Treachery Affair

Jayden Clinton© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

“Bring the baby…” He says to no one in particular, while I stare at him in confusion. Suddenly, someone emerges from the dark, holding a baby in his arms. My eyes widens as I stare at the man with the baby. Don’t tell me it’s what I’m thinking. Is it my son he’s holding?

“Yes, it’s what you’re thinking, Jayden. This is Williams, your son. Williams, meet daddy,” he says sarcastically. A drop of tears slid down my cheeks and my heart wrenches in pain. To think that this may be the last time I’ll get to see him, it hurts deeply. I wish I can protect him, but at this point, I can’t do anything. I have been rendered powerless.

“It’ll be so heartless of me to send you off without letting you see your child for the last time, because I’m not sure you two will see each other in the afterlife. Come on, give the baby to him,” my heart gladdens upon hearing that. I’m happy that is going to let me hold my child.

The man walks over to me and hands him to me. The baby looks like he’s six months old. I can imagine the pain Harley must’ve been through, trying to bring him into the world. I wanted to be by her side when she gives birth, I wanted to be there and even if I can’t take the pain away, but I just wanted to be there to comfort her. I wanted her to hold hands with me while we push the baby together. I would’ve been glad if that’s the only way I could help her. But because of this monster standing in front of me, I couldn’t do any of it. Because of this monster, I couldn’t be there to witness how my son was brought into this world.

Staring down at the baby, my heart aches badly as tears finds their way out of my eyes. He has thick black soft hair that’s just growing, his eyes are ocean blue and they’re beautiful, just like his mom’s. He has beautiful fingers like that of his mom, and his smile is so heartwarming. He smiles at me as he stares up at me, it’s an emotional moment. I wish it can last forever, I wish I can watch him smile like this every day, I wish I can hold him in my arms like this and watch him grow, but I think that’ll be too much to ask, knowing that it won’t ever be granted. The pain in my leg is nothing compared to the one in my heart.

“Harley missed her family so much, that was why she decided to name him after her dad. It’s sad that she have to let him go like this. She will name the baby after her family, when she finally bears mine…” Hearing those words from him hurts the deepest part of my heart, but it’s impossible to do anything. If this is the last moment with my child, I can’t ruin it by trying to fight him. That’ll only end our lives quickly.

“What an emotional moment between dad and son. It brings tears to my eyes…” He whines mockingly at me. His face suddenly hardens, and he points the gun at us.

“Should I shoot you first, or your son?” He questions, and my grasp around Williams tightens as waves of fear sparks through me. The thought of losing our lives sends cold shivers down my spine and makes me so scared. Many thoughts conflicts on my mind, and I gulp down the sudden lump that forms in my throat.

“I think I know what will hurt. Nothing hurts than seeing the person you care about, dying in front of you. So I think killing your son first will be more interesting…” He pauses and smiles, still pointing the gun at us.

Tilting my head to my right hand side, I become frighten at the sight of the cliff. Jumping down the cliff is not an option. We will die before we even get to the depth of it.

“Don’t tell me you’re planning to jump? Oh please don’t do that. You’ll regret it… Good bye, Jayden,” I close my eyes, waiting for him to pull the trigger. The sound of gunshots fills the air, but I didn’t feel anything. Slowly, I open my eyes and the sight I behold makes me freeze on the spot. There is Alex, on his knees with blood oozing out of his mouth. Samir is also on his knees, holding his hand that’s bleeding.

“Alex!” My mouth drops open in shock as I watch him falls to the ground while opening his eyes. What the hell just happened? What happened to Alex?

“Alex… Alex…” I crawl to his side, while holding the baby still with my hand. My leg hurts badly, but that pain is nothing to me now. I can’t lose Alex, no! He can’t die. I will lose my mind if anything happens to my Alex.

“Why did you come here? What were you thinking? Please get up, Alex… Please don’t do this to me,” I shake him for some time, but he still didn’t move. Don’t tell me he’s gone, please.

“Alex please get up… We need to get out of here, please. You can’t do this to me…” I yell his name a couple of times, but Alex didn’t look at me. Why is he not answering me? Why is he not opening his eyes nor moving his body? Why is he doing this to me? Those are the questions I keep asking myself as I shake him trying to get him to wake up.

“This is great…” I stops abruptly as Samir’s voice sounds behind me. Slowly, I tilts my head to see him pointing a gun at me with his other hand that’s not injured.

“I knew he was going to come to save you. What a loyal friend. I didn’t know he could be this nice to the point of sacrificing his life for your sake. I love his courage,” he smirks at me.

“What are you waiting for? Go ahead and pull the trigger already! You have killed Alex, why aren’t you shooting me?” Tears drops from my eyes as I yell at the top of my voice. My son is already behind me, I know he’s going to kill him anyways, but I won’t watch him kill my boy in my presence. I prefer to die first, although it’ll still hurt, but it’ll be better to be gone before him.

“Freeze! Drop your weapon…” I suddenly hears a masculine voice, and I slowly tilt my head to see that everywhere have been surrounded by cops.

“Do you think that I will spare you even if I die? No! You’re coming with me…” The sound of gunshot follows his last word and that’s all I can remember…