Were you mine?

Chapter 87-Bloodstained

The intercom beeped and Lea answered immediately.Before she could enquire about the person at the door, the security informed that she had a delivery,an urgent one, so they allowed the delivery man inside. Lea nodded with acknowledgment and turned the knob.

The man handed Lea a big parcel and made her sign at several places. But there was no name for a sender. She quickly closed the door after her and rushed inside with the parcel. She set it on the floor and ripped the tapes open, her fingers hunting for what was inside. But the moment she opened the box, her eyes shot up.

The whites in her eyes took over before her eye lids closed shut and she fell back on the floor. " Lea, noooo!!! " Jake and Phill rushed towards her from either side but it was too late. Her head crashed on the cold hard ground as Phill skidded to a halt and lift her head up on his lap. He immediately proceeded to check her breath and the back of her head for injury. Jake fell beside her, taking her hand in his, begging, " Lea, please don't do this to me. Lea please wake up! "

The maid and Anna scrambled away to fetch ice and water. Mercy slowly turned towards the torn parcel after looking at Lea for a little while. As soon as she bent forward , Mercy had to muffle her own scream with her palm. She looked inside to find a little tshirt but it was absolutely soaked in blood. Her fingers shook as she pulled it out of the box. A tiny little thing, shredded at places.

Smash!!!

Crack!!!

" Noooo!!! That's little Kai's tshirt! " Anna had just reentered the hall with a glass of water but it fell on the ground with a loud thud. Glass particles sprinting all over as water splashed on the floor as well. But Anna didn't care about the glass pieces. She literally sprinted over them and reached the box, almost yanking the tshirt from Mercy's hand but Mercy stood up.

" That is little Kai's tshirt. Oh my good Lord! What happened to my boy. " She was whacking her hands about on the floor when Mercy turned around to face Phill and Jake.

Jake was already standing up. He stood there like a zombie. Mercy looked at Phill helplessly as he continued cradling Lea's head on his lap. Mercy glanced back at Jake who walked upto her without any emotion and yanked the fabric from her hand. He brought it up to his nose. His eyes closed as he sniffed it desperately, like a man doing drugs.

A violent tremor over took his body. His hands, shoulders, head, everything began to shake violently till he was able to take it no more and fell on his knees. He fell so hard that Mercy was afraid he might have featured his knee cap. But he was immune to any other pain except for the one rupturing his soul. He bent low, holding the tshirt delicately between his hands a ripple shook him again and this time he let out a howl. Mercy broke down as well, seeing Jake ravaged and torn. Anna ran away sobbing miserably seeing Jake react the way he did. They could never fathom the length and breath of his loss. Whatever they did, they could only scratch the surface. " I didn't even get to hold him in my arms... " Jake's eyes shot upwards as he kept murmuring amidst his howls. Mercy helplessly looked back at Phill but he was too absorbed in trying to revive Lea. It was a mad house.

Just when Mercy thought she was about to loose her mind as well the blazing of police sirens, caught her off guard. Nobody had informed the police of the latest development. How did they know? She ran towards the gates but instead of the police it was Percy who confronted her. Mercy flung herself on him without thinking about any possible connection. " Thank goodness you are here Percy! I am lost. We are lost. We lost everything. I don't know what to... " Percy gently set her down before walking her back inside while the police followed in behind them. " But Percy, the child. " Mercy said, pointing at the tshirt that Jake held ove this heart. " Is the child... " She couldn't utter the word 'dead'.

Percy only took a glance at Jake before turning back towards Mercy. " Only the nanny will be able to tell. Where is she? " His eyes narrowed as he looked around. Mercy looked at him puzzled as the police officers scattered around the house. It was only then that Mercy realised that Percy was the one who had brought the police. He must have found some other lead. They weren't there because of the tshirt. " What's going on Percy? "

" A friend of mine, owns a store nearby. I was talking to him about what had happened when he said he saw the boy and the nanny, late that night, walking down the street, talking to a hooded figure. I was really surprised. From wha twe heard, I thought the kid was playing in the backyard before he vanished. I couldn't believe his words so he went over his store's cctv footage and showed me what he had seen. It was from a very odd angle but nevertheless, you could see the boy and the nanny. And there was the hooded figure as well. It looked exactly like the one captured in the footage aroud the garage. "

Smash!

Break!

Run!

Just then both Mercy and Percy turned around at the sound of breaking glass and something heavy falling from the roof....followed by hurried footsteps rushing outside.