Chapter 268 - Hello, Catherine (1/2)

''Hello, Catherine; ''

His voice as cold as midwinter breezed through the room kicking every atom of sleep from Catherine's eyes; she shook on her bed, her face as pale as the snow. He was wearing all black with black gloves on his hands, if not that she didn't believe in ghosts she would have thought he was a ghost.

''You are dead… you…how are you alive… '' she stuttered in shock as she stared at him, not even in her wildest dreams did she imagine that he would be alive.

''Yea, I am dead. And you know one thing about dead people? Murder can never be traced to them. ''

A cold smile slanted Nicklaus's lips as he stared at Catherine with a cold and deathly glare. His right hand picking up a gun from the side stool.

''God! '' Catherine screamed as she jumped up from the bed, shaking like she had seen a ghost.

''Why are you screaming? You can't tell me you haven't seen a gun before, I mean, 18 years ago, you killed my parents with one, so why are you looking scared? ''

Catherine rubbed her face with her shaky hands; ''Nicklaus, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to… It was a mistake, I regret every one of my actions; please don't… don't kill me… '' she pleaded as tears fell from the sides of her eyes.

Nicklaus watched her silently for a moment and suddenly he burst out laughing. He laughed for a minute before he turned to her;

''Why did you kill them? '' Nicklaus asked, crossing his legs,

Catherine swallowed saliva down her dry throat; so many questions ran through her mind. How did he get here? Who let him in? Her eyes flashed open instantly when she remembered that Liam was sleeping at the end of the hallway and she turned to him in shock;

''Li…am, my son, what did you do to him? '' she asked, looking scared;

''You haven't answered my question Catherine;'' Nicklaus said absentmindedly as though he did not hear what she said;

'���Oh God!! '' Catherine cried out loud; ''please you can kill me, you can do anything to me but please let Liam go, he doesn't know anything. I beg you… '' He was the only reason she was still strong and had not lost her mind. She did not get married, spent her years fighting and trying not to get killed for all the evils she had done, sometimes she nearly lost it, but when she remembered she had him, she continued pushing; but now, no, no, she didn't want to think about it.

Nicklaus watched her cry dejectedly; she was staring at the door as though waiting for Liam to magically appear but he did not.

He waited until she had put herself together, she was going to die anyway; he would let her know what her tears tasted like before she joins the dead.