I'm in Love With a Criminal // H.E.S

Chapter 49:

A loud gunshot made me stop in my tracks, my eyes wide in terror. The sounds was very close behind which caused my body to start shaking vigorously.

"Melanie." A voice screamed, I narrowed my eyebrows and looked behind me only to be faced with darkness. That voice sounded familiar but it didn't belong to Harry.

Tears blurred my vision and I covered my mouth with my hand, "mum?" I choked out. I started walking towards the direction where I heard the voice and repeated myself a little louder. "Mum? Is that you?" I cried.

My head was pounding, was this really my mother calling out for me? "Baby, where are you?" She shouted loudly. My cries became louder when I knew for sure that it was her.

"Mum." I screamed, looking around frantically hoping to see her. "Melanie, where are you?" She said, her voice cracking as she was in the verge of tears.

I wiped my eyes and began to run forwards, "I'm here." I exclaimed. Just as I was about to call out for her again I bumped into something hard, making me stumble back.

I looked up and came face to face with the bright blue eyes that matched mine. I let out a loud cry and ran into her arms, "mum." I cried. I heard her begin to sob and she squeezed my body tightly.

"You came for me?" I asked in disbelief, looking up at her, she ran her fingers through my hair and put it over to one side of my shoulder.

"Of course I did." She forced out between her quiet cries. "But we need to go now" she said, grabbing onto my hand and pulling me in the opposite direction.

"What's happening?" I asked loudly, trying to keep up with her. "He's here." She stated, looking down at me in terror. My eyes widened, he knew I had escaped. He's going to kill me.

We both screamed as a gunshot was fired in our direction, making the dirt fly up into a cloud of mist. "Melanie" I heard Harry shout loudly, his voice cracking.

I looked behind my shoulder and saw his silhouette from the moon light, "baby, stop." He begged, my mothers hand squeezed mine harder and she ran faster, dragging me behind.

Another gunshot.

My mother screamed in pain and instantly fell to the floor, "mum." I screeched. She groaned in pain and grabbed her ankle, I saw blood covering her hand my eyes widened.

I wrapped her arm around my neck and tried to pull her up so we could keep running but I couldn't, she wasn't able to stand. I looked behind and saw Harry approaching us.

"Mum, please." I cried, she looked at Harry and grabbed onto my arms. I helped her stand up and she put her weight onto me as we tried to run away again. "I can't." She cried in pain.

"You can, we need to do this." I sobbed, seeing Harry coming closer. She clenched her jaw shut tightly and tried to hop, it was no use.

Before I knew it, I had been ripped from my mothers hold and her body fell to the floor again. "Mum." I exclaimed. I felt cold metal pressed to my temple and an arm snake around my waist.

"Leave her alone." My mother screamed at Harry behind me. He buried his face into my neck and let out a small cry, "why would you do this to me?" He croaked.

Tears ran down my face uncontrollably, "Harry, please.." I begged, trying to pull the gun away from my head.

He shoved the weapon further into my skin and I groaned in pain, "I love you" he cried. "Get away from her." My mothers voice echoed again.

Was Harry crying?

His small hiccups and sniffles answered my question, "I love you so much and you left me" he shouted, his voice cracking.

I tried to stop my tears but I couldn't, they were flowing down my face effortlessly. "You're running away with my baby, my flesh and blood." He cried. My eyes widened and I looked at my mother in shock.

Her expression matched mine, "what?" She choked, "his baby?" She repeated. I shook my head vigorously and tried to get out of his hold, only making him angrier.

He removed the gun from my head and pointed it at my mother, I screamed and grabbed his arm. "No please don't shoot her again" I begged.

"Yes my baby, my child. How dare you come here and ruin everything?" He roared. I turned around so my chest was pressed against his, he looked down at me in hurt.

"Please put the gun down." I cried, placing my hands on either side of his face. He snuggled his head into my left hand and closed his eyes, tears still escaping. I've never seen him in such a state.

My heart ached as I watched him cry his heart out. I should hate this man with every bone in my body but instead, I hated myself for not hating him.

I heard my mother hiss in pain and some branches snap, Harry's eyes opened again and he looked at her in disgust.

I looked over my shoulder and saw her now standing with a gun in her hand, my eyes widened and I tried to get out of his hold again.

"Mum, what are you doing?" I choked out. She pulled back the hammer, as did Harry. "What does he mean by his child?" She asked, not taking her eyes off him.

I felt sick and my throat was tight, "I don't know." I replied, lying through my teeth. He squeezed my body hard and positioned the gun at my mothers chest.

"Harry please don't" I cried into his arm, "she's pregnant with my baby." He spat. My mothers eyes watered and she looked at me in shock, "you raped her, you disgusting piece of shit." She screamed loudly, she pulled the trigger and I squeezed my eyes shut.

The gunshot never went off, she pulled the hammer and trigger again but nothing happened. Harry chuckled and reached into his pockets, pulling out his closed fist.

"I thought you were smarter than that." He said as he dropped bullets onto the floor in front of her, one by one. "Obviously not."

Two consecutive gun shots went off and my mother fell to the floor again, her chest bleeding uncontrollably.

My head started spinning and everything went in slow motion, "mum." I screamed. I managed to get out of Harry's hold and run over to her as fast as I could.

I screamed as loud as I could, cradling her body close to me. He killed her. Harry killed my mother. "Mum please wake up." I shook her but her body didn't respond.

"Get up." Harry's stern voice said, I ignored him and screamed more and more in pain. "Mum" I cried, I hugged her close to me and kissed her head over and over again.

"You killed her." I screamed at Harry. "You killed my mother."