Fear engulfed me and I freeze in terror. His darkened eyes were staring deep into my soul which brought tears to my eyes. He pressed his palm tighter to muffle my sobs while his other hand was holding me, leaving me no space to escape from him. As I was wriggling in his arms, he pulled me closer to hold me in a tighter grip. “Shhh!” He whispered into my ear. My tears dampened his hand but his cold gaze didn’t change. He kept looking at me making an angry face. We remained in the same position for a few minutes and as soon as they left, Hayden removed his palm. Quickly, I stood straight and began running but I was dragged by him which left me breathless. I hit his arm that was holding me while shouting “Leave me, you monster. Leave me.” At that time, I couldn’t think about anything, and only wanted to save myself, I kept hitting him with the useless hope of escaping from the monster in front of me. “Please leave me…” “Enough!” I flinched at his shout. He pulled me so close to h
SERENAHe was not the Hayden I knew. He was someone else. A scary monster, who could threaten and kill anyone. How did I ever become close to him?Never in my life have I cried so much in fear, not even when I grew up alone without knowing about the cruel world. All I did was gather the strength and step forward. For the first time, I couldn’t muster up the courage to do anything. It was not just about fighting or quarreling over something. It was the matter of life and death, which I couldn’t take easily.Because of me, my friends’ lives were at stake and all I could do was nothing but to keep quiet. Above everything, the feelings that I developed for that monster were killing me. Meeting Hayden was regrettable.I ran my fingers through my hair and started to pull them in frustration while letting out screams as I couldn’t stop thinking about Hayden and uncle Otis. My head started to ache so badly but I needed the pain that could take over the agony in my heart.“Why me?” I kept repe
If there comes a situation where people have to choose between living and dead, most of us choose the living. The same went for me. I chose the living. I chose my friends, who were safe and alive. Though Otis’ death was killing me, there was nothing I could do but cry for him. As I expected, I was welcomed by the curses of Emma. As soon as I reached the shop, she started to scold me as it had been days since I showed up. I neither spoke nor argued with her but kept quiet while she let her frustration out on me. After everything that I faced, it felt really good to see some lively faces.“I’m sorry.” I apologized. “It’s so good to see you again.”Her lips were parted in surprise. She looked around doubting if I was talking to her. “Are you talking to me? You... you seemed apologetic.” she scoffed.She cleared her throat, crossed her arms over her chest, and gestured for me to carry on with my work. “Fine! Go. This is the last time I’m forgiving you. Remember it.”I might be sad, angry
My heart stopped a beat when I heard it. Instead of feeling butterflies in my stomach, my palms started to get wet. I wanted to believe it was a dream but the reality in front of me didn't let me do it. If he had confessed in other situations, I might have gladly accepted but after everything, his confession terrified me.“Y-you what?” I gulped. “Did I hear it wrong?” I mumbled.He pulled me a little closer, grabbing my hands. “I have been doing all the things I should never do since the day I met you. I couldn’t go away from you, I couldn’t see anyone with you, and I want to blow people’s heads if I feel they are taking you away from me. I… fucking fell for you. What the hell did you do to me?”I freed my hands from his grip and pushed him away, shouting “You lost your mind.”When he was about to take another step forward, I ran away. I couldn’t take a proper breath till I left his house. When I reached the road, I panted so hard. I put my palm on my chest as I recalled our moments.
When everything falls apart, nothing seems to be in its place, and nowhere feels safe, running away is the only option. Running away from everything and everyone. However, not anyone can do it. Many times I felt the same. I felt like running away but there was no place, where I could go. After that day, I didn’t see him. To forget that moment, took me more days than I thought. As he didn’t show up after that, it became a little easy for me. He was like a storm. Whenever he came, he left his imprints, which were so hard to erase.“Mira and Serena! Come here. Need your help.” Emma shouted while taking orders through calls.We started to help her and continued to do everything that she ordered. Even though I was frustrated, I didn’t speak anything. It was the work that was getting me out of my worries and I needed more work to be able to live normally.“Serena! Arrange these flowers.” She shouted.When I began doing it, she stood beside me and gave me a questioning gaze. Ignoring it, I
HAYDENNothing was helping me, not even the alcohol. I trained for overtime only to get myself out of her thoughts but it didn’t help me so I reserved a bar to drown in alcohol, which didn’t work either.I tapped on the table when the alcohol in my glass was emptied. It was again refilled in a few seconds and I resumed drinking. I lost count of the peg that I was taking. I kept drinking while trying to get her face out of my thoughts.Hayden… please…Her teary face and pleading eyes when I tried to kiss her, wouldn’t leave me. Even though days passed, I couldn’t come out of it. I never wanted to hurt her but seeing her hugging Eric on the road, I lost my control. I had always been jealous of their relationship and it always scared me that she would go to him one day, and her words hurt me so much that unleashed the real monster that was inside me but I controlled myself when I realized how much she despised that moment. I saw hatred on her face, which was so hard to forget.From then,
Would he have discovered I lied about killing the girl, who was the witness? If yes, then why did he assign it to me again? Or would he have figured out her relationship with Otis and was mistaken about anything?In a second, all the thoughts hit my head that frustrated me. Furiously, I shouted looking at them “Don’t you all know the reason?”They looked at each other confused and then shook their heads. One of them stepped forward and asked “Boss! Any problem?”With his question, I realized I was being obvious with my anger and expressions. I shrugged my shoulders and said “No. I just wanted to know the details.”I walked a little away from them and called Cornell but he didn’t pick up my calls which increased my frustration. When I kept trying, one of them stood beside me and said “Any plan? As per boss Cornell, she is in this city.”“I…” I didn’t understand what to speak. Like before, I could not even lie as Cornell knew her face. “Cornell didn’t reveal the details about her means
Eric was beyond shocked and frightened after hearing everything. He was so worried about me that I had to go through hell to convince him to go home. However, it felt good to see someone worrying about me. Even though Hayden didn’t do anything to Eric, I couldn’t stop worrying about him as Eric also got to know the truth, which Hayden didn’t want to be revealed to anyone. Added to it, Hayden’s questionable behavior the previous night wouldn’t let me be in peace. There was concern on his face and his words gave me a clear idea that I was in danger but I didn’t know why or from whom.Above all, the moment, when I was solaced by his hug kept bugging my head. He was the reason for my worry and sadness but I was comforted by him. I couldn’t figure out what got into me that made me behave that way. At that time, I was overwhelmed by many emotions and I could think of it as the only reason that made me hold on to him instead of going away from him.Or the feelings for him hadn’t been comple