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I tossed around for the millionth time that night. No matter how hard I tried, I just could not get some sleep, I had been at this for the past two hours and my eyes snapped open the I realized that this was an absolute waste of time.I blew out breath from my cheeks and sat up in the pitch dark room, I relaxed on the bed frame and took a few calm breaths before I reached out and turned on the bedside lamp, the room lip up almost immediately and I let out another sigh of relief. I ran my hands through my hair and licked my lips. I decided that I would take a cold shower and lay down again, I needed to get to sleep or I would be sleep deprived in the morning. As much as that was something I was used to, it was one of the habits I was trying to break away from.I shoved my hands into the sheets before I finally found my phone, I gasped at the time, it was fifteen minutes past three. I groaned. There was no need to take that cold shower now. I would have to settle for some black coffee.
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“You have a lot of audacity to show up here, After all the drama you put up yesterday.” I raised my head from the mop of files I had been in.“Do you never get tired of being a nuisance?” I asked in a bored tone. That seemed to set her off those, She glared at me and clicked her tongue.“Alright, spill it, what bugging you inside sister? I have the entire day to listen to you,” I spat in a sarcastic tone. She rolled her eyes and flipped her hair.“If I were you...” She began as she pressed her palm against my table. “I would watch my back because once I find evidence, even a shred of evidence, I will stick you where the sun doesn’t shine!” She threatened through her teeth. I blinked.“So, tell me.” I sighed. “What do you want to set me up for now? Though, last I checked, you failed the last time,” I informed her.“Daniel won’t be around to save you every single time.” She reminded me. “One of these days, you are going to make a mistake and I will take advantage of it” She spat.“Of my
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“Maybe, but that just means we have enough time to come up with something relevant,” Daniel explained in a calm tone. I nodded in agreement.“Everything’s going to be fine Daniel, you just need to stop overthinking and overanalyzing everything,” Daniel reassured me.“I could not agree more with Daniel.” Our heads snapped in the direction of the door and Elliot casually walked it.“Elliot,” I breathed. “When did you arrive? We would have picked you up from the airport,” I explained.“Ah yes,” He said as he adjusted his suit, “But then, it would not have been a surprise. I arrived an hour ago.” He added and I nodded for the second time.“Well, I was just taking my leave,” Daniel said and excused us.“I see you are getting acquainted with everything.” Elliot pointed out.“Yes, it’s a lot so I am trying my best to understand as much as I can.” I told him, “Elliot, there’s something I need to ask you.” I spoke softly, I knew I was treading on thin lines with what I was about to ask.“Carry
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“Da—Daniel please let me go!” I cried as he dragged my hair and slammed me into the wall. He wasn’t saying anything, he just looked like he wanted to murder me. “Daniel stop!” I screamed and shoved him off, my insides twisted and my neck ached, my legs shook and hot tears fell on my cheeks repeatedly as sobs racked through my body and I fell to the ground.I didn’t notice anything after that. I simply curled into myself and tried to focus on anything other than my present predicament. My insides churned and I couldn’t breathe, I tried to speak and form words but nothing came out, my throat hurt from struggling to breathe for so long I hugged my knees to my chest. I refused to believe that whatever happened — happened. Something inside of me was missing. It felt like a hole had been dug, hit after hit and it never hurt this much.“Danny, Danielle.” I flinched at his voice and my eyes widened as I curled into myself on the floor of our basement, my lips were covered in blood and there
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“Here I was thinking that you would never come down for dinner!” Lee exclaimed the moment we made eye contact. “And why are you dressed like that?” She asked with furrowed eyebrows.I licked my blistered lip and sucked in a deep breath. I was wearing some blue baggy jeans and a black turtle neck top. My hair rested on my shoulder and I wore a sunglass to cover up my black eyes.“Yes, darling, why are you wearing sunshades in the house?” Elliot asked from his place at the table, I could see they were eating some pasta and lasagna. For the first time, the smell of the lasagna made me nauseous.“I…because I wanted to go out, but then, I changed my mind,” I informed him softly and walked closer to the table, I swiftly pulled out a chair and sat down. I could feel Emilia’s eyes on me and deep down I wondered why she had not asked me one of her famous questions yet.“Did you later find the photos then?”Lee asked and I froze in place, my eyes widened and I shut them almost immediately. I bit
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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?”
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“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
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