Chapter Fifty - Nine


    She was about to get up when Loney grabbed her hand. "No, let Mabel do it." He needed her by his


    side. He needed her warmth. She was different but that was what made her special. He was so drawn


    to her that he was ready to give her anything including his life.


    "Fine." Danica didn''t argue. She didn''t see it necessary at a time like this. She couldn''t tell him about


    the half-done food she left in Danie''s care. Well, thinking about it, after all that had happened, she


    would rather discard the whole utensil when she goes to the kitchen. Danie was worse than she


    thought and even she has begun to fear her blood sister. Meanwhile, Loney was a bit sceptical about


    Danica''s abrupt response. He expected her to persist like she used to."Danica, is everything alright?"


    He suddenly asked.


    "Yes, why?" She asked in the same abrupt way.


    Loney swallowed. "It''s so strange that you forgive so easily. I wouldn''t have forgiven you if I were in


    your shoes." His eyes were dark when he spoke, Danica knew above all, that he wasn''t joking.


    "I would have been surprised if you hadn''t told me about your past and I would have been even more


    surprised if you said otherwise. Some things define us including our past but what makes our future,


    are the people we meet, the books we read and the things we believe. My favourite reading list is the


    Bible. Perhaps you would understand me better if you read a few chapters from it."


    "That aside, since I forgave you eagerly. My heart is free and there you are with a heavy heart because


    you can''t forgive yourself and I know why. It''s because you can''t ept what you can''t give. It''s hard


    for you to ept forgiveness because it''s hard for you to give it. Simple as that."


    Loney listened to her attentively. He was practically hanging on to her words but it did make sense to


    him this time. Danica should be the one hurt yet, she is the oneforting him. "You are strange."


    "You are still kneeling. You are going to hurt your knees. Come andy down beside me," Danica


    dismissively said. It was as if nothing had happened. Loney realized that when Danica hadid back on


    the bed, he couldn''ty beside her and rather knelt by the bed. He reluctantly stood up and meandered


    to her side. Danica moved closer to him, cing her head on his chest. She could hear his fast heart


    rate.


    "So, how was work?" She asked to ease his mood. However, since she hadn''t asked him that question


    before, he felt uneasy and rather said,


    "I think we should eat. I''m starving because I haven''t eaten since you were going to cook for me." He


    recalled the terrible event.


    "Sorry about that. I got pressed and went to ease myself. Suddenly, I felt light and dozed off." Loney


    found it weird. Danica might be having a lot of fatigue issues but when it came to him, she always went


    the extra mile.


    "Were you with someone in the kitchen? and did you drink or eat anything?" Loney asked thoughtfully.


    He still felt ashamed at how he got caught in Danie''s trap. It was quite unlike him. However,


    everything hit home. When Danica began cooking, her sister offered her orange juice which she liked


    A line of regret crossed her features. Why couldn''t she be smarter? How could she easily let her sister


    in? "I was with Danie and she prepared orange juice for me." Silence rained, both immersed in their


    thoughts.


    "I''m truly sorry, Danica." Loney broke the silence.


    "I already forgave you. Enough talk. Let''s get something to eat." Danica let out a smile that didn''t reach


    her eyes. She didn''t know how it would feel to see her sister again.


    Even though she had forgiven Loney, thetter couldn''t forgive himself. They walked out of the room


    hand in hand but he was still lost in everything that happened. He still couldn''t believe it. How could she


    forgive him? Was she faking it? There was only one way to find out.


    As they stepped out, he intended to kiss her but just before he took action, Danie ambled close to


    them. Her eyes brimmed with fire. She couldn''t believe that to the extent she went to separate those


    two, they still came out hand in hand as if nothing happened. It was a pathetic defeat for her.


    "Are you so irrational? Did you forgive him just like that? He knew it was me. He even mentioned my


    name. How can you be so foolish?" Danie seethed. It ached her that her sister was beginning to see


    between her lies. She couldn''t let that happen. However, Danica wasn''t as weak as she expected.


    What if Loney never regains himself? It was a burden she now carried and she couldn''t take it


    anymore.


    "It was the same foolishness I used to forgive you when you drugged me in the pub. The same one I


    used to ept this contract. The same one I used to forgive you when you messed with my food. Still, I


    forgive you too." Danica''s voice was firm but calm. To her, the best form of revenge was forgiveness.


    That way, she wouldn''t carry the burden after.


    "I didn''t ask for your forgiveness," Danieshed out. Loney didn''t see a reason for interfering. For as


    long as Danica has agreed to let her sister go, he was going to ensure that it happened. His eyes


    began to search for Paul.


    "I still gave it anyway but sorry you have to move out," Danicashed out to Loney''s astonishment. He


    didn''t think she was up to it. His eyes moved from searching for paul, now settling on the two sisters.


    "What?" Danie couldn''t hide the shock. She didn''t see iting. "Mum and Dad left us. You know


    you are the only one I have. You are my only family. I see you will rather choose him over me and you


    don''t care where I end up. I should have known that my life was better with the mafia."


    Danie knew how to get her sister''s sympathy. She perceived that her sister will never allow her to go


    back to the life she used to engage in and would rather change her mind but Danica''s answer wasn''t


    what she expected.


    "You know very well that is not true. You have done more harm done well. Your presence is no longer


    wee," Danica forced the words out. It was hard letting them out. No matter what her sister had


    done, she still felt pity for her because all they had left was each other but now, Danica had Loney so


    what about Danie?


    "If we are rted by blood, then you have no right to send me away. Our parents'' ghost will haunt you,"


    Danie threatened.


    "It wasn''t her decision. It was mine. Paul will take you home." Loney''s voice was deep and powerful.


    Danica trembled. She recalled vividly that she almost died in his hand therefore, she didn''t respond to


    Loney. She turned to her sister.


    "Danica, are you going to watch him send me away after he had both of us? What happened to the


    forgiveness you so wholeheartedly gave?" Danie tried to hold on to her sister''sst drop of sympathy


    and Loney noticed that she was getting there because Danica was mystified.


    "You have to go. Stop messing with her mind," Loney firmly said, a look of disgust crossing his


    features. Still, Danie wouldn''t give up.


    "Danica. Won''t you say something? Please forgive me, I will change, please..." Her voice turned teary.


    How could she live without seeing Loney again? This was a master n to separate them so she could


    have a chance. How could things turn against her? She just wanted to prove to Danica that if she


    wasn''t there, Loney would have been hers. She recalled Danica''s words that everything she meant for


    evil, God turned it around for her good. Did it mean God was against her?


    "Tell me the truth. What happened?" Danica''s expression was unreadable as she asked. Danie felt


    that perhaps if she confessed, she might have both Loney and Danica''s mercy and stay. That way, she


    could find a better way of getting her sister out.


    "Fine, I saw the message so I lied that I was having my monthly flow so I could use your cosmetics and


    carry your scent, as well as your clothes. I dropped something in your drink to make you sleep when I


    realized the time for his arrival was getting close and since he already told you to cook for him, he


    wouldn''t guess that I was the one. Look, I''m sorry, okay? It didn''t work and you still have him. I just


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    want to stay. I promise to be good," Danie sobbed. A tearnding from the corner of her eyes.


    "The car is ready, let''s go," Paul''s baritone voice sounded around them. All eyes turned to Danica.


    They were waiting for her final approval.