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 exposes her legs. He stares at her silently and slowly places a hand on her exposed calf and gives them a gentle squeeze. She doesn’t respond to it even though she is awake, she just doesn’t want to get into another fight. “I’m sorry Belle, I just don’t want to lose you again.” He whispers and slowly lays beside her and hugs her by her waist. She still doesn’t respond to it and keeps her eyes closed, she feels his nose bury in the crook of her neck abs inhale in her scent. A scent that Zen loves, a scent that is the reminiscent of all the good times they had together. This scent makes him feel like he’s home and there’s nothing he would to keep this scent, this feeling all to himself. No one can take it away from, no one, the thought of losing her starts settling in again and he tightens his grip on her waist. A soft moan comes out of her mouth and she finally opens her eyes and looks at him. He still has his face buried in her neck, he is feeling her softly skin with his lips.“Zen why do you think I will leave you?” She finally breaks the silence. He freezes in his spot and slowly looks up at her and stares into her eyes. He doesn’t know how to explain to her how he feels, he doesn’t want her to know his fears. It has become like an obsession now, she is all he needs and wants and there is nothing he wouldn’t do to keep it that way. “You don’t know Zen, you don’t know how they treated him. The way they kept him in that room all locked up. How badly they used to beat him and torture him.” She slowly places both her hands on both his cheeks and caresses them. He doesn’t answer to her, he just stares at her and leans into his touch. “I share a special bond with Daniel, we were trapped there but the sad thing is I couldn’t help him get out of there. All I want to know is whether he is alive or not, just try to understand me Zen.” Her eyes starts to tear up just thinking about all the bad things that Mrs. Robinson is capable of doing to him.Daniel finishes the entire plate of food that he was given. He didn’t eat properly for days, and now that he got out of their his appetite finally came back. He sets the plate on the floor and slowly stands up to leave, he doesn’t want to pull anyone else into his mess. A person has already lost their live for him and he doesn’t want to put someone else’s in danger as well. He slowly sneaks out through the backdoor and starts heading away from the cafe.
The weather is chilly and the sky is still grumbling, it might start raining again. He folds his arms over his chest and rubs his arms while he walks on the pavement. As the road progresses the street lights are slowly fading away, some are blinking and some are completely off. The area is getting darker and quieter, he feels very lonely, he doesn’t have any idea where he will spend the night. The heavy wind against the trees and his footsteps were the only sound that was being hear but suddenly another footsteps from behind is being heard. He doesn’t pay much attention to it but when the clicking of the person’s shoe on the concrete starts getting progressively faster and louder he turns around. Cheyenne lets out a yelp as she wasn’t expecting him to turn around so suddenly, Daniel stares at her and watches her shocked expression. Her vixen eyes are now wider and the her plush lips are wide open. “You scared me!” She lets out a sigh and slowly holds the umbrella that was in her hand over his head too. He doesn’t say anything and turn away from her and starts fast walking away from her. “Hey! Wait! Wait!” She runs after him and slowly walks by his side trying to maintain the speed at which he is walking.
“Please don’t follow me.” He finally breaks the silence and slowly looks at her. “I won’t rob you or kill, you don’t have anything to rob anyways. But I can help you, I was once like you abs someone helped me and now it’s my turn to give it back to someone who needs help. Trust me I won’t hurt you or call the police.” She smiles at him and slowly holds the umbrella over his head. “How don I know you won’t hurt me?” He asks taking a step backwards. She slowly takes a step forward and pulls him by his arm under the umbrella properly. “I live in a homeless shelter, so you got nothing to be scared of my friend.” She stares at him and tries to convince him with her sincere expression. Daniel stares at her for a few minutes and finally gives in and takes the umbrella from her hand and holds it above both their heads. Cheyenne smiles to herself and starts walking alongside him.“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
“Tell me about her tell us what happened to you.” Cheyenne makes Daniel sit on the couch beside her after bringing him down from the tattoo shop. “I don’t want to talk about the past.” Daniel stares at his lap silently. She slowly holds his chin and makes him look at her, his dried down tear stains are visible on his cheeks, his nose is a shade of crimson red due to him rubbing it constantly. A soft smile appears on her face while she wipes the residue of tears from his eyes. “Okay, fine we won’t talk about her but I think it will be wonderful if you started working in my cafe with me. What say? Won’t it be nice?” She asks him. Daniel slowly smiles at her and nods his h
It is a nice summer night, warm breeze blowing inside the cottage Isabelle and Zen are leaving in. She loves it, every moment of it. She is sitting by the open balcony and staring at the ocean while sipping on a cup of coffee. Tim is fast asleep in his room and Zen has gone out to do some business meetings. Even on vacation he has to work, Isabelle sighs and stares at the abundance of water in front of her. Her mind subconsciously slips to the memories of the past. A smile comes up on her face recalling moments she spent with Daniel planning a vacation just like this.She slowly puts down the coffee cup from her hand on the nicely polished wooden porch and starts w