The Trap Of Ace

Chapter 37

Read The Trap Of Ace [by Eva Zahan] Chapter 37 – Taking a sip on the tea, I ran my eyes on the newspaper. The noise of Mom’s chopping vegetables and moving utensils in the kitchen rang across. But nothing moved my attention from the paper, not even her curious glances.

“You know, the Blackwood’s daughter ran off with her cousin’s fiance?” Her sigh resonated from the opposite side of the counter. “I got to know from the kitty party last night. Children these days, I don’t know what runs in their head.”

I flipped another page. The business column.

“Your aunt called me this morning to inform me how she’s enjoying her vacation in Switzerland with her third husband and soon will be sending me some pictures of their little honeymoon.” She snorted. “As if I wanted to know anyway. I’m glad that your Dad didn’t go after his elder sister. Thank G*d she’s not in the country right now. At least I got some relief from her frequent visits.”

I stayed quiet. Not warning her about Dad’s hearing her slandering about his sister to me just like I did every time.

“Em?”

“Yeah,” I answered, my voice came out croaky.

“You need some more tea?”

I shook my head, not looking up at her.

“Are you okay, honey?” she asked, hesitating.

This time I did glance at her, plastering a small smile on my face. “Yeah, why do you ask?”

Her identical eyes observed me. “You’re looking… tired. Didn’t get any sleep last night?”

I knew what she was indicating. The dark circles, the puffy eyes.

Nothing goes missing from mother’s eyes, does it?

A squeeze in my chest had me take a deep breath. I wish I could tell her.

“Nothing like that, Mom. I did sleep last night. Just having a headache since the morning. It’ll get better, don’t worry.”

“So that’s why you didn’t go to the office today?” Concern etched into her features. “Why didn’t you tell me? Did you get medicines?”

I nodded. “Yes, I did. I’ve also informed Caleb about it. I took a leave today.”

“Good. Take some rest. You’re taking too much work stress nowadays.”

Work wasn’t the issue at all. They barely gave me any actual work to do for taking stress.

Smiling at her, I looked back at the newspaper. The newspaper I’d been sitting with for the last half an hour. Not reading, just staring.

The clicking of heels against the tiled floor reached my ear. My fists clenched.

you’d an appointment for cake tasting today. Are you

conference with Caleb this morning. It ran three hours long.” Placing her designer bag on the counter, she sat beside

my teeth, not reciprocating. My eyes glued to the

indicated that she noticed the

tea for Em, you

said Tess, staring

talk to Dad regarding something and left us alone. And not wanting to sit with her alone in the kitchen,

go to the office today. He’s a mess right now, Em. That guy was outside of our house the entire night, and

accusing me here of being the cause of his

joined hands with him in his absurd plan to display me some ridiculous show! To hurt me. To push me

after you did, you’re telling me to give

You don’t know how guilty I’ve been feeling for hurting you like that. But, Em, you’ve to understand. Whatever we did, yes, it wasn’t the best way to do it,

broken heart for seven years. I don’t see anything good in my suffering and hurting for the last d**n seven years!” my voice rose as I spoke. With my heart beating fast in my chest,

it. But at that moment,

eyes for a moment before opening them back,

when he didn’t get his dose. We heard his screams from his nightmares. No matter how much he tried to get over it, he couldn’t. And no one in

revelation. Imagining him in that situation shook me from my core. An urge to reach out to him rose in

important he was becoming for you, he couldn’t let you dream of him anymore. Even we didn’t think he’d be able to get out of it ever. And when I told him about your plan to confess to him that night, he sought my help. And as his

Em. Whatever we did, we did for

tell me. But I was young enough for that scene you guys created to have me shattered completely,” I said, composing my features into coldness. “Anyways, I don’t want to talk about it anymore. You did whatever you thought was right. And now I’ll do

my chin high, I turned around to

him explain. Listen to him once. Don’t just shut him off like that,” she almost pleaded. “You don’t know what you

thickness down my throat, I walked out of the kitchen, without saying any

***

shoulders. But it couldn’t soothe me, the pain in my chest. Though it washed away the tears that

was physically churning a dagger into my heart again and

slided down the glass wall of the

did you do it? Why?” I whispered, letting

agnony I endured years ago. And the irony was, the incident I’ve suffered for so long for wasn’t even real. It was all a sham. A joke. A cruel joke life had thrown at me. Not life,

No, they only had thrown me into the ocean of tears I’d flown every night in silence after that night. They had thrown me to the disgust

all of this happened just because he thought it’d be good for

you

struck by thousands of arrows the moment he said those words. The moment I got to know how easily they broke my numerous dreams, intense emotions and years of love in just a moment.

anything. You’ve done enough already! Leave me alone!” I’d snapped at his face when he’d tried to stop

please! Just hear me out. I had no choice. I couldn’t let you ruin your life waiting for me. Trust me, I’d

with tears, I’d asked him. “Now I’ll make your wish come true

me as if he’d been stabbed with something. But the pain in

and ran away from there. From the man I

tightened causing me gasp for air. My nails dug into my palms as I cried my heart out. But the b**n inside me didn’t go

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