THE LAST MINUTE GROOM SEASON 2: CHAPTERS 71 – 80
BY SIR ZACH
CHAPTER 79
Jeslyn was seen in her room, standing by the floor-to-ceiling window as she stared at space, lost in thought.
The thunderstorm from the horizon, coupled with the rain that was slapping against her window jolted Jeslyn back to reality. At that moment, the rainborite stone on her finger shone brightly, but this time, it was a pink light that shrouded Jeslyn for a fleeting second before it disappeared again.
Jeslyn looked at the ring for a long time. She realized yesterday that the rainborite stone does not only shine when the temperature changes but also does that when her mood changes.
Another thing she observed was that, when the stone shines, she starts to feel relaxed and dizzy.
Jeslyn yawned and returned to bed. In no time, she fell asleep.
In the middle of the night, Pink entered Jeslyn’s room and sat beside the head of her bed. Looking at her daughter who was sleeping peacefully, Pink took Jeslyn’s hand in hers and slowly started to massage it while talking to herself.
“Child, I’m so sorry for everything I’ve made you go through for so long. I’m also very sorry for not telling you the truth a little earlier. I tried to speak to you, but I couldn’t. It was too much for me to tell you… I’m scared you’ll get angry and run away from me. I’m deeply sorry, child.”
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*The next morning…*
Jeslyn saw her mother smiling and running towards her with her hands spread out to hug her.
“Mom?”
“Child, Mom is back!”
As her mother was running over, before she could close the distance between them, a gunshot was heard, causing both of them to freeze.
The next thing Jeslyn saw was a line of blood trailing down from her mother’s lips.
“Mom!!!!” Jeslyn screamed and ran to her mother before her body hit the ground. Just as Jeslyn was about to catch her mother’s body, she jolted awake.
Her heart kept pounding harder against her ribcage. What she saw in her dream scared her so much that even though she knew it was just a nightmare, she still couldn’t calm down.
Just as she was about to get down from bed, her nose took in a whiff of something familiar.
It was a delicacy she loved in her childhood. One that her mother stopped her from eating despite being the one who taught her how to eat it.
Jeslyn froze and slowly turned her head to the side of the bed. Sitting on the tip of the small drawer closer to the bed was a tray with a few dishes on it.
‘Who made this?’ she thought.
Her brows furrowed and she glanced at the floor-to-ceiling window– it was closed and the curtains were still; meaning no one left through there.
She turned her gaze to the door, it was locked.
Jeslyn moved closer to the tray and opened the lids of the dishes. On some of the plates were different kinds of mouth-watering desserts. She opened the bigger plate, in it was a chicken breast with spicy tomato sauce with veggie toppings.
It looked yummy and tasty!
Jeslyn swallowed. When she was growing up, Ms. Alice hated for her to eat spicy food because Ms. Alice doesn’t like spicy food either.
However, the same woman who doesn’t eat spicy food and never lets her go close to it would make her spicy chicken breast and sweet desserts sometimes and they would eat them together.
Then, after three days, Ms. Alice would start asking her what she ate within the last three days, what she did, what she didn’t do, and so on.
Because she was young, Jeslyn would tell Ms. Alice everything and the woman would blow up, yelling at her to stop eating spicy food because of her health.
Jeslyn didn’t understand why the same woman who kept giving her what the woman hated would still be the one yelling at her while acting emotional.
Now, why is the same food here? Who brought the food here?
While Jeslyn was thinking, the door clicked open and Pink walked in with a bottle of wine and two glasses.
“You’re awake”, Pink smiled and closed the door.
“You are here?” Jeslyn frowned slightly as she squinted her eyes at her.
Pink nodded slightly. “Mn…Your husband told me you were here, so I came to keep you company.” Seeing that Jeslyn was a little skeptical, she pointed at the food in the tray. “I made you something delicious.”
Jeslyn shifted her gaze between the food and Pink. “Y– you made this?”
Pink smiled, “Of course… it’s my favorite and I’ve been wanting to introduce it to you for a very long time but I didn’t get the chance.”
Jeslyn nodded as a fake smile crept into her lips. This is no longer a coincidence. She thought.
Jeslyn picked up a spoon and scooped up the sauce. As she was about to part her lips, she saw that Pink wasn’t joining her, so she asked; “We are eating together, right?”
“If you invite me,” Pink chuckled.
Jeslyn froze. That was what her mother used to say when she asked her the same question. Jeslyn’s hold on her spoon tightened while gritting her teeth with great strength.
Seeing that Pink was still smiling at her, she smiled back with her lips sealed before opening her mouth and shoving the spoonful of sauce into her mouth.
“Do you like it? How does it taste?” Pink asked, waiting eagerly for a response.
Jeslyn’s eyes watered as she slowly savored the familiar taste in her mouth. Without answering the question, she put the spoon down, grabbed a knife and fork, and cut a slice of the chicken.
Taking a bite, the tears she tried to hold in poured out massively.
“J–Jeslyn?” Pink panicked. Just as she was about to touch Jeslyn, she raised a hand.
“Don’t you… dare!” Jeslyn raised her head and looked straight into Pink’s teary eyes. “You, Pink, you!”.
Jeslyn didn’t know how to let out what she was feeling right now. “You deceived me!!” She almost shoved the plate of food away, but held back and instead, threw the covers on her body away.
Jeslyn detests wasting food.
“Jes– Jeslyn, I can explain–”
“Explain? You can explain? What exactly?!”
“Jes–” Pink tried to touch her but Jeslyn moved away, she went through the other side of the bed and sat down. She wore her flip-flop and hurried towards the door.
Turning the knob, it didn’t open. She tried again and again, but it didn’t budge.
Jeslyn turned around with a cold look on her face. “What is the meaning of this?”
Pink took a deep breath and stood up, “let’s talk”, she said.
Jeslyn snorted. “Open the door”, she ordered.
Pink shook her head, “I’m sorry, I can’t. We need to talk”.
“Do we need to talk? With that face of yours?” Jeslyn chuckled. “For how long do you intend to appear in front of me with that disguise?!!!” Jeslyn yelled in frustration.
Pink sighed. She took off her black jacket and unbuttoned her white shirt to reveal her black lace bra. She raised her gaze to look at Jeslyn, the angry lady was still staring at her.
Pink returned to what she was doing. As she was unbuckling the hook of her bra from behind, Jeslyn’s eyes shifted to the Half-heart tattoo on Pink’s forearm with her lips curled up in disdain.
Pink took off her bra and started to pull up the skin from her chest area. Soon, her skin from the chest distorted and all Jeslyn could see was a silicone skin being pulled off with difficulty.
From the way it was being taken off, Jeslyn felt it would hurt but she was too angry to care about Pink’s state.
Soon, Pink pulled the silicone mask off her and brushed her heavy hair away from her beautiful cold–looking face.
Jeslyn stared unblinkingly at Pink’s face which looked exactly like Ms. Alice’s. Her lips quivered. Was this a dream? Is this real? Jeslyn shut her teary eyes and shook her head.
“O– op– open the door”, her voice shaked. She bit down on her lower lip so hard that it drew blood. Her heart was aching so much that she couldn’t bear to stay in the same room as Pink.
“Open the door!!!” She screamed. Her body fell limply on the door and she slowly slumped to the floor with her back on the door.
Jeslyn broke down in hot tears and covered her face with her palm. “Why are you all doing this to me?… What did I do wrong to all of you? What?!”
Pink couldn’t bear to see the state her daughter was in. She walked slowly to her and knelt in front of Jeslyn. She pulled Jeslyn into her hands and hugged her.
“I– I’m so– sorry, child… I’m deeply sorry”, Pink also broke down in tears. Jeslyn tried to push Pink away but couldn’t.
“I know I wronged you, you are right to hate me, but I’m sincerely sorry child, punish me please, I’m sorry”.
“Leave me alone, you all are wicked!” Jeslyn pushed her again but couldn’t break free.
“Yes, I am, I am wicked, I was selfish and evil but I did it for us all.”
“You did, you broke me for your selfishness!” Jeslyn uttered amidst tears.
“I’m sorry”, Pink apologized.
While the daughter kept accusing, the mother was accepting the blame and apologizing. Jeslyn went on and on, lamenting her sorrow like a heartbroken child, while Pink gave her a listening ear and apologizing after her daughter was done with a sentence or two.
“Stop apologizing! It doesn’t change anything!” Jeslyn cried out loud and gently hit Pink’s arm.
Pink smiled with tear stains in her eyes. “Ok, I will stop apologizing”.
“Why won’t you apologize after hurting me so deeply? Don’t I deserve it?” Jeslyn’s cry grew louder.
Pink couldn’t hold it back and chuckled out loud.
“She’s even laughing at me, I’m funny, right?” Jeslyn wailed more.
Pink continued laughing at Jeslyn’s childish attitude. It was clear that Jeslyn was no longer angry and it was a relief to Pink.
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THE LAST MINUTE GROOM SEASON 2: CHAPTER 71 – 80
None of them knew how long had passed. Jeslyn and Pink were seen later, eating the spicy and cold chicken with running noses.
“How did you switch places with my mom without Mr. Wales finding out?” Jeslyn asked after taking a sip from her wine.
“Alice and I agreed that I’ll spend a week with you every six months. I knew everything about my sister, so I was able to blend in. When I was with you, she would leave until it was time for me to return.
“As for Mr. Wales, the useless man must have been too angry at Alice to notice the difference in his wife. Also, I made sure to stay away from his room and live with you in your room within those weeks”, Pink explained.
“Indeed, there used to be sometimes that my mom would sleep in my room for a week. If only I knew it was you”. Jeslyn grew sad for a moment before she changed the topic, “When did you stop coming and why?”
Pink put down her cutlery filled her cup and drank a little before answering: “I stopped coming when you were fifteen years old. Things got messy at that time and our lives were in danger. Your grandmother was killed too and your grandfather was starting to get threat messages, so I had to abandon you and the family to keep you all safe.
“If only I knew that going away from you all was what the enemies wanted so they could dig into your affairs.” Pink downed another glass of wine in one go as a bitter taste of sadness and regret assaulted her heart.
Seeing this, Jeslyn sighed helplessly and held Pink’s hand on the table. “I can’t blame you much because I had no idea how tough things were in the past but you tried your best. Grandpa won’t be happy seeing you like this, my mom and grandma also. We have reunited now and this time, we can fight our enemies together”.
Pink swallowed the lump that had formed in her throat.
THE LAST MINUTE GROOM SEASON 2: CHAPTER 71 – 80
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