Belle couldn't close her eyes since Mev left. There was fear in her mind. She was expecting Tiger to come so she could decline his offer and was also prepared if he tried anything with her. It was dark in the room now, the lights were turned off from somewhere else other than the room. It made her clutch one of the pillows tight.She could hear her breathing in the quiet room, heavy as they were. She blinked now and then to stop the tears that wouldn't stop forming in her tired eyes.She heard a familiar sound, the unlocking of the door. Her breathing got heavier than they already were. She saw a male figure walk in, and rather than sitting up to face him as she planned in her head, she laid still, closing her eyes and hoping he would just walk back out.She still had her eyes closed when she felt a gloved hand touch her face, her heart skipped. The hand caressed her cheeks first and then her lips, slowly parting them.Ben, that was the first thought that came to her because he did
The driver had driven them to one of Ben's apartments where he casually visited. Belle had fallen asleep while resting in his arms as they drove there so when it was time to get down from the car, Ben had to carry her in.The driver who had followed Ben up the elevator to get the door opened it and Ben carried her in. She didn't even know she was being carried by him till the driver closed the door a little bit loudly, and she opened her eyes slowly.Ben's face was the first thing her eyes met, and she smiled. Ben noticed she was awake when he wanted to lay her down on the bed."Are you going to leave?" She asked with her sleepy eyes aimed at his."No. No, I won't.""I feel dirty, Ben" She pouted, holding on to his neck and not letting go."I NEED to immerse my body in some warm water.""Okay, you can do that when you wake up tomorrow." Ben tried to lay her down again because he thought she was just sleep-talking but she wouldn't let go. "You are not listening to me, Ben. I want to fe
Morning.Cherry was asleep when she heard her friend sobbing. She rubbed her eyes and sat up to see Brie's face streaming with tears."Oh Brie, not again," she hugged her to try and comfort her. Brie had been crying a lot since Belle went missing and had Cherry cry with her sometimes too. "It's been days, the police are still not saying anything about her, no one knows where she is....what am I going to tell my grandma? She doesn't even know yet, I was supposed to look out for Brie but now she's been missing and no one is calling with any information about where she might be." Brie started to weep more loudly than before; she had been muffling her sobs because she didn't want to wake Cherry up but now she had someone to cry her heart out to."She will be okay," Cherry said even if she was beginning to lose hope in those words of hers, it was just an attempt to calm her friend down again."I hope so..." Brie sniffed and wiped some of her tears away. *****Almost noon.Brie was at th
"Did you call her yet?" Ben asked Belle as she left the room to join him in the living room. He wanted to know if she had called Brie because she kept on repeating that she needed to call her sister to notify her of her safety."Yes, I have to go see her, she sounded really worried," Belle said to him, intending to really leave at that particular moment."Now?""Yes.""No," Ben said with finality in his voice."No?""You need to get some more rest, that's after we get back. I'm taking you out so we can have breakfast, after that you get some good rest.""But...""Your sister can see you later, we will have breakfast and you get some rest like I said. I already asked my doctor to come see that you are alright.""She's sounded so worried," Belle insisted."I wanna go see her, I can have breakfast at her place." She said lastly before it turned quiet between them both."Come, I'll take you there." He accepted her decision, picking up his suit jacket and holding the door for her to go thro
"Brie!" Belle couldn't take it anymore."Can you please stop? Please, just stop all of these accusations, okay? You are saying it's his fault, blaming him for all of this, do you know who saved me? Huh? It was him, he found me and he got me out of there.""That's because he probably knew where to find you all along," Brie felt so sure."Okay, now you are just saying this because you have an issue with him." Belle shook her head."No, I know what I'm saying...""It's not his fault Brie, it's not. The fact that he gifted me a house and I was kidnapped around there doesn't make it his fault. Can we please just go inside and be happy that I'm safe instead of accusing him?" Brie looked away after all her sister just said, she still believed her intuitions were right."Please, Brie?" Belle held her arm, making Brie look at her for a while."Okay," She shrugged with her arms folded against her chest."Is he coming in too?" She whispered to Belle."Yes.""Oh. We are still gonna talk about this
"Good day, sir," A policeman saluted Ben as he walked into the station. He was escorted to an interrogation room where Tiger was being questioned.The moment Ben stepped into the room, Tiger wanted to stand and approach him but an officer made him sit back down. His eyes were challenging Ben but he could do nothing as he was being held to the chair by chains.A proud smile took over Ben's lips when he saw how badly Tiger wanted to get at him. He was smiling because he knew he had ended his streak of invisibility from the police.Ben had worked with him before and knew where to find him after he discovered that he was the one in charge of Belle's kidnap. Tiger's biggest mistake was agreeing to kidnap Belle because now he was in jail after being able to successfully evade the police for almost a decade; he was in jail, thanks to Ben."Did he talk yet?" Ben threw the question to all the officers in the room, his hands in his pocket as he tried to remain calm after remembering what Belle
"Hey, would you like to have some?" Belle asked the burly man who had been standing there as she had her pie with Jenna and Alex."Thanks," he shook his head, not accepting her offer."It tastes really nice, have some," Jenna took the plate with the cut pie in it from Belle and handed it over to him, not letting him refuse this time."Here's a fork," Belle gave the fork to Jenna who passed it to him."You can sit," Jenna told him after he forked some of the apple pie into his mouth while standing."I should give some to those outside too," Belle said to no one in particular before putting cutting some pieces for the men protecting outside the house."Randy?" She called when she opened the front door. "You two can come have some pie, that's if you want to...?""Thanks, ma'am but we..." Randy wanted to refuse but the other man with him outside cut him."I would love some pie," he smiled."Come on in," Belle made way for him to go through."What about you, Randy? Won't you like a plate?"
"Here," Ben joined Belle in bed, handing her a packaged box."What is this?" She asked while looking at the box, trying to figure it out by herself."A new phone, I asked Randy to get it the moment I remembered. Open it and let me know if you like it or not."She nodded and started to open the box, and that was when she saw that it was a well-known phone brand."Ben, this is..." She was lost for words."Do you like it?""Yes, this is the latest product out by this company, it's expensive..." She gave reasons with her reply, showing how much she appreciated it."I'm glad you like it." He was. The room went silent for some minutes as he watched her read the pieces of information written on the packet of the phone. She paused and looked up from what she was doing; she just remembered something she wanted to ask him."Ben, that day...the day before I was taken, I called you repeatedly and you didn't take your calls, why didn't you?" "You called?""Yes, I thought you were mad at me; I thou