Chapter 2 A new life

Elena POV

"Do you have a destination?" the conductor asked me. I tried to remember where exactly the forest led through. I looked at the road and the first signboard I saw said welcome to California, which clearly meant this was the countryside of California. I cannot believe I moved this far, just to be with Benjamin and he treats me this way.

"I'm going to California's main city" I said confidently, like I was sure about my destination. The conductor looked at me and pulled me closer to her like she was about to whisper a few words to me, which she clearly did.

"Do you really have a destination you are going to or have you just made up the address because of the signboard you saw" she whispered to me as I looked at her with surprise. She seemed smart because of her looks.

"I seriously don't have anywhere to go, but I don't want the driver or you to leave me behind. That is why I made this up. I really want you to understand."

"I totally understand you, but I do not just know what could be so dangerous that you decided to run through that forest. Do you know the kind of creatures that live in there?" she said, pointing towards the forest as I looked at it and noticed a few shadows throughout the forest.

Benjamin was definitely part of them. He had seen me and I knew he would try to track down the bus. This was all because of this lady conductor who kept asking me stupid questions. She could have just let me onto the bus like I wanted instead of wasting so much time trying to convince me to not follow a forest I already came out of successfully.

"I am Sandra and I work with the travel agents. I can take you in while you try to find a way around till you are ready to go back to the very place you escaped from. I hope that you'll be fine", Sandra said to me as I looked at her.

"I'm very surprised that people like you still exist in this world, people that could easily take someone in without having a second thought", I looked at her smiling widely.

"I never really looked at you as someone who could be so nice. I am so happy you did not even give it a long thought before finally taking me in... I won't disappoint you, please just let me spend a few days with you till I am strong and ready to take off", I said to her with my two hands closed together.

Sandra took me with her to California's main city, where I slowly adapted to her life. A few weeks passed and I was not my usual self anymore. I could no longer understand myself. I was always feeling nauseous and having morning sickness. Sandra also noticed it and decided to take me to the hospital for a check-up, which I disagreed with because I knew the minute I stepped into the hospital, the doctor would immediately note the difference in me.

"Why don't you want to go to the hospital to at least find out what exactly is wrong with you?" Sandra asked me after several attempts to take me there. She even wanted to try to over dose me so I would be rushed to the hospital, but it did not work for me.

In order not to break her heart, I decided to do whatever she wanted just so everything would be okay. We went to a nearby hospital together to find out what was wrong with me. Relief washed over me when the doctor did not notice anything different about me.

To think that all my worries were just a waste of time. Time seemed to stop with what happened next. I froze at what the doctor uttered next. The doctor's news of the results came as a huge shock and knocked the air out of me.

"You are pregnant".

Why did I not ever get to notice this or make a move on it ? This was so obvious that I noticed this, but I was so foolish not to even check on it.

"So what are you going to do now? are you going back to your family which you just ran away from or are you just going to push on as a single mom ", Sandra asked.

"I can't go back, not now or ever. I will try and work and do better just to become a single mother for my child. I won't go back there no matter how tough it is. I just can't do it and I know nothing can ever take me to Benjamin that I am sure of " I said to her, even being more determined inside than I was outside.

I started a part-time job in a few cafes and restaurants around, which was the only job a person like me with no identity could do and before you knew it, 9 months had passed.

And just when I had already planned my life for me and my child, everything had to get worse and I had to bear the news of having triplets.... I decided to take two of them for adoption and just keep one with me.

Sandra continuously convinced me that with determination and hope I would be able to take care of them and she would always be by my side to assist me in everything. No matter how I tried, I just could not stay away from the three of them at once, it felt like they were all connected to me and no matter how well I tried to keep one away from me, I would still come back to take them off because they were still mine.

After so many thinking and sleepless nights, I had no choice but to take care of all my triplets.

If that was not enough, they had to be a replica of Benjamin.

"You have such beautiful kids " a lady commented when I first bought them out for some play time in the park.

At first I thought I had finally found peace, but then I saw a few of Benjamin's men around my workplace. I was so scared they might find me, so I decided to flee from Sandra's place and go to a much more remote area in the city. But I always felt werewolves around, so every time I did, I always made sure to flee from there because Benjamin was known everywhere and almost everyone knew about the both of us being mates. I couldn't take the risk.

My boys were slowly going to be the best thing I could ever wish for and I was so happy I didn't take any one of them to the orphanage

Everything was going perfectly even though I usually had to flee once in a while. I was fine with it. 10 years had passed since I ran away from ruthless Benjamin and was finally happy with my life.

"I am here for my kids", I said to the receptionist in the playground where I always drop my kids whenever I have to go somewhere or work.

"What are their names please", she asked.

"Jeremy, James and John", I replied. She immediately looked confused.

"Were you not here to pick them earlier?", she asked.