The Devil's Web | Sequel

Sunflowers

<<For my duchess,see you soon>>

I drop the flowers on the ground and take step back, staring at them in utter shock, blinking aggressively and desperately hoping it's one of my hallucinations.

It can't be,it's Impossible,it can't be him.

The exact same handwriting and everything,my favourite flowers wrapped in my favourite colored paper,the coincidence is disturbing.

Someone is playing a dangerous game with me now.

"Who in their right mind would think it's funny to joke like this?"I mumble to myself as my eyes scan the bouquet, looking for any store tags.

The only person that knows about my favourite flowers apart from Kingston are Nasius and Dove,and I know they would never joke with me like this,not after the hell I've been through, hell called grief.

I've spent months staying at Dove's place because of the nightmares I had,I was barely meeting ends,I even refused to go outside and eat more than two meals a day,they wouldn't even think about sending me something that reminds me of...Him,not after all the progress I've made so far.

They know I needed him as much as I needed breathing, they know that I will never be able to accept living this life without him.

"Mama? Is everything okay?"I jump startled and turn around,Evander looking at me with concern in his eyes.

There's one thing I can't escape or avoid like I avoided the companies,eating and socializing, it's the little versions of him that walk around here all the time, especially Evander,he looks so much like him it makes my soul ache.

"Mama? Can you hear me?".

I force a small smile nodding my head.

"Yes,baby,I was just looking at the flowers we got and I accidentally dropped them, everything is okay"He looks down and a smile forms on his little lips.

"Wow mama,those are your favourite flowers, who gave them to you?"He asks, running towards the whole mess and picking the smallest sunflower from the pile.

"Uhmm,one of the neighbors".

"They are beautiful, just like you".

I smile and bend down, planting a small kiss on his cheek."Thank you so much baby, you're just as beautiful".

"I must be,you said I look like dad".

I feel a sharp stab in my chest and I straighten up, feeling the air being knocked out of my lungs and the feeling of nausea suddenly overwhelming me.

I've got to get myself together,I can't spend the rest of my life getting sick to my stomach at the thought of him.

I pick the flowers up and walk to the kitchen, Evander following behind me.

"Don't throw them away mama, put them in a vase".

"I would love to but they remind me of the bad times"I open the lid and dump them in the trash, ripping the note along with it.

Out of sight,out of mind.

"Can we at least keep this little one? I will put it in my room".

I sigh and nod my head."Of course you can,go put it upstairs and get ready, we're going to see auntie Khalin and Dove in a few minutes"He nods and runs off, leaving me standing in the middle of the kitchen, staring at the flowers I threw.

I don't want to look at them but they're so beautiful,so beautiful yet so painful.

Ugh Adelaine they're just flowers,get over it.