Wounded Hearts

Chapter 13: Accusation

3 years ago

Faith's POV

I sat there on the floor frozen, hands shaking as I stared at the blood on the ground. She fell from the stairs?....she...she fell.....I quickly stood up and rushed out from the house, getting into my car and driving off to the hospital. I quickly parked my car and saw Atlas's car nearby which was parked really badly indicating that he rushed it.

I ran into the hospital breathing heavily..." M-mel....Melissa....Melissa W-willaims" I spoke with a shaky voice to the receptionist. "What is your relationship with the patient?" she asked me. I looked down not knowing what to say but then looked back at her " sister....she is my sister" I said. "The patient has been taken in emergency in....." I quickly rushed off to where she was, not even hearing her next words. Tears kept falling out off my eyes. I just hoped the baby was fine...I really hoped she was fine. I ran and ran until I saw a figure sitting on the ground. I slowly walked towards him and stood next to him. "A-atlas" I whispered in sorrow, tears still running down my face. He looked like a mess, blood over his shirt while his hair was a mess. At that moment I felt sorry for him...I felt so bad. I wanted to hug him...to comfort him...but was scared of his reaction and above all I was so shocked as everything happened right in front of me.

He slowly raised his head to look at me. I gasped seeing his red eyes clearly showing that he has been crying. His face then turned into anger as he glared at me, making me gulp. He slowly stood up and gave me the scariest and angriest glare I have ever seen of him while I just stared at him with tears. "Atlas...I'm so-" my face flew to the side, my cheek burning from his slap. I stood there frozen in shock while my cheek throbbed in pain. "This......This is because of you....you f*****g tried to kill my wife.....you tried to f*****g kill my baby...... you f*****g b***h" he hissed and slapped me again causing me to wince but I still stood there, too shocked to react. "This is all because of you....YOU ARE THE f*****g REASON BEHIND EVERYTHING GOING WRONG.....YOU ARE A f*****g MISTAKE IN MY LIFE.....YOU f*****g BITCH.....YOU f*****g MURDERER.....I f*****g HATE YOU FAITH ABDELLA......I f*****g HATE YOU" he yelled and slapped me again.

"ATLAS....STOP RIGHT NOW" a woman's voice shouted at the back. I felt a hand on my cheek while I winced silently, still to shocked to react. I was numb...frozen...hurt....dead?. I heard a slap and slowly looked up seeing my father grab onto Atlas's collars. "How dare you slap my daughter?.....we are all worried about Melissa and your child but how DARE YOU HIT MY DAUGHTER?" my father yelled at the end and slapped Atlas again, who was now looking at the ground. 

"She was there. She was there when she fell...-" he whispered and glared at my dad "But.....OBVIOSULY SHE WAS JEALOUS TO SEE ME AND MELISSA HAPPY AND SHE PUSHED HER TO KILL MY CHILD. FIRST SHE f*****g BETRAYS ME THEN SHE f*****g TRIES TO KILL MY WIFE AND MY CHILD .....WHY WON'T I HURT HER?" he yelled. 'Betray?....I never betrayed....he betrayed me...he and Melissa betrayed me together' I said mentally. My mother touched my red cheek softly and cried. "Oh my baby" she sobbed and hugged me while I stood there still.......still feeling his handprint on my cheek.

Present

"Fai.....Angel....Faith" someone shook me lightly, bringing me back from my trance. A hand waved in front of me making me blink my tears away. "Fai...are you okay?" a voice said with concern. I glared at the figure and stood up. He moved back and stared at my face with worry. "So.....your answer?" he asked with high hopes which I wanted to crush. "No" I answered straight away and turned to leave. He stood there frozen for a few seconds until he grabbed my wrist which I quickly yanked away as if his touch burned me. He looked at me with pain and pleaded with his eyes which I returned with a blank look. "P..please Fai...please" he pleaded. "No....Never....never will I enter that house...neither am I interested in meeting that kid now get lost" I said with a cold tone but the bastard wasn't willing to give up. He blocked my way again and cupped my cheeks making me freeze. His touch.....it used to give me tingles but now....it didn't but deeply I still cared...why?...because he was once my life but that doesn't mean I will go back to him. No way!.

"Get your hands off my face Mr Williams....I am warning you" I said in a menacing voice. He gave me a stupid smile and stroked my cheek with his thumb "Ok...ok then....then can I bring him over to yours?.......please?" he said with sad, pleading eyes. I took a deep breath "no...bring him over to the park beside my house" I said not wanting this man and that kid in my house. He took a sigh of relief and smiled at me. "Thank you...thank you so much Faith...this will mean a lot to him...thank you" he said in a rush, smiling like he won some award. I was too tired to argue with him so I said yes to his stupid request. It's not like I'm gonna play with that kid. I'm just gonna show him my face and go. 

Realizing he was still touching my cheeks, I moved my face away and took a few steps back from him causing him to clench his jaw but the smile still remained on his face. I stared at his face that girls found handsome. He was now looking a bit older....but still handsome as ever...but I knew him better than anyone...how dark he is from the inside. 

"Bring him to the park at 2pm, I'm a busy person...so I won't stay long" I said with a blank tone. "But....but-" "Be appreciative I have accepted your request or else I can cancel it" I snapped cutting him off. "Ok...ok I'll bring him" he said with a sigh and smiled leaving the room.

I rolled my eyes and looked at the view outside from my massive glass window. All of a sudden I felt a buzz in my back pocket and took out my phone to check my new messages. I smiled at the user and read his message aloud. 

"I'm coming back princess"