Trapped In Her Heart

Looking at Rebecca, she scoffed, "How hard is to accept that mother? Why is it so hard for you to make peace with it? Sebastian loves Ellie and they are getting married, can't you just be a bigger person for the first time and accept it? Why do you have to try and force things on Sebastian even now?" 

"What were you thinking when you called Vincent and told Bryce to fetch Ellie alone? Is winning over your own kids so important that you are willing to resort to something so disturbing?" Pausing for a while, she added, "Imagine someone doing something like this with your daughter? How would you feel at that time? Would you feel happy and satisfied?" 

"Ellie is leaving everything behind to become a part of our family, is this how we are going to treat her and make her feel?" Walking towards Ellie, Ava sighed, "I seriously don't know what to tell you and how to apologize. I am very ashamed of whatever happened Ellie, I—" 

Cutting her off, Ellie stated, "You don't have to do this, it's not your fault. In fact, if not for your instincts, God knows what would have happened. I should thank you for everything Ava." 

Grabbing Rebecca's arm, Arthur frowned, "I am giving you one last chance to explain yourself. Tell me it isn't how everyone is thinking Rebecca, I still feel you can't do something so ridiculous." When she did not say anything, he yelled, "Say something." 

"Yes, I did it. I was the one who instructed Bryce to pick her up and take her somewhere else. I was the one who called Vincent over to help me." Bursting into tears, Rebecca yelled, "I don't know what I was thinking, I just didn't want them to get married. I just wanted to stop the wedding but I didn't wanna hurt anyone." 

Letting go off her, Arthur gritted his teeth. "You are unbelievable." 

Balling his hand into a fist, Sebastian was about to snap when Ellie tightened her grip around his arm. Taking a deep breath, he closed his eyes for a couple of seconds to calm his emotions down which were on the verge of eruption. 

"I have always respected and honored you so matter how many times I felt you were being inconsiderate or wrong but this is my limit. What you have done today is beyond all my limits and patience and I will never forgive you for this. From today onwards, I have no relationship with you. I am ashamed to call you my mother," Sebastian stated. 

"Seb—" 

Cutting Ellie off, he remarked, "Not today Ellie, I am not going to listen to anything." 

When Rebecca tried to approach him, Sebastian took a step backwards. "Consider your son dead starting today." 

"How can you say that?" Grabbing Arthur's sleeves, Rebecca sobbed, "Tell him something, how can he say something like that." 

Jerking her hand away, Arthur declared, "What you have done today is beyond any kind of forgiveness. You have completely disappointed me today Rebecca, I didn't marry or fall in love with the woman you have become." 

Sighing in disappointment, he added, "There is no need for you to attend the wedding as well, I don't want anyone to disrupt my son's big day. You can just stay at home all by yourself." With disappointment shadowed upon him, Arthur made his way towards his room. 

Slowly, everyone left, leaving Rebecca all alone to regret her actions. 

…..

Sebastian and Ellie's apartment. 

Placing her hand on his shoulder, Ellie inquired, "Are you okay?" 

Without saying anything, he wrapped his arms around her waist and buried his face on her abdomen. 

Gently c.a.r.e.s.sing his hair, she tried to console him. "Don't worry, everything is going to be okay." 

"How could she even think about hurting you? How did my mother turn out to be so heartless? It was fine until she refused to accept our relationship but even thinking about doing something like that—'' Stopping midway, he sighed. It was hard for him to make his peace with the fact that his own mother tried to harm Ellie.

Not knowing what to say and how to console him, she decided to stay silent and just be there with him. She could understand how he felt and her heart ached for him. 

….. 

A day before the wedding. 

Seattle. 

Ellie's parents' place. 

"Honey, you should sleep early today and it applies to you girls as well. It's a big day tomorrow and we don't want you girls to have swollen eyes," Judith remarked. 

"Yes mom, we were about to get some sleep," Ellie answered. 

"Alright, make sure to sleep well." Glancing at the watch, she sighed, "I need to go and accompany your father." 

"Yes, make sure uncle doesn't flood the house," Melissa chuckled. 

Helplessly shaking her head, Judith exclaimed, "I can't guarantee that. His dearest daughter is getting married, of course he is gonna flood us tonight." 

"Should I talk to him?" 

"El, I don't think that is a good idea. You both will start crying together again," Charlotte sighed. It had been two days since they arrived in Seattle for the wedding and they had been staying at Ellie's place since then. 

"I'll stay with your dad, don't worry about him and take some rest." After wishing everyone goodnight, Judith left. 

"I can't believe my brother is getting married tomorrow." slumping on the bed, ava sighed, "Why does this still feel like a dream?" 

"Exactly, I always thought Seb would be the last one to get married amongst the guys but he just outsmarted Calvin, Owen and also Brandon," Melissa chuckled. 

Nodding her head in agreement, Charlotte remarked, "When I met Sebastian for the first time, I thought the same too. I mean, though he is handsome, he looks like an arranged marriage material." 

"That is so true, I always thought that Seb would work his a.s.s off until he is forty and then just marry some high class woman just for the sake of getting married. I never thought my brother had this lover boy trait in him," Ava explained. 

…..