Maxine & Mavis

Prologue

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A few months ago...

It was a dark, cold, and freezing night and the loud roars of thunders outside were almost deafening. But it wasn't the cold or the thunder that had Alexai Rich wide awake in the middle of the night with a strange feeling in the pit of her stomach while her beloved wife, Hope, slept peacefully in her arms, it was something else.

For the hundredth time that night, Lexi checked her phone only to see nothing new and she sighed softly when she noticed that it was way past midnight but she was too far anxious to fall asleep. Hope moved in her arms and nestled her face in the crook of her neck but unlike any other nights, where Lexi would be able to fall asleep just by the sound of her calm breaths within no time, she was anything but calm.

The sudden sound of her cell phone ringing almost made Lexi's heart stop and without knowing why her hands trembled like a leaf when she moved to pick the vibrating device from her nightstand. As soon as she saw the number flashing on her screen, Lexi's whole body froze unknowingly. The few seconds that she took to attend the call seemed like years because she was scared shitless as her sister Max's name was flashing on the screen. It was like an otherworldly force had moved her hands as she answered the call before placing the device against her ear and she felt like her heart would beat right out of her chest any moment now.

"M-Max?" Lexi spoke in a shaky voice and she had to use both her hands to steady her hold on her phone and unsurprisingly her wife had stirred awake only to find her sacred out of her mind which caused all the sleep to leave her body.

"Hello, I'm officer Thomas. I'm calling from the Fair Ford hospital. Your sister Maxine has been brought there after being involved in an accident while she was drunk driving and I suggest that you come here as soon as you can." A male voice said from the other side of the phone and Lexi's phone fell down from her hands in shock. Hope quickly picked up her phone and when the officer repeated his words she was baffled too but she knew she had to be strong.

"I understand from your number that you are not in London and from the identification we recovered from the site, I knew who she is so we are trying to keep it under covers as much as we can. I would recommend you to come here as fast as you can because once the press knows about her, it will be a mess." The officer said in a sympathetic voice before disconnecting the call and Hope quickly got up from their bed and started getting ready to leave.

It took them an hour to leave the mansion, get their plane ready for the flight, and reach the airstrip where everything was ready. Lexi decided to leave without telling anyone except Emma and Hanna about what was really going on and even when they tried to come along, Hope had told them to stay behind to take care of things. The flight seemed longer because of the situation they were in and Hope watched with an aching heart as Lexi sat there without saying a word. A limo was already waiting for them when they reached the airport and Lexi wasted no time in leaving for the hospital while Hope stayed close to her wife.