Arabelle

Chapter 7 - Promises

Derrick’s POV

“She was discharged yesterday, she is at home right now” Alfred said,

“She is doing completely okay then?” I asked,

 “That’s what the medical report said, she was asked to get proper bed rest for the next one week and after that she will be just fine” Alfred said

I nodded and said “Thank you Alfred that will be all for now”

Alfred gave me a curt nod and turned to leave,

“Alfred” I said when he got to the door, he turned around to look at me

“Yes sir?” he answered,

“Make sure my mother doesn’t find out about this” I said,

He nodded once more and said “I understand Sir”

I nodded and said “That will be all”

Alfred walked out leaving me alone with my thoughts, I couldn’t get Arabelle out of my mind since I saw her at the party 5 days ago, i still couldn’t believe that she was here, I couldn’t understand how we were all came back, there must be a reason why we were all back at the same point in time, I wasn’t sure what I was supposed to do now, Arabelle was back and from our previous encounter, she was very pissed off and I could not blame her, it was my fault and I was sure there was nothing I could tell her to placate her, If I was in her shoes I will be completely pissed off as well, like I had killed her for heaven’s sake, that was one memory I could never forget, even as a child I had memories of that particular deed, I could never get that look in her eyes at that moment out of my mind, it had plagued me all my lives and now I wasn’t sure what to do, Arabelle wanted vengeance and I will not deny her that, even if she wanted my life, I will gladly give it to her, if it will serve as a way for forgiveness,

Exhaling loudly, I placed my head in my palm, I was in trouble and I had no right trying to get myself out of it, It was a hopeless situation for me, I had called for punishment countless times and it was here but it was here in the way I never expected, Arabelle was my punishment.

I had to make sure it ended for good this time, no matter the consequences, the story had to end this time around.

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Unknown’s POV

She had returned, I had sensed her, she was back from whatever hell she had been wasting, I had tried so very hard to get rid of the last time and now all my efforts seemed wasted, I couldn’t understand why she was back, couldn’t she just stay dead like I wanted her to be?

She was going to take everything away again, just like time, I won’t let her, I will make sure she dies and it will be for good this time around, I can’t have her taking what didn’t belong to her or being where she was  not wanted,

I hated her, I hated with every fibre of my being and that had not changed over the last four hundred years, I had made sure her death was painful and cruel and still she was back, I could sense her magic, I knew she was back and it felt like she was near,

Arabelle must die and this time she must stay dead.

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Bella/Arabelle’s POV

“I feel like am dying right now” I said and rolled around on the bed

Danny was sitting on the sofa looking at me with amusement, he had been coming over for the past 5 days to keep me company,

“What are you going on about?” he asked me

“I feel like I am going crazy stuck in this house, I have been cooped up in here for the past five days, the farthest mum lets me go is just the living room and the bathroom, I can’t even go outside and worse she keeps feeding me some porridges she made, I can’t believe she is learning to cook and I have to eat the whole or I will hurt her feelings and worse still, I am stuck in here and I have a lot to do” I said with exasperation

Danny chuckled and said “I really fear for your life if you keep eating those porridges, you might end up dead from food poisoning”

 “You are not been very helpful you know”  I said and threw him a dirty look

He shrugged casually and said “I can leave if you want”

I stuck my tongue out at him and fell back to the bed,

He was quiet for a while, like he wanted to say something and he was thinking about it, I raised my head to look at him, he was looking at him with a serious look in his eye, I could say he looked worried,

I sat up on the bed facing him, “What’s wrong Danny?” I asked, my voice sounded low and worried as well,

He exhaled deeply “What do you plan to do now?” he said, his green eyes looking deep into my blues ones,

I knew what he was talking about even without him saying what it was, he was talking about what I planned to do now that I had regained my memories and my powers, I felt a kind of anger well up deep within me, I was got so angry anytime the issue crossed through my mind, I had been trying my best not to think about it, the dreams had completely seized by now, they had only been trying to call my attention to remember what I had forgotten,

I stood up from the bed and walked to the window, I was looking but I saw nothing, my mind was far away and the power in my blood hummed, it sought to be set free, to wreak havoc in the worst of ways on that bastard, I will make him rue the day he was born, Danny had asked what I wanted to do and what I wanted to do was cause Richard so much pain that he will wish he was dead but I will not kill him, I could never kill him, I will just make him feel ten times the pain he had made me feel, I was shaking with emotions by now,

I felt warm hands on my shoulders, I snapped out of the web of emotion I was trapped in, slowly, Danny turned me around to face him, he raised his thumb to my cheek and wiped away tears that I didn’t even know had fallen, his green eyes held many emotions that I couldn’t fully comprehend, he was looking at me like he had never done before,

“I am worried about you Bella, I know you are angry about what he did to you and you probably want revenge or something but please Bella, I wish you will let it go, the guy killed you before for heaven’s sake, you have no idea what he is capable of, you have no idea what he can do, I know this is a lot to ask but please Bella, just let this go, as it is now, we have no idea who he is, we can just forget you ever met and go on with our lives, please Bella” He said,

 he was holding my face in his arm hands and in his eyes I could see that he was truly worried for me and he was sincere about it but I could not let this go even if I wanted to, it will keep tugging at my mind until I finally lost my mind, I turned my face away from Danny so I wouldn’t see his eyes anymore,

“I am sorry Danny but this is something I must do, if I don’t I will never be able to live with myself, this is something I have somehow returned after 400 years to do, I just can’t let it go” I said,

Danny’s hand fell from my face and he took a few steps back and exhaled loudly, I turned to look him, he ran his fingers though his hair and chuckled softly,

“I had a feeling you were going to say that, you are really stubborn you know” he said,

I couldn’t help the smile that crept into my face “That’s general knowledge after all” I said

Danny raised his eyes to look at me, I could see he was still very worried but those other emotions were gone and he had a smile on his face “I know I can’t stop you but at least keep me informed about your plans regarding this issue, I can always protect you if something comes up” he said and walked toward me, he held my arms and looked into my eyes,

I was going to make a snarky remark about how I was a witch and was capable of taking care of myself when I saw the look in his eyes, he was scared and worried about me, very worried

I nodded my head and said “I promise Danny”

He smiled and pulled into a warm hug, he smelt of musk and Peppermint, it was a familiar smell and it always comforted me, I relaxed into the hug and just let him hold me till he felt like letting go.

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Derrick’s POV

I had gotten home late from work and decided to have dinner, I was enjoying my plate of chicken casserole when mother joined me, she took her seat at the table, she signalled for a maid to dish out her food, a young girl came over and served her a plate as well, after she was done, mother dismissed her and we were left alone at the table,

“Good evening mother” I said, my voice was void of any warmth,

“Good evening Derrick, how was the office today?” she said, her voice was sounding unusually warm this evening or maybe I should say night, it was already after 11pm,

Turning to look at her, I saw that she was smiling,

 “What the hell was going on?” I thought,

“The office was fine Mother” I said and continued with my dinner,

“I am sorry I couldn’t make it to the party last time, I suddenly felt a slight headache and couldn’t make it at the last minute but it was a success anyway” She said and elegantly put a spoon of chicken casserole in her mouth,

I had been avoiding her since the day of the party, I went out very early in the morning and came out very late at night, I couldn’t deal her attitude, I had enough to think about with Arabelle as it was already, even today, it was like she had intentionally waited for me to return from the office then came to join me,

“It’s okay, everything turned fine” I said and sipped from my glass of rich red wine,

“I had hardly see you anymore Derrick, it’s like we don’t live in the same house anymore” she said, sounding rather downcast,

That was the last straw, I snapped “What do you want mother? Do you need me to attend another party or something?” I said,

And she had the audacity to look hurt for a split second, then she placed another sickening smile on her face and reached out for my hand across the table,

“I am just trying to have breakfast and simple conversation with you Derrick, that’s not too much to for is it?” she said,

I couldn’t help the bitter laughter that escaped my lips “Since when Mother? Since when did you even bother trying to talk to me? I don’t have any memory of that” I said and pulled my hand away from her,

“I know I was never there for you Derrick but please if you will give me a chance now, I promise that I can do better” she said,

I looked into her eyes and saw they were still hooded, a small chuckled escaped my lips “Whatever game you are playing, I want no part in it mother, if you want something from me, just bully me into doing it as usual, don’t come here and play games with me, it doesn’t suite you mother, I could always respect how straight forward you were in your affairs concerning me so don’t do this mother, it’s low” I said and stood up

She was looking me with an emotion I had never before seen in my mother’s eyes, she was looking at me with guilt and hurt, I was past caring, she had  wasted the chance when she had it and now it was too late,

“Have a good night mother” I said and walked away leaving her alone at the dinner table.