The Clock of Miss Fortune ✔

Chapter - 22

Baron and Gabriella were happy living together with their daughter and all the life events played in front of Hannah and Michael's trapped souls. While Gabriella was happy about her life with Baron, but somewhere inside her vacant space of mind she was worried about the future which was constantly playing like a film inside her head. The voice she heard was familiar and had stayed with her since she was a child. It played its course and words every now and then and would sleep when it was not required. That voice stayed with even now.

The night which calmed even the sounds of the insects was unpredicted and eerie. Baron calmly sat near the window with a smile on his face. His face was half lit by the moon above which looked upon him like an observer recording every happening of night. A voice whispered. "Your wife is in danger." He looked around. Nothing. He looked outside. Nothing again. He shook his head and the voice disappeared for a moment before it spoke again. "The townsfolk will kill her and your daughter. Save them." Again, he looked around and felt uneasy. He couldn't find any one. He knew where the voice was coming from but being crazy in this moment was not an appropriate course. He honestly wanted to find the source of that voice. But it didn't speak again.

Few days later during the full moon, Gabriella disappeared from the house along with their year old daughter.

Baron couldn't find her.

Baron couldn't understand anything either.

Baron was just lost in a faraway land.

Baron was alone.

Then, he remembered the voice and went back to his hometown only to find Gabriella and his daughter burning to ashes. "This is Alvaraz's doing." The voice, Michael's voice suddenly reached Baron. "Alvarez?" He called his name and thus his voice was heard by the calling of his name. "Do you seek revenge?" The voice spoke.

"Yes." Baron said.

"Then spill your blood and call my name again."

"Alvarez." Baron spoke. His eyes burned and his ears fell off, his nose shattered and his senses disappeared while his body was being possessed by Alvarez, his emotions were going wild and that night was the bloody night which painted the town red and rivers carried the message forward.

As it happened, Hannah and Michael had left the bodies of Baron and Gabriella. Mostly since they held no human form anymore. What Baron and Michael never realized is that Hannah knew the truth behind Gabriella's disappearance. It was Miley who resided alongside Hannah but didn't wake up before. She woke up once her time called her and drove Gabriella back to her roots. When she took her daughter and stepped outside the words echoed were, "I want to go home. This isn't my home. Mama. Daddy." In Miley's voice. And thus, Gabriella obeyed that voice and headed home. She believed it to be hers from when she was young.

The spell broke and everyone was pushed ahead many years into the hospital where Ballentine was being treated. Once again the hands of the clock moved its course. Henry entered the man named Kevin and Hannah into Ballentine who was being treated. And, from there, the hands of the clock once again moved its course which led to believe their present.

Henry's lust for Hannah grew so much that he hadn't realized where he was. He saw Ballentine in front of him but in reality he saw Hannah sitting in front of him. It awoke a monster in him where he removed her clothes, almost tore them apart and ravaged each and every part of her body savoring the moment which in reality was not possible. He didn't want to forget the taste her body held. He didn't want to let go. Before he indulged in sex he made her his own in soul and in body. The Hannah trapped inside Ballentine couldn't resist either. She didn't care about anything else. Her mind wanted a daughter, a daughter whom she wanted to hold close. She thought about Miley, but Hannah's thoughts were in shackles and Balentine's were caught in it as well. Thus, he let him do as he pleased thinking of the future which spoke inside her mind. Balentine wanted a daughter. Balentine wanted Miley.

Hannah's memories were pushed further back while she was still inside Balentine's body. Hannah was floating in the darkness where little light pierced in. She was alone for a moment. And then Henry arrived. They wore their younger body where love was almost an excuse for their act. As they came closer their bodies started to age along with it. Their lips met, their clothes disappeared and they floated naked in each other's arms in that dark space.

The memories they held in the real world almost seemed nonexistent. Henry's warm body only pulled her mind even closer to him. Her memories of being alone pushed her to the limit. Henry pushed his erect penis inside her as she moaned softly and held him even closer. Each movement passed like a floating pleasure in some distant time. Each soft moan only invited their old memories back inside their heart and with each memory a single hidden, almost forgotten memory floats towards them. Miley is not Michael's daughter. And Hannah finds herself inside Henry's apartment alone with Miley and Baron.