91 THE THOUGHTS

ARIEL’S POV

“We need to take him to a hospital!” I panicked, with Lukel still in my arms.

Andre rushed to me, concern written all over his face, and I really liked that. The others got up as well, fixing their eyes on me.

“What’s wrong?” Andre asked the moment he got nigh to me.

“It’s Lukel. His temperature is really high, and I’m afraid something terrible might happen to him.”

“Really?” Andre fixed felt Lukel’s forehead. “Yeah, that is true. We better hurry. then.”

Andre carried Lukel from me, and swiftly walked to the door, I moved behind him, with the others still watching us.

“Can I come along?” I heard Janice’s voice, and I turned around without hesitation.

She was standing upstairs, cleaning her eyes. And then she walked down the stairs. “I’d really love to follow you, mommy.”

Elizabeth treaded to her, and squatted, fixing her hand on Janice’s face. “No, Janice. It’s too late for you to be outside. You go to sleep, okay?”

“But that’s my brother right there. And I also want to spend some time with my mommy.”

to worry. Lukel will be fine, and mommy will be back before you know it.” Elizabeth smiled at her. “Let me take you back upstairs, so you

yes, I wanted to spend time with her. But not like

go to sleep. I want to follow mommy,” Janice said, and ran

held my leg

smiling at Janice. “I know you miss me, and I miss you too. But as grandma has said,

you know it.”

come back. I don’t want you to

her back, not knowing how to take care of this situation. I didn’t want. to take Janice outside, not wanting to put her life at

LUKE’S POV

like her, and that I never would. But deep down, I couldn’t shake

It was just a glimpse, a flicker in her eyes, but it touched me

that Ariel wasn’t for me. She became my wife again because of my late grandfather’s wish. I was only fulfilling his desire, nothing more.

I couldn’t escape the pull she had

this? On one hand, I despised her, but on the other, I couldn’t stop thinking about her. It was a maddening contradiction, one that

grandfather. This marriage, this charade, it was all a way to

stop thinking about all this. The feeling was

right there, enkindled within

stand together, and the cloud stir slowly, unveiling its ‘beauty. Now these

out for us.

creeping within me. Just as the clouds

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