Chapter 50- Risking Life For Love

"How could you?" He growled in anger and I hesitated before telling him more.

"I'm sorry Richard, I know it's a terrible thing to do. To this day I regret the decision I made all those years ago. But, you left me with no choice," I trembled as his dark and lusty eyes looked at mine, almost tearing me apart.

I could see regret and pain in his eyes. "So, you wouldn't have told me if I didn't bring it up," he slowly said, his eyes reddened with anger.

He was taking deep breaths, trying to calm down but whenever he saw me, everything came back.

"I'm sorry," I whispered which he heard.

"Your sorry won't bring me my daughter back," he angrily stated and I looked at the floor.

I regret it every single day. Mom made me feel better but after she left, the baby took over my mind.

One of many reasons why I didn't want to be attached to someone.

Tears started flowing down my cheeks and I remembered when I first got the news. How excited mom was but after hearing to my decision, she wasn't pleased.

I'm so sorry mom.

I hope you're happy for me, now. I will give birth to a baby, a new fresh life.

"What are you talking about?" Amanda slowly turned to me and asked.

I felt ashamed of myself.

How could I have done something so stupid?

"I- I..." I started but couldn't finish my sentence.

Richard walked to Amanda, slowly and sighed. "She was pregnant," Richard replied and Amanda's eyes almost popped out of her socket.

"Was?" She almost shouted and looked at me.

I shook my head sideways, telling her that the baby is fine. She breathed out slowly and looked back at Richard.

"Yeah, was," Richard emphasized on the word 'was.' "She was pregnant couple of years ago, with my baby."

Amanda's mouth hung open and she turned to me and I looked at the floor in disappointment. That was the worse mistake I ever made. I should've held onto the baby. She was everything I needed but I couldn't have her.

"She decided to have the baby without telling me about her," he told Amanda and faced me. "You should've known that I'd eventually find out about her. How could you?"

Amanda looked at me, expecting an explanation.

I opened my mouth but nothing came out. I sighed deeply and continued. "I couldn't have her Richard, I was young. I didn't want a baby who will forever and always remind me of you. I wanted to forget about you that's why I gave her away. I wasn't ready to be a mom. Hell I wasn't ready to even graduate. It was a tough decision to make but I had to make it."

I sighed and he scoffed at me before throwing the bottled water out the open window. "You could've at least told me about her. I could've took care of her. I could've raised her. I could've move on from you. I could've..." he started in a sad, painful way.

I felt bad.

I have been running from my past since all these years but everything from seven years came out in a span of a year.

Tears started flowing down my cheeks rapidly and I broke down. "I'm sorry."

"After knowing you gave my daughter away, I don't think I can start a new life with you," Richard started slowly and i saw a tear roll down his cheek.

I had never seen him cry.

I really should've told him about our daughter but I was scared of him. He would've came back into my life and I didn't want that. I wasn't ready to be a mother. I had to give her up for adoption.

"I wish I could at least see her," he whispered.

"I have a picture of her," I whispered and he quickly turned to look at me.

I took out my necklace that my mother gave me. She kept my photo in it just as a reminder that she had an innocent life to love. She told me to keep a picture of someone close to my heart.

I made mom take a picture of her before she was given away. I opened the necklace and there were 3 small framed in which only one had a picture.

He rushed to me and snatched the necklace from my hand. A small gasp left his lips before a tear rolled down. He kept looking at the picture and smiled. "That's her?" He asked and I nodded.

"She's beautiful," he muttered and I nodded. "How could you give her away?" He screamed, scaring me as he pushed me on the wall.

My head hit the wall hard and I felt something running down my back. It was a line of liquid which ran from my head to my waist. I quickly pushed the injury before I loose too much blood.

Suddenly the door opened revealing Chase, Jeremy, Rhea, Sameer, and cheeky. Chase's eyes scanned the whole room and finally landed on me.

He smiled at me but his smile quickly vanished when blood ran down my forehead. Before he could make a move, Richard quickly pulled out a gun.

"Don't take a step closer," he warned but chase walked a little forward when Richard looked at me. "Guess your knight in shining armor is here."

"Don't you dare touch her," Chase angrily replied as Richard pulled the gun to my head and locked my neck. "Let her go."

"Oh trust me, I will. She just wouldn't end up with you," Richard replied as all of them slowly walked in. "Don't try to act smart, I will pull the trigger."

"Please don't," Chase started. "Don't hurt her. I'm the reason she isn't with you. Take me instead of her, please?"

Chase literally begged Richard. His eyes held pain and anger at the same time.

"She is going to be punished for what she did to my baby," Richard said and Chase looked up quickly.

Rhea threw me a confused look and I frowned. She shrugged it off when Sameer asked her something.

"Baby?" Chase asked and Richard chuckled.

"Oh he doesn't know either?" Richard laughed. "Oh this will be fun."

"What baby?" Chase asked again.

"Why don't you tell him?" Richard offered and I grunted as his grip around my neck was tightening.

"Chase I- I... seven years ago, I got pregnant. It was Richard's baby but I- I gave her up for adoption," I explained and closed my eyes shut as Richard let go of me.

"She gave my baby up for adoption. My baby," Richard screamed and I finally stood up to him.

"No Richard. She was mine. You did nothing except scare me your whole life. Then, you blame me for not telling you about this baby. You know what? I'm not regretting it. Thank god I didn't tell you about her or god knows how you would've nurtured her. Thank you for this. I kept feeling bad for you but you deserve it."

"How dare you talk to me like that?" Richard said and slapped me, making me fall to the ground hard.

My hands quickly made their way to my stomach. Oh god, I hope my baby is okay.

"So Chase, you still want her? She gave away her first born, maybe she'll give her second born away too," Richard spoke and I got angry.

"I would never. This time, I have someone who would support me. He would go through everything with me," I told Richard and faced Chase. "I'm sorry Chase, I should've told you about this sooner. It was a lot to tell you. I didn't want to loose you."

He looked at me with pain in his eyes. But, it wasn't because of me. It was for me.

"Olive, I could careless about anything now. I love you and I'll go through anything with you. You always distanced yourself from me because you thought I would turn out to be like Richard. I'm nothing like him Olive. I'd do nothing to hurt you," he slowly spoke and I smiled as tears formed in my eyes.

I didn't feel that great anymore. My eyes quickly searched for blood on my thighs but there was none so I sighed deeply.

Richard pulled me up and pointed the gun to my head once again. His finger was on the trigger and suddenly someone pushed him away and he fell to the ground with the gun on the side.

I looked around and found Amanda standing next to me, looking down at Richard. She picked the gun up quickly and pointed it to Richard.

"I have wanted to do this ever since you took my father. You're a horrible person Richard. You're a psychopath. You went through so many limits to so many people. But that's all. Now, you are going to feel pain. Pain that you never felt," Amanda said as she pulled the trigger but it didn't fire.

Richard started laughing on the ground as he pulled out another gun. "I couldn't trust you Amanda. After all, you hated my guts. I knew you would try to be a good girl and try to kill me. Well, guess what? I was two steps ahead of you. That gun has no bullets but this one does. Wanna check?" He asked.

He pulled the trigger and shot Amanda on her leg. She fell down to the floor and whimpered. She winced in pain and I held onto her.

"No," I heard Jeremy scream as he made his way to Amanda. "Maddy? Please stay with me Maddy."

I quickly torn a piece of her clothing and wrapped it around her leg. "She's losing a lot of blood. Take her to the hospital," I whispered to him but Richard heard me.

"Oh nobody is going to the hospital alright? Either you stay here and die or try to leave and die. The choice is yours," Richard said as Jeremy got angry.

"I will not leave you," Jeremy growled and scooped Amanda in his arms and walked to the door.

Richard pulled his gun to their direction and I walked in front of the gun. "Leave them," I begged. "Please."

He pointed the gun at me and I whispered when i saw it in front of me.

Is this the end?

I looked at Chase one last time and his eyes were watering and he stood still in his spot, very close to me but very far from me.

Suddenly Rhea walked over to us. "No. Please, leave her."

"Why should I? She basically killed my daughter by giving her away. I want to give her a horrifying death. One she'll remember for the rest of her life," he spoke and I closed my eyes shut.

"Please, don't do this. You won't only kill her, you will kill two people," Rhea spoke and I shook my head sideways, not wanting her to tell him about my baby.

He raised his eyebrow in confusion. "She- she's pregnant," Rhea finally spoke and I heard Chase gasp as Richard stood still.

"What?" Chase and Richard asked in unison but in different tones.

"I'm sorry Olive," Rhea said.

"Wait, Olive you're pregnant?" Chase asked and I nodded.

"Oh well this will be fun. As you killed my baby girl before, why don't I do the same to you?" Richard replied.

Chase walked over to us and he stopped right in front of Richard. "Oh no you won't. Before it was only about Olive but now it's about our baby too. You're not going to get away with this," Chase replied as they got into a fight and chase kicked the gun out of Richard's hands.

I quickly picked it up and stood still, holding it in my hands.

Chase threw a punch at Richard while Richard kicked chase. Chase started to bleed out but didn't stop fighting.

I couldn't see this happening.

I quickly fired the shot in the air and the bullet broke through the roof. Both of them stopped and faced me.

"Stop!"

"Drop the gun Olive," Richard said but I shook my head.

"No. I can't do that. You will hurt Chase and then the baby. Richard why don't you just let it go? It's all in the past, where many things were great but it's gone. We can't get our daughter back. You never learned to move on. You're still stuck when I left you."

He pulled out a gun from his coat and pointed it towards me. His finger on the trigger, almost fidgeting with it.

"I can't do this anymore. It's either you or Chase. And I choose Chase," I said as I pointed the gun at Richard.

"No. You can't do this Olive. I- I want to see our daughter," he spoke but I ignored him.

My finger was on the trigger and so was Richard's.

"Even if I die, at least I know that Chase will be fine. I need to put an end to you. I have been hiding myself from you since all these years but now I can confront you. I'm not scared of you. Chase taught me to love again and I'd do anything for him. Let's see who gets to die tonight."

"Good bye Olive," he said and a shot was fired which wasn't mine.

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