Bella sits in front of the television with a look of horror in her eyes.
BREAKING NEWS: ALEXANDER GOTH, OF THE PROMINENT GOTH FAMILY, ARRESTED UNDER SUSPICION OF MURDER.
This is your fault. This is all your fault. If you came back after the abduction, this would not be happening. If you come back now, your children will hate you for staying away. In Bella’s mind, there is no winning in this scenario. However, does she want to let her son go down a dark path? No. Murder changes a person forever... and Alexander deserves better.
IT’S TIME TO MAKE A DECISION.
For a moment she sits, eyes fixated on the image of her son in handcuffs...
are you sure you want to do this?
She concentrates on the date of Lothario’s murder.
A flash of green blinds her momentarily, but then she’s on that familiar street. Briefly, she’s confused but she soon sees a familiar frame. Bella had watched him from afar, wanting to see how her boy was growing up, this was the closest she’s been to her son since the abduction... would he recognize her? There’s a fury in his fists --- she’s just in time.
Bella catches up to him, gently placing her hand on his shoulder. ❝ Alexander... don’t do this. ❞