~The next morning~Sophia's whole body was weak as she turned on the floor.No, it was soft. It's on the bed."How did I get here?" She murmured and yawned lazily as she remembered the last night.He probably carried her here after doing his worst.Yeah, Ice Pick did.‘But why?’ She wondered as a sob escaped her lips.Did he hate her that much to do that to her?Were her father's debts that huge to punish her this way?"Ha!…" She groaned as she made to sit up from the bed."Oh, Christ…" She hissed and rested her body back.It felt like a stone was hammered all around her body. Her bones sour.She had developed a fever and was sour all over, even her inner thighs as she gave up on leaving the bed and curled onto her blanket.Just then Ice Pick walked into the room.Hatred — that was all Sophia felt at the moment.She felt like seeing a knife at that very moment and stabbing him to death.The hatred in her eyes was clearly written that even a blind man could read it but Ice Pic
Alice and Annie sat down at the cafeteria, ready to dig into their food when Tony walked up to them and took a seat at their table. "Hi, I'm Tony Sylvester." He smiled as he introduced himself while Alice and Annie looked at him with questioning faces. "Sorry to disturb you but have you heard from Sophia or seen her today?" Tony asked. "Are you the cute guy from the last meeting…The new guy?" Annie asked smiling while Alice squatted at her. "What? Is he cute? And to know that our Sophia is close to him makes everything more strange." Alice teased instead. "No not really," Tony said. "We're just friends, that's all." He shared a small laugh with Annie. "Oh, I see." The two ladies chorused and faced their meal when Alice took a sip of her juice and said; "No we haven't, and it's weird that she's not around. Since cellphones are restricted here, we have to wait till she arrives." "You both think she's okay?" He asked while Alice shrugged. "We don't really know Sophia that well b
"Well…" the doctor continued, "when she was brought here, her lungs were badly affected by the cold. That's why she had a cardiatic arrest and had difficulty in breathing, it was a slim chance of her surviving, but we tried our best to keep her alive." He paused again and said."But on the other hand, she developed a hyper pneumonia…please, anything cold, abstain from it." He looked at me."Because the cold temperature exposed on you is not the right temperature for a human being." He sighed and faces Sophia's mother."So, please, ma'am, always keep her warm." He smiled while Mrs. Johnson nodded vigorously, smiling back at the doctor."But nevertheless, you are sound and okay. You will be discharged this evening." He smiled as every other person in the room also smiled.Thank goodness, it's not that critical. Just cold."So Sir…" He beckoned on Mr. Johnson. "Kindly follow me to my office and sign the discharge form.""Of course, sure." Mr. Johnson smiled as they both left the ward."G
Ice Pick woke the next morning to see Sophia shadow boxing. She was training herself at the verandah.Hmm. He watched her with his hands folded behind his back and he said, "your moves are easily detected."Sophia jerked at the sudden hearing of his voice and turned to see him in his robe as usual."Good thing to see the handsome jerk as the first human in the morning. Scumbag!" She cussed under her breath and ignored him and continue throwing her punches in the air.Ice Pick smirked and put off his robe, leaving him with just his shorts and walked behind her, grabbed her elbow and positioned it well."You have to keep your legs apart." He instructed and she spread her legs positioning both her arms and legs ready to fight.He stood in front of her, bringing out his palms, "hit me," he said and she threw blows on his hard palms softly.Ice Pick scoffed as he immediately grabbed her hands"Seriously?" He arched his brows. "Is that how to throw blows, huh? Faster!" She threw blows faste
He kissed her forehead and was about to leave the room when his eyes caught something.He arched an eyebrow as he picked up the girly book from the floor and check through the current page opened, 'she misses them,' he thought.What could be the deal in missing someone and still write it down, huh?He never knows what it felt like so he just dropped the diary on the drawer and tiptoed out of the room to avoid waking Sophia up but he couldn't help it as she shifted in her sleep. Ice Pick put his lips together so as not to make a sound, and successfully walked away.But she noticed someone was in the bedroom.*A tired body, a lonely soul, a frustrated mind, a pained spirit - that was Sophia.It was Saturday and she felt terribly lazy and tired to do anything than to just lay on the bed. Still in the same position, she closed her eyes and reminisced on her just concluded dream.She was dressed in a red strapless gown, and had a perfect birthday party with her parents and siblings around
"I'll surely pay your money back, Ice Pick. Just extend the time a little bit. I'll surely pay you. I promise with my life" a rich man in his late forties knelt down with a pleading eye in the front of a cold looking but handsome guy of twenty five years old who is not ready to accept the old man pleas."Your life isn't worth my money, Johnson" the younger man bent down to the older man level."We had an agreement. You know that, right" he continued as he stood up."You shouldn't have promise on your life, you should have bet on your family. How about that?" he smirked looking down at the man."Please, Ice Pick. Let's leave my family out of this. I'll pay you your money, please" Mr Johnson pleaded."Let's see how that goes then. See me at your doorstep tomorrow morning" Ice Pick walked away as his boots sound filled the hallway."And I heard you have a beauti
Bloods rushed through Mrs Johnson spines as she couldn't believe her ears and her feet trembles."What do you mean,hon?""What do you mean Ice Pick is gonna be here tomorrow,huh?" her lips quivered as she talked with her lips trembling."How could you,huh?""How could you think of borrowing money..... Not just from anyone.....Why Ice Pick? Why??" She lamented almost at the verge of tears looking at her husband who was deep in thought."What should we do,hon? she patted her husband when she noticed he wasn't listening."What?" he looked at her with a red eyes."What should we do? Should we just pack out overnight to somewhere else far away"."It's of no use. Packing out doesn't mean we're safe, we're only causing ourselves more trouble. He has his eyes on us and you think packing out is safe,huh?" Mr Johnson shunned hi
~~ The Next Morning ~~Sophia woke up from her Dreamland when she heard a familiar voice screaming and yawned loudly."Wooh, who could be disturbing my sleep this early morning""I'm sure it's that little spoilt brat" she stated grumpily referring to Sophie as she lazily climbed down the bed."Dad, pls help me… Daaaaddd" she heard again. Sophie's voice sounds like she has been crying.'Is she crying?' she thought."And why is she crying?" She mumbled and hissed as she made her way to the living room and then she remembered last night events. Her father's talk about one ruthless guy."Ooh, I can't remember his name again" she hitted her forehead repeatedly like someone who is trying to remember something.'Or is he here' her eyes popped out at the thought of that as she took her steps slowly trying to peep to th
He kissed her forehead and was about to leave the room when his eyes caught something.He arched an eyebrow as he picked up the girly book from the floor and check through the current page opened, 'she misses them,' he thought.What could be the deal in missing someone and still write it down, huh?He never knows what it felt like so he just dropped the diary on the drawer and tiptoed out of the room to avoid waking Sophia up but he couldn't help it as she shifted in her sleep. Ice Pick put his lips together so as not to make a sound, and successfully walked away.But she noticed someone was in the bedroom.*A tired body, a lonely soul, a frustrated mind, a pained spirit - that was Sophia.It was Saturday and she felt terribly lazy and tired to do anything than to just lay on the bed. Still in the same position, she closed her eyes and reminisced on her just concluded dream.She was dressed in a red strapless gown, and had a perfect birthday party with her parents and siblings around
Ice Pick woke the next morning to see Sophia shadow boxing. She was training herself at the verandah.Hmm. He watched her with his hands folded behind his back and he said, "your moves are easily detected."Sophia jerked at the sudden hearing of his voice and turned to see him in his robe as usual."Good thing to see the handsome jerk as the first human in the morning. Scumbag!" She cussed under her breath and ignored him and continue throwing her punches in the air.Ice Pick smirked and put off his robe, leaving him with just his shorts and walked behind her, grabbed her elbow and positioned it well."You have to keep your legs apart." He instructed and she spread her legs positioning both her arms and legs ready to fight.He stood in front of her, bringing out his palms, "hit me," he said and she threw blows on his hard palms softly.Ice Pick scoffed as he immediately grabbed her hands"Seriously?" He arched his brows. "Is that how to throw blows, huh? Faster!" She threw blows faste
"Well…" the doctor continued, "when she was brought here, her lungs were badly affected by the cold. That's why she had a cardiatic arrest and had difficulty in breathing, it was a slim chance of her surviving, but we tried our best to keep her alive." He paused again and said."But on the other hand, she developed a hyper pneumonia…please, anything cold, abstain from it." He looked at me."Because the cold temperature exposed on you is not the right temperature for a human being." He sighed and faces Sophia's mother."So, please, ma'am, always keep her warm." He smiled while Mrs. Johnson nodded vigorously, smiling back at the doctor."But nevertheless, you are sound and okay. You will be discharged this evening." He smiled as every other person in the room also smiled.Thank goodness, it's not that critical. Just cold."So Sir…" He beckoned on Mr. Johnson. "Kindly follow me to my office and sign the discharge form.""Of course, sure." Mr. Johnson smiled as they both left the ward."G
Alice and Annie sat down at the cafeteria, ready to dig into their food when Tony walked up to them and took a seat at their table. "Hi, I'm Tony Sylvester." He smiled as he introduced himself while Alice and Annie looked at him with questioning faces. "Sorry to disturb you but have you heard from Sophia or seen her today?" Tony asked. "Are you the cute guy from the last meeting…The new guy?" Annie asked smiling while Alice squatted at her. "What? Is he cute? And to know that our Sophia is close to him makes everything more strange." Alice teased instead. "No not really," Tony said. "We're just friends, that's all." He shared a small laugh with Annie. "Oh, I see." The two ladies chorused and faced their meal when Alice took a sip of her juice and said; "No we haven't, and it's weird that she's not around. Since cellphones are restricted here, we have to wait till she arrives." "You both think she's okay?" He asked while Alice shrugged. "We don't really know Sophia that well b
~The next morning~Sophia's whole body was weak as she turned on the floor.No, it was soft. It's on the bed."How did I get here?" She murmured and yawned lazily as she remembered the last night.He probably carried her here after doing his worst.Yeah, Ice Pick did.‘But why?’ She wondered as a sob escaped her lips.Did he hate her that much to do that to her?Were her father's debts that huge to punish her this way?"Ha!…" She groaned as she made to sit up from the bed."Oh, Christ…" She hissed and rested her body back.It felt like a stone was hammered all around her body. Her bones sour.She had developed a fever and was sour all over, even her inner thighs as she gave up on leaving the bed and curled onto her blanket.Just then Ice Pick walked into the room.Hatred — that was all Sophia felt at the moment.She felt like seeing a knife at that very moment and stabbing him to death.The hatred in her eyes was clearly written that even a blind man could read it but Ice Pic
"It's time." She heard Ice Pick's voice from the living room."What time?!" Sophia asked, looking at him with confusion clearly written on her face but he ignored her instead and dragged her to the basement.What's happening? Sophia was scared with her mind filled with different thoughts.How did he suddenly change from being cool to being rough?"Wh…what…what do you think you're doing?" She stuttered as she reluctantly followed him.Reaching the basement, she saw all kinds of weapons — knives, gags, chains, ropes, and some tiny pin-like objects.‘What's he going to do with all these, huh?’ Sophia thought feeling scared.Could it be her training?‘A night training?’ She gasped and forcefully freed herself from his rough grip."What do you want? Is this the right time for training, huh?" She frowned but Ice Pick still kept mute and picked up the ropes.He moved to her again and held her hand and tied her hands up."Leave him alone!" She shouted as she struggled with him."Do you know t
"And what if I'm dating him, huh, b*tch?" Sophia shouted back and a loud gasp ran across the field.She loved the expression on their faces and was so happy with herself and let out a satisfied smile."You're only jealous because I only get to live under the same roof with him, huh. Then do your best in getting jealous or kill yourself instead." She added."Sophia!" Ice Pick called and without saying any other words, he walked away as James followed behind."What?! Could they really be dating. Oh my goodness." Murmurs ran through the trainees as Sophia swallowed the lump down her throat and walked away.At least, she was satisfied she gave them a talk for the day.‘But what if they started pestering you, huh?’ Her subconscious reminded her."Oh gosh, what have I done?" She sighed heavily as James turned and looked at her weirdly.*Immediately they got to his office, Ice Pick sighed and looking tired but then let out a warm smile reminiscing on the event that happened earlier.The day
The ride was silent as Sophia sat and obviously clueless about where they were driving to.‘Maybe to the cafeteria.’ She thought and brought her phone out of her mini waist bag.The car screeched to a stop making Sophia look through the window.Her guess was right. They were really going to the cafeteria.‘Perfect. A meal to start the day.’ She smiled and quickly opened the car door and stepped out."Bye!" She said with a smile as Ice Pick only looked at her weirdly.What? He arched his eyebrows at her but Sophia only shrugged and walked away."Wow!" Sophia breathed out immediately she was at the entrance of the Cafeteria and she inhaled deeply the sweet aroma of the dishes.Hmm. It should better be as it smells."Sophia?" She heard a familiar feminine voice call to her."Annie?" She turned her back to see them just coming and looking beautiful with their smiling face."Wow!" Alice exclaimed."You have a different uniform out of the multitude here, huh?""Yeah." Sophia shrugged as she
He smirked as he traced his wet finger on her face before planting a kiss on his lips.‘Whaatt??!! How dare he?’ Sophia screamed in her head as her eyes snapped open.Immediately their lips touched, she pushed him away and angrily slapped him."Are you crazy?!" She shouted at him and wiped her lips, clearly irritated and trying to get the kiss off her lips as Ice Pick stood embarrassed.Why did he do that?He clearly f***ed himself up, right?"You know what?" Sophia said, raising her left index finger at his face."I'm done. Do whatever you please." She walked out of the bathroom angrily not after throwing the sponge to his face and out of his room.She slammed the door behind her as Ice Pick stood embarrassed on why and what made him do that and confused on why she was angry because of a kiss."It's not like it's her first kiss." He shrugged and continued bathing.‘Or what if it's her first kiss?’ His eyes went wide open at the thought.His mother taught him how a first kiss is preci