My Husband’S Ghost Won’T Let Me Divorce
Chapter 1: Rest in peace
The rain tapped on the black umbrellas, trying to make everything seem sadder than it really was
I stood in the Ravenscroft family graveyard, wearing a black dress and holding a bunch of white lilies that smelled too sweet for my liking
Fake sadness. My eyes looked red from rubbing them, just enough to seem like I’d been crying... But inside...
I didn’t feel a thing....
I smirked to myself, i can barely contain how happy I am-
Isabella Ravenscroft
{If they only knew how little I care}
Antonia Thorne, dug her nails into my arm
Antonia Thorne
Hold it together Isabella, The cameras are still here...*low whisper*
My father Willam, nodded from her other side
William Thorne
It'll be alright... sooner...*fake concern*
My parents, They looked lighter already...
Two years stuck in that cold marriage, a cold deal between our families to Ravenscroft cash..
And now? Husband gone, Officially a widow.
I swiped my cheek, letting out a quiet sob
For the photographers lurking behind the trees
Isabella Ravenscroft
{Nailing the act, ain't i}
The coffin was closed, Not even a peek at the body. They said it held what the sea had returned after three months of his disappearance...
But No one talked about it. His dad, Victor, took care of everything, calm as ever
I glanced beside me, Lilith, his 23 year old sister, sniffled dramatically beside me, her makeup somehow perfect
Isabella Ravenscroft
{just a little guess maybe...she's already plotting the will?}
Nearby Some Tree, my brother in law, Elias, 19year old and moody but blankly staring with no tears but just blank stare
Isabella Ravenscroft
{poor kid..must be missing his older brother but I was the ....}
The one suffered through those two years. Days, nights in that massive mansion...
He'd vanish for weeks on "business," leaving me with nothing but staff who wouldn't meet my eyes
And A calendar Marking the days Waiting for our Next Dinner together
I'd wait for him always...
But ended up always waking up alone... never there when I needed him the most..
Isabella Ravenscroft
{which was boring, lame.. Painful but a little bit But it doesn't cover how dry that man was.. Perhaps a mistress outside or..}
Isabella Ravenscroft
{He was gay}
Hope I don’t see you in the next life either..you cold, soulless ba*tard.
A month later, things felt almost normal.
I sat on the chair, bent forward over my painting stand in the drawing room of my new home
a small two-floor apartment in an old building near the woods.
Isabella Ravenscroft
Cheap too, thanks to the inheritance
Forest out the window for sketching, barely any neighbors. No stupid mansion.
No family. calls every hour.
No friends, Just me. My space.
Heaven compared to that Mansion prison.
My brush moved over the canvas, spreading charcoal into the shape of the locket
Isabella Ravenscroft
They said they found it in the Accident with his body..
Isabella Ravenscroft
Though who knows if that’s true. His Father gave it to me at the memorial and said
Isabella Ravenscroft
“It was his mother’s. She disappeared young, just like him.”
Gone without a trace. The real locket sat on the table next to me, a silver oval with little raven carved on it
I kept painting it over and over, the small words carved inside:
Isabella Ravenscroft
“Eternal claim.”
Isabella Ravenscroft
Eternal, my a*s..
I’d never even noticed them when he was alive
For a moment, I just stared at the canvas, brush still in my hand. Then I laughed. Enough of this. Enough of him.
I’d made up my mind, I'd sell the sketches, Hit the malls in town, maybe a fling that actually warmed the bed and hope not gay again as a little evil smirk appeared on my face
Isabella Ravenscroft
Damien
I said at last, to no one. Saying his name out loud for the first time since the headlines...
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Chapter 2: Help!
The hallway went on forever
Lights blinking on and off-
My white tank top was ripped, sticking to my sweaty skin, black shorts torn up till my inner thigh
Isabella Ravenscroft
{please there gotta be a way...}
I Banged on the neighbor's door heart beating crazy
Isabella Ravenscroft
Help! Open up!!!
Isabella Ravenscroft
ANYONE IN THERE?! PLEASE!!!
Isabella Ravenscroft
*shaky scared voice*
Isabella Ravenscroft
*Continued banging on the door*
Isabella Ravenscroft
{my hands hurt...}
Nothing. No sound, I tried to Open the knob but locked the door is locked
Isabella Ravenscroft
Please someone...
Isabella Ravenscroft
*turned around scared*
i leaned back against the door with my back against it, i glanced around the dark hallway tears already formed in my eyes
Isabella Ravenscroft
{it's so dark here....}
Suddenly i noticed an open door in the dark, corner of the hallway Emergency Exit.. Staircase..
I ran towards the staircase, but the door slammed shut by itself before I could even try to Run
frustrated And scared i slammed my fist against it
Isabella Ravenscroft
no please lemme go...
Footsteps getting closer, his low laugh gave me chills, made me shiver
....
Run all you want, Makes the Chase sweeter~
Isabella Ravenscroft
{No he's getting closer... I don't wanna die... Not like this}
My heartbeat kept on getting faster, the last option was the elevator...
I quickly approached the elevator, I pressed the button, doors slowly open.
Isabella Ravenscroft
*quickly got into the elevator*
I started smashing the close button over and over.
Isabella Ravenscroft
Come on, close!! You piece of sh*t
But the elevator stayed open like a broken bi*ch
The empty hallway’s lights kept flickering… then, one by one, they went out...
Left me in the only light of the dim elevator
I squeezed my eyes shut, scared shitless, legs shaking
Suddenly, The elevator dinged
Isabella Ravenscroft
{....I can't open my eyes I'm scared...}
Too late to Run, Cold Hands grabbed me from behind
His body pressed hard against my back, hips grinding into me
I Felt his breath on my neck, the voice raspy and eerie
....
*One hand fisting into hair to yank head back*
....
Mmmmm, You picked this elevator.. For the chase? Bad choice sweetheart
I twisted my head, finally opening eyes and looking up with teary eyes..
His eyes glowed in the dark, but no visible face ..
....
Bella, i Missed you... You look so scared.. It makes me~
Isabella Ravenscroft
Please No- *low murmuring*
He suddenly pulled me into a kiss, his mouth crashing on mine and his tongue pushing into my mouth
I moaned into the kiss...
The elevator dinged some fake floor..
Chapter 3: 3am
My breathing heavy like I’d been running for my life.
Isabella Ravenscroft
{was that a dream...?}
The room was completely dark, and the window was just a gray blur with the forest outside
I reached for the lamp on my nightstand… and froze.
Isabella Ravenscroft
{what In the f*ck}
The closet door was wide open. Clothes were everywhere.
Dresses on the floor, br*s and pant*es all tousled on the bed
like someone had stormed through my stuff, angry.
Isabella Ravenscroft
No. No, no, no… this can’t be happening. I’m imagining it. I’m imagining it..*low murmuring*
And then I saw it. In the corner chair, legs crossed like it was nothing, sat a figure. Tall.
Staring at me like I was some kind of show.
Isabella Ravenscroft
{Oh my god bella...what is that......Oh my god. Stay calm. Don’t scream. Don’t move. Don’t-}
I could only stare back, trapped in my own bedroom, with this… thing... But that's when..
I screamed and slammed my hand on the lamp switch.
The dim light of lamp turned on
Isabella Ravenscroft
{empty... it's empty now...}
The chair now empty like no one ever sat there, i looked towards my bedroom's door, it's closed
I slowly got up from bed...
Under the bed... Behind the door. In the closet. Nothing..
Isabella Ravenscroft
*walking backwards towards the nightstand*
I touched my forehead, a frown appeared on my face
That's when I stepped on something, yelping crazy
Isabella Ravenscroft
WHAT NO FU*KING WHAT
I glanced down it's just my own lace pa*ty, i kicked it aside.
I grabbed my phone, hands shaking. Blank screen. No time. No signal.
Isabella Ravenscroft
What's happening...?
Isabella Ravenscroft
Hallucinations... Stress from the memorial....That had to be it. That’s all...
Isabella Ravenscroft
Just stress..bella it's just stress calm down...
The locket on my skin felt hot, I rubbed my arms, shivering, Suddenly noticing the chill creeping through the room.
i quickly got back into my bed, crawled back under the covers and pulled them tight...
Isabella Ravenscroft
Go back to sleep... Nothing’s here... Safe...
My body still hurt from the dream, making me shift again and again... paranoia not leaving me...
God… why did it feel so real...?
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