The characters from the game belong to Capcom.
A/N:I'm not english native speaker, so you might find some typos or grammar mistakes, I do apologize for that.
Spain, night
Matthew Lamonte was sitting on the desk of his hotel room navigating in the computer. He opened his personal page and read a post of his cousin White remembering his wedding day.
In the post, cousin White had shared the photo album. Matt clicked in the album as few memories of that day caused him nostalgia. He navigated the photos and he did like some. However, before closing the album, he clicked on a photo and could not believe his eyes – Chris Redfield. Yes, that's where he had seen that man before. But the momentum of the night was the woman beside Chris a woman that resembled an younger Laura. The title photo mentioned them as Chris and his wife Laureen Redfield – The Redfield couple. Matt frowned covering his mouth in astonishment.
He remained looking at the picture for some time and looked for others. He also searched the videos of that day as he remembered all the times he had met Laura or more exactly Laureen. Could it be a coincidence? Laura had told him she had an ex-husband. He remembered their behavior at the BSAA.
He bit his lips as his face expression turned into more and more in a shadowed one.
United States
The so waited morning arrived. The heat of the sun and the uncloudy day shone brightly on a surprisingly winter morning.
Laura and Nathan arrived at the BSAA Main Headquarters – as the usual she was in disguise. While Nathan was overwhelmed with the size of the location.
She walked over the main reception. Chris was already waiting for them there – of course he was!
"My superhero!" the little boy spoke in excitement letting go of his mother's hand and running towards the hazel-eyed man who smiled largely and knelt to greet him back
Laura's heart almost jumped out of her heart – that was the Redfield effect that still lied in her – as she watched that man and her little son getting along so well. Chris was good with children – who would say that.
"Good morning" Chris greeted her with a soft smile
"Good morning" she greeted him back as much calm as she could. She didn't want to sound so desperate and anxious to him
"The technician of the DNA department is waiting for us"
"No problem…" she gave a shrug and nodded in agreement- of course, he would choose their lab. He was predictable and she, at that moment, didn't see any problem with that at all. Actually, it suited her underplot
The visit at the BSAA wasn't that long. Nathan believed he was there to become a superhero too. That's the "advantage" of dealing with a child – they're easy to be trolled.
(*)
Laura left the BSAA headquarters and took Nathan to her mother's to watch him. The technician told them the results would be ready in the maximum of two days, but Chris pressed her to give it the highest priority.
"I have a very important matter to work in the computer" she told the older woman and turned on her laptop as she was locked in her bedroom.
She searched the apps installed in the computer and opened specific ones, "I'm sorry Matt, but I Have to do this!" she spoke to herself with a displeased face as she used her hacking skills to watch the BSAA's system.
Of course, that wasn't a legal thing she was doing, also was against the clause of their contract. However, her obsession with the matter took all the reasoning she could have about it and she was willing to stay in the computer for long hours needed.
The long wait proved it was worth it – or maybe not so much – as Laura's expression had a clear mix of feelings, "I'm sorry…" she whispered as she typed the board
(*)
It was already night, Chris was home with his wife and children having dinner happily when his cellphone buzzed and he answered it right away.
"Hey Rebecca, got the results already?"
"Yes Chris"
"So?" he asked as anxiety took over him
"They came negative"
"What?" he spoke in surprise
"I checked it twice and the results came negative. I checked the graphics and all…"
Chris frowned looking down, "Alright, thank you very much"
Evana watched him in silence; she could tell from his facial expression what the matter was about. She could read the seemly disappointment in his face. He looked at her when he disconnected.
"It's negative…" he told her with a mix of feelings
"Negative?" she replied in a somewhat surprise
He nodded in confirmation remaining in silence, forcing himself to finish his wife's delicious meal. That chapter was ended in his life and more than ever they will continue living their lives and he shall bury Laureen and Laura forever and prayed that she will not be a bad influence to that lovely boy called Nathan.
At least, he could tell he was really happy that she seemed to be better from her mental issues. Maternity did really good to her and he hoped Matt will be a good father to Nathan and take good care of his not anymore "sweet Laure".
And so she was waiting, at night, for her husband to return from his trip. She wasn't proud for the things she had done, but she believed it was for the best – for all of them. The confirmation had been afflictive enough for her last escape. The escape from those feelings that insisted in continuing living inside her heart. So silly of her to think that way. There were things she still couldn't understand… and maybe she was about to find out the hardest way how to face all the demons she was reluctant to face.
That night she let her son Nathan at her mother's. The house cleaner had finished her day shift and was resting at her room.
Laura was in the master suite pampering herself to be pretty for her beloved husband. Progressively that charming and smart man was entering her heart and bit by bit taking over a very special place. He was becoming the best part of her. The best part of her life alongside her beloved son.
She took a long and relaxing bath. She passed a sweet scented body lotion and made a natural makeup. She dried her long brown hair, but not entirely. It was a hot day. She put on a sexy pink cetin lingerie and covered herself with a cetin robe of the same color. She sprayed a fruity scent cologne and waited.
What goes around, goes around, goes around and comes all the way back around
She heard the click on the doorknob and smiled looking at the door as she watched it opening. As a good wife, she always welcomed in a loving way every time her husband(s) returned from their long trips – no matter what. It was her way to demonstrate how grateful and happy she was for their return, after all, we never know when the last day will be. The last time we'll see each other. She stood up from the bed and put on her slippers.
Matt entered the room and saw his beautiful wife smiling at him. She greeted him with her usual loving way and walked to his direction.
Laura walked over him and opened her arms to take him in an embrace and kiss him, however, nothing had prepared her to his dry and cold dodge. She nearly hugged the wind.
What goes around comes back around
She turned her face with a confused expression, noticing his very serious face expression. His distant demeanor, "What happened Matt?" she asked
"Get out of my house, usurper!"
"What?" she frowned in puzzlement
"You heard me"
"What's going on? What happened?"
"What happened? It happened that I know who you are in fact! A liar! A bitchy liar!"
The words were stuck in her throat, her hands in cold sweat and her heart racing. That wasn't her Matt, "What are you talking about?"
"Dissimulated! Stop playing the fool Laureen Campbell Redfield!" he shouted her real name
She swallowed hard
"The play is over Laura… Laureen. Whatever your name is! Now I know who you are and what you did! How disappointing! I thought I had met the woman of my life and what I got was a fucking usurper! How a fool I've been, but this is over! I don't want and don't need to live this lie!"
"Matt… we can talk…" she was trembling and sobbing
"Talk? Now you want to talk?"
"It's not what you're thinking…"
"It isn't? you have lied to me all this long!"
"If you really knew everything you'd know why I did this…"
"You are a psychotic criminal!"
She bursted into tears
"I'm giving you the last chance if you don't want to go to jail or to the mental institution… get the hell out of my house and out of my life! And better, go run to your precious Chris. You're still friends, right? He covers up for your crimes, so go there and stay with him!"
She was speechless. All she could do was to cry and fight to not lose the total control of her actions. She wasn't Laureen anymore! She didn't, she couldn't confirm that she still could be the old crazy Laureen who would start a commotion and break things or make death threats. She wasn't that persona anymore.
Her body trembled incessantly as Matt opened her closet and started throwing her things on the ground. He was furious. Her sweet Matt was furious like a beast. No doubt he had reasons for that, after all, he had always been sincere with her. he didn't deserve all those lies and much her most recent one about the paternity of Nathan; Nathan – the real reason why she treated herself and struggled to continue sane. He only had her. He was all she had left. Her dream of a family was disrupting piece by piece right in front of her and she was paralyzed watching every piece of clothing and personal belongings been thrown on the ground or into the suitcases. She didn't know how to stop it. Matthew Lamonte wasn't Chris Redfield. Matt could be implacable whenever needed – a trait of business people – they used the reasoning instead of the heart to run their business and succeed.
She didn't know how to reach him, but she had to try whatever she had in hands, "I wonder if you really ever loved then… you're not even giving me a chance to explain myself. You're just seeing whatever you want!"
"Explain yourself? I guess you had time enough to do that!"
"If you could walk in my shoes maybe – MAYBE – you could understand why I had to do all I did and why is so important for me to start over new even under a new identity!"
"I don't know who you are who you used to be anymore! You are a persuasive person and for that you need to have the manipulation trait! You do have that! I've seen it! This is good for business, but not for my personal life"
She gasped, "So what? You are as manipulative as me! You wouldn't recognize such trait if you didn't have it in you either!"
"True… but the difference is that I never played you anyone's heart"
"Me neither!"
"Really? I feel used!"
"You were used…but not by me! I've really tried hard to be the best person and happening in your life! I've put all your wishes at first… gently, you taught me that! Because one thing you can be sure, the Laureen you think you know she wouldn't! she was this monster you're thinking of me and it's not been any easy to live with my past!... you have no idea how hard it's been to forget my fucking past! I'm not proud of who I used to be or what I've done! So I'm here, trying my best to be a better version of me, a better person and possibly someone else… but not because I'm fake or dissimulated… but because I deserve to be happy and Nathan deserves a good mother… a family!"
He bit his lips, "To be a family he needs a father – his real father? If you were really doing all this for Nate, you wouldn't be taking the only thing he really misses and wishes… But what did you tell me Nate is for you? Personal project… this is so egoistic in your case…" he spoke with a lower tone of voice
She looked down – memory flashes of the DNA test results
"If you really want to surpass your past, you have to face it. when you face it you will learn how to live with it. until then… all you're doing is living a big lie"
"Living a lie until it becomes a truth…"
"You should know there's only one truth and there's a minor detail that will never turn the lie into a truth, so it will always be a lie" he made a pause staring at her noticing she had swallowed. Reading in her expressions that she was understanding everything he was saying. She looked down again.
His fucking genes…
"I need a time to reflect about everything. I really cannot continue living this lie. You hurt me deeply and made me feel like a fool when I introduced you proudly as my wife to your ex-husband and all that play you two shared… I don't know if I can share this way. There's still connection between the two of you and I'm not talking about Nate. Am I being selfish? Maybe I am… but I think it's unfair to me having to share when you don't have to share me with anyone else… not to mention all the bad things you have done"
"Matt… I really am in love with you! It's not fair us breaking up in the very first fight"
"There are things that are more disastrous than an amount of small fights. Breaking trust is deceiving… This marriage will be annulled tomorrow. So please, take your belongings and leave."
She felt to her knees in cry, in deep remorse. She knew she had screwed up once again. She wasn't proud. She was broken. He wasn't Chris. She had to stop that – all that shit.
Matthew left the master suite, locking himself in another reserved room and cried. He really cried. He really suffered. He felt like shit. He felt ashamed. Once again he was about to battle with his karma of apparently making bad choices and be seen as the black sheep of the family because it was typical of them to envision problems that could avoided if he wasn't so impulsive and emotional about love. Once again their accusation banged his head "I told you so… she was trouble" about all the times they had warned him for his good.
Will he ever be happy in love and have the so dreamed family of his own? For now, he only felt like he didn't deserve it. That his karma was bound to be the lonely wolf of the Lamonte clan.
Laura didn't take many things, only the things she bought with her own money. Everything Matt gave her she left in the bedroom, in the house – that was His money. They didn't see each other, but he did see the time she left the house as he watched from the window her walking the front of the house and pass the gate to get a cab.
Devastated, Laura returned to her mother's side.
"I should've had listened to you…" she spoke in sobs to her saddened mother
(*)
What goes around, goes around, goes around and comes all the way back around
So, why the love went away?
I just can't seem to understand
Thought it was me and you, baby
Me and you until the end
But I guess I was wrong
I can't believe it's ending this way
Is this the way it's really going down?
Is this how we say goodbye?
Should've known better when you came around
That you were gonna make me cry
It's breaking my heart to watch you run around
Now, girl
I remember everything that you claimed
You said that you were moving on now
Maybe I should do the same (maybe I should do the same)
The funny thing about that is
I was ready to give you my name
Thought it was me and you baby
And now, it's all just a shame
That I guess I was wrong
You spend your nights alone
And he never comes home
And everytime you call him,
All you get a busy tone
I heard you found out
That he's doing to you
What you did to me
Ain't that the way it goes
When you cheated, girl
My heart bleeded, girl
So keep going without saying
That ya left me feeling hurt
Just a classic case a scenario
Tale as old as time
Girl, you got what you deserved
And now you want somebody
To cure the lonely nights
You wish you had somebody
That could come and make it rightWhat goes around comes back around
Thank you HerpDerp and Xaori for your words :D
Yes Herp, Laura has the tendency to throw her shit at her mother, but possibly now she will learn more the value her mother really has and hopefully she will change her behavior towards her.
Yes Xaori, Evana has the tendency to be too accepting about things, but I'm sure she has some flaws too that can break that too much of sweetness or coolness she has that can even cause diabetes xD
So this is sadly this is heading to the end and the end is already completed! I don't know if I should publish it tomorrow or not... I've really cried rivers writing that T_T you'd better have many tissues for your tears :(
Nothing really seems to be what it is...
Stay tuned!
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He spotted Laureen holding Nathan's grip looking at them.
His heart raced and at the same time, he felt a sharp pain in his head. Soon after, he fell on the ground as the last people his eyes witnessed were Evana and Yana at a distance and Piers screaming his name.