Loveless♣

Chapter 39

Nina.
She could taste the salt of her tears on her lips.Her eyes slowly opened.Her lashes fluttered a bit,then she sat up immediately with a loud gasp.
Nina.
Nina is in danger.
I have to-
Bella removed the bedsheets from her body at once,then frowned as she held it in her hand.
"What the hell..."she swore softly,as she took in her environment. She was on a bed,in a large room painted blue and white.There were drawings of white clouds and grey sharks on the ceiling,and also various artworks displayed across the walls.Her frown deepened when she looked at her body.
Where were her clothes?And why was she wearing a man's boxers?
Joshua.
Shit,I'm gonna kill him.
She turned to the bedside table.It was painted blue too.She looked at the alarm clock.
16:00 p.m.
Did I sleep for two days straight?
Shit.
I've gotta find Nina.
She swung her legs to the side of the bed,and stepped down.She staggered.She felt drowsy.
She made her way to the nearest door,using the walls as support.Her feet felt cold when it left the soft plush carpeting landed on the bathroom tiles.
Bella cringed.
She'd stepped in a puddle of water on the floor.She groaned, then assessed the bathroom.
It was fairly small.The bathtub and toilet were about a metre apart.The entire bathroom was painted white.
Thank God,Bella thought.She was getting tired of seeing blue everywhere. She moved to the bathroom mirror and cringed at her reflection.
She looked terrible. Her hair was matted. Her face was pale and ashen.And..she was crying.
Bella frowned and gingerly touched a hand to her face.How had she been crying and hadn't noticed?
She gazed at her brown eyes,and the events of the previous days came rushing to her.
Meeting Joshua at the restaurant.
The text.
Sebastian had been released.
There had been a shootout.
He was coming for her.
Henry was saved.
Esteban was dead.
Claw and Cobra took care of it.
The warnings.
Terrence left.
The box.
Her hand flew to her mouth.
The box of semen and blood.
Miguel.
A sob escaped her lips.
Miguel was dead.
Nina was next.
She shook her head slowly at her reflection,and bent her head as the tears spilled out. She couldn't let anything happen to Nina.She just couldn't.She had to do something.
But what?
"Oh,how pathetic."
Her head shot up immediately at the sound of the voice.She gasped.
It couldn't be.
She had to be hallucinating.
Her Aunt Ignacia was sitting on the edge of the bathtub,wearing the same yellow bloodstained dress she'd been wearing all those years ago.The same dress she'd been wearing when she died.
"Crying,Arosemena?" her aunt asked condescendingly.
Her arms were crossed daintily on he laps,but the look on her face showed that she was anything but dainty.
She practically oozed coldness and hostility.
Bella's heart flew to her throat.Her lips parted in shock.
Her aunt was dead.
How on earth could she see her?
"Aunt Ignacia?"
"I see tears in your eyes,Arosemena,"Aunt Ignacia said in disgust."Esto demuestra la debilidad tú estás!"
Bella gasped, as her aunt stood up and angrily grabbed her arm.Her tears spilled out more.
"Aunt Ignacia,you have to understand that-"
"That what?!That I raised you to be weak?!After all these years,you're just going to let him win?You're just going to stand here and cry?I raised you both,but I knew you were always stronger.Look at you now!"
Bella took in a sharp breath.Then her eyes turned cold,almost as cold as her Aunt's.
"Let go of my wrist,Ignacia," she said softly,but her eyes were clear enough to pass the threat.
Aunt Ignacia paused,then assessed her niece's face.A slow smile creeped onto her face.
"Now,that's the Arosemena I raised," she said,and immediately let go of her arm.
Bella rubbed her wrist gently and frowned.Her aunt had a death grip,which was to be expected since she was actually dead and buried.
Bella knew she was hallucinating. Her mind was finding some sort of method to get her back together,to make her strong again.
And what better person to use than her coldblooded Aunt Ignacia?
She turned to face the mirror,her aunt right behind her,and stared at her reflection.
There was but a small resemblance between Bella and her Aunt.Aunt Ignacia was a purebred Spaniard,having parents who were of unmixed Spanish ancestry,while Bella was a cross between a Frenchman and a Spanish American, who happened to be Aunt Ignacia's half sister.Nevertheless, Bella and her Aunt had the exact shape of eyes and full lips.
"Well?"Aunt Ignacia asked,her eyes boring into Bella's through the mirror."What are you going to do,Mena?"
Arosemena was her middle name.
What AM I going to do?Bella thought,frowning slightly.
"You have to get rid of anything that's in your way,anything that'll hinder you from doing what you're supposed to do."
I have to get rid of anything hindering me from what I'm supposed to do.
Bella's eyes began to brighten as the thought formed in her head.
"Get rid of the tears,the emotions...until you're standing over his dead body.You must show no weakness,Arosemena,until you end Sebastian."
No weakness.
Her eyes met Aunt Ignacia's.
"No weakness," she repeated softly,and they smiled together.
Suddenly, Aunt Ignacia's smile vanished.Her eyes widened as she saw Bella pick up a pair of scissors.
"Arosemena, what are you doing?" she asked in panic.
"Getting rid of whatever's in my way," Bella replied slowly. There was an evil glint in her eye.
"Arosemena,no!Don't do it,por favor!"
"Your work here is done,Ignacia.You have to leave."Her grip on the scissors were tight.
"No!!"Aunt Ignacia shrieked as Bella lifted the scissors.

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Joshua panicked for a second or two the moment he entered the room and found it empty.
Had she fled in his absence?
He was about to curse,when he heard some sounds in the bathroom. He walked cautiously to the bathroom door.
"Bella?"
There was no reply.
He pushed the door open,and his eyes widened in shock when he saw what was spewed all over the floor.
"Shit!Bella!"
"Oh,would you relax?"
He was startled by the sultry voice that came from behind the shower curtain. It was unmistakably Bella's.
He frowned. "Bella?"
He parted the shower curtain gingerly,and regretted it at once because his heart stopped beating the moment he saw her.
She stood in the bathtub,unabashedly naked.
Her body was wet.
Her hair was gone.
Holy shit.
Bella smiled smugly, then stepped out of the bathtub to stand directly in front of him.
"What?It's not like you haven't seen me naked before."
Then her face turned angry."Get me my fucking clothes."
She turned and walked to the door with Joshua staring after her.
He couldn't find his tongue.
He looked at all the hair that had been cut splattered across the bathroom floor.
Holy shit.

Hey guys.
Yeah,Bella's cut her hair.Awful,right?
Arosemena is a common middle name and surname in Spanish or Hispanic families.It means 'Powerful,Perfectionist or Capable'.💪

Spanish Dictionary:-
Esto demuestra la debilidad tú estás - This is an indication of how weak you are.