The wedding night

Episode 38-Attacks

"All I want is to be free."

Listen to Bruises by lewis Capaldi when reading this episode.
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Giovanni's POV

The nightmares came again and this time it was worst than the ones I had before. I had a vivid dream about the fire and a woman calling out to me but that was not all. The nightmares I had before melody came into my life were always about the fire and a woman whose face I couldn't see always shouting for my help but this dream was different, I get to see her face but she got shot right in front of me. A bullet pierced her heart and the red liquid gushing out of her heart flows towards me and before I knew it, I was burning and drowning in the pool of her blood. The woman screams for me to help but I couldn't because I was drowning and burning at the same time. Her screams jerked me out of my dream, I woke up sweating and panting hard. I rushed out of the bed, took the stairs, and headed into the kitchen.

I took two full glasses of water. As if that wasn't enough, I took another glass of water before I could catch my breath. The dream was horrible. It was too vivid that I thought it was real. The woman in the dream was melody but she looked different. In the dream, she wore a wedding dress. I could not interpret the dream but I knew it has to do with my past. Melody had called me her husband the first time we met which interpret the wedding dress she wore in the dream.

"Was I married to her?" I questioned myself over and over again. If that was the secret my family refuses to reveal, then they would be disappointed once they found out that I knew about it. The only thing I needed to find were my memories. Once I find out about my memories, everything will be set in place but how do I remember something that refuses to pop up for five years.

"What I'm I missing?" I asked myself. I knew something was missing and once I found it, I will regain my lost memory. I went to my study like I always do after experiencing a bad night and pick up a book from the shelf to read. I tried to read the book but I couldn't focus on it. My mind was somewhere else. I thought of how sad melody was when I couldn't remember her the first time we met.

She must have been devastated.

I thought of how I treated her and the things I said to her. While thinking about her, the light suddenly went off. It was pitch black as I couldn't see anything. Something was going on and it wasn't pleasant. I have never had a power outage In my home and I was quick to suspect that something had happened. I quietly stood up and touched the wall. Using the wall, I was able to get to the shelf. I searched for the torchlight I kept on the third row on the shelf and when my hands found it, I turned it on and find my way out of the study room.

I walked quietly toward my living room. The window was broken and shattered glasses were laying on the ground.

The intruder got in through the window.

I pointed the torch towards the entrance but I was stupid to do that. I was hit on the back by a rod or whatever it was. I landed on the ground with the torchlight laying a few meters away from my reach. Before I knew it, the intruder was on top of me and he tried to force something down my throat. I couldn't see anything but I could sense his movement. He was a novice I could tell by the way he forced himself on me. A well-trained assassin would have aimed for my head, not my back.

Someone has sent him to attack me but I wasn't ready to die yet so I fought back. Using the skill I learned in the defense class I had with Dennis, I kicked his leg and flipped him over. "Who are you?" I asked. The intruder didn't respond instead he rushed to me again and this time, he slashed my arm with a weapon. He attacked me again and slashed my back but this time, I got him. I twisted his arm and pushed him to the ground.