128 128- I Don’t Need Rafael 
Marissa was meeting both women after such a long time. They hadn’t changed a bit. Still, that same evilness surrounded them. 
“What did 

you think?” Nina brought her face near her ear, “You’ll keep living with my son and we 
won’t come to know?” 
All Marissa wanted to do was run away from there. 

“R… Raf… Rafael…” She tried to speak the words, but they didn’t want to come out of her mouth. 
“What? Calling my husband, love?” Valerie trailed her finger on Marissa’s bare arm, “he knows about our presence, dear. Don’t worry,” She leaned towards her other ear, “we won’t tell him a thing about kids.” 
“W…what… d… do…you…” God! Why was she having difficulty in uttering the proper words? 

“Rafael knows that those kids are not his, Nina said with a smirk, “and he doesn’t have a problem with what we want to do with you and your little mice.” 
Marissa didn’t like it when she called her kids, mice. 
“I… I want to m… meet Rafael…” tears had started rolling down her cheeks, “I w….want to meet h… him…” she trailed off when saw them shaking their heads. 

“Are 
you 
that gullible, Marissa? Rafael isn’t interested in you. He was here because of his kids but once…” Now Valerie’s index finger was traveling on her nose bridge, “Once we tell him that someone else is the father of those kids, he will make our task easier. 

Marissa wanted to stand from the chair, but her feet seemed to be tied to the floor. Her body was glued to the chair. 
“T… Task?” 
“Yes, honey,” Nina held her jaw tightly, “we are here to make things easy for him. My son is at gentle soul, and he would never harm a fly. So, we have decided to do the job.” 

Marissa was getting irritated and scared too. What job were they talking about? 
With Nina holding her jaw and Valeric touching her face she wanted to push them away. But her 
arms had turned into lead. 

“Won’t you ask what task we are talking about?” Valerie asked her and she, this time, couldn’t 
even blink. 
“Aww. Poor mom. Don’t you know that we have arrived in Kanderton to do the task?” 

Again, the task! What was the damn task? 
Marissa moved her eyes desperately for help. Where was Rafael? Why was he taking this much 
time to return? 

“D… Dean!” 
She tried saving the name of the secistant Inetear saura alimner of Delinds outside the door 
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<  128 128–I Don’t Need Rafael  She couldn’t hear Marissa but luckily saw her face and came inside with a frown.  Marissa cried with relief when saw her friend approaching her in concern. The dirty hands of both the women thankfully moved away from her face when they saw Delinda coming inside.  “Marissa. Dear. What happened?” Marissa gestured towards the crappy women of Rafael’s family. She wanted Delinda to get the message through her eyes.  “Talk to me, Marissa. You seem to be in trouble, Delinda leaned to examine her face when Nina  chuckled.  “She is worried that now the whole MSin will come to know about her reality”  “Reality?” Delinda touched Marissa’s chin lightly, “You should have thought about it, Marissa when you decided to be a homewrecker.”  “De…De… linda…” the words left her mouth in parts. Why was Delinda talking like she know about her?  this? Didn’t  She wanted to remind Delinda that she was the same woman who helped her in saving the life of  her son.  “I know you are a kind–hearted girl, Marissa. But having an affair with your boss, a man who is already married, is simply a deal breaker for me. And look at the audacity! You had children with the man!” Delinda started shaking her head.  Marissa wanted to shake the woman. She wanted to tell her that her kids were in danger. If she wanted to hate Marissa that was fine with her. But her kids needed protection.  She tried moving her feet and stomped them a few times to get her attention.  Delinda, please let me talk. Do something. At least call Rafael for me.  This time Delinda seemed to understand her words,  “You want me to call Mr. Sinclair for you? When Marissa tried to nod, Delinda smirked.  “That’s not going to happen, baby girl,” Delinda tilted her head to look at Valerie.  “Don’t worry, Delinda,” Valerie tried to pour all the love into her voice, “We’ll take care of you and your boy.”  Delinda happily clapped her hands and bent her head a little to pay Valerie her respect, “Thank you. Thank you so much, Mrs. Sinclair.”  “D…Delinda… S… stop… Do…don’t go…” Marissa tried to plead but Delinda seemed to have turned a deaf car.  “Valerie!”  we are here?, Called her daughter–in–law when Delinda left, “Can you tell Marissa, my dear, why  “Gladly, mother–in–law!” Valerie said with a smile, “We are here to kill those little bastards you gave birth to, Marissa, her eyes had this strange kind of wicked glint.  Marissa’s tear–filled eves raised to their faces  128 128–I Don’t Need Rafael  Who told them that she had Rafael’s kids?  “N…N…” she wanted to say No but the words were again stuck inside. Nina’s hand was again. clutching her jaw tightly, while Valerie was again trailing her finger on her sister’s face like a creep.  “Aww. Don’t cry, baby girl.” Nina made a pout. Marissa’s jaw was hurting now. She wanted to shout and scream Rafael’s name.  And just like last time, he wasn’t here. He had left her again to fight the world all by herself. Her babies‘ lives were in danger and Rafael was nowhere to be found.  “Aww, cutie. Do you want to scream? Go ahead!” Valerie’s index finger stayed on her lips for a moment.  Marissa blinked and tried to look at her sister through her tears.  “No, Valerie,” she thought to herself, “I won’t be the one who would scream from pain. Whether Rafael is with me or not. But this time I’ll make you scream. I swear, big sister.”  With this thought, she tried to tilt her head and opened her mouth a little. The moment Valerie’s finger slipped inside, using all her strength Marissa chewed her finger hard between her teeth.  Valerie’s screams pierced the air, echoing through the room. She tried to jerk her hand away, but Marissa didn’t let go of it.  You are after my kids? I don’t need any Rafael to protect them you bit*ch!