Isabella Black and Lucien Black.
1975-2002
His parents...
Kalix quietly kept one bouquet on Luca's grave and the two other on his parent's, while one remained in his hands.
I kept staring at his headstone, before we arrived here, I felt that I would cry the second I'd see his grave, but right now I felt as empty as one could be.
Emotionlessly, my eyes were stuck on his name, the date written below.
"You stay here... I'm just coming in a bit,okay?"
Kalix kept a hand on my shoulder, as I turned my neck to him, hearing his words.
"Hmm? where are you going?"
I asked him, as I watched his Adam's apple bop and a weird fear visible on his face.
"I... I'm going at mom's grave, you stay here... I'll be back then!"
I watched him walk, two rows away from where I was standing.
He stood Infront of a grave, as he bent down and kept the bouquet over the grave.
His face had saddened up, staring at the headstone intently...
While looking at him, my eyes went over his shoulder, where I saw someone standing there with a hood over his head.
My breath wheezed staring at the man whole face was directed towards Kalix.
No! Not Kalix!
"Kalix!"
I screamed his name involuntarily as his face shot up, and by chance his face, before turning over to me went at the the man in hood, alerting him as he quickly ran away.
Kalix ran towards me.
"What happened?"
"That...man...whoever...it was, it's...him!"
My voice broke as I pointed at where the man was a few minutes ago, hearing my words he first looked at me confused before his eyes widened and realisation dawned upon me.
He quickly turned around and was about to go in that direction when unknown, a fear unexplainable fear took over me and held his hand.
"Don't go!"
The scene of those men hitting Luca on his head and then those three bullets.
"Please don't go!" Tears brimmed my eyes, my body shivering while my voice broke down with each and every word.
"Laurie it's fine! I will be okay!"
He tried consoling me as I immediately shook my head.
Not him, not my brother!
The three gun shots keot ringing in my ears, and I could feel the blood splatter a over my face.
My breath kept getting heavier at the moment and my grib over his sleeve tightened.
"Please!" I begged and that was theast straw, without looking back for once Kalix helped me back to the car and made me sit in the car.
I'm sorry Luca... I'm sorry...
I wanted to stay, I did.
Eventhough I didn't feel like it.
The whole ride back home, my whole body kept trembling, Kalix was growing worried but didn't say a word.
Instead after every a second or two he would caress my hand lightly.
When he took me back to my apartment, I was still in the same condition, he took me directly to the bedroom and came back with a glass of water and the anti anxiety pills, the ones I was prescribed by the doctor.
I swallowed them without a single drop of water, trying to ease the tightness in my chest kr the ache in my heart.
"Where are your other medicines?"
"In my... cupboard!"
I managed to whisper with my loose breath, as I watched him walk to it and open the door of it, as a pile of a few papers, two thick books and some other things dropped right at his feet.
And the loud thud was less scary that than the voice recorder...that had started on it's own, at the sudden fall.
Today is 23rd of January, year 2025.
I am Laurel Miller, the one whose replacement you are. I was a girl who had lived her whole life in luxury; silver, gems, gold, diamonds...
My eyes widened as the voice recording started on it's own.
Kalix bent down and picked the recorder up.
Forgetting about my health, and how I had been, I quickly got up from the bed and rushed to kalix, who now had the recorded in his hands but he didn't let me take it.
And stretched his hand upwards, his expressions changing at every second.
I had all of them growing up, everything except for a father's love, and mother's warm embrace. To me my only family is Kalix, my brother. The one who looked after me when I was sick, stood behind me when I got in troubles, almost like a father.
Even when i had a huge social circle, my best friend was still him and him only, despite the huge age gap, I had never thought of him as a brother, he was always a friend, or a father –or even a mother–
"Kalix! Please give it back to me!"
"For god's sake Laurel stop it!"
His voice was filled with aggression as he glared down at me.
A month ago, I had attended a grand ceremony as Kalix's partner where I not only saw the man of my dreams but also, got to know about the strange truth. A mysterious woman had talked to me, on that day, and told me about the how my unrequited love would end. Me dead? That too while I'm pregnant with my husband's child. I didn't trust that woman, and I was surely going to call the security when she took the name of my husband not only that, but said the exact same words I had written in my diary about him.
Kalix's brows dipped in confusion, now not only his expressions were scaring me, infact his whole body was.
His face was turning red with anger, and his teeth they remained grit the whole time.
'I was beyond shocked, to be honest it would be a lie if i said I am not anymore, because I still am scared, but gradually i think I will grab a hold of it.
To you, whoever you are, from wherever you had came, you had also known about my fate, about my unrequited love, right? I tried reading the book too, But I was scared i might die even before my fated death tries to take me... But I still did, but it wasn't how my life was like, my mom wasn't Katherine, and she did not love me at all, my father isn't a doting father either.'
His face now turned over to me, bloodshot eyes that were ready to kill.
I immediately took a step back, while the audio continued to play
But there were many things that were quite same too. My infamous, rude, and mean self and to be honest i think I would've killed that girl who Cassian loved...what was her name? El...elosie, el.., yes Elodie, like who does she think she is roaming around a married man, but do you know what, more than feeling remorseful over my unrequited love, I am more sad about the baby, even if I haven't even yet gotten married to Cassian, I didn't think that I would be sad over the baby I didn't even had in this life.
I hope that you do set things right, even though I don't plan on coming back, I will be happy away from that house,away from my father and so called mother, but I will miss my brother, he has looked after me like a parent, he was there for me whenever I wanted.
There are some things you should know about me so you don't mess things up, Even though no one is actually going to sense it but I'm afraid what if someone actually does, especially my brother, you have to make sure that you remember these thing forever, don't ever forget them.
Even though my name is Laurel Miller, all of my friends call me Rosie, I know it's a bit cringe, but what can I do? Second of all, men all around me are only allowed to talk to me, sit next to me, but no man, no man is allowed to even look at me with lust, I hate that, and because of that I have gotten arrested many times for beating the crap out of politician's sons, CEO's sons, and many more and one more thing I am severely allergic to Alcohol, Even a drop and I get critically ill, my favourite food is red lobster, my favourite drink is mint lemonade, or hot chocolate, and my favourite dessert is Ice cream. And if it's a ice cream sundae then it's heaven!'
And it continued playing until Laurel was not done speaking.
Kalix scoffed as the recorder went silent...
His hand Lowered down from the air, while his eyes stared at it.
"Tell me this is a god damn it lie!"
He yelled though his teeth making me tremble under his deadly glare.