Chapter 56

"Richie, Richie."Mirabel calls in the hallway. She is coming out from their room after seeing Richard is not in there.

"Where is he?"she wonders and as she goes down the stairs back to where she first searched for her husband, a thought comes into her mind.

"What if he had gone in search of Irye and the rest? What if he had left her for his daughter? What if he is trying to kill himself somewhere out of deep regret?" A bunch of 'what ifs' run through her head as she makes several calls to his phone and friends'.

Mirabel rushes out the house, trying to get hold her husband.

The weather is dark and chilly. Severe winds blow as Irye and her family run under a tree for shelter. It's been long since they slept in their tent and it doesn't seem like it can keep them safe, looking at how the wind has easily pluck out the nail from the floor.

Not being able to find anything suitable for shelter, thier second choice is the big tree they normally sleep under.

Irye has been preparing for the past two days on how to get enough blood and a plan that will get her blood closer to Abigail.

The rest also make their own plans to join Irye when the time comes, without her knowing.

They try hard to hide the basic weapons they make and keep them safe until they are ready for use.

A heavy rainfall hits the place and Grams becomes frustrated because the appropriate things that should be around the baby are unavailable.

The baby squeezes himself out of coldness in the almost torn cloth in Grams's arms.

They stand under the tree keeping Grams in the middle, hoping for the heat they produce to warm the baby up a little as they pray for the rain to stop.

From there time of being there, they've only experienced two natural storms in all.

Always when a storm almost hits the place, Abigail would be the cause and they've become known to that.

Weak branches and other trees fall as a result of the heavy wind blowing. Thunder rumbles loudly and they wonder if it's the same on the outside.

Evie holds hands with Irye and so does Blake. They have been expecting Abigail to strike for the past days but to their disappointment, she doesn't show her face.

This makes them think it will take a bit of time before she appears and it will also help them prepare well.

We'll speak of the devil, Abigail is standing far from them in the woods so the family don't see her.

Somehow, Irye doesn't also feel her presence. It may be because of the wind blowing or the rain lashing out at them.

Abigail noticing Irye's failure to sense her, she begins to close the gap between them.

All she wants I the bay and they are not allowing her.

Her psycho self still can't understand why she is dead and the baby is alive.

She still thinks she might come back alive if the baby is dead, since he's the cause for her death.

The old woman told her she will encounter two people who will bring her life to a doom. Since she can't get Irye to die, she takes it out on the little baby.

She has killed one of her children, maybe, killing another will take her out of her doom.

And with this thought, she keeps pestering the family to give the baby to her and she will even kill if that's what it will take to get the baby in her hands.

Closer and closer she gets to the family and unknowing to them, they let themselves off guard.

Slowly, she stealthily stands behind Grams and tries to reaches in from her back. Because she makes herself shadowy, Grams doesn't see her.

It is only when she tries to touch the body that Irye sense her and before she could turn, she yells Grams's name, making her startled. The others turn to her and are shocked on why Irye yells.

They can't also see Abigail since she is in her shadow self.

As a result, Grams moves a little causing Abigail to miss her chance.

Anger stricking, She grits her teeth and throws her hand at Grams.

Irye being quick, moves Grams out of the way and in turn, takes the blow.

She cries in pain and holds the part where she's been hit. Her face bruises at once and the others, wide eyed, go to Irye and ask whats wrong.

She raises her head and receives a sharp breath from them. Blake touches the bruised spot on her face and caresses it gently.

"Protect Grams not me."Irye tells them, more like a command. "She's here."

Grams holds the baby firmly in her arms and brings him much closer to her.

Suddenly a laughter breaks into the atmosphere admist the storm. The family just gets to know what had previously happened.

Abigail begins to take her real form and show herself to them. If with stealth and carefulness, she couldn't take the baby, she might as well try be forceful.

She laughs out loud while the rain whips her. It's not like she can get wet or something.

Irye takes a deep breath and goes to herself to end this trouble now and for once and for all.

With that, she puts all her trust in herself and heads off to face that monster of a mother.