unfocused

"The man you killed is alive"

"He is alive"

"He is here"

"Jelly, I'm alive"

"I survived"

"Yes I survived, better don't be surprised"

"I'm gonna be your worst nightmare now, you can never run from me, you can't hide anymore"

"Hahahahahahahahahahaha"

"Hahahahahaha"

"Hope you didn't miss me much?"

"But don't worry, my return won't hurt you at all"

"It will only spicy the soup you made"

"You know I'm too nice to be harsh, let's just keep everything simple"

"Jelly girl, I'm here"

"Look at me"

"Look here"

"I say look here"

"Will you obey my command? Or you want it the hard way"

"Speak up now"

"Speak now"

"Why are you quiet?"

Jelly keep turning her head on the bed, she was hallucinating maybe it's a dream, the sweats on her forehead keep increasing, it was as if she was battling with the underworld, but definitely it wasn't, her constant thinking of Mr. Robert Hall made him visible in her head but in a threatening manner, he wasn't gonna leave her alone, to make the matter worse, Skylar was there, she was prepared for revenge, she was in support of her father, she was ready to make her pay for everything.

"I won't spare you"

"I will hurt you deeply"

"Your daughter"

"Where is she?"

"Tell me where she is"

"Ana"

"I want to take her away from you"

"She is mine, you know"

"Ana, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, not my daughter, leave her alone, leave her

"Leave her, Ana, Ana, Ana" Jelly shouted endlessly, the spiritual realm seem to be interfering with the physical, she continued shouting endlessly, Prachi ran to her room when she heard her voice, she was panicking in fear, she don't know what happened to her now, Ana ran out as well, she was worried that something happened to her mother, she won't let that happen, she promised to protect her mother no matter what, but don't she look too young for that task.

"Jelly, what's wrong?" Prachi asked immediately she entered her room, she ran to her bed and began to shake her vigorously.

"Jelly wake up, wake up, wake up" she shouted as she continued shaking her, Ana ran inside and jump on her body.

"Mom, mom, mom mom" she shouted as she pinched her cheeks tightly.

"It hurts" Jelly shouted and jumped up from the bed, Ana started crying while Prachi sigh heavily, she was scared, she thought something had happened to her, tears dropped from her eyes, she was in pain too.

"I thought I lost you, no I almost lose you, I won't let you go anywhere, you will stay here with me no matter what" Jelly said immediately she saw her.

"Thank goodness, it was all a dream, I won't let him take you away" she said again and kissed her forehead, Prachi felt emotional and more tears dropped from her eyes.

"Mom, I was scared" Ana said and cried more, Jelly held her face, kissed her cheeks and hugged her, she started crying too.

"I was scared too" Jelly said slowly.

"I thought something bad happened to you, you refused to wake up" Ana said and screamed, Jelly covered her mouth as she sob in pain.

"I'm fine, mom is okay, stop crying, do you want to see me in more pain?" Jelly asked in a low.

"No, no" Ana replied and reduced her tone.

"That's my girl, mom will always be fine, okay?" Jelly said slowly.

"But I'm worried about you, I'm scared, I don't want to lose you, I always panicked when I hear you cry, even when you are sad" Ana said and cried again, Jelly was shocked, panicked, scared, worried, isn't Ana too small to know those things, more tears dropped from her eyes as she think about it.

"Do you want me to be happy?" Jelly asked as she looked into her eyes.

"Yes mom" Ana replied truthfully.

"Then don't cry again, don't panic about me, just stop thinking about me, you are a child, I should be the one doing those things for you" Jelly said as she cleaned her face.

"No mom, I won't stop, I don't want to lose you, I want to stay with you forever" Ana said innocently.

"No dear, you won't lose me but you have to stop worrying about me, you are a child, you shouldn't be interfering in this, just go and read your books, you should be studying, you should be playing with your friends sometimes" Jelly said and they cried more.

"No mom, I want to be with you in this time of trauma" Ana said and cried slowly.

"Please don't, what do you even think I'm going through? What do you know about it?" Jelly asked angrily, she don't know why Ana always prove to be stubborn.

"You are depressed, you are angry, you are lonely, you are sad, you are heartbroken" Ana said and started crying again, Jelly wouldn't believe it, she was quiet as she wonder were she heard those stuff, even Prachi was shocked, she wasn't expecting that from a little girl.

"Who told you that? How did you know all that?" Jelly asked slowly, she was so shocked to the bone.

"No one told me, I always see you cry in secret, you always lament in secret, you never want me to see you, you are always lonely" Ana said in a low tone.

"I have always watched you in secrets, I was tired of seeing you cry because of my dad, I knew you are sad because dad left us but I was depressed too, I was worried too, I was also sad yet you never see my pain, you were just concerned about dad leaving us, you abandoned me" Ana shouted angrily, Jelly was more shocked, she never knew her daughter was suffering in secrets.

"Child? How much hurt have I made you go through? I'm such a bad mother, I abandoned you, I neglected my duty" Jelly said and hit her face so hard, she hit herself again and cried loudly, Prachi held her hand quickly.

"Why are you hitting yourself? You want to hurt yourself, right? What about your daughter? Aren't you even thinking about her? Her future? Her life? What will happen to her? Why are you like this? What exactly are you hiding? How many secret do you have? What more is there to be unveiled? Must you hide everything? Despite the fact that I decided to help you" Prachi asked angrily, she was tired of her lies and would do anything to unleash them.

"My mom is only angry because of my dad, she just left me out of it, I thought she was sad, I thought she wouldn't survive without him, I thought she would leave me someday so I was always watching videos about depressed people, how to live with a depressed person peacefully? How to stay without hurting them? Or even offending them? I was so cautious of everything so she won't be angry with me but....

"No but, she is still your mom" Prachi said in a low tone and pulled Ana to herself, she cleaned her face and hugged her.

"You just misunderstood her, she is very nice, she was doing everything for you, she was depressed because of you, she was thinking about you, she wanted to give you a good life, a life without your dad, a life of joy, a life of fulfillment, you just don't understand her" Prachi said as she pat her head, Jelly couldn't say anything, she was mute, she was weak, so her daughter knew everything, she was just pretending not to know, she was even watching videos just to learn how to live with her, how did she turn into a monster so suddenly? How is that possible? Where did she get it wrong? she looked at how Prachi tried to coaxed her into something different, maybe change her total mindset.

"No, that's not true, my mom left me the day my dad left us, she became different after we left big daddy's house" Ana said slowly, Prachi left her surprised, big daddy, who's big daddy?

"Who is that?" Prachi asked in a low tone, if Jelly can't speak out the truth then Ana will give her some knowledge surrounding it.

"Big daddy is my dad" Ana blurted out, Jelly was dumbfounded, she didn't expect her daughter to say anything about that man, she always tell her not to say anything about him to anyone, now she just started it, her secret can't be out now, she will keep quiet till the end, even Prachi can't make her say anything, Prachi was shocked and her eyes were wide open, she wasn't just shocked but also surprised, she wonder if there's more to this, it seems everything is leading somewhere, 'big daddy is her dad, who is he? How is that possible? Is he Skylar's father? Did she had that ideology when her mother was married to the man? Or, is there more to this? What exactly is Jelly hiding? Why can't I communicate with the deepest part of her heart to know this hidden tale? Why is she lying? What is she lying about?' Prachi thought endlessly, she don't even know what to believe anymore, Humans are worst than mermaids.

"Dad trust me, she won't get away with it" Skylar sneered, 'ha that bitch'

"Why would you upload this video? You want the public to use this against me?" Mr. Robert Hall asked sarcastically.

"Dad, you are thinking off point, this video is necessary for that woman to learn her lesson, we need to make her regret her actions" she said in a low tone.

"I just don't want it, you won't understand why I'm saying that" he said slowly, he regret giving her the clip.

"What is that? Do you have any hidden agenda? Is there something you are planning to do that I don't know? Better tell me dad, so I can add my ideas to it" she said smiling, she knew her dad isn't someone who can let go easily.

"I'm not planning anything, I don't want to do anything, just let her be" he said in a low tone, Skylar was surprised, she wondered if her dad was okay, is anything wrong with him? he just changed suddenly, was that trauma too much for him? She won't spare Jelly for this, she won't.

"Why dad? Why is it so?" she asked staring at him angrily, Robert saw her angry look but pretend not to notice anything.

"Nothing" he shrugged.

"I don't believe that, there's more to this quietness, better tell me now that I'm in a good mood, else I won't listen to you later" she said angrily, her dad is becoming annoying this days.

"I'm serious, it's nothing" he said slowly.

"Really?" she asked disappointed.

"Just do as I say, remove the video from the media" he said in a low tone, Skylar was more surprised than before, something is really wrong somewhere.

"Dad, you are amusing me this days, I still can't believe it" she said slowly and he smiled.

"Just do what I say" he said smiling.

"You won't understand now though, but soon you will" he said and laughed.

"Dad" she called slowly, he laughed again, he wanted to say it but he can't, he promised not to years back, he won't break it now.

"Dad" she called again, he looked at her and smiled, suddenly the door was opened and a man walked in.

"Who are you? Can't you knock? How dare you barge in like that?" she shouted angrily, who is this bastard that interrupt their conversation, she will definitely deal with this servant.

"Who are you?" he asked slowly as he looked at the man on shades, somehow he seem familiar but then his appearance and physique was strong maybe stronger than he thought, Skylar was very angry as she looked at the person in front of them, if he turn out to be one of the servants, she will deal with him severely, she won't spare him at all, she scuffed as she looked at him in a disgusting manner.

"Can't you speak? Who are you?" Mr. Robert asked angrily.

"If you don't speak now, I will get you arrested with immediate effect" he shouted angrily, how can a small brat keep him quiet? Is he too calm? Or what? He is very lucky that it wasn't time when he was hot tempered, he would have been dead now, he wouldn't have had the gut to barge in like that, this made him more furious, he was indeed too calm.

"You are deaf right?" she asked angrily and stood up to face him, she walked straight to him and made an attempt to remove his glass but he held her hand and removed it himself, it was Jace, Skylar was surprised, what is he looking for now? She told him to leave, right? What does he want? She don't want him anymore and she made that clear to him, why is he here now? Jace looked at her slowly and smiled, it seem he is here for a mission.

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