Christian looked up from the receptionist desk as the store's door slammed wide open, seeing that it was Ariel who had been absent from work for the past three days, his mind leapt up as he saw her, finally he could ask about Sara's well being.
Since the argument that night, something he had come to terms with admitted within himself that he was at fault, she had refused to pick his calls or reply his constant text messages, and he had the feeling that she was ignoring him on purpose.
"Hello Christian, Hello Daniel." Ariel greeted, waving at Daniel and even fist bumping him affectionately, Christian knew something fishy was going on between them, that was for sure.
"What's up Ariel, how's your health." He asked, "Well, I'm doing just fine as you can see, I'm hale and hearty." She answered chuckling brightly.
This was the right time to ask about
"Sara, Sara, come get dressed we are going out." Ariel exclaimed loudly, coming into the room with two leather bags containing what looked like clothes."Look Ariel, I'm so tired okay, I don't have strength to go anywhere now." Sara replied, ever since she had gotten that letter from the unknown sender she had been scared.She still had two more years to stay in the shelter and her life was already in danger, even Ariel had noticed her being moody and asked her what the matter was, but she had waved her off, saying she was fine.Choosing to keep the letter a secret, she had not disclosed the contents of the letter to anyone, she had burned the envelope secretly, and had later pondered on who the sender was.She was not a troublesome person, she had no enemies in the shelter that she knew off, she was an easy going person, why should she watch he
God, She was so pretty as she stood before him, her curly brunette strands flowing freely in the cool night breeze, the little shiny black dress she was putting on accentuated her curves nicely, the little jewelry sparkled under the night's moonlight.She was breathtaking, stunning, lovely, gorgeous, goddess like, words couldn't describe how she looked tonight, she was his!That described it all, looking in her eyes, he saw nothing but love and adoration, she was crying, damn it, she was so emotional, not liking the tears one bit, he brought out an handkerchief from his pockets and moved to wipe her tears, but was surprised when she tackled him and gave him a tight hug.Sobbing uncontrollably, and sniffling against his white shirt, she started to stay something but he stopped her with a quiet shhhh, and rubbed her back gently.Leading her to the
MEETING HIMDinah walked into the large store intending to get some sanitary pads and other groceries for herself, she had just gotten some money from her drug dealer boyfriend, although she didn't love him, she was just with him to satisfy her personal needs and to get money to take care of her expenses.Walking to the counter, Dinah came face to face with the most handsome boy or man rather she had ever seen, he was breathtakingly handsome, with wavy blond darkish hair and a nice muscular build, she couldn't stop staring at him.Focusing intently on the notepad he was writing on, he didn't even notice when she walked up to the counter and intentionally placed her hands on his."Oh sorry, I... I... It was a mistake." She said making a mock effort to remove her hands from his, he was so stunning, biting his lips and smiling at her, he started saying something and Dinah literally drowned
"You won't believe who came to the store today." Ariel announced as she opened the door to their room and immediately went to sit near Sara.Sara who was already preparing to go to work (she was on night shift today), was already putting her earrings and packing her work clothes in her little hand bag."And who came, one of your numerous admirers or sugar daddies rather." Sara asked raising an eyebrow and looking over at her best friend who just waved her off."Oh shut up will you, I'm being serious here." Ariel said chiding her jokingly."Of course, I'm serious, or are they not the one." She asked and Ariel just gave her a look that told her she had better keep quiet and she burst out laughing."Ok, ok, I'm serious now, who came to the store.""Leader of the mean trio, Dinah Jerry." Ariel exclaimed and Sara opened her mouth in shock, and
MEAN TRIODinah sat with her gang at the shelter's large garden, they were having a sleepover outside, all decked out with tents, and lots of food.Although this was prohibited in the shelter, the matrons were tired of their antics and normally let them go scot-free so they were harmless.Miranda and Tessa were currently setting up the bonfire and she was flipping through her phone chatting with her persistent gangster boyfriend, who had asked her to come over tonight for a sleepover but she had lied telling him she was sick and couldn't come.Although he had offered to get someone to come pick her, she had politely declined and turned down the offer, now he was not letting her rest one bit as he kept on sending her horny and naughty texts saying they would help her heal faster.Although she wanted to stop replying, she couldn't as he was an aggressive person and mi
Sara stepped out of the bathroom as she had finished taking her bath, walking to her bunk, she was stunned when she saw papers on the bed.Not just papers, the papers were in pieces and tinted with red, picking one of the papers, she turned the back trying to see if there was any messages written on it, but she saw nothing.Chills running down her spine, Sara dropped the paper abruptly and turned to look round the room, but she didn't notice anything suspicious.She was alone, as all the other girls were either in the bathroom or in the shelter's hall. Sighing Sara started picking up all the papers, intending to throw them away.Suddenly she heard the room's door being opened, startled she dropped the papers she was holding and they littered all over the floor.Looking up, she saw it was Ariel who looked at the ground in shock, "What's all this?" Ariel asked bending down to pick
Sara juggled the large picnic basket she was holding in her two hands, today being Saturday her free day and knowing that Christian was working at the construction company, she had woken up early and had prepared some goodies for him which she could take along.With the help of his mom, who had been elated at what she was planning, she had packaged some of his favorite snacks, made a little pasta and sauce in his kitchen, and had collected the beautiful picnic basket his mom had handed over to her.Checking the time on her wrist watch she could see it was almost noon, and she had just come down from the free public transport she had boarded down here.Walking down the busy street, she came across a large signboard and written boldly on it was the name of the company Daniel had written down in the note.Looking at the paper and back at the signboard, Sara made a move to go knock on the huge gate housi
DINAHShe watched from afar as that chaotic bitch Sara played with her man, the way he lovingly wrapped her in his arms under the tree, brought goosebumps all over her skin.'I should be the only one he touches this way.' She thought to herself as she tapped away at her feet angrily, she was in her usual spot at the construction site where she stayed everyday, getting glimpses of Christian's sexy body.But today had been disappointing as she had gotten there late and it seemed they were on break, and to make matters worse, while she was busy looking around for him, she had seen a little group having a picnic under a peach tree, and as she had scanned through, she had seen Sara and Christian together.This bond, she was definitely going to break it, seems the threats she had been sending secretly to Sara were not working as she did not show any sign of worries, or even if she was fazed she did a damn
SARA“I can’t believe you recorded everything Miranda said last night.” Ariel uttered in awe, and Sara just smiled ruefully.“I did record it. I brought out my phone when she was talking, and I put on the sound recorder. Everything she said is in here, and I hope to convince Christian with this proof today.” As she finished speaking, she saw Ariel’s facial expression change from awe and surprise to something indescribable, and her heart clenched.“Don’t you want me to go talk to him?” Sara asked softly, blinking back the tears that gathered at the pool of her eyes and beneath her lashes.These pregnancy hormones! Damn, but they made her want to cry every second, and she just couldn’t hold it back. Sniffing, she shrugged her shoulders and waited for Ariel to say something but her friend was keeping mute.“Ariel…” She drawled softly, her hands going to her cheeks, wiping incessantly.Instead of replying as expected, Ariel just took a step towards her, pulling her in for a hug as she wr
CHRISTIAN ‘The take-off would begin in roughly ten minutes. Passengers aboard are advised to fasten their seatbelts, and get prepared. Phones should be switched off too, for the time being.’The announcement from the train speakers blared loudly, and quickly doing as they were told, Christian proceeded to fasten his belts and that of his siblings before relaxing a bit.This was the first time Christian was boarding a train that required him to use a seatbelt, and it felt strange to say the least.However nothing was more strange to him, than not having Sara by his side today. Finally, he was leaving for Seattle and the shadowy feeling of sorrow and regret clouded over him as usual.Gripping the seats tightly, and staring ahead as the train let out a whistle, and heavy grilling sound before starting, Christian closed his eyes murmuring a brief prayer as the machine began to move.He opened his eyes briefly, shooting his mother who was by his side a brief glance and a warm smile, his
SARAStaring lazily at the ceiling up ahead, Sara blinked her eyes twice for the umpteenth time that night.She was trying to force herself to sleep but it wasn’t working at all. She had turned and tossed tirelessly on the bunk bed she shared with Ariel, and even after some complaints from her best friend, she just didn’t stop.She couldn’t stop rather, with her mind going haywire and streaks of dried tears still on her face.Letting out a soft sniffle and whimper, as if she wanted to begin crying again, Sara turned to the left side of the bed, her eyes wandering about as she looked around the dimly lit hostel room. It wasn’t so late at all, and she and Ariel were the only ones in the room, as they had eaten their dinner albeit hurriedly, and then come back to rest.Now though, the last thing Sara was doing was having a good rest, and she hated this feeling so much! She tried closing her eyes slowly again, making it droop and at the same time praying that this strategy of hers would
CHRISTIAN The moment Mrs Smith, had told Christian that his best friend was here to visit, he had known that things was going to go south.Basically their conversation would be centered on his departure news, and Sara too and based on the latter he knew the talk wasn’t going to be an easy one.Well, it was becoming more visible and clear now, and as he paced around his room, his hands going to his hair and ruffling the dark blonde strands every now and then, Christian could only try to reign in his anger.They had talked about his journey, and then diverting to the talk of Sara, Daniel had suddenly become over defensive and honestly Christian didn’t like it at all.He just didn’t like it, and no matter how he’d warned Daniel not to push too far, his friend wasn’t giving a damned fuck, as he was still angry. “So you’re just going to throw away every single thing you had with that poor pregnant girl, just because of some nude photos that were clearly staged?” Daniel spat out incredul
DINAH’S POV“Tessa, I don’t understand what’s going on anymore.” Dinah muttered, lighting up a cigar stick and passing the box to her friend, who willingly collected it.“Oh come up Dinah…” Tessa began puffing on her already lit up cigarette stick, “Why are you so worked up about this? Are you just going to give up after everything you’ve done? Everything we’ve been through together?”Dinah just rolled her eyes, her hands going to her forehead as she heaved out loud in frustration.“I don’t know what to think again Tessa. I mean after all I did, I still don’t have Christian in my grasp. I mean he told me prop and plain that he’s leaving this town.”“To where again?” Tessa asked, and letting out a hiss Dinah replied, “Seattle. Talks about him getting a new job there and even when we talked, he freaking brought talks about that bitch into the conversation. Despite the fact that they’ve broken up, apparently he still has feelings for her and it hurts me so much. I mean, why can’t he just
SARAHastily handing over the pregnancy test results to Christian, Sara placed a hand over there lips, trying to stop the sob that threatened to spill out from within.Seconds passed, minutes too, with the silence between then growing in folds, and she could only watch as he stared down at the papers, his hands visibly shaking furiously.She waited for him to say something, and at long last when nothing seemed to be forthcoming she broke the dreaded quietude.“Won’t you say something?” She began with a sniffle, but he said nothing.Shoulders dropping further, Sara continued, “I know the past few days have been hell for both of us. I mean, you seeing these… I don’t even know what to call it now and…”“You keep saying you don’t know what to call them Sara, but I’ll help you madame. They are nudes miss, fucking nudes. Pictures of another man fucking you. Pictures of a man, fucking what I called mine. Look at your facial expression in those pictures Sara, you freaking enjoyed every single
SARA“Hello Christian.” Sara said weakly, her voice hoarse and despite the weakness she was feeling all over her body, she still managed to grace her face with a small smile.Her eyes roaming through his whole body, she almost let out a whimper, taking a step forwards as she was overcome with so many emotions.She fucking missed him so much! Missed the feel of his arms around her body, the cologne from his shirt, and his husky voice breathing sweet nothings in her ear.Now more than ever, as she stared right at him still smiling, Sara realized just how much she missed having him close to her.Well, now she was here and she would remedy that all to quickly.She continued staring at him, but then seeing how unmoving he was, the stoic look in his face, and the brewing silence that thickened the atmosphere, Sara could only note that something was wrong somewhere.“Hey Christian…” She called out again, this time waving her right hands at him as she asked again, “What’s up? Am I not allowed
TWO DAYS LATER SARAThe first thing Sara saw when she opened her eyes were the blinding white lights in the room, and the pungent smell of medicine and blood that made her want to puke.She lurched, her head almost springing up from the soft bed she was laying on, but she stayed still. Where was she? She began to wonder, her mind spinning as she tried to recall any event, but her head was blank.She tried to say something, but her voice was stuck, her throat sore and it felt like she hadn’t eaten or drank anything in days. Worse, she felt weak, all her body ached and she still had the strong urge to puke her stomach out.“Sara? Sara are you there?” Someone was saying, and blinking twice her vision still blurry, Sara saw two pair of hands waving over her face.“Sara? Can you hear me?” The ever familiar voice said again, and nodding softly Sara finally managed to say, “I can hear you. Ariel?” “Oh Sara… I was so worried.” Ariel said, and instantly Sara felt the bed dip as her best fri
CHRISTIAN Christian was done with everything.His bags and luggages were already packed and ready to move. A small sad smile creeping up his lips, his feelings further intensified when he felt the gentle fragile hands of his mother sneaking up his shoulders, as she squeezed lightly.“Don’t you think you are in a haste son? Have you thoroughly thought about everything?”She asked softly.Christian knew she meant no harm with her words, but her words reminded him so much of Sara and quickly he went off.Like a spark lighting up in his head, he blurted out angrily shrugging her hands off his shoulders, “Mother, if this is about Sara, you can just dead the topic. I don’t want to talk about her.”An awkward silence brewing, and the atmosphere becoming tense Mrs Smith finally broke it off, clearing her throat and chuckling almost inaudibly.“Son! I didn’t even want to talk about her? I was just asking some important questions but now that you say it…” She paused obviously gathering what to