Shadow of Light

Prologue

This is a nightmare, how can it possibly be reality? All she could hear was the loud buffering noise. She could not simply believe what was happening. One minute she was care free and happily preparing for the wedding, and next she is stuck in this dark abbes where no one could hear her. Nina was unable to comprehend what she just read. It was like as if she was drowning, suffocating, numb.

It was her brother's wedding day, Nina was scurrying around in her long silk peach colored gown, and her silver five inches heels, to make sure that everything was in order for the big day. She had yet to make sure that cake was delivered, and the florist had the right amount of lilies place in the center pieces of each table.

What she did not see coming was her mother hurrying towards her in tears and, her father following in suit shaking with anger. Nina rushed to her mother, as a feeling of dread clanged her heart.

"What is it mum?" She squeaked as her mother literally threw her in her arms. She hugged her back as her mother who cried her eyes out on her shoulder. She peeked a look at her father who was standing silently; a defeated but an angry look on his face, staring at his daughter.

"Calm down mom, here, sit down." She pulled her mother to the nearest chair, and dragged the other one for her father who simply ignored it. She signaled a waiter to bring a glass of water and, sat next to her mother. Rubbing her mother's back soothingly, she asked the whimpering woman more quietly now,

"Tell me mom, what is it? You are scaring me..." she trailed off as her mother kept on sobbing but, her father simply shoved a crumbled paper towards her. She looked at her old man his grey eyes hard and stormy, but she did not miss the hint of sadness in them. She took the paper from him and sparing a worried look towards the crying form of her mother. She smoothed out the crumbled paper on her lap and began to read,

'I can't do this, I can't marry Elisa, and I can't love her after what she has done to me. I know what I am leaving behind is a huge mess but I can't handle the pity so I have to be far away from here.

Forgive me.'

"Where is he?" she crocked as tears slipped her eyes.

"Gone" her father snapped.

She felt numb, slowly she looked up at her father who had a stony face but she could see all the grief in his grey eyes. And, then at her mother's tear blotched face who was shaking uncontrollably.

The waiter approached timidly to the table Nina was seated at and, placed a small water bottle and two glasses on the table quietly, and backed off immediately.

Nina hurriedly wiped her tears away, and stood up facing her father.

"Where has he gone dad?" Nina asked her voice shaking slightly.

"He left...he left with just this god forsaken note." He ground out his, clinging his hands into fists so hard that, his knuckles turned white.

He left?

She couldn't believe it. Without anything but this stupid note he left for them to handle all this chaos. But she had to be the rational one now considering the situation, because her mother was bawling her eyes out, and her father was drowning in anger.

"Let me talk to him, he seemed very upset." She mumbled as she fiddled with the paper in her hand. "Let me find out what Elisa has done, I know he would..." Nina was cut off by the ringing of her phone. The caller ID flashing on her cell phone's screen was unknown. With a frustrated groan she clicked on the green icon blaring on the screen.

"Hello?" Nina spoke into the phone quietly as she got up from her seat next to her mother, and walked a few paces.

"Hello, I am speaking from the Nathanial Memorial Hospital. Is this Miss Nina?" A man spoke in a very professional voice as she felt a cold shiver run in my spine.

"Y..yes, it is h..her!" Nina answered shakily.

"You have been listed as Mr. Shane Hanson's emergency contact, so I wanted to inform you that Mr. Hanson has been in a car accident."

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