Taming the Bitch (COMPLETED) Wattys2018

Chapter LII - JAR OF HEARTS

"Nic!!!" Gabrielle throws herself up from lying on the bed. Adjusting her vision to what little light there is in the room that is coming from outside. The curtain is closed and she had to reach for the side lamp to have lights inside the dark room where she is.

"Nic..." her heart begins pounding harshly against her chest realizing she is alone in the room! Veronica is nowhere to be found and for that she immediately rises and stands up to look for her.

"Veronica!!!" She runs outside the suite to an empty castle. She looks at her left and right, her hand lost in her brunette locks as she feels as if someone punched her in the stomach because of fear and anger.

Where the fuck did Vincent took her daughter?!

How long has she been unconscious to not even notice her daughter no longer beside her?!

Running down the grand staircase as if she's being chased, Gabrielle immediately goes straight to the playroom.

Empty.

The clinic.

Empty.

"Veronica!!!" She cries out in fear before hearing a loud scream and her eyes opened wide. Her heart threading faster and louder hearing her daughter screaming her lungs out in fear.

"Moooooom!!!" She calls on her before screaming again she was sure the whole Island could hear.

"Nic!!!" She runs as fast as she could to where the screams sounded from. She has to save her daughter from whatever it is!

Running into the kitchen only to bump into the little girl covered in blood.

"Oh my God!!!" Gabrielle leans right away, cupping her screaming daughter and lifting her up to her embrace.

"Moooom!!!" Veronica embraces her tightly as she panics. Gabrielle can feel the loud beating of her heart against her own.

"Veronica! Oh my God!!!" She cries as she embraces her daughter, the sticky blood staining her white dress as Nic embraces her tightly while...

Giggling...?!

Wait...

Veronica is giggling in her embrace and the smell of raspberry and strawberry is all over the place.

It was only then when Gabrielle looks up to the man in front of her. Just like her daughter, Vincent is also covered in the blood-coloured jam. A mark of two small palms on his face and a white powder all over the apron knotted around his waist.

"Mommy ruuuuuuun!!!" Veronica giggles excitedly in her arms as she helplessly reaches towards the door where they bumped into each other.

"Here I come...!" Vincent growls making Nic scream on the top of her lungs and Gabrielle flinches as she felt like her eardrums would explode because of her own daughter's voice screaming so loud as she held her small body.

"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! Dada stoooooop!" She laughs so loud as Vincent's huge fingers press on her sides like he was playing a piano. Her little girl's body keeps on twisting inside her arms as she giggles while screaming as Vincent tickles her side.

Not fully recovering from the fear of losing Nic. Gabrielle snaps.

"Stop it!!! What on Earth is going on?!" She stops Vince who could only stare at her, his smile vanishing from his handsome face that is stained with raspberry purée.

"We're just playing, Bella...relax..." he whispers making her realize she just raised her voice and Nic is now looking at her with a stunned face. She herself is still running for breath. Her heart still threading faster because of fear and shock after thinking that the jam on her daughter's face was blood! Waking up alone with the thoughts that Vincent took their daughter finding the bed empty was the worst thing to wake up to. And now, staring at these two...