A week later.
"Lucia, calm down." Liam tries to calm me down as I bounce my leg up and down as I sit in the passenger seat as I drive us to the Private Court of Justice. "Everything is going to be okay. He's going to get what he deserves." He says. "They are going to get what they deserve." He corrects himself.
"Damon is taking care of everything. You just have to calm yourself and tell them everything that happened to you when they kidnapped you. Okay?" He says and I nod, even though I'm not sure. He sighs heavily and continues to drive.
After that day in the hospital, so much happened. I got discharged from the hospital and Went back home. Damon, on the other hand, took care of me like I was a baby and didn't let me do anything but sit In bed and watch Netflix and have food. I wasn't allowed to move out of bed until and unless I needed to go to the restroom. When I argued he simply used to say,
"The doctor said you need to take a lot of rest and I should take care of that." He said.
He went overboard and hired six people to take care of the household. One took care of cleaning, one took care of cooking, two people took care of me, one took care of Emma, and one for Evan. I was so pissed at him but he didn't care. He just wanted me to rest and get well soon.
One morning he went out and came back in the evening and when he saw me sitting on the sofa with the kids and watching Avengers, he just picked me up bridal style and took me to our room leaving the kids to giggle.
"I told you to take a rest. Why did you step out of the bed? And you walked downstairs? Do you know that it's going to stress your entire body?" He scolded
me as he laid me down on the bed. Though he was scolding me, I was smiling. "Why are you smiling?" He snapped and I couldn't help but smile wider. "You're insane," He sighed as he took off his shoes before sitting next to me.
"I love you, too." I chuckled. He looked at me and pouted. "Don't pout." I giggle and furrow his eyebrows.
"I did not Pout." He pouts even more and I laugh loudly. "I love hearing you laugh." He says and I lay my head on his shoulder. "I went to see Celine today." He says and I tense. As if he sensed it, he wrapped his arm around me and pulled me Close to him.
"What happened?" I asked in a hushed whisper. He placed a kiss on my head
before starting to speak.
"I confronted her." He said. Without waiting for my reply, he continued. "She fucking denied that she didn't do anything and she was crying saying that she only loved me and would never do that. But, without me mentioning Ronald Mathews, she did. She was caught. And then I showed her the documents that prove that she's also behind all this. The cops arrested her for fraud and misinterpretation." He says and sighs heavily. "Finally, she's going to get her punishment for whatever she did." He adds.
I was more than relieved that day. I could sleep happily without any fear. Though I had nightmares here and there about that day when I almost got raped, with Damon by my side, I could overcome them.
And, today, justice is going to be served.
"Mr. Mathews, you are accused of fraud, misinterpretation, attempted rape, and attempted murder. Do you have anything to About this?” The judge asks Mr. Mathews. Before he can answer, his defender speaks.
"My lord, all the accusations that are put on my client are entirely false. Mr. Damon is using his power and money to blame my client for everything that happened in his life." He says and Damon fists his hands.
“Any proof?" The judge asks. The defender goes silent and looks at Ronald Mathews. "Okay, I would like to hear what the prosecutor has to say."
"Thank you, my lord.” Mr. Simons stood up and handed a few documents to the judge's assistant before he started to speak. "My lord, Mr. Ronald Mathews teamed up with Miss. Celine Williams five years ago and photoshopped Mrs. Walter, now, Miss Tomlinson's picture with another man and misinterpreted the pictures. This ruined the relationship between Mr. Walter and his wife. The divorce papers signed by them are the proof. Here are the pictures that were sent to Mr. Walter." He hands another set of documents to the Judge's assistant.
"Objection, my lord." The prosecutor stood up.
"Objection overruled." The judge declared. "What is the proof that Mr. Mathews and Miss Williams are the people behind this?" He asked.
"Mr. Walter's private investigator had done the investigation and collected these proofs where Mr. Mathews and Miss Williams were talking on the phone. This is the call recording.” He gave me a CD now.
I looked at Damon and tightened my grip on his arm and he turned to look at me. He leaned down and kissed my head before looking back at the judge.
It went on for an hour and I had been called thrice for some questioning. After hearing everything that happened to us and when all the proofs were against them, the judge finally gave the verdict.
"Mr. Mathews, you have committed numerous crimes that mainly include Attempt to rape, attempt to murder-" He started but I interrupted him even though I knew I shouldn't do that.
“Your Honour, he didn't attempt to murder. He murdered my baby. He killed my unborn baby by stabbing me in my stomach." Tears slip out of my eyes and I turn away to hide my tears.
"Yes, Miss. Walter. Considering what Miss. Tomlinson said you killed an innocent unborn life so you will be getting the punishment for murder." He said and I noticed him looking at Mr. Mathews. "Mr. Mathews, you have committed numerous crimes that mainly include attempted rape, murder of innocent lives, and fraud. You have to pay a penalty of twelve thousand Dollars and you will be imprisoned for the next thirty years." The judge declared and I sighed in relief. "Miss. Williams will have to pay a penalty of Ten thousand dollars and will serve a jail sentence of Ten years for assisting in the cases of kidnapping, fraud, and murder." He concluded. "The court is adjourned.”
Once the judge left, the cops, Mr. Mathews, and the lady cop, Celine, dragged them out of the court's hall. I took a glance at them to see both of them staring hard at me with complete hatred but I don't give a fuck. They were finally getting what they deserved.
"Finally," Liam said and turned towards me to hug me. "See, everything went perfectly well. They are going to be in jail now, and they are no longer going to be a bother to your life. I'm so happy for you, Lucia. You're going to have some peace now." He smiled and kissed my head.
"We are going to live in peace. Drama loved us so much to not leave us for a long time, but now, we are going to have a happily ever after." Damon said and I turned towards him. "Yes. Yours, mine, and our happily ever after has just begun." He said and cupped my cheeks and pecked my lips and then kissed my forehead. "Let's go home." He says.
Damon, Liam, and I finally reached home for our awaiting family dinner with Mom, dad, Stavros, Maura, and... my kids. We walked inside the house and saw all of them sitting on the two couches while the kids sat on the ground watching TV. As soon as the kids saw me and Damon entering, they ran to us. I bent down to hug them since I was not allowed to pick them up and kissed their heads as I hugged them.
"What happened?" Stavros asked and Damon started to explain to them what happened.
"Thank goodness!" My mom exclaimed and Maura hugged her.
"Hello, Everyone.” I heard a voice and turned to see Louis and Eleanor!
"El!" I screeched excitedly and she ran to me hugging me. "Oh, I missed you so much!" I said as I hugged her tight.
"I missed you, too.” I heard her say as she hugged me as tight as I did her.
"Hello! I'm your brother, Louis Tomlinson." Louis waved his hands in front of me and I chuckled, pulling away from El. "Am I going to get a hug?" He pouted and I wrapped my arms around his neck. "I'm so happy to see you, all recovered, baby girl." He said and kissed my head as he pulled away from me. "I love you.” He said and hugged me again. Being the emotional person I was, I began to cry.
"I love you, too, Louis." I sobbed.
Mum and Maura cooked dinner as Damon didn't allow me to do anything once again. He had put me into ‘rest mode' and he asked me to wait until dinner was ready and served. Thank goodness El was there to keep me company.
"How's everything?" I asked her as we both sat on the bed.
"Everything is perfect." She smiled. "My career as a model is good and I'm getting more chances now and I'm so happy with everything that has happened. And…" She paused before showing me her left hand. "I'm so happy that your brother has finally put a ring on it." She grinned in excitement. It took me a few seconds to realize what she was saying. When I realized that my brother just proposed to his girlfriend of four years I screamed in delight.
"Oh my god! Congratulations!" I wrapped my arms around her and hugged her as tight as I could. I heard the door open and Damon breezed into the room. His face showed nothing but worry and as soon as his eyes fell on me he ran them from top to bottom of my body.
"What happened? Are you okay?" Damon asked, walking forward and cupping my cheeks. I smiled widely at him and nodded.
"Guess who's going to get married soon?" I asked and he furrowed his eyebrows.
"Us?" He asked and smiled at me. I
knew it, he pulled out something from his pocket … a red velvety box and he opened it revealing a diamond ring. My ring, the one I had left that day when I walked out of the house. Tears welled up in my eyes as Damon took my hand in his.
"Lucia stones, I can't thank you enough for loving me even after everything I did and for forgiving me. You are the most selfless, loving, caring, and beautiful woman. You are an amazing daughter, a wonderful mother, and the best wife. So, will you give me another chance to be called your husband, once again? Will you marry me?" He asked and with tears rolling down my cheeks, I nodded in affirmation.
"Yes, yes." I sobbed as Damon slipped the ring onto my finger and then pulled me into his arms and placed his lips on mine. I heard cheers and claps from around me and when I pulled away from Damon, I could see everyone hugging El and Louis and then coming to hug me and Damon. Emma and Evan jumped onto the bed and hugged me tightly.
"Now I have both mommy and daddy!" Emma squealed and Evan joined her.
"And we are a happy family!" Evan said, pulling his sister in for a hug
Yes, Evan. You're right. This is our happy family. My happily ever after.