Mercy

Chapter 21

Months have passed by since Justin and I moved into our new penthouse. We decorated it to our liking which makes it feel like home...well it is home, and I'm glad to call it home.

    Anyway, Justin has a legal team that is currently working on finding who broke into his old apartment. Hopefully the suspect gets found soon.

Oh and I forgot to mention that Justin and I hit a year in our relationship. Crazy right? I mean I would go into detail about what we did for our anniversary, but it's not that serious. I don't really care for gifts and fancy things, which he did shower me with, but he did take me out for dinner and we had a long interesting conversation about anything that came to our minds.

Ella's imagination:

"Dad! No! Not like this!" I cried as stood next to Aunt Madelyn and watched my father's casket be buried into the ground.

"Shhh. I never left." Someone said behind me as they placed their hand on my shoulder.

As I turned around to face the person, I transformed from a little girl, into the adult that I am now.

My eyes widened as tears filled my eyes. "Dad?"

My father smiled. "I'm all around you."

"How? You're dead." I said.

"I'm not dead. I was killed. But you invited me into your life again." My father smiled.

I shook my head as I tears began to rush out my eyes. "You're not making any sense."

"Sense will make itself." My father smiled.

I faced down and then looked back up at my father again. Suddenly, blood began to rush out of his mouth. He looked like he was in pain.

"Dad!" I shouted.

"Sense will make itself Ella!" My father began to shout repeatedly.

Reality:

I began to shake in bed.

"Ella!" Justin shouted as he held my hands.

I gasped and exhaled.

"Are you okay?" Justin croaked as he cupped my face with his hands and looked me in my eyes.

I nodded my head as I quickly hugged him. "I love you."

"I love you so much more." Justin said as he wrapped his arms around me.

Momentarily, he let me go.

"Do you wanna talk about it?" He asked.

"I—"

Suddenly, Justin's phone began to ring.

"Ignore it." Justin said.

"No, babe, go answer it. I'm fine."

"Are you sure?"

I nodded my head. "Yes."

Justin got up from our bed and walked over to his phone in the living room.

As he began to converse with someone, I got out of bed and walked over to the bathroom to take a shower.

After my shower, I got dressed for work.

Justin sighed as he walked over to me in the closet. "I have to go to my parents house, something is up with Mason."

"What? Is Mason okay?" I worried as I turned around and faced him.