This chapter contains mature content, Reader discretion advised.

I know this is a short chapter, but there is a reason I did not add anything in this chapter just edited a few parts and dialogues..

Well than go ahead I won't bother you anymore..

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Past..

Cassandra entered the hallway purposely avoiding the centre where the party is going on. Her eyes wander at every corner. Looking for a certain someone. She bit her lips even though it was her plan to make him suffer here she was suffering and worried sick about him. After a while she made her way towards the kitchen to get something to drink. She stumbled upon a body. 

"Flynn" she yelled. She was shaking him vigorously. He groaned, blinking his eyes. His hand wrapped around her, he pulled her closer.

"Flynn.. What are you doing?" Cassandra asked him softly. His eyes shifted and she could feel his drunken eyes. He softly pressed a kiss on her head.

"What happened?" She asked,held his face in her hand. He stared at her with his blurry eyes.

Pressing a kiss on his forehead, "Everything is going to be fine, Flynn" Cassandra pulled him up, making him stand. She supported him to his room pushing him on the bed. She was about to leave when he grabbed her hand pulling her underneath him.

Coltrane's hand softly caressed her, she was losing her mind. 'This is bad'

Coltrane kissed her, whispering a name that stopped her breathing almost, "Catherine" his soft murmur froze her. This was the last straw, she might love him but letting her be the replacement of the woman he loves. She pushed him but his next words broke her heart .

"Don't go," He begged. The Flynn she knows will never beg.

"Everything will pass away,Flynn. Please don't do this to yourself" Cassandra grabbed his face as a tear slipped from his eyes. Her defence breaks even though she wanted to be cold but her heart gave up and let him in. She wiped his tears. 

Coltrane grabbed her hand pressing a kiss on her palm. She shivered trying to pull herself out of his reach but he wrapped his hands around her tightly. He flipped them so that she was under him. His lips came down crashing her. He roughly kissed. He roughly sucked on her lower lips biting softly. She moaned, opening her mouth. His tongue invaded her sense leaving her breathless. She gasped for air. He pressed pepper kisses on her neck softly nibbling her skin. Her hand went through his hair. He moaned. His hand went behind her back opening her dress. She can feel the cold air on her skin.

His hand explored her to places where even she never touched herself. He unhooked her bra letting it fall. His lips sucked her bud. Her grip tightened on his hair. She can feel her body throbbed with an unknown want. He pressed his finger on her private part. Slowly rubbing her. She shook her hip with ache. He entered her slowly breaking her hymen. She cried out digging her nails on his shoulder. He consoled her making sure she was comfortable and painless, before rocking her slowly.

She remembers him making love to her passionately. How she came down from immense pleasure. After that she slept off in a blissful sleep.

Coltrane slowly opened his eyes groaning, his head was pounding.

"What the hell happened?" 

Last night the image slowly came back to him when his hand touched something soft. He jumped startled which woke the person beside him. He hurriedly pulled on the pants when she sat up, her body aching. 

"Catherine....?"  Coltrane touched her face, the moment he touched her reality crashed down on him. He knows who she is from the very beginning but a hope that she will turn out to be her never left him. But that doesn't mean she will deceive him.

Coltrane grabbed her hand and squeezed it painfully hard. Her sleep vanished the moment she heard her name. Her body already stiffed; she gritted her teeth when pain shot through her body.

"How dare you do something like this?" He asked, glaring at her as his nails almost dug in her hand.

"I....." her words trailed off. Why did she do that? That's the question even she cannot answer. The moment he said he loves her, her hope shattered.

"What the fuck do you take me for?" Coltrane growled, more the time passing, more angrier he was getting. 

"You are suppose to my bestfriend Cassandra, than why the fuck did you betray me?" He asked a bit heart broken. She should have pushed him away for the sake of their friendship but she did not.

"You really think you can be her replacement? "Coltrane  asked her. She gulped down painfully 

"Enough of this" Cassandra snapped wiggling her hand.

"I trusted you. I thought ....... Do you really think she will take me after knowing I slept with her sister?" Coltrane gritted his teeth rubbing his face.

'She already rejected you" She wanted to scream at him but voice left her. She rubbed her faces a tear spill from her eyes. She bring this upon herself, she can't blame him, he was drunk.

"What do you take her for?How could you do this to me to us?" Coltrane yelled at her, when her eyes widened. She didn't want to hear this, not from him at least.

"Get the hell out of here. I don't want to see your face" Coltrane spatted the words and turned around. She collects herself grabbing the dress and ready for a walk of shame.

"I want to make sure that if Catherine ever look at you that way, than you remember that she is the replacement because I have you first..." she said those words venomously. Coltrane froze a bit at her words which she does not know why she said those words. Was it a ego boost? Or a emotional relief for her?

Before she walked he grabbed her slam against the door.

"What's wrong with you?" She shrieked as the ache between her legs increased. 

"You are the stand in.." Cassandra froze a bit as tries to push him away when he grabs a hold on her hand and pushes it over her head.

"I love her and only her" Coltrane spoke with coldy before slamming his lips against her. The kiss was nothing, no passion, no love, and no warmth. It was just to punish her. Blood came out of her lip when he bit it. She struggled to push him away. Tears stung her eyes, his words were more hurtful than his action. He leaves her lip to see her blooded lips. His tongue licked her lip as his hand ripped her dress. Left her naked in front of him. His one hand trail on her naked skin. She might have had sex with him but that does not give him the right to treat her like this. She wiggled her hand slapping him across his face.

"Don't you dare touch me again" Cassandra turned, grabbing something to wear before walking out. She gave up her self respect and got nothing in return. Her heart beat shrudder when she looked at the couple of guys sitting on the cough. Some laying on the floor. She can feel the nauseated feeling built up. She steady herself for the walk of shame. She was after all in a long white shirt two buttons missing.

What she missed was that Aaron looked at her before smirking, his eyes burning with something she could not put her fingers on "Wow what a slut you are? If I had known you would be this messed up. I will have taken you.." He whispered seductively, gripping her arms. She pushed him away angrily tears fell from her eyes. She rushed out of there as fast as she could her legs felt heavy as she felt burdened. 

She called a cab. The cab driver turns to look at her a few times, "wild night" but she ignored him. 

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Present…

This is it. Coltrane huffed at the load of work. It was more than enough to make him stay here for 5 days. 

He was going through the sheet when another file pops out, interior design, 'Why the hall interior design sending their file here?' Then he remembered something that made his mood sour.

"Jamie, I need you to find a suitable manager for the interior design department. Make sure the interview goes through me and if anyone from the department wants to try make sure they are qualified" He ordered frustrated at the pile of work which was piled over with his messed up personal life. He shakes his head, he needs to be professional.

Austin rushed Meera to the nearest medical care. The doctors looked at him with wide eyes.

"I will take care of her from this point" that's the word a nearest doctor said. Austin gave him a nod. 

"Give her the best primary treatment you can give and collect her blood sample" Austin ordered before calling an ambulance. Mary was staring at the I.C.U. door. He walked up to her, "Snap out of it. I need you to tell me her medical condition and what medicine she is taking?" Austin asked her. Mary blurted out that she was feeling sick, nausea. She was suffering from migraine.

Austin felt numb a sudden flash of a certain someone halted him in his step. He needs to stop thinking about her and focus on the current person.

"We need to hurry, start with the treatmemt and see whether it's working or not" He rubbed his head.

They waited for the report to come. It's been a long time.

"Are you alright?" Austin asked her, who nodded her head as her eyes teared up a bit. He looked down taking the report. He was busy reading the reports.

Mary made her way to the cafeteria and ordered coffee. When she returned he was talking to the doctor.

He nodded at her,"We are shifting her to My clinic, tomorrow after she wakes up".

She handed him the coffee, "Thanks" with that  Austin stood up and walked away. She  was staring at the wall as her heart drop to her stomach. What can she do?

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Past..

Cassandra shivered standing in front of her home. Tears fill her eyes. She needs to tell her grandmother what she did even though she warned her. Her hands shake as the passer-by gives her a dirty look. She hurried inside which was eerily quiet. 

But her life crumbled hearing the words in these silences. She turns to see her father and a Doctor talking.

"I am sorry Mr.Walmart she passed away last night. It was too late, if only she had been admitted earlier we could have done something" Cassandra blinked her eyes even though she could hear crying and her breathing stopped. She stared at them , her hand shaking words stuck somewhere along her breath. Her father's eyes landed on her. He looked shocked at her appearance and gave a disapproving look before going back to his wife who was crying then she noticed everything around them.

"Where is grandma?" She asked which came out as a whisper. She can feel herself trembling when the words come out from where. She did not notice.

"She is no more" Cassandra collapsed,her body shaking in convulsion. Warms hands wrapped around her. Catherine was horrified looking at her sister crumbling in front of her. And the worst thing is she is not crying. There were no tears to let that pain out. She rushed without thinking, holding her in her arms. Her father can handle her mother. She rubbed her hair. She was sad that her grandmother died. But what Cassandra was feeling was much more. She lost her mother, her confidence, her support, her safe haven.

"Catherine get away from her '' her mother who was out of control a few moments ago was standing in front of her. She knows something bad is about to happen. Catherine looked at her father who indicated she wanted to follow her mother. She slowly let go of her. Her heart ache.

"Where were you last night?" Her mother's voice was deadly cold. Cassandra blinked as if her senses returned. She looked up to see Carina glaring at her coldly eyeing her with a disgusted look.

She opened her mouth but nothing came out. Not even a sound.

Which was filled with the sound of a slap. Cassandra blinked as she felt the sting of the slap. Catherine grasped, "Mother," she was about to intervene when her father stopped her.

"I asked you something," Carina yelled.

"Where were you last?" She gritted her teeth.

"Whoring yourself out" Carina grabbed her shirt tearing a few buttons. 

"Just like your fucking mother" Cassandra felt numb to the point even those nasty accusation did not evoke any emotions.

"You know if you were here... mother would have been alive" 

"You killed my mother, you bitch" that was the second slap almost scratching her face. Mrs.Mayor hated her all her life but this never deliberately abused her physically. For some reason Cassandra felt that Carina was right. Because of her Grandma was not here anymore .One of the reaon why she slept with Coltrane was to spite her grandmother. But this is the only home she has. Her whole life she spent isolated from the main house with her grandmother. 

"You have destroyed enough. There is no need of you here" Carina grabbed her arm dragging her out. 

Cassandra frantically searched anyone. Where will she go? She has no one now. She tries to protest. She at least needs to attend her Grandmother's funeral.

"Mother stop," Catherine stopped her mother.

"She is right. Where will she go?" Her father tried to protest.

"Are you trying to protect this bastard child?" Her mother turned to glare at her father. For the first time she looked at her father pleasing him to let her stay. She will stay far away from them.

"You need to choose between her and me" her eyes widened. She knows what her father's answer will be. 

Catherine grabbed her mother's hand ," Stop this mother. She needs us more than ever. Why are you doing this?" 

"Catherine stay out of it" that's what her father said.

"Dad what are you saying?" She asked him. That's all she heard when she was thrown out of that house. She was not even allowed to attend her Grandmother's funeral.

Her legs wobbled and the pain was the remainder of last night. What disaster her life has became.

She looked up at the cloudy weather was portraying mood.

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