Novels by -gda-

The smell of a bacon wakes me; I look at my phone. It’s 8 in the morning, who’s cooking this early? I try to get myself into the wheel chair but I fail. The doctor says I can still walk, but why on earth I can’t fell any nerves in my feet? I crawl and lean on the side of my bed, looking at my two lame feet I try to move my toes, none succeed. Are they kidding me? I run my fingers on my knee, I try to feel my hands…. Why I can’t feel it? I pinch, one, two three… What is this? I hit on my feet hard, I know I hit it hard cause I can feel my fist ache, but it feels like a pinch, I tried it one more time…one hit, two hit, three....“Stop it Mr. Carter!” Kierra catch that last hit with her arms, I am sweating, she pulls me back at the edge of the bed, her two arms underneath my armpit. She’s indeed strong. I watched her as she pulls the wheelchair without a word she is about to lift me again“Let me do this

I’ve been here before… I could hear people talking behind me, I want to open my eyes but it feels so heavy. I am listening carefully but no words from them I could understand. I am trying hard to move, but why I can’t feel any nerve in me. Finally! I could recognize a clear voice.“Mr. Carter, can you hear me?” that is my assistant, Andrea. I try to open my eyes and though I am successful, I can’t see anything. There is a bright light flashing right before my eyes, the doctor (if I’m not mistaken) is speaking to me.“Follow the light Mr. Carter.” Slowly things are getting clearer and images are staring to form, there are five people surrounding me, of them I could only recognize Andrea.“Can you hear me clearly?” I don’t know if I can hear the doctor clearly or I am just lip reading.“Mr. Carter, I am Andrea your...” I wave my hand and try to utter words (I know who you a

“You cannot go against the rule Kierra!” his voice sounds like a thunder, though I am facing the ground I could sense that his face was curving a lot from the rage that he had from me. I think all eyes are in me right now, I can feel it.“Master, just for this time forgive me.” my face was kissing hard the ground“Forgive thy servant my lord Biel, she’s too young and curious.” A word from my lovely mother“You cannot intercede and change whatever you please to, from this day onward you will be punished, your sword and armor will be taken away from you, you will defend your human with just your ability and with less of the mighty power.”“That’s too much my lord!” I lift my face and our eyes met “How can I protect someone if I am of no armor?” his stare seems to get inside my heart, it is very sharp“And how dare you lift your eyes on our master Kierra!”

Sunny Saturday morning, all were packed for our family outing. As usual Mom is at her best waking us up. I heard her on the first time that she called my name but my body is too heavy to get out of the bed.“Get off that bed or we will leave you in 5 minutes!”So, I found myself inside the car in my pajamas. I think my father’s car is too small for the four of us, plus our one year old golden retriever. They pack a lot of things for this summer outing, poor car he must carry us all with a lot of luggage. My sister who is six years old was busy talking to her Barbie dolls. My father who is usually the happiest of all is singing Barney’s song.“Dad! Can you just play a song?” and he sings even louder, while my mother accompanies him with a dance. I plug my ear phone and pretend not to hear them.“Sing with us Harold!” and they are now singing so loud that even if my iPod is at its highest tune I can still hear

5:40 in the morning, standing at the departure area with Chris. He is wearing sunglasses to hide the bruises in his left eye.“You can leave me now Chris.” I can see his eyes falling, I am not sure if he even take a nap. After he brought Brian to old building he told me to go home and pack my luggage for the business trip.“I have to make sure whose traveling with you.” Rubbing his eyes, I put my hands in his face feeling his rough face cause by the little hair that is growing in his face again.“You are hot, you must take a rest.” He lean his face closer, for a quick seconds my heart is pounding so fast again. I was looking straight to his green eyes and his dry lips with bruise. My muscle pushes my body closer to him and our lips were touching each other.“I guess that was a good bye kiss.” Those cold words from Frank put my head back to its consciousness.“Good morning Frank” as he shak

“1 minute left to get off the place.” Reminding him of the time before the securities notice that the screens on their monitor were manipulated. He wraps Brian on a blanket and run out of the place, he took the stairs and I put every door on the floor on lock. He gets in the parking lot and placed Brian at the back of the car.“30 seconds late.” I am slowly putting most of monitor back to its original view aside from the parking area. “Run out Chris, I will be setting things in normal in 10 seconds.” He stepped on the gas and went out of the place. He is now driving on the road.“Where are you bringing him?”“To you.” And he drive towards my direction, I watched the screen as it tries to locate his exact location.Crap, how can this old building handle such tension? Suddenly the memory of the man we buried flashes in my head. Where are we burying Brian this time? This job is indeed bloody; I reme

I’ve been working at the firm for a month, still no trace of what we are looking for. During evening I drove at the abandon building, waiting for an instruction from Chris’ as he move from road to road. We manage to maximize the space at the old hotel room. There are days that I fall asleep while watching at Brian’s open window. Nights when I hear him on the earpiece on my head saying look for the man behind him and shoot if he will do suspicious moves.The frequency went on again I could hear Chris on the other line,“Wake up Kate.”“I am not sleeping” I took my laptop and try to locate him “I could see you now” he was heading on Brian’s place “So are we shooting him now?” we’ve been following him for a weeks and saw him talk to people that might be significant on our project.We were able to hack on the surveillance all over Brian’s place, actually not just his place but

I scan the file that was in the flash drive. I saw pictures and names, I googled those man and realize how big those names are. What did my father do to them? He had been a good man during his service.I kept my self away from people and was not in myself for months, I walk by along the lover’s lane on Paris feeling unloved and alone. A man approaches me.“How come a beautiful lady like you is waking alone?” a word from a man of my age, I did not say a word, after all he is a complete stranger; I took a sit and he sits beside me.“I see you don’t talk to someone you barely know.” Still I gave him silence“I am no stranger, I almost know a lot about you Kate.”, pause “Harry should have kept himself away from you.” Those words make me turn head.“How did you know him?” he lean his face near me and put his arms around my neck. He was chocking me! He whisper in my ears&ldqu

The week end just passes by so quickly; I miss my pillow more and more and the bark of my dogs. I wonder if they still know me after years of being away. Sunday evening, finally I got an e-mail, my mother says she is going to Singapore with my sister and brother-in-law, she send me a picture and asking if I can drop on holidays. She looks healthier than before; I guess the therapy is doing well. Seven years ago my family faced a very tragic incident.On their way to the airport they were being ambush, killing my father who is a retired general my 3 years old nephew, my sister, her husband and leaving my mother critical. She was in comma for 8 months. We almost loose hope that she could recover after a bullet passed by her artery. Those moments I question God and our faith, my friends keep on telling me to trust Jesus; I am trying my best to listen. I only have my brother and sister left, we are talking about accepting the option said by doctor, we love to see our mother back

“Can you open the window on your side please?” Zander finally breaking the silence inside the car“It’s cold.” I bluntly said, he opens the window on his side and laughingly said“I could smell jealousy inside let’s get some air to freshen us up…Oh my Kate! Haha”“I am not jealous Chris.” His shoulder moving as he tries to hide his laughter. “I just can’t believe you’re flirting with Alice in front of me, shouldn’t we need to act as if were faithful to each other?” in irritation“Woah that is not written on the script…husband is not always faithful. That is what typical man does.”As he tries to make his argument I noticed that we are not heading the right way.“Hey, did you forget where we live?”“Sh…the night is just starting Kate, we still have a work to do.”He stops in front of