"Hello kelly, did you miss me?"She felt her heartbeat slow down so much that she felt it had stopped completely. She feared this day would come, she just didn't know it would be this fast.She slowly rose to her feet, her legs trembling with fright. "Wh..what…what are you doing here?" She did her best to sound bold but her unsteady voice betrayed her."I missed your birthday, so I thought I'd stop by and give you my gift in person." He smiled at her, an action that only sent chills down her spine."Pl…ple…please…" her voice quavered as she tried to speak. "Don't hurt me." She whispered as she slowly backed away from him. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." Tears were starting to flow down her face as she realized that there was no escape for her. "Please, I'll do anything." She pleaded, even though she knew they were falling on deaf ears."No, no no no. You don't have to apologize for anything, after you left that day, I was so impressed. I said to myself, there goes one audacious young woman

"I'm waiting." Ivy demanded, her patience was wearing thin and she couldn't hide it much longer. Her parents had summoned her and Lucas over to their place for a supposed urgent meeting and they had been there for close to thirty minutes, and still haven't heard anything."Ivy, can't you see that your mother is in pain here?" Her father asked, looking concerned."I'm sorry if I didn't notice, it's just that I have some really important matters I need to attend to as well.""More important than your own brother? Or have you forgotten that he's still in the custody of Marco Platana?""No father, I haven't forgotten. In fact, Lucas and I are working on a way to get him out of there… wherever he is." That part was a lie. Sure, she didn't forget that Marco had kidnapped her brother but she was too busy worrying about Lucas to think about anything else. Besides, she couldn't do what her mother was asking her to."Tell me, how do you plan on rescuing my son?" Blanche finally spoke. "I want t

Ivy opened her eyes slowly, she felt weak and her arms were starting to hurt. She was tied to a wooden chair and she was in a slightly dark room. She couldn't see anytning, except for a table by her right and a door to the far left of the room. She heard footsteps and she closed her eyes."Are you awake Ivy?"She felt her stomach turn as she heard the voice of the man she had grown to hate with passion. She opened her eyes to find Marco staring at her, his face closer than Ivy appreciated."Son of a bitch, I should have known it was you.""Yes, it was me." He replied happily. He had his stupid stuck up smile on his ugly face and a lit cigarette in his mouth. "When I woke up this morning, I just remembered you and I was like… how can a woman treat me this way? I'm rich, I'm handsome so what could you say the problem was? You know, when I first met Blanche, your mother… I thought she was just one of those pushovers you know, those women who always loved to be the star of every show. A

"No matter the reason for your choice, you would have to lie to me…and that would be wrong.""Okay."As they talked, Ivy noticed the look of sadness in her husband's eyes and maybe guilt? "Is there something you want to tell me?" She asked him and he couldn't meet her gaze."Um…no." He replied without looking at her.She took his much larger hands in hers and he finally turned to face her. "Are you sure?""Actually, if I'm being completely honest with you…there is.""Okay?, I'm all ears.""You see, the thing is–" His confession was interrupted by the spine-chilling sound of a gunshot.The composure of everyone in the restaurant was disrupted and the crowd scattered in panic. Everyone ran about randomly, trying to get to safety and Lucas did the same.No one knew where the shot came from and they didn't want to find out, they all just considered themselves lucky to be alive. Lucas concluded he was the luckiest, since the bullet only missed his head by no less than an inch.He grabbed h

"Mother, I'm worried about Ivy." Peter said as he joined his mother on the sofa."Whatever for?""We haven't heard from her in almost a week. Don't you think something might be off?""They could be out of town Peter, don't worry about it too much.""If they were leaving town, don't you think Marco would have said something to us? He hasn't said anything and we haven't gone to see her since the day he took her. I'm getting worried.""Why?""You know how stubborn sis can be, she could be resisting… and you and I know that Marco is not a gentleman. What if… what if he hurt her?""He would never do that, he loves your sister.""Mother, you and I know that Marco doesnt love sis. He only wants to succeed in taking her away from Lucas. If she struggles with him and he–""That's enough Peter! Your sister is fine and I do not want to hear anymore about this issue. Have you forgotten the money we took? The money I gave you? Do you think that was just a gift?There's nothing we can do other tha