Chapter 67

Thea's Point of View

“We are leaving, Megan. Thank you for letting us sleep here.” I bent down to thank her. I also held Cray’s head, so he could thank Megan as well. It is better to teach him how to be grateful while he is young.

“Are you certain that’s all you’re going to bring?” she said, pointing to the bag she’d handed me. He gave me Rayleigh’s sports bag, and it was empty except for Cray’s clothing and the logbook bank Craig had given me.

I raised it to examine it, then grinned and tightened my grasp on it. That was on my other arm, as I was holding Cray on the right side. It’s almost time for bed. I decided to say my final goodbyes to them, as it was getting close to nightfall. I resolved to return to my mother’s province and live peacefully there. Not only that, but I can no longer claim anything that my parents left me because Mason and Aunt Joana took them forever.

“Yes. I don’t have any clothes to bring.”

After we talked about something else, Cray and I started walking. Megan wanted to ask Rayleigh to send us, but I was bothering her too much. So, I have not accepted his offer.

Since Megan and Rayleigh’s house is not as grand as Craig’s mansion, which still has guards, we could only walk a short distance to where the passing taxis were. Cray doesn’t ask me to lift him anymore either because he seems to notice that I’m having a bit of a hard time every time I carry him.

As we walked along the side of the road, we had a hard time stopping the taxi because apart from the infrequent passers -most of the passengers were on board. We stopped walking first and just waited for someone to stop in front of us. I saw Cray yawn and rub his eyes and look drowsy.

“Do you want to sleep, baby?” I looked at him, but he just shook his head. I could see that he seemed to want to close his eyes. Likewise, I would have picked him up when suddenly there was a taxi parked in front of us.

I wondered why the light inside the vehicle was off, but seeing Cray’s face, I couldn’t help but feel sorry for him, so I quickly opened the cab and let him inside. Even when we were inside, the driver didn’t even turn on the light.

“Where are you going?” the question seemed strange to me. I recognize this voice, but I’m not sure who it belongs to because it appears to have been utilized by the voice changer.

I just disregarded it, since I would overthink it later. Cray fell asleep on my lap when he couldn’t stand the tiredness any longer and the cab was still stationary.

“Can you drop me at the ship transportation at the end of the city, where there is the fastest booking?” I tightened my grip on the bag to ask why the light was off. I couldn’t see anything because the streetlights were still off. “And … Why is your light off? Don’t you have any plans to open it?”

The taxi suddenly sped away. I was almost hit in my head because of that. Luckily, I immediately grabbed the handle.

“HEY! CAN YOU DRIVE SLOWLY?” I couldn’t help but raise my voice at what he did.

*clack*

My pulse rate increased by a factor of two when the vehicle door unexpectedly latched. I attempted to open it by pressing anything, but even the window wouldn’t open. My spirit was already filled with nervousness, and I was swallowed up as well. Even with the air conditioner turned on, my heart was racing.

My eyes widened as the light turned on, and I noticed the driver’s eyes. Wayne’s eyes sparkled as he locked his gaze on me. That was the last thing I recalled before a large amount of smoke erupted.

I attempted to keep my eyes open, but it was deliberately close.

***

When a needle pierced my body, I woke up. When I opened my eyes completely, I saw Wayne, who had thrown away the injection he was holding earlier and then smiled at me broadly.

When I remembered what had happened, I promptly stood up to look for Cray. I was about to run out because I saw the iron door, but as I got close to it, I suddenly stumbled because of the chain on my foot. I was scared to look at it while Wayne was smiling so far up into my eyes.

Am I just dreaming? I had to find Cray, but how could I do that if there was a chain attached to my foot? I looked around and saw that this room looked like an abandoned prison. I was still on my knees when Wayne suddenly approached me.

“Thea, you need to rest here. Cray was just fine. Did you see what I stuck you with earlier? That is your medicine.” He was squatting in front of me now as he parted my hair.

I pushed him hard with all my force. “YOU ARE SICK! WHAT DID YOU GIVE TO MY BODY?!” I was scared looking at him. This isn’t the Wayne I ever met. Why is he doing this to me? To all of us?

“WHERE IS CRAY?!” I could hear my voice all over the room, but Wayne looked around. The dark circles in his eyes heightened. His eyes were restless.

“Shhh!” He motioned for me to be quiet as I followed what he was looking at, but there was no one else but us. I found it too old as well. “They can hear you!” He turned around again, then fell suddenly when he backed away hastily. He covered his head as if someone had hit him on the head. He shook his head as I adjusted my seat.

“I’m sorry! I’m sorry!” He did not remove the cover on his head. He hid his face on his knees, then hugged himself. I just watched him, see if he could see anything I couldn’t.

When he heard the chain because of my standing, he turned to me with a frightened face. He ran at me, so even I wanted to panic. He hugged me suddenly tightly.

“Thea, they will hurt me.”

I’m not sure what he’s saying, but I pushed him hard because I didn’t want our skin to stay together, but when I pushed him, he was like a crazy who abruptly altered his countenance and then laughed out loud. He makes a neck sound before angrily running at me and strangling me.

I clutched his hands, choking me since his power caused me to gasp in the air. I couldn’t get rid of the hand that was clutching my neck. He simply laughs nonstop and won’t let me go. He abruptly released me go when I closed my eyes since there was no oxygen coming into me.

* Cough* Cough* Cough*

I gasped, but his face changed. That was replaced by a worried expression, then knelt in front of me, hugged my knees, then began to cry.

“I am sorry, Thea. I am sorry, Thea. I love you so much.” He was just crying, while I still couldn’t stop coughing. To my surprise, he suddenly knelt even more and then licked my feet.

I dashed back to my bed, where I had awoken earlier. Despite failing, I attempted to return. I’m not familiar with this, Wayne! I wouldn’t be shocked if he was the one who sent me a headless doll as well. My thoughts are no longer with him, but with Cray. I was concerned about what this person could have done because Cray and I had both ridden earlier.

Wayne’s lips were still kissing the floor where my feet had been before. I winced when he suddenly licked the floor. I want to faint because of what he does. How does he do these things? Why didn’t I shortly notice that this is how he behaves?!

“Wayne, please tell me where is my son.” I pressed my two palms together as if begging him to tell me where Cray was, large beads of tears streaming down my eyes. “I can’t cope when I lose my child,” I added, more to convince him.

He got up from the floor, stood beside me, then hugged me. I no longer resisted—afraid that he does not tell me where Cray was.

“He’s with his mommy and daddy.” He stroked my hair as if he was calming me down, but my eyes were getting bigger and my eyes were wondering what he said.

He ran where and picked up a black bag. When he approached me, he opened it and I was surprised at how many injections were there. This is not just a normal injection.

“This is what his mommy gave me, and he said it was also your medicine.” Wayne was ecstatic as he showed me that.

Fuck you, Felicity.

This is drugs. And I know he used these on Wayne. From then until now. He used Wayne.

“Wayne, listens to me! Felicity is just tricking you! I’m Cray’s mom, aren’t I? Please, help me get my child back!” I want to go crazy and throw all the heavy things I can lift and throw at them! They torture me on the ground, they dip my feet in the mud that I really shouldn't step on!

I put my hands over my ears as he suddenly threw the bag at the steel door. Wayne's brain was completely poisoned by the drugs given to him. I thought he was just blinded by his love for me, so possibly he did the Craig issue as well. I knew Wayne couldn’t do that to Craig, I was the very first person to know how good a person Wayne was. And if he was the one who sent the beheaded doll, I know there was a reason behind it as well.

He clenched his fists, his red eyes the proof that he had drowned in the evil drugs he was injecting into his body. Felicity made Wayne's addicted to this thing! Wayne ran again to the bag where he had thrown it earlier. It’s just like he’s playing with the kid, and he thinks; what he does is just for fun.

Felicity persuaded him and made him feel that his love for me was the cause for everything; however, what this sweet and innocent man did not realize was that Felicity was merely using him for her own goals. He is a mastermind of evil. That woman's depravity was so ingrained in her bones that if she could simply change Satan on his throne as a demon, she may have done it! I can't believe there are still people who will go to any length for something that wasn't meant for them!

I know it’s hard to let go of someone who once was ours. We will be bombarded with questions about what is wrong, whether you have come a long way, or whether you have made a decision — which you thought was right. But how can we answer them if we continue to walk in the dark tunnel, devouring what is wrong with ourselves even though there is nothing wrong with us? How do we know that it may be one of the Lord's decisions, or that the world has given you a chance to get into things better? To things that your eyes cannot see because you are busy looking at what you are going through.

Sporadically, when we are so blind to the truth, we forget to look for the things that will truly make us happy. Because we believe that the person you want, can make you happy, but what we don’t know, there are people behind us who are ready to help us get up, there are hands that offer us, but we don’t see because we want to avoid looking.

Wayne ran towards me. He now has two injections. I was like a child going to the corner of my bed because the doctor was coming to inject me with my medicine.

“Thea, you need to use your medicine. Come here.”