Chapter 748 - Stella wants to talk (1/2)

~ Golden Ocean Resort ~

Outside of the event hall…

Sarah and Stella walked toward one large rock at the beginning of the beach where they stopped and gazed at the ocean.

It's still daytime, and the resort is unusually quiet.

Sarah could not relax no matter how much she tried. With every passing moment, her anxiety was increasing.

”Why are we here?”, Sarah asked after some time.

”I hope that we can talk.”

Sarah glanced at her mother. ”It does not seem that you want to talk about the topic which needs to be discussed. What's the point talking about anything else?”

Stella felt like thousand thorns are stuck in her heart. Her baby daughter who she loves to pieces is now looking at her like a stranger… enemy maybe. ”Sarah, honey… please try to understand me.”

”Why don't you try to understand me?”

”I am… and I do.” Stella struggled to explain her intention without revealing too much. But she can't stay quiet. Not if she wants to be by her daughter's side. ”Sweetheart, I was just like you. Young, confident… and I decided to make my own rules. And I thought I succeeded. For a long time, I was confident that I got my way. But it all came back and brutally slapped me in the face.”

Sarah was surprised with Stella's words. It was vague, but it is the most Stella told her… ever. Maybe she can push for a bit more…”Can you tell me about that?”

Stella was choosing her words carefully. ”I was young and in love and I didn't want to have anything with my family rules because they would bound me to a life without the freedom to make my own choices. So, I decided to leave family I was born into and to start my own, with my rules… I was confident that I found a way which will allow my new family to be free… And you see how that turned out.”

Sarah realized that Stella thinks how their situations are similar. In some way, that irritated her. ”I am different.”

”Yes, you are.” Stella admitted. ”I believe that you are more decisive and more resourceful than I was back then. But that means that they will not agree to a deal, there will be no compromising. They want you in, to follow their rules.”

”What if I refuse?”

This is what Stella fears: Sarah going against the Lebedevs. ”Honey, no one refuses them… and lives to talk about it.”

”Someone has to be first.” Sarah's confidence was obvious.

”Sweetie pie, please, listen… they are everywhere. They have the power you can't imagine. They will hurt your loved ones in order to severe any ties you have with this… normal life.”

”What are you trying to say? Hurt my loved ones?” She remembered how Aiden wanted them to split up when he was targeted. And she is targeted… can she stay away from him? Her heart broke at that thought… being without him would be a life not worth living for. They might as well kill her if they force her to live without him. And Sarah is confident that Aiden feels the same. They can't stay apart. Two of them are one, inseparable.

Sarah looked at her mother and anger swelled inside her. This is all her fault! Because of her all this is happening! Sarah told herself to calm down because there is no point on dwelling on it. She needs to find a way out of this. She needs a path where she can be with Aiden and two of them can make decisions about their future. And the person who was the closest one to achieve that freedom is right in front of her. ”Tell me… Do you think that I should give up? Play dead? Wait for them to come for me without fighting back? I can't do that! Tell me! What should I do?!!”

Part of Stella was happy that Sarah is asking her for an advice. Even if it's in a fit of anger, she is still asking her for guidance. ”Get stronger. Build your connections. I believe you are doing great already, but you need more.”

”Will there ever be a time when you will tell me about… our family?”

”If I tell you, can you promise that you will not use that knowledge to attack them?” Stella saw that Sarah is losing her patience and was about to leave.

Stella held her hand. ”Please, honey, I'm doing this for your sake. You are not strong enough to fight them. Ask me anything you want… just don't ask about them.”