Dead Husband Returns

~EMILY’S POV~ “Ethan, our son is four today” I dropped the flower bouquet beside the tombstone. " Only if you were here.." “Mom, Mom, I saw Dad" Liam said, pointing in the direction of a man walking with a group of bodyguards. I couldn't see his face. " I know you miss your dad,” I said, trying to fight back the tears. “But mom, he looked like my dad in the picture.” He insisted. He must be imagining things. Ethan died four years ago. ************************************************ "You must be tired; you need to rest,” Ethan said. "No, I'm fine”, I said, sitting on the couch. He sat beside me and rubbed my stomach. " If he is a boy, we should name him Liam”, he said, smiling. "What about a girl?” I asked jokingly. " Lily,” he said and kissed my forehead. THE FOLLOWING DAY. “You are pregnant; why should Ethan leave you alone at home?" My best friend, Serena, said. “He has to work to earn money for baby formula" I said, smiling. " He will have his leave next week. The telephone rang, and I hurriedly stood up to pick it up. “Emily, you have to come back now; your family has gone bankrupt, and your father collapsed” The call ended. I almost lost my balance, but Serena caught me. “I have to go home" I dialed Ethan’s number, but it was unreachable. After several attempts, Serena stopped. “Don't worry, you can go; I'll leave a message for him." “Thank you very much" I packed my things and left for the airport. I got home after two hours and received a voice message from Ethan. I was about to listen to it when a call came through. “Is this Emily Hayes? Your husband died in an accident; his body is in the city hospital." My whole world collapsed in front of me after I received a call that my father was dead. I fell to the ground and passed out. ************************************************ "Ms. Emily, you are three months behind on this burial plot. If you don't pay up quickly, your husband's body will be removed.” The cemetery attendant brought me out of my thoughts. "I’ll pay up very soon,” I said. "Do that quickly,” he said and left. I walked out of the cemetery holding my son's hand. I just got a job as a bar attendant in one of the most famous clubs in the city. I had spent years taking various part-time jobs to scrape together money for Liam's Surgery. He has a congenital heart defect from birth, and the operation was the only hope of living a normal life. " Emily, there are some rich people in the VIP lounge; you could earn some money there,” Mary, one of the bar attendants, said, giving a tray of wine. I hope it goes well; I need to save up for Liam's surgery. Ethan's burial plot is due; the rent is also due. I heaved deeply and worked towards the lounge. ~ETHAN'S POV~ "Boss, We've seen the woman you've been looking for for years. I received a call from my assistant while I was at the club. “I'll send the details to you" he said and hung up. A message popped up on my phone, and I opened it. Just then, a woman walked in. She looked like Emily. I stood up immediately. “Emily," I called. She was shocked; I could tell it on her face. I was right. It was Emily. We finally met. "Ethan” she said as she moved closer to me. “You are alive" she said with tears running down her cheeks. I wasn't moved by her pity tears. I wasn't Ethan from four years ago. I held her hand back as she was about to hold me. I couldn't let the killer of my unborn child get any closer to me. “What? Are you disappointed to see me alive?" I said. “Ethan, are you blaming me for not letting you know before I left" "For not returning after you abandoned me, I scoffed. " Ethan, I left a note for you” I pushed her to the ground. ************************************************ I was at the construction site when Serena, Emily’s best friend, walked up to me with a document. "Ethan, Emily left this for you. It's a divorce agreement. She said she can’t continue living in hardship” I collected the document to see for myself. Emily couldn't possibly leave me. "No, this is not true; she can't leave just like that”, I said, tearing the divorce agreement. "And she aborted the baby” Serena said, and I felt my last bit of hope with Emily was gone. “No, I have to find her," I said, running towards the road. I got hit by a truck as soon as I got to the middle of the road. I managed to reach for my phone after I fell to the ground. "Don't go, I'll come find you”, I sent a voice note to Emily before passing out. ************************************************ "I have nothing but hatred for you. I'll make sure you pay back a thousand times the pain you caused me”. ~ EMILY'S POV ~ The first person my eyes landed on was someone who looked exactly like Ethan as soon as I got to the lounge. Was I hallucinating?. “Emily," he called. My leg trembled; after four years, the man in front of me was Ethan " Ethan" He’s not dead; tears filled my eyes. I walked towards him and tried to touch him, but he stopped me. I was shocked; we finally met after four years of mourning him, and this is what I get. He looked at me with resentment. Did Serena deliver my message? Did he misunderstand me back then? Different questions ran through my mind. “Ethan, looks like she pissed you off. I'll teach her a lesson" A man sitting beside Ethan said, looking at me with a smug smile. Just because I went without telling him, I have to face all this humiliation. “Serve us wine" the man said. I looked at Ethan, and he looked away quickly. "Okay”, I stood up and took the wine I was about to pour the wine, but the man stopped me. "Are you going to serve us wine standing?” I looked at him in disbelief. How else was I going to do that “Kneel,” he said. I looked at Ethan; he had a cold expression. Did he really hate me that much? I am doing this for Liam. I'd do anything for him, even if it meant losing my dignity. I knelt and poured the wine into the cup. Ethan took the cup and looked at me. "Did you ever think about me? Did you ever think about the child?” He grabbed my neck. " Ethan, I can explain what happened then. I got a call from home and I….." His phone rang; his voice was gentle as he talked over the phone. "I'll be there soon” he stood up and left without looking back. Looks like he already found someone else. It's of no use to explain myself to him. I can't let him find out about Liam.