Hazel's Redemption

IT WASN'T MY FAULT

Hazel sat at the edge of the bed, watching Ethan sleep soundly. The night had been quite long, but she couldn't forget how gentle Ethan had been to her. It was like the first time she lost her innocence to him.

Though she felt so ashame that night and ran out of his room, which gave Ivy the opportunity to take her place and pretend to be the girl of that night.

This time Hazel had no intention of making the same mistake any more, she wanted Ethan to see her face once he woke up from sleep. She didn't even want to dress up, so she just stayed up with his shirt on.

After waiting for a whole hour, Ethan family budged, turning his head the other side, Hazel's face first appeared to him, but he frowned at the headache that woke up with him.

"Are you ok, you drank so much last night.", Hazel said a little worried when Ethan showed some signs of pains. If she had known earlier, then she would have made a hang over soup for him.

"Last night, what happened?"

Though Hazel had suspected that Ethan would forget that night because he had been drunk, she still hoped that he could have some traces of last night's memories.

"Y...you don't remember what happened ?", Hazel asked with hopes that he could still recall it.

"Last night?...", Ethan turned to look at her, then he realized that there were two to three hickeys on her neck. The hickeys on her neck helped him vaguely recall last nights event.

"Heh, I see why you're so excited this morning.", Ethan sneered

"Ethan you...."

"You can be happy Hazel Edgard, you finally climbed unto my bed. You really waited for the perfect moment to make me sleep with you, are you satisfied now?"

"W...what are you saying?"

"Isn't it clear, a shameless girl like you would resort to any means to climb unto man's bed.", His words pricked her heart, making her have the feeling that the wonderful night she had with him was nothing but a one nightstand with a stranger.

That night when he called her name, demanding for her body, she had hoped that things had finally changed and her patience had paid, but Ethan made her look like nothing more but a slut, who's body was cheap and void of dignity.

Tears unconsciously rolled down her eyes and no matter how she tried to hold it back, it just wouldn't stop.

"Why....why are you talking to me in such a way, last night you...."

"....Last night I was tricked to sleep with a slut, but I feel so disgusted by the thoughts of that night that I would rather have had that night with a night prostitute."

Hazel dropped on the floor with her nonstop tears dripping on her hand, but Ethan was indifferent to these tears. It hurt so much, it hurt so much that she began losing her breath.

"You...what's wrong with you?", Ethan asked.

"It....it hurts so much, Ethan."

"Don't you try to fool me.", Ethan said, trying to ignore her, but her constant tears about her pain in the chest made him to acquiesce and he ended up helping her to lay on the bed.

"How do you feel?"

"Are you...worried about me?", Hazel asked, still not taking off her hand from her chest, but she also didn't want to let go of Ethan who was still half naked.

"Ethan are you still sleeping, I.....", Ivy abruptly popped out from no where and only had the glance of Ethan being half naked and holding Hazel's hand, while Hazel was still dressed in Ethan's shirt.

"I...Ivy...", Ethan stuttered

"Ethan....you and my sister, you...."

"No....that's not what you think, Ivy.", Ethan tried to explain, but Ivy suddenly burst in tears and ran out, he tried to catch up with her, but Hazel caught his hand.

"Ethan...."

"You, what do you think you're doing, it's all your fault !", Ethan yelled and slapped Hazel's hand from his. He turned back and looked at her with disgust.

"If anything happens to Ivy, then I'll make sure to make your life a living hell."

He stomped outside to search for the girl he considered his love. It was such an irony that Hazel could only mock at herself. She has loved this man for so many years, Sacrificed so much to be with him. But her sacrifice was nothing, because it only pushed him into her sister's arms.

"I must be stupid to keep hoping.", Hazel weeped, clenching the quilt that still had Ethan's cologne, but the Ethan that spent the night with her abandoned her for her sister.

"...You got his body, but you would never have his heart...."

Once again, Ivy had won, she had his body, his name and his everything, but what did it profit her to have all these when she can't even obtain his heart.

A week had elasped since Ivy ran out of the house and in that whole week, Ethan hadn't also come back. Perhaps he was with Ivy and she was abandonned to live alone in that huge mansion.

Hazel served herself a glass of water that she gulped down with some few medicines. Soon after the door clicked open, Hazel hurried to find Ethan in a t-shirt and messy hair.

"Ethan, what happened to you ?", Hazel asked with concern, but she flinched the moment Ethan turned to glare at her. He had a sudden klling aura when he turned to Hazel.

"Ethan...?"

"You...everything is your fault.", Ethan grabbed Hazel by the neck, holding it so tight that she was unable to breath.

"Wasn't it enough that you took Ivy's position. You separated us and you're doing it again. "

"E....Ethan..., Hazel said, struggling to get away from that strong grip that was suffocating her, but he tightened his grip even more, then once he realized that she was losing consciousness, he flung her to the floor.

"Let me tell you this, Hazel Edard, no matter the tricks you use, I....Ethan Jackson, would never love a woman like you...you disgust me !"

'She disgusted him, but why?' in her whole life, she did nothing but love him, then why did he have to hurt her this way. Hazel needed an answer, so she crawled to Ethan and got hold his trouser.

"Why...why do you despise me so much. I've done nothing but love , but why do you have to crush my heart each time?"

"I don't need your love, I don't need such a shameles dirty love from you."

"Is it because of that day, during that accident? You hate me because you think I ran away to let you die, but what if I say I was the one who saved you that day, I was the one who pulled everyone out of the car, believe me, Ethan, I.... ahhhh!"

Ethan kicked her away, which causes her to hit her head on the table. She was bleeding but he was indifferent to her injury.

"You're so fake, do you think by telling me such lies I'll look at you? I only feel hatred towards you, I don't want to see your disgusting face "

He walked away, he didn't believe what she said and he had intention belive her, but she had done so much, she didn't know what else to do to make him believe her.

"I've done so much for you, why can't you believe me, just once.", Hazel was void of life, and her eyes wondered no where, but she struggled to stand on her feet, but her body was heavy with an immense pain throbbing in her head. A warm liquid drizzled down her face but she ignored it.

"Mrs. you....Oh my goodness, young Mrs..., you're injured?"

'Injured?', Hazel thought, then she touched the warm liquid that had drizzled down. Her palms were covered with blood. She was indeed injured, but she hadn't even notice it.

"Oh my God, Young Mrs....", Aunt Jane seemed worried, but could Ethan be so worried about her if he got to know that she was injured.

"I don't need your love...."

Probably not, after the words he had said, he might not even care if she died, but he would be grateful that she finally get's out of his life.

"It's fine aunt Jane, I....", Hazel's words barely ended when she lost balance and fell towards the ground, but was fortunately caught by a pair of arms. Her vision became so blurry that she wasn't able to clearly see the person who was holding her, but she heard the few words he whispered.

"It's fine, I caught you now...."