Chapter 12: Fallen too far...

"WHY DID YOU ABONDON ME?!! WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME TO DIE?!!"

Valentina sprung up from this dreadful nightmare. She realised that she might have made a big mistake.

She looked beside her, in panic, but she felt relieved when she saw both, Liam and Emma sleeping peacefully.

She let out a sigh of relief after she looked very carefully if both of them were breathing.

"Liam... Hey, Liam. Wake up!"

Liam moaned as he turned around. "What?..."

"Get up... please..."

"Huh?"

After a short pause, Liam lifted himself up so quickly as he was confused.

"What? Nothing happened last night?!" He said.

Valentina looked down, she couldn't face him. She had a strong sense of deep guilt etched in her heart.

"Isn't this great?!" Liam said happily.

But when he looked over at Valentina's concerned face, his smile faded.

"What's wrong?... Did something happen?..."

Valentina began to silence herself, including her breath. She couldn't get herself to move a muscle. Struck with fear, she began to sob.

"Huh? Hey...! Why are you crying?..." Liam leaned over to her, stretching his arm across and gently holding her shoulder.

"I...can't...I can't...I can't. ...I can't. .." Valentina hid herself from him.

"What? Tell me! What happened last night?!" Liam begged for answers.

"I... made a big mistake..."

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Liam handed a cup of coffee to Valentina. Emma was sitting and enjoying life on her baby rocking chair.

Liam sat down on the sofa beside her. He also had a cup of coffee in his hands. He looked at Valentina, she had a sad expression, she looked down and didn't flinched.

"Come on... Tell me...what happened?"

"Last night... After putting Emma back to sleep... someone who looked exactly like her, but older came to kill me..."

"What?... You mean..." Liam suddenly broke into a deep thought.

"It can't possibly be Emma...Right?.." He asked.

"She called me 'mommy'... And it was my fault... that she's dead."

"What are you talking about?-"

"Then after that... I met the angel of death." Valentina interrupted.

"You mean...you saw him too?..."

Valentina finally looked at Liam.

"What do you mean?..."

"Um... It was a few days ago... when I saw him in a dream... he said that he was an angel... And he is the reason why we're going through this."

"Well... He asked me if I valued death..." Valentina continued. "I don't. So... he turned into the devil... and told me to choose any one of us... That were hidden in caskets...and he'll kill that person.

I wanted to choose myself! I didn't want any of you to die because of me!... So I chose one... and I don't know who was inside it..."

Valentina spilled some of her tears into her mug of coffee. But then quickly wiped them away.

"Hey... Don't worry... None of us are gonna die.." Liam said reassuringly.

"And how do you know that?! One day! We will all DIE! And I...might be...The last one...standing..."

"Shut up! That's not gonna happen! Because...After every night...After every nightmare we go through... We wake up and everything ends up to be ok... After these 7 days... We will live a happy life..."

"But...what if we don't?... The way I see it... After every nightmare, something bad happens... Someone has to die...

The first night...hundreds of people died.

The second night... Emma was kidnapped and killed.

The third night, I found my mom dead and killed Emma.

The forth night, I got raped and you killed Andrew.

Now...The fifth night...Emma, from the future, came to kill me... and I have... chosen who's gonna die next.

We have two nights left! What are we gonna do?!"

Liam took a deep breath, in silence. He had no answers.

"All we can do... Forget everything and fall asleep..."

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Valentina forced herself to paint something...anything.

And this...was her result.



"Disgusting..." Valentina said to herself.

Liam took care of Emma in the meantime. After putting her to sleep, he closed the door behind him and looked through the open door of the room that Valentina was in.

"Hey... What do you want to eat for dinner?..."

Valentina turned around by the sound of his voice.

"Oh... I need to go grocery shopping first. Then I'll cook something."

"But isn't it a bit late though... Leave it. I'll order take out." Liam revealed his phone from his pocket.

"No. It's fine. I'll cook."

"Are you sure? Then I'll go with you."

"You can't. You have to take care of Emma."

"Then I'll go to the store." Liam insisted.

Valentina sighed,"No... You never shop. How do you know what to buy?"

"Just write down a list and I'll buy it."

"Hey... I know you're worried about me... but I'll be fine..."

Valentina approached him with a soft smile, she placed her hands on his cheeks.

"It's ok... It's not that late anyway... nothing will happen to me." Valentina says as she moves closer.

Liam lifts up a smirk. "Ok...Come back before 9."

They moved in closer and kissed.

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Soon, Valentina picked up her coat and bag and she headed out to the store. The sun was setting at this time, and the time was around half 7. She went and shopped for anything they needed for the next two days,...Because...She wasn't sure if they would make it out of this curse alive.

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Tik tok tik tok the clock echoed in the deadly cold room. Valentina finally stepped into the apartment, with two bags full of fruits and vegetables. She entered and closed the door behind her.

She entered through the living room, she slipped the bags out from her grip slowly, as she was amazed by what she saw.

The dining room looked extravagant with candles glowing from every corner. The dining table was laid out in a romantic setting, where there were petals across the table and a bouquet of roses were in a vase on the center of the table. Two chairs were placed opposite each other and the moon glowing through the window and the balcony door.

Liam stood outside, and after the sound of the rustling bags, he appeared inside. He wore a suit, a perfect attire for a romantic date.

Valentina was shocked.

"Wow..." She giggled. "This is amazing. But how?"

"Heh... I just found some extra candles laying around."

He said with his husky and a sexy tone. He gentle touched a petal of a rose which sat in a different vase on the shelf, which was close to his reach.

Valentina smiled widely. "I didn't expect that had some different plans for tonight..."

"Well...Lets just say... I might have gotten a bit too carried away."

"What's the occasion?.." Valentina asked in a flirtatious way, she bit her lower lip as she leaned on top of the back of the sofa.

"Do you want me to get into detail?..." Liam swayed his head down near his shoulder, and looked up into her eyes.

His eyes looked bold and daring. He licked his lips and pressed his teeth down on his lip... Valentina felt his sexy attraction but she looked away in unpoliteful shame.

"Come on... Have a seat..."

Valentina smiled and went over to him, and sat down on the chair nearest to her. She noticed that there was a covered dish on the table.

"Oh... What's this?"

"You'll find out..."