The Last Embrace

She walked towards the lake.

"Ronnie! Get out you b.a.s.t.a.r.d!" she shouted.

Adam watched Jessy with amus.e.m.e.nt in his eyes. He was currently hiding on the branch of a big oak tree, the leaves were thick enough to cover him.

Jessy was totally p.i.s.sed now.

She taps into her power and concentrated, then a fire grows both on her palms. The bigger the fire the better to scare him out of where he was hiding.

"Okay, you won"t get out, I will burn you with fire! I will burn all the trees around here, I won"t stop until I will see your burnt body!"

Adam"s eyes widened upon seeing the fire grew bigger on Jess" palms, she"s really angry and she might start burning the trees around him.

Nana Aida was scared to see the fire Jessy was growing on her palms.

"Jessy, you can"t do that! The trees will burn down and you just exposed your real self to him. You shouldn"t use your power!" she reminded the younger woman.

Jessy just smiled at her. "Just wait and see, Nana!"

She walked towards the biggest tree beside the lake.

"Ronnie, I will count from one to five. Don"t make me lost my patience!"

"One...two...three..."

Adam voluntarily steps down from where he was hiding and jumped right into the lake. He swam as far as he can into the deepest part of the lake.

Jessy smirked in triumph. She closed both her palms and the fire went dead.

"Come back here!" she screamed at him.

The mute guy ignores her.

"Fine!" This guy really p.i.s.ses me off. She plunged into the water and swam after him.

Oh no! Adam groaned. She"s after him, she won"t stop until she can get her revenge.

Jessy was getting closer now...

Adam suddenly sank his body below the water and make himself disappear from the surface.

Jessy was enraged to see him disappear again just when she already reached his side.

Where is he? d.a.m.nit!

She scanned the surrounding area of the lake. She can"t see him anywhere...

Are you sure he never get out of the water? she asked herself.

Then all of a sudden a force from below the water pulled her lower body down until her head was fully submerged into the depths of the water.

When she opened her eyes, she saw Ronnie in front of her, he was pulling her body close to his own body.

Bubbles of water floated around them...

Then his face becomes clear, inches from hers, he"s staring at her lips. He bend down his head and claimed her lips...his tongue delved into her mouth deeper, his right hand held her head steady...she resisted him but he"s strong!

Oh no! He was taking advantage of me again!

Jessy released her power and pushed him as hard as she could away from her body...then she broke upward into the surface of the water, just in time to see Ronnie flying up in the air.

She sent him hurled 15 meters away from the lake. His body came in contact with the hard ground and a loud thud was heard by both Jessy and Nana Aida.

Nana Aida"s mouth agape upon seeing Adam catapulted up in the air and crumpled into the ground.

Jessy saw it too...Oh My G.o.d!

D-did she killed him? A chill run down her spine. She was horrified and visibly shaken with the aftermath of her action.

Her intention was to teach him a lesson, not to kill him!

Nana darted to Adam"s side, worries and fear etched on her face, she took a peek at his closed eyes. When he opened his eyes she almost had a heart attack.

"Nana, am okay. Don"t worry about me," he winked at her. The moment his body was hurled up in the air Adam already activated his shield, cushioning his body from the impact of the fall.

Nana Aida sighed in relief. She steps away from him.

Jessy came running towards them...

Adam closed his eyes again and pretended he"s dead. He holds his breath with the help of his power and stays motionless. The only way to make Jessy stay away from him is to pretend he"s dead, so he will play dead for the time being.

Jessy saw Ronnie"s body not moving and breathing...

She immediately administered CPR on Ronnie"s chest, still nothing...

She has to do the mouth to mouth resuscitation, she pinches Ron"s nose, then she creates a seal by covering his mouth with her mouth and she blows air into his mouth. She continues the process for the next five minutes.

Still nothing...no signs of life. She continues giving him CPR and mouth to mouth resuscitation.

While Jessy was frantically busy trying to save him...

Adam was also having the most fun with the whole scenario. Every time Jess" soft lips sealed his mouth, Adam died in ecstasy...and during the countless times her lips locked on his lips he treasured every second of it. He"s loving every minute of her hot smoldering mouth to mouth resuscitation. He doesn"t want it to come to end.

"Nana, can you please get something in the mansion...anything. I don"t know what"s wrong with him? His body is not responding," her voice trembled in panic.

What if he"s already dead? A tiny voice suddenly echoed in her mind. Jess" body turned cold. Did she just killed someone today!?

"Okay, I will get something." Nana Aida immediately took her leave.

Jessy continued administering CPR on Ronnie"s chest and alternating between giving him mouth to mouth resuscitation. All the time, her heart was pounding hard in her rib cage.

"Don"t you dare die on me!" she cried.

Adam kept smiling inside. He will continue pretending dead, he will hold on as long as he can, as much as he can just to taste her sweet lips over and over again.

Soon, Jessy got tired of doing everything she can to bring him back to life...she stopped giving him CPR and mouth to mouth resuscitation. She sat down on the gra.s.s beside him catching her breathe, feeling so tired and utterly drained with all her strength depleting fast as seconds pa.s.ses by.

A feeling of dread and guilt consumed her.

So this is what it felt like after you kill a person? You also feel dead and empty inside.

Nana Aida came back from the mansion empty-handed.

"I don"t know what to bring," she said, loss at words.

Jessy ignored Nana Aida, she just continues staring at the far distance feeling empty and broken all of a sudden.

A moment later...

"Ronnie is dead...," said Jessy, she finally found her voice which is flat and devoid of emotion.

Nana Aida looked at Jessy with sympathy.

"The Police will arrest me, Nana? They will put me in jail because I killed a guy today," she said in a somber voice.

Nana Aida almost laugh. "No, with your power Jess, no one can put you behind bars."

"Okay. So what will do with his dead body then?"

Nana Aida did not reply.

"Ah, Nana, can you please check the chainsaw in the bas.e.m.e.nt if it still functioning?"

Nana Aida"s eyes grow bigger. "Huh? What will you do with the chainsaw?"

"I will chop Ron"s body and dispose it somewhere to hide evidence. Or tie a big stone on his body and throw it down into the deepest part of the lake so that it won"t resurface. Am thinking that we can also freeze his body in the freezer and leave it there for a long long time. But I think the best idea is to bury his body next to Adam. What do you think, Nana?" asked Jessy.

The older woman"s face drained of blood.

Yikes! Adam almost chokes with his own saliva upon hearing Jessy mentioned all those macabre things to do with his dead body. He"s contemplating what his next move will be.

"Nana, please stay with Ronnie, I will get something in the mansion," she was about to get up when she heard a faint sound from somewhere, a grunt.

When she looked upon Ronnie"s body she saw a glimmer of hope, his fingers were moving a little. She quickly administered rapid CPR on his chest again and do the mouth to mouth resuscitation until his breathing stabilizes.

She looked at his face, saw a tear fell from his eyes. She wipes it away with her hand.

"Am so sorry," she said into his eyes. She suddenly felt alive upon seeing him come back to life. An overwhelming energy pumped into the veins of her body.

"What a miracle!" she murmured to herself.

"Am bringing him to the mansion, Nana." She gently cradled his head with her arms and in split second they found themselves inside the mansion. Jessy and Ronnie landed in the bed where Nathan and Matthew used to occupy.

Jessy immediately went upstairs and changed into dry clothes, she also grabs some shirt and pants from Adam"s wardrobe and went downstairs in a hurry.

Inside the room, she a.s.sisted Ronnie in changing his wet clothes.

Nana Aida appeared on the doorway.

"Nana, I need hot water please, Ronnie needs to sip hot water."

"Okay, in a minute." The older woman went into the kitchen to get hot water.

Nana Aida resurfaced in the room holding a cup of hot water. She gave it to Jessy.

"Anything else?" she asked.

"Thank you, Nana. I will call you if I need a.s.sistance," Jessy said.

Nana Aida sighed, she went into the living room and sat down on the sofa. She will give the lovers some quality time to spend with each other.

Inside the room.

Jessy stared at Ronnie"s face. There was a vast ocean of sadness in his eyes.

"Am so sorry I nearly killed you," she said.

The mute guy shook his head.

"You already have forgiven me?" she asked again.

He nodded.

She took a blanket and covered his body.

Then she smiled at him. "That"s good, I also have forgiven you for kissing me. Next time don"t kiss any girl unless she is your girlfriend or wife, okay?"

He nodded again.

Jessy stood up. She needs to go back to The Facility now. This whole debacle has been dragging her far too long already.

"I have to go. Nana, will take care of you," said Jessy in a gentle voice.

But before she can move, his hand automatically grasped her right hand. His grasp so strong she was settled back on the bed. It"s clear he does not want her to go, but she has to.

She sighed.

Adam"s eyes teared up, fresh tears sprung from his eyes. He heated himself that he can"t control his tears.

"W-why are you crying?" she asked softly, she gently wipes away the tears that streamed down on his cheeks with her thumb.

Adam held Jess" right hand tightly and kissed it with all his heart.

She let him kiss her hand. There is something about him that touches her heart. She pitied him being an orphan, mute and all, that must be the emotion she felt for him right now.

Although Jessy found his actions weird, she felt something else for him...she can"t put a word on it.

"Hey stop crying, you cry like a baby..." She tried to cheer him up.

She finally tore her right hand away from his grasp. She really needed to go now!

"Bye Ronnie, be good and take care of yourself," she rumpled his wet hair affectionately for a few seconds, afterward, she exited the room in a haste.

Nana Aida was dozing on the sofa, the time on the clock that was hanging on the wall of the living room registers 2:00 AM.

Jessy woke Nana Aida gently. "Nana, I have to go. Ronnie"s condition is now stable. You take care of him," she said in a hurry.

The older woman nodded.

Jessy walks towards the main door of the mansion...

Why is it that she felt her feet were heavy, she felt a heaviness in her heart too, she feels like she does not want to leave the mansion. Why is that? Such a weird feeling.

She walked faster, exited the main door and in a seconds time she disappeared into the night.

Nana Aida stood up and checked on Adam.

When she went inside the room, she could hear Adam"s sobbing.

"Adam, are you okay?" Nana Aida asked. A lot of things happened tonight, but the saddest part of all, in the end, the lovers has to part ways again.

"I want to be alone for a while, Nana," he said.

Nana Aida sighed, she knows Adam was crying his heart out for Jessy. She closed the door and went to her room to sleep.

A few minutes later...

Adam finally stopped crying. He took a deep breath. He died another thousand deaths today. Their second separation was more brutal and more painful.

When it comes to Jessy, he will have to die a million deaths and each time the pain and torture were different.

The moment she said goodbye earlier, he felt like his heart was being forcibly torn apart from his rib cage. He struggled hard to keep the pieces of his heart from being drowned away by the ravaging ocean of his own miseries.

Goodbye Jess...