Please Let Me Go

“What did you say?” Antonio’s brows furrowed greatly.

He was only able to understand some fragments of Clarissa’s complaints, but after taking in the messy room and Adelaide’s furious expression, he could guess what was going on.

“Sob… Antonio, I want to go home!” Clarissa was glued to Antonio’s huge frame like an octopus and she sounded like she had just experienced something very unfortunate. She was screaming in between her wails.

Antonio shot a sharp gaze at Adelaide. Adelaide was stunned as she still couldn’t wrap her head around Clarissa’s act at the moment. She stared at Antonio and said helplessly, “I didn’t do any of that.”

“Clarissa, you can stop crying now. This is your home, where else could you go?” Antonio had to try hard to pluck Clarissa off his body before comforting her calmly.

“Really?” Clarissa raised her head and asked with her big watery eyes in between sobs.

Antonio nodded simply. Clarissa finally stopped crying and began to explain, “Antonio, I was just coming up here to pay Adelaide a visit and tell her about my recent puking episodes that was probably induced by my pregnancy. Besides, according to a show I watched, it’s good for a pregnant woman to bask in sunlight, but Adelaide only thought that I was trying to take away this room. She had said that the reason you guys are not getting along was because of me, and she also said…”

“What did she say?”

“She also said that once the child in my belly is gone, you will return to her side.”

Adelaide’s body shuddered visibly, not expecting that Clarissa would be such a good liar. She shook her head vehemently while Antonio was slowly inching closer towards her. There were no words that could perfectly describe the storm brewing on his face.

“It’s not like what she has said.” Adelaide couldn’t explain herself clearly, and one of her hands was caressing her belly while the other was tugging at Antonio’s jacket.

Antonio suddenly flung Adelaide to one side, and she lost her balance and crashed onto the bed. Behind Antonio, she could see that Clarissa was revealing a smirk on her face. Adelaide gnashed her teeth hard, thinking that Antonio would never believe her again no matter what she said!

like she was done enjoying the scene in front of her. Then, she carefully inched towards Antonio and pretended to be virtuous, “Antonio, Adelaide is right. It’s all my

Clarissa’s chest. A platter of numerous colour had hardened and

“You, wash her clothes.”

up from the bed while

“No!”

need for

Clarissa both spoke at

said, “Look at your sister, Adelaide. Why are both of you so different when you both have the same father? If I were him, I would be suspicious about the fact that you are

had never been suspicious about her mother, but she had to admit that his words had

her eyes were completely wet because of her overflowing tears. She couldn’t even see Antonio

tried to persuade herself not to harbour

slap on her to reaffirm the fact that

her tears. She bravely met Antonio’s eyes and began, “Clarissa is bearing your child, and I’m bearing your child too, but why you

of Clarissa, and it was also a sign of succumbing to fate. Antonio was her husband, and she was bearing his child too. However, what could that fact help her

hindsight. I never wanted to take away your room in the first place.” She drooped her head bitterly and she resembled a pitiful woman who had just been bullied. After sniffing slightly, she continued, “Adelaide, no matter who is your child’s father, I am still your younger sister. I never wanted to hurt you,

words shot straight through Antonio’s heart, and before he could fly into a rage, Adelaide suddenly chuckled, “Do you actually believe her? Right, she is right all along. I wanted to hurt her and her child in the first place. You can call the police to

moment, Antonio’s heart was burning like crazy, and his breath was getting more and more ragged. He couldn’t

lashed out and

looked at him with utter shock in her eyes.

her hand. Her hand used to be fleshy in the past, but now it was skeletal at best. He