"To be the object of someone's obsession is horrible." -Tippi Hidren Christmas Antebellum found her way out to the man who is obsessed on her. She found herself at Florida and start over her life, working as laundry girl at her aunt Lorie's Laundry Shop. There she met Duke Grey, a business man o
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I’m letting my tears to fall together as the rain drops coming from the grey sky. I am watching him who is looking at me without tears for my mom’s death. An evil smile glimpsed at his face before he turned his back at me. In the first place that I saw Carlos, I never like him. He is just 2 years older than me and yea, my mom become his sugar mommy. Gross! But that isn’t bothering me this moment.
“Christmas, let’s go!” Carlos shouted, standing right in front of the car waiting for me.
Six months after my mom brought him in our house…
“Don’t worry, Baby. My daughter will understand why are you here.”
My forehead knotted as I heard what my mom said. I’m just right here at the kitchen, finding something to eat that’s why I heard her clearly. I walk out in the kitchen to see what is going on.
“Oh, Christmas,” my mom uttered as she saw me, holding the hand of a stranger in front me.
“Who the hell is he, Mom?” I asked, pointing my finger on the man she is with.
The stranger was looking at me straight in my eyes and it’s kinda creepy the way he looking at me. I can’t deny the fact that he has this charm but my feeling about him wasn’t good. I guess we are just in the same age and the way my mom holding his hand, telling me he is her new boyfriend!
“He will be your step father sooner, Christmas,” she answered that made my jaw drop.
“You are just kidding, right?” I asked, looking unbelievably at them both.
My mom shook her head. “I’m serious. We love each other and I hope it is okay to you, darling.”
“Bullshit, Mom!” I run in the staircase, heading at my room.
Bam!
I slammed the door as I got inside and throw myself in my bed. “What the hell is she thinking? Why is she replacing you, dad, with a man that is likely my age?” I asked, looking at the photo of my dad in my bedside table. “Why is she replacing you?”
Since I lost my mood with my mom’s ‘Babyboy’, I didn’t join them in their dinner even I am starving in death. Maybe I will just take a nap for me not to feel this hunger.
“Oh, Carlos you’re so good. Ahh. Ahh.”
My forehead knotted when I heard my mom’s voice in the room that is just beside mine. Their noises made me awake. They are still keep doing their thing loudly and in annoyance, I get off my bed and walk out in my room. I headed downstairs to search something to eat while they are not yet done at their room.
“This is really annoying,” I said and open the refrigerator. My eyes sparkled as I saw a box of Kitkat chocolate that I didn’t saw lately. I took it and closed the door of refrigerator but my heart jump in surprise. He is just with my mom. How come he is here?
“I’m sorry,” he apologized, half nakedly wearing only his boxer.
I averted my eyes somewhere. “How long you’d been standing there?”
“Just now,” he answered, “Did you like the chocolate you were holding?”
I face him because of his question. “Don’t tell me this was yours?”
“Yea, I bought it for—”
“Here takes your chocolate. I’m not hungry anyway.” I give the box that I am holding and passed him, heading back to my room. I don’t want to get poison of his chocolate. Maybe that’s the reason why my mom is sick in love with him.
After my mom brought Carlos in our house, he already stays with us. Every day that I saw his face, I’m cursing his presence around us. Especially every time he is looking at me. My mom wants me to practice calling him dad but I never did. I rather call him brother or in his name than calling her dad/daddy. No one can replace my dad for me. I thought everything will going well like a normal day for us but after of months everything changed.
“Christmas, Darling!” my mom shouted at the living room.
“What?” I shouted back while going downstairs and I saw her wearing her pencil skirt, “Where are you going?”
“Guess what? I already got a job interview today. Gosh! After all the long wait, finally!”
“That’s great! Good luck with the interview, Mom.”
“Thank you, Darling.” She wears her shoulder bag holding a brown envelope where she putted all her papers. “By the way, I will not be home tonight. I need to see your auntie in Florida. I need to get the money she loaned to me last month.”
“Okay?” I answered with a heavy felling on what might going to happen as she leave.
“I have to go now. Just say to Carlos that I already left if he wakes up,” she said hurriedly and slammed the door as she leaves.
“I hope he didn’t wake up,” I said and straight at the kitchen to eat.
My mom didn’t cook yet anything for the breakfast that’s why I have to do it myself. I will only cook my food here. I prepared 2 pieces of beacon, 1 sun side up egg and 4 slice bread that I toasted in the oven. I only have fresh milk in my glass. After settling all my breakfast in the table, I eat fast like I am on a food fight contest. I don’t want him to see me here.
After eating my breakfast, I walk back upstairs to go in my room. But before I could get inside, I notice the room slightly open where Carlos is sleeping. I’m not sure if he still sleeping but there is something pushing me to take a glimpse inside.
“You’re going to regret this, Christmas,” I said to myself and walk with a light step, heading at his room. As I stopped in front the room, I slowly push the door and my forehead knotted, seeing he wasn’t inside. “Did he go downstairs?”
As the curiosity hits me what is inside, I entered not sure if he is really downstairs. I never saw him there or maybe he is just outside the house? Since my mom brought him here, I stop entering here because of that guy. At this moment, I’m just here to see what can I find here. Let’s start at my mom’s drawer. Seeing my mom’s picture together with her guy, made my eyes rolled in annoyance. I flipped down the picture frame and start checking what is inside the drawer. My forehead knotted as I saw my class picture when I was in college. There is a red circle exactly on me in the picture.
“Did you find what are you looking for?”
I become motionless as I heard him at my back. I can hear his footsteps heading towards me that made my toes shake in nervous.
“Give me that.” He took the picture in my hand.
“Wait.” I faced him and he is half naked in front me. “That picture belongs to you?” I asked to clarify if my thought was right.
“Yea and you didn’t inform me that you are going to visit me here.” He steps forward and sniffed like a dog closer at me. “You smell like strawberry.”
“What the hell!” I pushed him in the bed. “Don’t you dare to do that!”
“Why not? Your mom will not be around here till tonight. So, I am free to do what I want.” He smiled devilry at me.
I rolled my eyes to hide the tense. He sounded creepy as hell! “Whatever. I will not be here tonight, by the way. I’m going to sleep at my friend’s house.” I said and about to turn my back at him when he suddenly grabs my arm tightly.
“You’re not going anywhere, Christmas,” he said at his dark aura.
“Get off me!” I yelled, trying to get my arm at him, “What is your problem?!”
“I’d been waiting for this moment, Christmas.” He grabs my other arm and pull me closer to him.
“What the hell are you talking about?” I asked confused, still trying to release myself from his hands.
“You see the picture, right? Are you not curios, why there’s a red circle in you?”
I didn’t answer and only gave him a questioning look. This is not really good.
“I already known you since we are in college. I really admire you since I saw you until then,” he said that made my whole nerves in tense. “You’re really pretty, smart and nice, Christmas. I wasn’t really after your mom because it was you who really I want.” he added and push me on the bed.
“W-what are you doing?” I asked stammering, moving backward here in the bed. Tell me this isn’t happening!
“The thing that I should’ve done,” he answered and goes on my top, holding my wrists in my both sides. “I love you.” he whispered and start kissing me in my neck. “You’re mine, Christmas.”
“Ahh! Get off me!” I yelled and start panicking on what he is doing to me.
He stopped and put his finger in my lips, exploring its parts. “Shh. This is just quick.”
Before he could continue what his intention to me, I kick him out on my top and run fast through my room. I locked the door and go to my bed. My heart keeps on thrashing in nervous ‘bout the man that I am with now. How come he knew me when I didn’t? I never saw him in my whole college life!
Knock! Knock!
I galped when he knocked twice at my room’s door.
“Christmas?” he called my name calmly than his creepiest voice recently.
“Stay the hell out of me!” I yelled and throwed the pillow on the door.
“I’m sorry on what I acted. I didn’t mean it,” he said, “But I meant what I said to you. I love you and I want you not your mom, Christmas. So please, let me in?” he starts trying to open the door of my room but it was lock.
“Stay away Carlos! Or I will call mom!”
He stopped turning the knob outside my room. “You’re bluffing. You are not going to tell your mom about this. She wouldn’t believe you.”
“Dare me!”
“Okay,” he only replied and I heard his footsteps walking away.
“Damn this,” I whispered at myself and start packing my things. I already texted Kashia that I am going to sleep over in their house and I have to go before Carlos do something to me. The thing I’d said a minute ago, I really mean it. I’m going to tell this to mom tomorrow as she got back. If I’m going to call her now, she might lose her job interview that she’d been waiting.
[Carlos] I drive the van fast to reach him and I am now here on his left. I bumped his car going to the right that is why he doesn't have any choice to change route. The path is taking us away from the city and this seems going from a working place.“Give up, Duke!” I bumped his car going on the side.“No! I won't let you win this!” Duke replied and bumped me also on my side, “You'll kill me first!” he drives the car fast and I left behind because the van is not capable on that kind acceleration.“He is now on his way in the abandoned warehouse,” Vincent said and they still following him with the lights of the helicopter. I changed the magazine of my gun and goes down as I arrived on this abandoned warehouse. Duke's car is parked messy and the door of the trunk left open. He might have her inside that's why I followed. There is no lights coming from the inside
[Carlos] When the cars in front of us gone, Vincent and the others came back. They goes out in the elevator not far away from where we are and they are running towards us. They start looking for them as they come to us but they are already too late.“Where are they now?” Vincent asked pertaining to Master Yorkshire.“They just gone,” Vick answered.“We just came here for nothing,” I said in disappointment, “Now that Master Yorkshire convinced not to help Duke, the asshole were gone. They are gone! Where are we going to look for them again? Are we going to travel again in other country to find that asshole and my wife?!”“Calm down, Bro,” Luis said, “I know this is frustrating but you need to put yourself all together.”“The question here is, how Grey found out that we are coming here?” Vincent suddenly asked.“Maybe someone told him before we ar
[Carlos] I woke when someone shake my body and it was Luis who is already awake. I looked at him in my forehead knotted and quickly sit properly on my seat. I don't know how much long I had been sleeping but I guess we are going to land now in Tokyo.“Are we going to land now?” I asked.“Not yet it's 10:00 now in the morning and we have still more hours to go,” Luis replied.“I thought we already going to land.”“I just wake you up because we are going to have our breakfast,” he said.“Hmm, okay,” I replied and glimpsed a second outside the window. Luis and I get off on our seat and walk towards the table where the others are now. The flight attendants start serving our foods in the table and we take our time eating silently. The flight attendants also served a breakfast for the two pilots inside. After we eat, they took off a
[Carlos]“So, the reason why they didn't caught here in London because they were in Japan?” I asked while looking what is in the inside of the folder.“Yes, and my nephew, Benjie just call me this earlier and he found out that the airport they used to go there is the private sector of Yorkshire,” Vincent answered.“Yorkshire?” Luis suddenly said.“What? Do you know what is it?” I asked him.“Not that I know but it's just familiar to me,” Luis replied, “If I'm not mistaken, Lisa told me about that Yorkshire family. She were once invited on a party with them and they are the most powerful mafia in Japan,” he explained.“Yea, Luis is right,” Vincent agreed, “But how does your wife knew about them?” he asked.Luis laughed. “My wife is closely related to the Yorkshire, his grandfather rather. She is a half japanese.” He replied.“Oh, I see.” Vincent nodd
[Carlos]Ding dong! Ding dong! I pressed the doorbell as we finally arrived on their home. We're glad that we had a Google map that help us to find our way back here. It took us a minute of waiting before the door opened. Britney was in front of us and her eyes darted on what we are holding.“You two are back,” Britney said casually.“Yea, and we got something,” I said pertaining to the chocolate muffins and cookies that we bought for them. Britney closed the door as we got in and she walk with us through the living room where the rest are. Vincent is already home and they seems having a movie marathon together. I placed the box at the top of the coffee table and Luis did the same thing. We joined them as we sat on the couch.“What is this?” Brandon asked and goes to the boxes.“Chocolate muffins and cookies,” Luis answered hi
[Carlos] Before we start on finding who we looking for, we decided first to eat on a restaurant to satisfied our hunger. We are now here in Liman Restaurant and there are lot of people with us here at this moment. Everyone is busy on their food at thier table while we still waiting for our order because we just arrived here. We ordered a Lamb Shish, Chicken Kebab, Gnnochi, Seafood Linguine, Mussaka, Mash Potato and a Bloody Mary for our drinks. After waiting for almost a minutes, the crew serves our order in front of us. As they took the cover off, the smoke of new cook came out and the smell were good. I can't help to crave more on what I am seeing in front.“Enjoy the meal, gentlemen,” said of one of the crew before they leave us alone in our table.“The smell so good,” Luis said and start tasting his order.“That is what I thought also,” I replied and sipped a little first on my Bloody Mary be
[Carlos] In the next morning, we woke up early because Vincent will accompany us on his friend that will help us easily to find Christmas and Duke. Luis and I joined them again in the dining to take our breakfast and after that we leave in the house. Brandon rides with us because Vincent will take him in the school first while Britney rides with his own car heading on her university.“Are you going to stay long with us?” Brandon asked, sitting with me here in the backseat.“No, we're not going to stay that long,” I replied.“Why? Are you not enjoying here in London?” he asked again.I chuckled. “No, it's not like that.”“Then stay with us. We have rooms in the house that you can use.”“Brandon, they can't stay with us,” Vincent said while driving the car, “They had their own lives.”“Your daddy was right, Brandon. We have also l
[Carlos]Knock! Knock!"Knock! Knock!"My sleep was interrupted when a loud knock disturbed us. Someone also keeps on shouting outside while making the annoying knock like he has a plan to destroy the door. I slowly get off in the bed and Luis is covering his ears with the pillow, still sleeping in his position. As I got on the doorway, I opened the door and kid was standing in front of me. He is the one making the noise and in my guess, he is just seven."What is your name kiddo?" I asked and kneel to reach him."My name is Brandon," he replied."What a nice name, Brandon. Let me guess, Britney is your sister, right?"He nodded. "Yes and you are Carlos, right? My mom told me."I chuckled. "Yea, it is me and the one who sleeping there." I pointed Luis inside. "That is Luis, my friend.""Okay!""So, why are you knock
[Carlos]Silence fell upon us while we are on our way at Britney's house. We are already traveling for almost 30 minutes and i just woke from my short sleep. I am now looking again outside the window while my back were slouch on my seat that made me more sleepy."So, you two really came from Florida?" Britney broke the silence with her question."Yes, but we are really came from California," Luis answered her question."California, huh? So, why you two are in Florida?""I changed residence because of my wife and this my friend is just there because he is taking her wife back," Luis answered again to her.Britney glimpsed at me in rearview mirror. "So, what is this? Your wife has been took with someone? Kidnapped?""Worst than that," I replied on her."Hmm, is that so? So, why you two end up here in London?" she asked again.
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