When The Light Falls - Book 3 - N. Y. (easy books to read .TXT) 📗

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Nicki backs up from where she's standing just near the 2 way doors, she seemed a little scared as my voice trembled at my words.

 

 

''It was your mom's fault why my life turned upside down, she ruined most of what my parents had. She kept coming back to take my dad away and my mom suffered because of you!!'' I said.

 

 

I starting pointing my fingers to her and my hair flew over my face and eyes. Nicki slowly starts to rebuild her confidence again.

 

Her smile returns as I held onto my stomach, I continued to rub it as I waited for Nicki's answer.

 

 

''You're right, she did go to Paris to try and rip what your mom and dad had. And I enjoyed every minute of it when my mom told me everything.'' Nicki says.

 

 

There was freakish laughter that left her mouth when she finished. I was beginning to see the monster in front of me all this time.

 

And I didn't know it was messed up, what I had.

 

 

My dad, left Nicki and her mother. To be with my mom, and to take care of me.

 

And he saw Josaline, Nicki's mom, behind mom's back.

 

 

Dad cheated, he grew pale and different. But I still loved him anyways, no matter what he did after which was awful.

 

''You and your mother are disgusting for what you made my dad do, you made him the man my mom hated for years.'' I managed to respond.

 

 

Nicki crosses her arms over her chest and smiles.

 

''Revenge, so sweet isn't it?'' she says.

 

 

 

She finally works up the courage to walk over to where I was. She stands near and bends down to my left ear.

 

While she did that, I ducked back turning away from her.

 

''How does that feel?'' she says.

 

 

I didn't respond for a second, my mind was still caught up in the past.

 

After what my dad did, mom went to rehab. She fixed herself up and filed for a divorce, all while Dad was still living under our roof.

 

 

And those postcards, he'd send. I figured it out years ago, it was to a girl.

 

Just around my age.

 

That girl was Nicki. And I never knew how close he was to her, until now.

 

 

''Everything that happened, everything that made your parents break up and made our dad lose focus on you guys. It was my mother's plan, to get him back.'' Nicki said softly into my ear.

 

 

I was sick of what she said, I stared at her as she walks over to the 2 way doors leading outside.

 

She turns around before opening one of the doors.

 

 

My mind was still on my thoughts as I had my head ducked down again.

 

 

The paris treaty, the fight with my mom before everything else fell into place.

 

College, how I didn't realize how close me and Nicki were.

 

 

Everything. 

 

It was her fault, because of revenge.

 

And I suffered because of her sick mind and twisted family drama.

 

 

But I don't regret it much, just the parts that were kept secret. The lies and secrets she never told me.

 

And i'm not even mad at my mom, she did what she had to do.

 

 

I don't blame her, i'm just upset that I knew the truth and she didn't.

 

And now, Nicki...she'll always know the real reason why.

 

 

 

As I lifted my head up, Nicki was clear out of my house.

 

I was speechless as I tried to lift myself up again.

 

 

I squeezed my eyes shut again as the pulsing pain came back to my stomach. I realized this was something more serious than just a reaction.

 

 

More than just my body talking, it was telling me something.

 

I felt my dress getting tight as I tried to breath, and then it happened.

 

 

That moment I was expecting, it came pouring down and my eyes lifted up.

 

It was impossibly crazy to think about, but it comes when it comes.

 

 

 

The front door opens as Marybella comes in. My eyes shift to her as I tried to keep myself up on the counter.

 

Her hair flows in as I tried to recognize her, it was unsual even after a year to see Marybella without her famous pin up bun hairstyle.

 

 

She had left her brown hair down and watched it grow as she started shifting her wardrobe from pink to white.

 

But she still wears pink on occasion.

 

 

Bella flips through the mail from outside, she looks up to me with a little surprise.

 

I'm still mesmorized by her appearance that I don't notice she's clear across the kitchen to where I stood, leaning on the island counter.

 

 

''Elle why is there a puddle underneath you?'' she asks.

 

She looks down morbidly at the mess of what's left from me. My heels quivered a little as I regained my stance again.

 

Bella was concerned as I stare at the front door, with my motionless body.

 

 

''Elle?'' she finally interuppts me.

 

''It's time.'' I replied softly.

 

Chapter Twenty: Coming Down

 

The blinding lights up ahead were too bright for me to see.

 

I shield my eyes as my ears finally open up again.

 

I was being rushed through the hospital floors as I felt the pain kick back in. I screamed as I tried to gain control of myself.

 

 

But the pain was horrible, ripping through me like waterfalls.

 

I held onto Marybella's hand and she lightly yelled in pain when I squeezed it

 

 

I never realized how hard this actually was, giving birth.

 

But this time it was just one baby.

 

 

Finally, I reached my room as they doctors pin me up to certain machines and Marybella is left staring at me from a distance.

 

I could see in her eyes, she was scared for me.

 

The last time she was in a hospital room was when I was giving birth to my twins. She fainted and had to be carried out.

 

 

 

But I still know she gets a little anxious and scared since the last time she was in the hosptial.

 

Bella thought she had died back then, but didn't.

 

I still have faith that she won't be scared for me. Hopefully I won't see the light like how she told me.

 

 

I had to admit, I was still scared for this moment.

 

 

The contractions were slowly going away, I relaxed as I brought my head back to the pillow underneath my neck.

 

I didn't like the idea of getting a shot in my back to stop the contractions. So I eased through it like a solider and let it drift past me.

 

 

''Jacob's on his way, and so are the others.'' Marybella says.

 

She turns her phone off as and sets her arms down to her side and she watched me. Silently breathing while she stands just a few feet away from the door.

 

''It's okay.'' I replied softly to her.

 

 

Bella lifted her right hand to her mouth, she began sobbing as I felt the tension grow between us.

 

The sweat from my forehead fell down as I tried to cover the tears falling down from my face earlier.

 

 

''Bella, it's okay.'' I reassured her through her sobs.

 

 

Marybella bursts into tears as she makes her way to the floor. She sits on her legs as she tried to cover the loud cries escaping her mouth.

 

She still kept her mouth covered as I watched her shake and sob constantly.

 

I cried too as I tried to look away.

 

 

It was just hard for her to understand, she had been traumatized since.

 

But I needed her to come back to me again. She needs to know that i'll always be here.

 

 

''Please.'' I said softly.

 

 

I don't even know if she heard me, but something tells me she had. Marybella had finally got up and decided to face her fear and come to me.

 

 

And when I turned, she merely stood up. She was still crying softly.

 

Tears escape my eyes as I continued to watch her quiet down.

 

 

There was something about that sight I knew would come once in a while.

 

Seeing Marybella this way, was nothing anyone could think about.

 

 

She was tired and anxious for things to go the right way.

 

But she needs to believefor herself

 

 

I swallow what's left of my sobs and looked down to my hospital gown.

 

I slowly raised my right hand to touch my stomach as the pins and needles stuck in my skin move with me.

 

 

I began rubbing my stomach, thinking of the possibilities as my nose drips from what I didn't let out from my previous crying.

 

''Do it, for her.'' I said barely audible.

 

 

In that instant, Bella lifts her head up. Her cries stopped as she slowly began to stand up.

 

I didn't see it at first, but when Marybella slowly started approaching me, her hair lifted up.

 

 

She had it pulled up into the old style she used to wear all the time. The same pin up with a bun.

 

I saw the old Marybella again, and it made me motionless.

 

 

But it went away as the romantic bubble I had invisioned, flew away.

 

My tears cleared and I saw the same girl I knew before.

 

 

''Her?'' she managed to say.

 

Her voice broke a little, but I could still hear.

 

I finally smiled as my lips part and the dry cracks from them form a line.

 

 

''Yes, it's girl.'' I said silently.

 

I watch her brush her hair behind an ear. She bends down to sit in a chair to my left as I watched her face light up.

 

''I can't believe you're having a girl.'' she said, audible this time.

 

 

She smiled widely as she bent her head down to my arm resting just below her. She began to sob again as I stayed silent watching her.

 

''I wanted it to be a surprise, like how I waited for Kylie and Jake. But I couldn't resist, so I scheduled an appointment with my doctor and...'' I started.

 

''It's a girl!'' Marybella said excidedly.

 

 

She finally stopped sobbing and faced me with her eyes resembling a swollen look as tears went past them and down her cheeks.

 

''Oh Bella.'' I said silently.

 

 

My left hand grazes her left cheek as her last tears fell down. I wiped them away.

 

I finally had her in the hospital room again and this time she was not all that scared.

 

 

But part of me sensed she would be later.

 

 

Seconds pass by as our heads turn to my doctor entering into the room.

 

''Okay, Mrs. Kensigton i'm on a quick schedule. Let's get ready to push that baby out.'' he says.

 

 

His last words boom into the room as me and Bella turn from him to each other.

 

''Here we go.'' she says smiling down at me.

 

''Here we go.'' I replied softly.

 

 

 

Already it had been an hour of labor and I couldn't breath. The pressure was way too much, and I was sweating like crazy.

 

But the proud looks on everyone's faces were good enough to focus on.

 

 

I could see the slight horror in Jacob's face. He knew that it was scary before.

 

I could feel myself smiling a little as the pain eased away.

 

 

''Elle you have to push, come on.'' says the doctor.

 

Tears slowly fell from my face as I lifted my head back up. I was staring at the ceiling.

 

 

Everyone was ahead of me, watching the process happen.

 

It was just like before, and I needed to do it again.

 

 

I need to push and get it over with.

 

 

''Come on, you can do it.'' Rikki says, her voice surrounds my ears.

 

 

She huddled with the others just around the doctor. I knew they would not be in the room for too long.

 

Too many people can make it challenging to give birth.

 

But I had faith in them, they were here before and always will