Raindrops hit the pavement with heavy force, a mixture of blood and water is dripping down on the concrete with every step Daniel is taking. He is scared beyond anything, he is shivering vigorously, and the knife he had in his hand slipped from his grip and fell inside the sewer by the pavement. He has never harmed someone this bad, he never killed someone. He slowly comes to a halt and falls down on his knees and lets out a loud scream. He covers his face and recalls everything that took place moments ago.
The doctors as usual took him in and started his shock therapy, they asked him over and over again about Isabelle and his reply to them was no different from the previous days. But this time there was someone new present among the doctors, someone whom he has never seen before. The man was in his late fifty’s, tall and well built, had scars on his face and looked like a hitch man right out of the movies. The man was observing Daniel very closely, not even for once did he look away from him. It was as if he was here to study him, Daniel found it very odd but knew nothing that was happening to him was right anyways.
The doctors stopped the therapy earlier today, Daniel was a bit relieved as he couldn’t recover from previous wounds and his body was drained off all his energy. As soon as Daniel set foot off the bed, the man walked to him with a metal rod and started hitting him, the first hit landed on his right arm which had him fly across the room and collapse on the floor. The second hit landed on his back and then on his abdomen. The men kept on hitting him and started telling him that he knows no one named Isabelle; he asked Daniel to repeat everything he was saying but Daniel was adamant and didn’t even think of repeating what he wanted him to say.
Rebecca, the nurse who always had a soft spot for Daniel couldn’t take how brutally the man was beating him. The once bright white tiles, is now stained with Daniel’s blood. In between all the chaos she locked eyes with Daniel, the vulnerability she saw in them made her run towards him and pull the man off him. Some other doctors and nurses come in defense and helped Daniel off the floor and quickly helped him out of the room. But the man wasn’t done yet; he followed them and started yelling at the doctors to let Daniel go so that he could handle him. When the doctors didn’t, the man took out a pistol and started walking towards them.
Rebecca panicked and didn’t know what to do so she instantly let go of Daniel and pulled out one of the scissors she had in her pocket and lunged towards the man and looked back at Daniel and mouthed ‘run’ to him. But it was as if his legs froze in the spot, the man was caught off guard and instead of trying to stop Rebecca he fired at her. The bullet hit her right in the head, blood splattered everywhere and some of the droplets hit Daniel on his face. For a second everything stopped and Daniel watched as her body collapsed on the floor and laid there without any motion. The man looked shocked too and was soon tackled by two of the security guards, right then Daniel pulled himself out of the trance and grabbed a surgical knife out of the pocket of one of the doctor’s and stabbed the man right in his neck hard. Blood spilled out of the man’s neck like an open tap, Daniel pulled out the knife out of his neck and pushed past the doctor’s that were trying to tackle him. He didn’t stop or looked back for once all he did was run towards the backdoor as fast as he could.
In all the chaos they all lost track of Daniel and couldn’t find a trace of where he was off to in the darkness. He kept on running and running, it was completely dark around him, he could barely see anything but he knew he had to run away in order to find Isabelle. He couldn’t let Rebecca’s sacrifice to go to waste like this, her lifeless face kept on flashing in front of his eyes, and he knew her face was going to haunt her for the rest of his life. A thunder grumbled in the sky pulling him out of his thoughts, his legs couldn’t take it anymore, raindrops started to fall on him that was it for him, his tears started falling from his eyes nonstop. His legs started shaking vigorously and he fell on his knees and now he is here in this unknown street of the city and he has no clue where to go from here next.
“Zen, can I come in?” Isabelle slowly peeks her head in Zen’s study still waiting for him to acknowledge her.
Zen looks up at her from his laptop screen and smiles at her while closing the laptop screen and gestures her to get inside. She slowly gets in while fidgeting with her fingers not knowing how to ask him whatever is going on in her mind. “I was just about to call to come to me I was missing you so much.” He slowly stands up from his chair and walks to her and picks her and starts walking to the lounge that is kept in the corner of the study along with the long shelves of books. “Zen I needed to ask you something.” She tries to shimmy down from his hold but he did not want to let her go. “About what baby? And why do you look do tensed?” He asks her while slowly laying her down on the velvety, soft cushion and slowly gets on top of her.
“Zen please I need to talk.” She moves her face away as he was coming down to kiss her. He looks at her perplexed and slowly sits up straight letting out a breathy sigh. “Tell me what’s bother you so much?” He asks while rubbing his temples with his fingers. She slowly sits up and looks down at her lap as she fears what she is going to ask him might not go so well. “Did you find Daniel?” She finally breaks the silence; Zen snaps his head to her and stares at her rather annoyed.
“Why do you always keep asking about him? How do I know where his mother sent him? I tried to find him and I don’t see the reason behind you being so eager to find him. I’m really tired of this Isabelle, enough of your nonsense.” He stands up and stomps towards his work table and sits back down on his chair and starts tying on his laptop really harshly. Isabelle keeps staring at him not knowing what to say to him, this has happened once before where Zen got furious just because she had asked him about the update on Daniel. A part of her gets it why he might be acting this way but wanting to know if Daniel is alive or not is not a crime. She just doesn’t understand his over the top reactions. Without saying anything more she slowly gets off the couch and exits the study with teary eyes.
Zen clenches his jaw while watching Isabelle exit the room; he grabs a pen and stabs the wooden top of the desk. He closes his eyes and breathes heavily trying to relax. “She doesn’t love you, she doesn’t want you. The moment she finds Daniel she will leave you and you will be alone, all alone once again. There’s no one for you, you are alone. ALONE!!” He yells and swipes his hand across the top of the table making all the files and his laptop fly off it. He fishes out his phone from his pant pocket and quickly dials Gerald’s number; he taps his foot on the floor while waiting for him to pick up. “Yes, boss I was about to call you there has been a problem.” Gerald says as soon as he picks up. For a moment Zen&rsquo
Zen feels annoyed with himself, with the way he acted with her. It’s not her fault that she feels more for Daniel than she feels for him. He slams his hands on the table and lets out a muffled groan and starts walking out his study. When he reaches their bedroom he takes in a deep breath and slowly twists the doorknob and gets in. The room is completely dark he stands by the door and stares at the silhouette of Isabelle, who seems to be sleeping on the bed. “I always end up hurting her.” He whispers to her and slowly walks towards the bed and sits on the edge of the bed. Isabelle slowly shifts to her side, the silk night gown she had on slowly hikes up and expose
“So what’s your deal man? Why are you always so quiet?” Cheyenne breaks the silence as they have been walking without talking to each other for a while now. “What deal?” Daniel looks at her and quickly looks back ahead at the road. “I mean are you a runaway or something?” She asks curiously. He stays silent for a while and after a few minutes he says “Yes I am.” Cheyenne looks at him and tries to read his expressions but fails as he has none on his face.Daniel knits his eyebrows when he sees Cheyenne walk towards a tattoo shop. The shop is dimly lit inside with a big glowing, red sign board with the shop’s name displayed on the outside of the shop. The shop is called ‘Ink Express’, the inside could be seen through the glass walls and Daniel noticed the various d
She feels his hand go down to her butt cheeks from her waist; her body naturally makes them stick out to him more. His hands ghost over her them and a hard slap lands on her left butt cheek."Ahhh!!" She moans and groans at the same time, all of sudden, she feels him rip the back of her night dress in one go from behind. She hears clinking noises, of what it seems like something brittle is jiggling. Isabelle just realized he took off his pants and she knows exactly what is coming next; she knows very well she will pay for the statement she made a while ago.
The basement is very dimly lit; Daniel keeps on looking at the closed doors to make up what they hold behind them. A part of him is very paranoid and can’t believe that a complete stranger is helping him for no apparent reason. It’s quite unbelievable for him to wrap his head around the fact that someone won’t be asking for something in return from him, all his life he has been used; even his own mother used him for her own advantage. “This is the only spare room we have, it’s quite small but I know you will manage.” Cheyenne splashing him a small and pushes a small door by the kitchen. Daniel slowly walks in and looks around the empty room. It has nothing; no even a bed. &
Daniel stares at the morning sun from inside the cafe, he closes his eyes and soaks in the sunlight that is falling on him through the glass wall by which he has been sitting on for quite some time now. Cheyenne is busy cleaning up the cafe with the other staffs as it is almost time to open up the cafe, she brought him along with her as she didn’t want him to feel alone. When she was getting ready Daniel had already woken up and was sneaking around the house; most probably so that he doesn’t make any sound and wake up the others. “Hey Daniel, what would you like to have for breakfast? We have nice pancakes you want some?” She asks after sta
“So what’s his deal?” Antony asks Cheyenne while helping her clean the dishes. Dinner time dishes are Cheyenne’s to do but Antony is helping her as she is tired after the long shift. “He was stuck in a mental asylum and he isn’t from here either he is a New Yorker.” She tells him while washing up the last plate. “How did he end up here in Chicago?” He wipes the plate and puts it on the rack. “I don’t know I didn’t want to make him uncomfortable with all the questioning but I know that he is madly in love with a girl and he wants to go to her.” She sighs while wiping her hand on the kitchen apron she is wearing. “Then why doesn’t he go to them? And he kind of creeps me out with his intense gaze, he doesn’t even talk much.” He walks to the fridge and takes ou