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SABINA's POV

"Now that you've finally calmed down, I want to know what exactly happened. Sarah is not with you right now and as her best friend, I'll be here for you on her stead knowing that you need a shoulder to lean on." I pained smile appeared on my lips upon hearing what Sister Fernanda have said.

Just remembering about what happened made me emotional once again. Yes, ever since I was old enough to understand everything, I had nothing but to leave Safe Haven but even if I had that intense desire to leave, I knew that I could always come back to Safe Haven.

But now, everything changed including my perception about Safe Haven. Because of Father Nicolas, Safe Haven became a hell to me and I knew that I would never come back here the moment I had the chance to escape.

Then, I found myself telling everything that had happened earlier today to Sister Fernanda but leaving the part when Xzavier saved me from Father Nicolas until he tied him inside the adjacent room.

I suddenly got worried that Father Nicolas might succeed on creating a sound that could get the attention of Sister Fernanda. Even though Xzavier made sure that he wouldn't be able to escape that room, I still felt anxious about the situation.

"I don't know what to say about all this, Sabina. I feel so bad that even though I've been trying my best to help you and Sarah, Father Nicolas and the other leaders' eyes are on me all the time because they know how close I am to you and your mother. I can't even move without their meddling in some way.

"Thankfully, they agreed for me to come here at least once a day to bring you your food. I'm sorry, Sabina. I don't really know what to do in order to get you and Sarah out of this situation without anyone getting hurt." She sounded so guilty.

"I want to get out of here, sister Fernanda. I can't take it anymore. But everytime I think about escaping, the thought of my mother always stops me. I don't want to sacrifice her just for my own freedom. But I know that I would never marry that vile man. But no matter how hard I think, I know that escaping without anyone helping me is next to impossible. I don't know what do you anymore." My tears fell freely once more and looked like that added to her guilt.

"I understand what you feel. I'm not in your situation but I know how difficult it is just by seeing your tears. I know how you love your mom. Of course, you can't just abandon her like that and Father Nicolas is aware of this too that's why he's been using it against you in order to get what he wants."

I gritted my teeth. "I loathe that man, Sister Fernanda."

"I can clearly see it without you voicing it out, Sabina. Even I isn't in favor of you marrying him because your life will only become hell and I don't want you to suffer like that. Marriage should be between two people in love not like this." She held my hand.

"Stay strong, Sabina. I know it's difficult but you should fight for what you want. Don't let him manipulate and control you."

"But he has my weakness and that's mom. Just like what I've said a while ago, I can't leave Safe Haven without her with me." I bit my lower lip.

She was about to answer when we heard a muffled scream from inside the adjacent door. My eyes widened. Looked like Father Nicolas was trying to scream but his voice only came out as a stifled growl because he was duct taped.

"What's that?" Sister Fernanda looked around with furrowed eyebrows. My heart raced but I tried my best to act natural.

"I don't know. Maybe, it's the guards in the hallway." I answered casually even though my heart was beating fast in nervousness.

"Really? I swear I heard that voice from that door." She pointed at the door of the adjacent room and I quickly shook my head as panic rose within me.

"That's impossible. From what I've heard, that's a stock room and ever since they brought me here, it has been locked."

"Really? That's odd." She still looked intrigued and I knew that I had to do something for her to forget about it.

"When you visit my mom, can you please tell her that I'm fine and soon, we'll be together again?"

She smiled. "Of course, Sabina. I'll tell her that. I will go to her room later to give her her dinner." That worried me. It was already late and my mom hasn't eaten yet.

"Maybe, it's better for you to go now, Sister Fernanda. Mom is surely hungry now. Don't worry, I'll be fine here." She nodded her head.

"Okay. But are you okay now?"

I forced a smile. "Don't worry about me. I'll be fine."

"Okay then. I'll be going now. See you again tomorrow." After that, she finally went out of the room and I sighed in relief. Thankfully, we didn't hear any sound from the adjacent room again.

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I didn't know how but everything was peaceful for the next two days. Maybe they hadn't discovered yet where Father Nicolas was, I thought.

But for some reason, Xzavier suddenly became quiet these past two days and I couldn't get a hold of him which made me worry.

I was pacing back and forth in the room that I was in while trying to contact Xzavier again but just like before, he wasn't replaying nor answering my calls. Tomorrow would be the dreaded wedding and he told me that the planned escape would be tonight. But he hadn't called nor texted me the entire day to tell me what to do.

Maybe because he was already sure that there wouldn't be any wedding because of what he did to Father Nicolas. But why wouldn't he respond to me?

He specifically told me before that before we execute his plans, we would do a briefing about the details. But now, he wasn't responding.

The worry within me intensified thinking that something bad might've happened to him.

"Oh, Xzav. Please, send me a message or call me so that I can rest assured that you're fine." I muttered while as I tried to call him again but it was the same. He wasn't answering. Then, hours passed by so quickly and the night came without hearing anything from him.

"Please, Xzav...Answer me." My eyes watered. I could tell that something was not right and I was already worried sick. Even though the wedding would be held tomorrow, that was the least of my concern because I was so worried about Xzavier.

But as the sun sets, the hope I had was slowly fading away. Then, around midnight, I suddenly received a message. I excitedly read it knowing that it was from Xzavier but all the excitement within me flew out of the window upon reading its content.

'I'm sorry but I can no longer help you escape Safe Haven. I went back home here to the city. Please forget about me and I'll do the same to you. Goodbye, Sabina.'

I felt like all my strength got sucked out of my body as a whimper escaped my lips. I couldn't believe it. Xzavier abandoned me. He broke his promises and left me like I was nothing to him. No, Sabina! Don't believe that message! I'm sure, there's an explanation to all of this!

I tried to convince myself that the message didn't come from Xzavier and that there must've been a mistake. I cried all the pain away and waited for him for him the whole night. I didn't sleep a wink, afraid that I would miss Xzavier if he comes tonight.

But that little hope I was holding onto came crashing down when the morning came and he never came. Then, ladies from Safe Haven came into my room and helped me prepare for the wedding.

I was staring at nothingness as I let them do all the work. I didn't care. In my mind, I was still hoping for Xzavier to come and save me from all of this.

"Wow! I can't believe how beautiful your wedding gown is, Lady Sabina." One of the ladies praised while looking at the gown full of awe. "C'mon, Lady Sabina. Stand up so that we could help you put it on." I blinked innumerably as I got out of my deep thoughts.

"I don't want to wear that." I answered coldly and the three ladies looked at each other worriedly.

"But the wedding will begin in 30 minutes. I'm sure, Father Nicolas and the others are already at the church, waiting for you." That didn't affect me because I knew very well that Father Nicolas was still inside the adjacent room until now.

"I don't care! I'm not going to wear that wedding gown and that's final!" I couldn't hold back the lone tear that escaped my eyes. My heart was aching so badly while thinking about Xzavier. Why did you do this to me, Xzav? You gave me hope but you suddenly abandoned me like this. Did I do something you didn't like? If so, why didn't you say so? Were you just playing around and I was a convenient past time while you were here?

The three ladies tried to convince me once again to wear the wedding gown and that's when I lost it and yelled how I would never wear it no matter what happens.

When they realized that no matter what they do, they wouldn't convince me, they exited my room and I felt relieved. That's when the desire to escape came back to me. I knew that something had happened to Xzavier and I needed to know. But before that, I should do everything I could to help my mother.

I walked up to the door and tried to open it and imagine my surprise when I discovered that it wasn't locked. I opened it a little bit and peeked outside. When I saw that no one was in the hallway, that was my cue.

I opened the door wider and ran as fast as I could. I didn't see any guards around which was strange but I didn't care anymore. I needed to get to the room where they've been keeping my mom.

Thankfully, Xzavier told me the exact location of my mom. Even though I was in a hurry, I made sure to be careful so that no one would ever catch me. When I arrived there, I opened the door which was surprisingly wasn't locked.

"Mom!" I called as I entered the room just to be shocked upon seeing that particular person with my mother inside.

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Who do you think was the one who was with Sarah inside the room?

Do you think, Xzavier will be able to do something to help Sabina and Sarah?

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