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“You came here.” It was not exactly a question. Daniel stared at me in confusion as I walked into his room and sat at the farthest edge of his bed from where he was. He seemed to be tenser than I was — and I was the one who had been attacked.“Danielle, I—““When were you planning on telling me?” I asked and made eye contact with him. He parted his lips to fix and tear-filled eyes morphed into confusion and I could see a crease form on his forehead. “Telling you what?” He finally found words and stood up. “About you — about yourself, about your condition? How long did you think you could hide it? One month? Two months tops? Then I would find out. Huh?” I asked and I felt my eyes sting with tears.“Danielle, I’m sorry and I will understand if you hate me—““No one’s talking about hate Daniel! I’m trusting here! Mutual trust! The kind that you don’t have in me.” I breathed. “I’ve been through worse things in my life, believe me, but this, this hurts me and it’s not because of these sc
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I sighed as I looked over the pages of the document. “The first psychologist ran off after an attack, he was devastated and so was I, 'cause I was starting to like her,” Daniel informed me and plopped down on his bed, I glanced at him and took a seat opposite him.“The second one, well..”He rolled his eyes in a sassy manner and his fringe — which I had not noticed till now, shifted a bit from his line of sight.“New hairstyle? Another thing that I did not know?” I questioned with an easy smile. He mirrored it.“There’s a lot of things you don’t know about me.” He quirked into an uneasy smirk. “Really?” I challenged. “Is that so? Then I must be doing something wrong and walking backward.”“I doubt so if you have gotten this far.” I made eye contact with him when he said so. “What happened with the second psychologist?” I asked before he could trail his thoughts back to the point that he did not want to discuss this.“She quit after two days.” He said flatly. “Wait what? Why? How?”
FIRE CRACKER You have no rights (147)
“Rise and shine, sunshine!” I cheered as I got up from the bed, I stretched a bit and let out breath from my cheeks. I glanced at Daniel’s sleeping form, I could feel my head pounding from staying up all night. I groaned and proceeded to my desk, It was a weekend, I would work.Soon enough, I heard a soft murmur and shuffling a few moments later. From the mirror in front of me, I could see a messy fringe pop from the duvets and sleepy grey eyes. I smiled and spun the desk chair around. I suddenly made it my mission to get one of these, there was no tangible reason why I didn’t have a desk and a chair in my room.“Why are you staring at me so much?” His gruff voice spoke, I blinked and locked eyes with his half-asleep orbs. Daniel jumped off the bed and sighed loudly.“How did you sleep?” I said after I had turned on the spare laptop that was in his room.“Fine, I guess? You’re warm? And normal? What else do you want to know?” “Emilia made a horrible choice, you have no idea how to s
FIRE CRACKER He lied to us (148)
“You taught me so many things Derek, but you...” I whispered as I locked my room down and slid down it. My eyes filled with tears and it suddenly became hard to breathe or focus on anything else than the events that occurred a few moments ago.I honestly had no clue why I felt so affected by her words. Because it was Lee talking. She was harmless and she probably didn’t even mean what she was saying. Yet I felt like someone had stabbed me in the chest and was twisting the knife continuously.Maybe it was her words or the fact that she could be right. Maybe it was that fact that I could not fit into this family. What had I been thinking? Isabel was right. Simply wearing fancy clothes and being the CEO of a company would not build or sustain any relationship.I had gotten so lost in seeing their bonds that I forgot that I was alone. I was truly alone. And there was nothing that could be done about it at that point. Not even turning back time could fix this. I threaded my hands to my sho
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“What? Do you — do you even know what you are saying? Jared was shot right in front of me, He bled and died in my hands! I watched the paramedics take him away!” I was having a mental background at the news.I refused to believe that Jared was alive. It made absolutely no sense at all. I was there. I was right there, I saw him get shot and I even tried to save his life, the paramedics declared him dead and there was no pulse at all.So what was Daniel on about?“Look, I am sure that you are mis—” I began but my lips were shut by his next actions.“Is this Jared?” He enquired almost immediately and shoved the photo in my face, I blinked as I registered the image. Sure enough, it looked like Jared, maybe his look alike, but not Jared, because my Jared was dead, I even held him in my hands as he took his last breaths.Even the idea of him being alive freaked me out and sent chills down my spine. I have had to live with the guilt from that day and the only reason I asked Daniel to investig
FIRE CRACKER That makes two of us (150)
“Danielle is not alone in this,” Daniel chimed in and my eyes darted towards him in confusion, he looked his hands in his and continued. “I would willingly give her my shares, after all, you all seem to think that I am incapable of running the company after all,”“No,” I stopped him right in his tracks. Daniel raised an eyebrow at me in confusion and Isabel seemed appalled. “I won’t take your rights,” I said this while staring directly at Isabel, the atmosphere in the room went bald, the walls seemed to be closing in on us all and for a moment there, I struggled to breathe.“That is the big difference between you and me Isabel,” I informed her. “You are used to manipulating and using everyone to get what you want while I am capable of standing on my own two feet without support,” I added.“And that suddenly makes you a better person?” Isabel countered with an eye roll. “You can fool everyone around you Danielle, but not me.”“The only one masquerading around here is you and you know i
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"Danielle!" Daniel called out when we had gotten to the living room. I spun around and parted my lips to speak with a hardened expression. "I want to speak to Jared," The words came out forced and I bit hard on my lip to feel anything else than the emotions that were banging on the walls of my skin. "As soon as possible," I added. My eyes stung with fresh tears and I clenched my fist. Jared could not play with my feelings this way and expect to get away with it, He made me believe that he had died because of him, I mourned him for months and I almost lost my freedom because of it.A loud crash sent me spiraling back to reality and it was then I registered the fact that I had thrown a vase off the shelf in the living room. The brown walls glared at me and I glared back, I was sure they could hear the storm that was raging in my soul because I was sick and tired of people playing with me."I don't think that is a good idea, Dani—""Don't tell me what to do!" I snapped with a glare. My e
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I dragged my feet into the living room, Daniel seemed to be frozen in his place but I knew I had to move, I needed to find out what had happened there. If Jared had been in there, then I was not leaving without an explanation. This could be a prank for all I knew. Right?The thick red liquid that was casually crawling from inside the house collided with my feet and I sucked in a sharp breath. I glanced back at Daniel who seemed to be petrified at the sight of blood, I braced myself as I gave up on Daniel and decided I would figure things out myself.I walked into the hallway, this house was huge but I felt like the walls were closing on me because of the silence in them, I swallowed and took another step forward. Unlike this previous home, they were artistic paintings here that had an uncanny resemblance to mine.I paused when I reached what seemed like the last door in the home, for some reason, my hands shook as I reached out to open it and to my huge surprise, there was nothing in
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