..I..I came to my senses. I speeded up to my house with just one thing in my mind. To..to save her life.

When I reached home and entered the house, I saw the two officers. One was sprawled on the floor, his head bleeding profusely. The other one, a lady, was on the chair, tied and gagged. The only thought in my mind when I saw them was if they could not stop him then how would mom be able to protect herself. Just then I heard the shots of gun coming from the kitchen. I ran there and what I saw was horrible. Mom was, she was, Oh my God, Nathan, she was,"

She can't continue anymore. She starts to cry her heart out as she remembers the state of her mom. She lets go of her grasp on the counter and sits down on the floor with her head in her hands. She starts to hyperventilate and cannot breath properly. At the same moment, she feels someone taking her in their arms. Nathan.

"Shush. It's okay. Calm down. It's ok, baby."

He rubs her back and murmurs in her ear.

They stay on the ground for some minutes. Her crying and him calming her down. When she feels that she has cried enough, she moves from his arms. Nathan wipes away her tears and kiss her on the forehead. Hailey closes her eyes at the feeling of his lips.

"You ok."

He asks.

He knows that she has been through a lot and wishes that he was there for her.

She opens her eyes and nods her head in response to his question.

"Come on. I think it's enough for today."

He gets up and gives her his hand to hold and helps her to stand.

Hailey shakes her head.

"No. I want to finish."

"Hailey, you."

She cuts him off.

"Please Nathan. I will not be able to do this another time."

She pleads to him with tears in her eyes.

Reluctantly, he agrees knowing that she will not change her mind.

Taking his hand, she leads him to the couch in the living room. They both sit down and Hailey puts her head on his shoulder and Nathan takes her hands in his.

"Mom was on the floor tak..taking her last breaths. I could not believe my eyes. I thought that she would alw...always be present at every moment in my life. I was so..so wro..wrong. She was in my lap when I watched her surrendering herself to de...death. Her blood was on my clothes and hands. I could not save her. Even after she passed away, I could not let myself let go of her. I sat there crying, watching her life..lifeless body. "

She stops and takes a few deep breath to prevent the tears from falling again.

"I don't remember what happened after. One minute I was being taken away from her and the next minute, I woke up in the hospital. After her funeral, I learned that mom was shot three times by that monster and she stabbed him in the heart. I refused to listen to details. So I don't know how he entered the house and everything else."