MY WORST FEARS (Completed)

chapter 46

Laila's POV

I could see he was battling with something as I told him about myself. He nodded continuously and chuckled as I told him how my sister loves me. How she always stood up for me even though I was the older sister.
"What about you mother? Why did she have to force you to love Don", whenever he mentioned his name, his hand would automatically ball into fist.
I gave a pained chuckled then continued,
" she thinks he'll give me a better life. She always says she hated how it ended with dad. He wasn't responsible enough to put a plate of food on the table, so she didn't want the same life for me and my kids. I am supposed to set an example for my younger sister", I said plainly and he continued to nod.
"But its clear enough Don isn't the best man for you. He's only making you miserable by forcing you to do what you don't want", he said.
" yes, but his family has money. He has already paid my dowry and so he dictates how I get to live my life",
"But then he's seeing someone else already. I don't think he'll want you back though. She has the perfect fake everything as he wants. So I think he'll just stick to her", he clenched his jaw like he was thinking of something painful.
" that's what he always do. Apparently, he's open to fool around with other people apart from me. After he's done, he always comes back to me and start pestering me about the surgery ", by the mention of that name he rose up furiously and angry. He really hated the idea and I didn't know why. Why'd he even care about what o did or didn't do with my life? He already had a perfect girlfriend for himself.
" that's not going to happen. You won't have to experience that anymore, I promise you", he stroke my cheek looking at me.
"You know you can't help me, mmh? I'm just here to relax my mind before all the drama comes back in my life. He made sure I'll never leave him", he moved closer to me and my breathe hitched.
" trust me in this. I'll do everything... ", I didn't want him to promise something he wouldn't deliver. Don was unstoppable and I had no hope of escaping him. I couldn't stand people knowing about my situation. It was worse than I could grasp in my mind and Hellboy trying to stop Don, would just worsen things.
" the video remember. He already has power over me. There was no way I can escape him, so please stop promising something you wouldn't deliver ", I said and went back to the couch. Hellboy stood there, staring at the floor with his hand balled into fist. I felt my hands tied, like there was nothing I could do about my situation. Don had the upper hand, there was no way I'd ever deliver myself from him.
" what else do you know about your father apart from his irresponsible behavior? ", he asked sitting next to me and held my hand. The small gesture brought a big grin on my face. Something that Don never did to me.
" at least I know he used to drink a lot, otherwise my mum never talked much about him. Can we talk about something else, this subject is arousing unwanted memories already ", I said and he nodded. I wondered how he had suddenly changed. He was so sweet that I couldn't believe it was the Hellboy I knew.
" I think I'll start calling you sweet boy from now on",he chuckled heading to his room.
"Don't confuse things", he chuckled again and the last thing I heard was his door close. I took the chain my sister brought me at the hospital and studied it before putting it back in my pocket. It had a love symbol and a red flower at the center. I always had it with me.
" how do you feel now", I dropped the chain on the floor turning back to me. I hadn't realise he had already come back. He had his sweatpants and a t shirt. His dreads were loose.The perfect look.
"You startled me and dropped my chain. Come pick it it up for me", he smiled walking towards me and bent over to pick it. He stretched up in front of me his eyebrows furrowed.
" is this your chain Lay?", he questioned holding it up in front of me.
"Where did you get this chain Lay?", he shouted and I sat up looking at him. Veins popped in his head and I wondered what was wrong. Why'd a mere chain cause him to change like that.
" answer me, damn it", he shouted. I stood up trying to calm him down. I felt a faint pain at the back of my head but I ignored it.
"What is wrong its just a chain, calm down", I said and he glared at me.
" just a chain? You don't know shit. Damn it", he turned to me and I took two steps away from him.
"Do you even know what this means, Lay? If you have this, it means you are my...", he was distracted by someone opening the door. Vicky came into view and he sadly sighed. What does it mean?