BXBX NOVEL Chapter 335: GRIEF (2)
Chapter 335: GRIEF (2)
Two days have passed since the horrific incident.
Not too much happened during those two days, except for things that really should have happened.
Those two days were the time when Hailee and Ramon became very close both raw and spiritually, where they shared their sorrows in silence and encouraged each other in ways no one else could understand.
Neither Hailee nor Ramon, ever discussed what they really felt at that time nor brought up the topic.
Because their hearts were still not ready and unable to approach the wound unless they realized that it was there. The empty space that was like Pandora\'s box was still there and it wasn\'t time for them to get any closer than this.
Both needed time and also more mental strength to be able to deal with this.
However, the two were there for each other and they knew they could rely on each other.
And for Ramon, this was the first time he felt such an intense emotion in his entire life, therefore, he needed time to digest it and express it properly.
There were times when Ramon didn\'t say anything and just fell asleep beside Hailee, or there were times when he would get so angry over small things.
Anger that he should not vent on the people around him, like Lexus or David, Danny, who did not manage to escape his anger.
When Ramon\'s emotions were unstable, Hailee would approach him and hug him, only then did this man seem calmer.
That\'s what happened for the past two days.
And during that time, the news in the outside world only got crazier.
Giana, who managed to escape from Ramon\'s pursuit, filed a lawsuit against Ramon\'s actions toward her uncle, Leon Dawson. The woman gathered several of her family\'s lawyers to fight Ramon in court.
However, what made the news grab public attention was the fact that the Tordoff family did not respond to it at all. There was no confirmation or any words of denial from the Tordoffs, as though they didn\'t even think the case existed.
Even Lexus Tordoff, who was usually very easy to find and approach, didn\'t appear to give a few words to describe this.
The attitude of the Tordoff family left people to form wild assumptions that were sometimes too imaginative and creative.
However, all of that seemed unable to penetrate Hailee\'s treatment room, because in front of his wife, Ramon did not let out anything.
Until one night, when they were lying in Hailee\'s bed, alone and in a solemn and calm silence, Hailee probed a little into the problem at hand.
Maybe it\'s time to try to touch the wound and find out how much pain they can endure, especially when there is still a lot of energy and emotion that lies before their eyes.
"What are you going to do with Leon?" asked Hailee. The name left a bitter taste on her lips.
Ramon was silent for a moment, before he answered the question in a cold and emotionless voice. "Kill him," he answered simply.
Ramon then hugged Hailee\'s body, pulled her closer to him and kissed the top of her head.
"Yes, please do," Hailee whispered. "Leave Giana and Aileen to me," she said a moment later.
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Since Ramon promised Axcel that he would be released, then that\'s what happened now.
Axcel was enjoying his freedom anxiously, thinking that Ramon or his men would come pick him up and try to torture him again, because he couldn\'t believe that Ramon would actually let him go.
Although Axcel didn\'t want to admit this, his actions had been the reason why Hailee\'s pregnancy had ended up in a miscarriage and the couple had to lose their first child.
Knowing how Ramon Tordoff works, of course it is not a trivial matter that can be simply forgotten.
But, after two days of no news or nothing really happened to him, Axcel started to think in a different direction.
Especially when almost all the news cornered Ramon, there was even one small news station criticizing how the big news stations did not take the matter deeper. They openly alleged that the higher-ups of the other news stations had been bribed by the Tordoff family to keep their mouth shut on this matter.
Although their reason was because they were waiting for more accurate news from the Tordoff family before releasing the news.
It\'s a clichéd self-defense.
Axcel felt that Ramon forgot about him and would not bother him because he was currently busy facing public criticism, but this thought was proven wrong, as Axcel received a small package containing a flash drive on the afternoon of the third day.
"What\'s this?" Axcel tried to find the address or name of the sender, but he couldn\'t find it.
Out of curiosity, he walked to his study and tried to open the flash drive with his laptop.
"Argh!" Axcel growled in annoyance when he had to sit up, because the pain was still like a ghost that haunted him even in dreams.
Unfortunately, even in the dream Axcel repeated every scene, as if the worst experience in his life refused to be forgotten.
However, when he opened the only video file on the flash drive, he knew that his nightmare was real and that there was no way he could escape from that part of his life experience.
There, on his laptop screen, Axcel could see a five-hour video showing the scenes of his nightmare.
Every disgusting word those seven men uttered until desperate screams, cursings, pleas for them to stop, were all clearly audible.
Even the laughter of the seven bastards was recorded very clearly, bringing back the trauma that hit Axcel hard.
The video is a momento from Ramon and also a warning that he will not be able to escape from the grip of the man.
With anger, fear and nausea hitting him hard, Axcel threw the laptop and the small pieces scattered on the floor.
Just then his cell phone rang. It was the number he had to pick up.
"I think you\'ve seen the video," said David. "And I\'m guessing you\'re not going to watch it all the way through."