After I had washed my hands, Sally led me to a room where I was greeted by the Ex Donna. She seemed fine, besides the redness of her eyes which showed that she had clearly been crying. At the sight of me, she pulled herself off the bed and ran over to me. We hugged for so long that my legs went numb from being in the same position.Sally had left the room while we were in the midst of our embrace and returned with a tray filled with food. She interrupted our synced cry-athon and had us sit down to eat. My hands shook as I lifted the spoon to my mouth, unable to part my lips without tempting my eyes to water.I left the spoon in the plate and looked to Donna to see her suffering through the same thing. She passed me a wobbly smile, munching on it for my sake while I failed to develop an appetite after everything that was happening around us."He's going to be fine dear, you should eat. He wouldn't want you to go without food."Donna spoke softly, leaving the spoon in her plate as she caugh
A week and a few days later:Julian was healing well, he wasn't flinching every time his shoulder moved now and he could apply a little pressure on it. Which was a step forward because his previous condition hadn't been as good.After failing at convincing him to stop working and rest well so he could continue later with renewed vigor, I snuck his laptop out and handed it to Edward. Who did exactly what I had expected of him and had locked it up with his study.Now Julian was forced to relax and sleep, healing properly with a bit of scolding from Donna. It was funny to see tiny Donna size up these two bulky men. And especially funny when she pulled their ears for being too stubborn.Easy to say, Julian hadn't touched a single paper since. I had never really imagined that I would have Julian use me as a shield against his mother and that too while running away from motherly affection. True that he was old enough to not have his cheeks kissed as greeting but Donna had resisted the stupid
Julian had rushed out despite me trying to hold him back, instead he had just kissed me, wiped away my tears and pressed his forehead against mine before promising that everything was going to be perfectly fine.Edward had rushed Donna and Sally into the room soon after, handing me my gun and the bullets before nodding at the three of us and closing the door behind himself.We sat in silence, jolting as a scream or gunshot rang too close to the room. We could hear sounds from outside the window and the door. The window was covered by a thick curtain to keep anyone from even getting a glance at the inside while the light was closed so no one would become suspicious of the room.It was still cold as we sat in frozen fear, hearts thumping wildly in our chests as shadows passed from beneath the door. Edward hadn't locked it because if it was locked, the enemy would undoubtedly figure out why and we would be in even greater danger than what we were in now.When the door to a nearby room slamm
Footsteps thudded behind us as we ran down the hallway, the men that had heard the shot go off chased behind us. Luckily, they didn't shoot, clearly under orders to bring us back unharmed. It had me thinking of who it could be behind all of this? And what could they possibly achieve from keeping us alive? Surely they weren't going to use us against Julian?I glanced back over my shoulder and picked up the pace, going as fast as I could with a dress on as I realized how close they were getting.The closer we got to the stairs, the louder the sounds of gunshots became.It was definitely a battlefield down there, and running onto it, barely armed and protected would disrupt the balance and make us loose all our chances at possible survival."Amrita What are you doing?!"I heard Edward call out from a corridor we had just passed before the men behind us were shot down. We stopped, quickly running in the direction of Edward's voice. He had splatters of blood all over his clothes and some had a
The sounds of gunshots increased as Edward kept us behind the doors. His men gathered around us, ready to dive into danger if need be."I've barricaded the basement door."A new figure appearing from one of the guarded gateways, unannounced. But since none of the men surrounding us raised their guns to him, we knew he wasn't a threat for us."How long do you think it can hold them back?"The man shrugged at one of his companions query."I'm not sure, its a metal door though so I think we can rest easy for a while." he answered.I turned to Edward and found him glaring outside the window. His eyebrows were furrowed as he frowned at all the people outside."What are they doing?!"His sudden shout drew all our attention to him as he reloaded his gun."Change of plans, get to the closest safe room you can find and hide. Things aren't looking too good out there."I gulped at his words, trying to peer out of the window but he blocked my line of sight."Julian is out there." I said."I'm well aware of
"I love you, I love you, I love you, I~"Julian chuckled as I kissed all over his face as a silent thank you, while confessing my undying love to him."That contradicts your earlier statement love."Julian said."What earlier statement? Your ears must be ringing." I replied.I responded a bit too quickly, tying the knot on his bandages tightly. He winced before pulling his shirt on and rotating his shoulder to test the movement of his arm."Thank you, love." Julian said.I beamed at him before sitting down beside him, his wound was well healed but I kept it covered as precaution. I can't believe it had only been 7 hours since I hugged my parents after 10 whole years!It was approaching mid night, during the rest of the day we had moved to another safe house, I was in the same car as my parents after Julian reluctantly let Donna drag him away. It was a full on tear fest that we sat through, my father was the most shaken one. He apologized so many times for letting me leave on my own, going as
A month later:"So how was it?" I asked.Me and Donna were seated at the couch, watching a new k-drama and fawning over the beautiful people together, while my husband, brother-in-law, father and mother went to interrogate their captive. From what Julian had clarified for me, the man was his fathers right hand, someone his father had entrusted a lot to.There was some tension between Julian and Edward, it had confused me at the beginning but then I had learned that it was because that man had been the father figure in their life. Someone who had, in a sense taken up the role of leading male for them."What do you all want to eat?" I asked.We couldn't order anything since the location of the safe house had to be kept secret and that was depressing. There was a bit of complaining at the beginning but then we just settled for cooking for the employed people of our little group.I smiled at them as my father and Julian talked about something which seemed too intense for me to keep up with and
5 Years later:"Mom!"I smiled as my four year old son came running down the stairs."Don't run young man." I said. Julian got to him before I could and lifted him into the air as he laughed wildly. Julian wore a huge smile on his face as he kissed Amlian's head and put him back down. Amlian ignored the warning and ran to me instead.I giggled as he hugged me gently before pressing a kiss to my stomach. It was quite a shock to him when he realized that he was going to be an older brother and a definitely difficult task for Julian to explain to him how I wasn't a child eating monster while I cried in the corner.Sighing, Julian took off his coat and hung it on the rack before placing a kiss on my cheek and gently caressing my stomach. Both the males in my family- scratch that- all the males in my family had a weird infatuation with the baby growing inside of me.I was only three weeks into the pregnancy so it didn't show however Julian was even more protective of me this time than he w