Be prepared you are in for a loooong chapter to compensate for a late update and I hope this finds you well with your families. Enjoy!

It has been a couple of days since I last saw my dear husband Leon.

It feels just great not to see his face or hear his voice. Now my life is peaceful. I don't need to shout or snap at someone. Moreover I have been spending time with my mom. She can't keep me out of her sight. She wants to see me all the time. Yesterday was the best. We spent the whole afternoon in the garden planting those damn flowers. We went back past eight covered with mud and it took like three hours to fully remove the dirt from my body. How does Emma support this everyday? I have to escape from this misery. This is much worse than supporting Leon everyday.

What had I been thinking?

Now we are sitting at the table having lunch while I am formulating every reason I can get out of my mind to convince my mom that I have to be away for two weeks.

"Mom?"

"Yes dear?" She sounded like someone in a good mood.

"Since I have been around here for awhile I was thinking that maybe I can go somewhere... To enjoy with my friends?"

"Um! That doesn't sound like you Emma, you sound like your sister. Since when did you start liking to go out? You even hated hanging around with your friends!" She said watching me with that gaze they throw to people in interrogation rooms.

"I know but this has changed and I want to enjoy my life before I get married! A thing Emily didn't get to enjoy." I reason.

"What exactly are you going to do?"

"Don't worry ma I'm going with my friends to Athens--"

"Athens!!" She exclaimed her fork dropping on the plate and I froze. I'm fucked up.

"Yes! Besides, I think it's a good idea to visit Greece. That way I can find a good university to study in!" I don't even know where that idea came from but university was the last thing on my mind. I wanted to make money instead and travel the world with Jim.

She stared at me for a long time before she agreed; "That's wonderful dear, I'm glad if you really want to continue studying. I'll see what I can sell to get to you into a good university."

Well yes we were that poor that my mom had to sell some of the interiors to be able to do something big. But at least I'm glad that she fell for my trap. Now what I have to do is to call Jim and let him know that our plan is going smoothly. After I leave this house, I have no plan on returning.

Before I even had time to actually enjoy the kiss we heard a whooshing sound, we pulled away quickly startled and saw the animal falling.

"This thing has also chased us but thank God it is the only one in this forest." Ben said, relieved.

"What makes you so sure?" Leon asked, approaching the animal as if making sure it was dead.

"Trust if they were more than one it would not have come to hunt alone. Now this is the best meat tonight!"

"Eugh! Eat that alone!" Leon exclaimed, looking like a kid who has just been told to eat a whole bowl of vegetables.

"Well young man you will thank us when your stomach starts growling"

He furrows a brow. "You are supporting him too?"

"What do you expect to get your food from, Heaven?" I ask. Before he can answer, we leave him standing.

After a few minutes he comes back and finds us ready to start fire.

"Hurry up and help us to start this fire. It will be dark before we know it or rain may fall," I instructed him.

"You can start by digging a small hole." I smiled, giving him a shovel while he stared at me blankly "Oh! My bad! I almost forgot you don't know how to dig but only to find a way out."

"Are you serious? Do you accept me as the director of Smith's design to dig!" He groaned, raising his eyebrows.

"Well I'm sorry to announce to you that here you are nobody either you dig or you don't eat!" Now let's see how he was going to survive. I might actually be starting to love this!

I had never been humiliated like this in my life.

Even when we were living in the countryside with my grandpa, I have never touched a shovel. Ironic that now an important person like me is digging! For Christ's sake, who would have thought that!

I start to play with the soil and Emily removes the shovel from my grasp.

"If you continue like this we will never eat tonight. You can help with the slaughtering instead."

"I can't believe this." I muttered.

"What did you say?" She asked, closing the distance between us and she grabs my shirt. Oh it's getting interesting.

What surprised me even more is that she tore my shirt. "Do you always undress men that fast?" I ask amused

"Only when it is that important and I don't have any other choice!" She said leaving me with a half torn shirt. She is going to be the end of me.

"What are you going to do with that anyway?"

"Ask instead what are you going to do with that

1" she threw back

"What if I refuse it's not like you can force me anyway" I challenge

"So you are challenging me? Fine. Ben two plates for tonight" with that she walks away

Listen man you better stop with these games or else you are surely going to die of hunger" Ben said behind me

"I am not going to be manipulated by her"

"If you starve don't say I didn't warn you as a friend"

"You? A friend? When was that" this man was seriously getting in my nerve!

"you see that is the problem. You are so arrogant and that pride of yours is not going to get you anywhere. And that wife of yours...she is very tough. I wonder how you get her in your bed. Is she a lioness? (An image of her quickly flashes in my mind)or you cheat on her" that was enough

"Get. Out. Of. My. Sight. You have no right to talk to me like that understood? And you aren't and will never be my friend?" I said with clenched teeth emphasizing on each word

"Oh right boss I'm hungry and I am going to have dinner unlike you" he said leaving me behind. I never left that spot.

That night I starved to death.

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Hello there!

This was a long one, I hope you like it and if you have questions you are free to ask .

This chapter contained three POVs, I'm sorry if it is confusing you but we had to know what Emily was doing 😉

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