After the sun went on its short hiatus, Bella returned home by herself. She had walked out taking Oriel but seeing her coming back without her, Collin poured his queries out."I was able to find someone from her family: I think it was her uncle. They told me that they had been out, finding her for the last two days. They took Oriel with them and were very happy to see her again. They also told me how grateful they are to us for taking care of her," said Bella, smiling till her teeth flashed and a voice that didn't waver while spewing the lies."It is great that she has returned her home, back to her family. Although, I really wanted her to stay with us," Roger spoke in a slight letdown.Meanwhile, Harry was not convinced by her story, "It's not possible. She told me that she didn't have any relatives or friends in this town. She had only recently moved here.""Collin," Bella spoke. "Are you saying that I have lied to you?""Honey! Collin didn't mean that. He was just trying to clear a
The night that Oriel had put her hopes in, ended. That night she had almost gotten kicked out of the party, been the date of the handsome host, and also stumbled upon a face from her past. Nothing of this was ever fathomed by her. At the end of the night, she was left with Rever, who was brimming with alcohol down his throat. He needed her support to even walk out of the farm house. Oriel became lifeless even at the thought of bearing him till she manages to find a cab. "Lord! will there ever be a day when I won't regret being alive?" she muttered to herself while Rever leaned on her shoulder that was too frail to handle his weight. She tried walking straight and coordinated his steps with hers. She collected the stares of the guests who were on their way outwards. Just as her mind veered to the embarrassment that she was facing because of him, she couldn't maintain her balance and Rever almost tripped with his head on, but Collin came lifting him from the other side and saved his sk
"The garden with long strings of little bulbs hanging on its bushes, fell into silence after the party was over. The dew had already started to collect on the leaves and the guest house was put under darkness until the next time invitations were sent. Moon was at its zenith, and Collin stood beside a tree looking up in the sky. His mind wandered as he stood in the garden quietly."Is it over?" came from behind, Mr. Bruce, with his footsteps getting muffled by the grassy ground. Collin turned behind to face him and smiled. "I'm sorry that you had to see off the guests in my place, do you look tired because of that?" he asked, assuming the reason behind Collin's daze.Mr. Bruce slowly walked toward him and put one of his arms over his shoulder. "What's the problem, my boy?""I won't have any problem, if you stopped making one, someday," said Collin."Come on! not like I want any of this," Mr. Bruce explained. "I wish I could just end it with her. She is the biggest mistake of my life."
Roger gently tucked little Oriel in a fluffy bed, set the room's temperature to her comfort and let her sleep in peace after a long time. She had sunk into a serene slumber when she fell weak on the soft and bouncy mattress.Collin didn't leave her side the entire time she was sleeping. He rested his head on her bed and gazed at her, reflecting on his incapability to protect her. He slowly moved his hand and lifted his pinky finger and crossed it with hers to make a promise while she slept calmly. "I know I have failed once but I promise I won't let anything bad happen to you again."Roger came downstairs to attend to the little guests from the Orphanage, and to proceed with the event. "You all look so beautiful today." He went to the adorable children, who rejoiced at the event that was solely held for them."Let's have fun today, all of you are the stars of this party."They were served delicacies that most of them had never seen before, let alone having tasted them. "You don't eat
"Oriel is sketching in the class; she is not listening to the lecture," he complained and made the teacher show her out. She lifted her eyelashes to glare at him, meanwhile rising from her desk on the order of the homeroom teacher."Oriel! you can leave the class if you do not want to study but I won't tolerate this behavior in my class," the teacher burst on her and she lowered her head in embarrassment.She hesitantly gathered her stuff scattered on the desk: her color pencils and sketchbook. She put them in her bag and walked out of the class with her head tilting downwards. "I won't forget it, Collin!" she blurted in the air.Collin knew that he had made her upset. He immediately regretted his actions. "I am such an idiot," he knew that he messed up."Okay! Collin you can take your seat, there will be no disturbance now. Let's turn to the next page," the teacher ordered as he pushed his loose spectacles up again.Collin hastily shoved his book inside his bag and said, "I'm sorry,
"Paul likes Oriel. If they are to take this further, then it is going to help our company a lot. We can go back to the way we were," Roger kept on venturing the idea.It went dark in front of Collin's eyes. "But... Paul is a trash of a guy, he is the biggest troublemaker of the school. Do you how many students had to transfer because of him?" Collin uttered in a single breath.Roger set his eyes on him, he could hear his aggressively beating heart. "But that doesn't mean that he will treat our Oriel like that?""But it is wrong. Oriel doesn't like him. And he has misbehaved with her so many times," said Collin.Roger was not willing to listen any of his reasons and he kept on insisting Oriel to agree to date Paul. "I was right about you having feelings for her. But I was wrong to tell you about this. I should've asked Oriel first. She would have never looked down on my request."Collin was disappointed to see this side of Roger. He didn't try to understand the heart of either Collin
"Stop the car you bastard," Collin shouted at the car scampering ahead of his bicycle.Paul turned his head and saw him right behind his car, following him. "What is he doing here?" he asked. "Did you call him?"Oriel's rampant heartbeat restored its calm at his sight. "Stop the car, let me go."Paul's head went cranky, he tightened his fist in anger. "Don't you dare to stop the car," he ordered the shaking driver.The driver didn't have another option, he stepped on the accelerator and it became hard for Collin to follow it on his bicycle. He was already exhausted, pedaling continuously but thought of Oriel didn't let him give up."Just wait till I get my hands on you, you bastard," he gathered more energy."Hahaha... look at the poor cycle guy, trying to chase after my ride," chuckled Paul.Oriel rushed and unbuckled her seat belt and tried to open the door. "Oriel, don't jump! You can't hurt yourself. I won't let anything happen to you, just wait for me."Oriel trusted him and dro
Harboring new feelings and love in their hearts, both Oriel and Collin returned home. Their eyes were not letting the other one off sight. Roger was looking their way, waiting for them to turn their eyes to him. "Oriel, what am I listening?" he asked in a tone unfamiliar to her." "Dad!" she exclaimed and her hand separated from Collin's. Collin protectively blocked her front and faced Roger fiercely "You can't blame her for anything, I was the one who did that to Paul." "Do you have any idea what you have done?" asked Roger. dashing towards them in fury. Oriel stood trembling in fear, it was the first time when Roger had raised his voice on her. "Dad! Paul tried to abduct me, he was taking me away against my will," she said. "I don't want to hear anything from you. You have heavily disappointed me. Not only have I lost the last chance of retrieving my company but I am on their target for doing that to Paul. You don't know what those people will do, Paul is their only son." Orie
A four walls filled with darkness in every corner, and only a fainting lamp placed on a wooden table, emitted rays of light, falling on the face of Collin who sat on a chair. In his hand, there was a lighter that he clicked open every now and then, adding to the numbered light rays there were.Not too far from him, but somewhere the light of the lamp couldn't reach, came the noise of a man groaning in pain and various solid objects clamoring against him. "Please... don't... don't kill me. Ah!"Collin remained calm hearing the man getting battered with rods and human legs. He kept fidgeting with the lighter that he held in his hand."Boss! looks like he is going to die if we keep beating him like this," said one of the men.Collin again lights up the lighter and brings it in their direction, and looks at the scene with utter sereneness on his face. A man lay on the floor half dead, and several other gang members surrounded him with tools in their hands. "But he hasn't opened his mouth
Exquisite moonlight glowed upon the land during a starry night. Reflection of the moon was getting dissolved in the running water of a city lake. A little bridge built over the lake carried the presence of Oriel in a scarlet-red dress, tight on her narrow waist, shining shoes of the shade similar to her dress, and hair resting lose over her shoulder.She was waiting for someone, standing on the bridge, gazing at the beautiful moon drowning in the lake. Although there were other people, crossing the bridge to get to either of the sides, Oriel was the only one walking to and fro.She went closer to the railing of the bridge, leaned against it and continued staring at the moon's reflection in the lake. As she fixed her gaze calmly at the lake below, her face glowed and got reflected on the lake surface, appearing more exquisite than the moon itself.She suddenly felt a rapt pair of eyes on her face, she turned her head to the side, and saw Mr. Bruce coming towards from one of the ends of
"You're the one who is pushing me away," he lamented.The usual warmth returned as his aura and his touch became comforting to her."I am sorry if I scared you just now," said Mr. Bruce. "I can only request that you keep this to yourself, I don't want others to see me as a sick person, and those eyes looking at me with sympathy, please don't do it."Saying this, Mr. Bruce walked away to gradually disappear from her sight. She sighed deeply coming back to her senses. "I just came back alive after almost dying?" she mumbled as she stood there.Then, she braced herself for the scolding that she was to receive from Dr. Ian. She headed back in his cabin and sneakily peeked through the door, she called Bonnie out. "Bonnie! let's go back home now."Bonnie sat on his father's lap, who immediately gathered some reports and stacked them one upon another. Seeing Oriel at the door, he called her by name and asked her to come in. "Miss Oriel! I have some important stuff to discuss with you."Oriel
"I have spent twenty years filling the markets with ample stock of the most addictive drugs, dealing with the lives of innocent people; bodies of women, killings of men and orphaning of their children. After making such great use of my life, here I'm sitting in front you," said Mr. Bruce, with an unusual shine in his eyes. "I will advise you as a friend, there is definitely an almighty up there, giving each one of us the punishment of our Karma, so you better watch yourself as person."Dr. Ian could only sit still and serve silence as his reply, before saying, "if you are alive, you can always make amends for your doings, no one achieves anything if you die.""I didn't say that I regret my life, I mean, I have had fun always being at the top of the food chain and being the most feared person of all. If a short life is the price for what I have gained, then it is not at all a bad thing, in fact everyone would want this," replied Mr. Bruce.Oriel and Bonnie, stills hiding outside the sl
Oriel organised Bonnie's closet as the latter was treading back and forth in her room, waiting for her father to return and take her to the amusement park. She didn't leave the sight of the clock above her and couldn't sit still even for a moment."Why is he not coming?" she asked, pouting.Oriel firmly shut the door of the closet and replied, "he must have gotten stuck with something urgent. Let's call him and find out."She reached her phone, trying to appease the upset Bonnie. She dialed to her father and passed the phone to her. The call went forward but nobody answered it. Bonnie grew more upset and anxious. "I hate him.""It's fine, he will be home soon." Oriel tried to convince her."Why don't you take me to the hospital?" requested Bonnie."Are you sick somewhere?" asked Oriel."I meant the hospital where my father works at. I want to go to him right now."She started acting like the typical princess of a palace and made it hard on the maid Oriel to calm her down. "I can't tak
She worked as a kindergarten teacher; had no family of her own to receive support from and to make the hole bigger in her already impoverished umbrella, Bella was also there. Things were tough and getting fired from her job meant that she was in dire need for another source of income."I have been working here since years now and you know better than anyone else that I can never do such a thing," she begged her senior, in an effort to save her job."Oriel!... if it was in my hands I wouldn't let you leave, trust me. But it's all those parents who saw that damn packet of cocaine with you, they are all on my heads, asking me to fire you. I am very sorry dear."Her senior didn't stay another second to listen her request and left Oriel alone there. "Now, what do I do?" she breathed.Oriel walked out of her office, stressing over the problem of finding herself a new job. She began to regret abandoning the chance to win the heart of Mr. Bruce."He is clearly into me; I shouldn't have though
Ding Dong! Ding Dong! Ding Dong!The constantly ringing doorbell could be heard by Collin even inside his dream. There was someone at the door, and even after knowing that, he couldn't get himself to rise from the couch that he slept on. His face was damped with sweat and he was contracting his body because of the chills that made him shiver. His flesh had turned paler and his skin was burning with fever.Ding Dong! Ding Dong! Ding Dong!He felt worn-out and didn't have the strength left to attend the one who was aggressively pressing the doorbell. The person standing outside was also not willing to give up until the door was opened for them.Collin slowly placed his feet on the ground and reluctantly got up. He was still wearing the clothes from last night, and even when he looked his worst in that condition, he still appeared dashing.Ding Dong!"I swear I am gonna..." he was cranky at the one outside.He walked to the door with almost no energy and pulled the door open to find Ursu
Sunrise of every other day had always brought a new hope in her eyes, but it was not the case that morning. She feared another unpredictable day that stood before her.She rose from her bed, like every other morning, she fixed her bed and came outside in the living room. As soon as she opened the door, she saw Bella completely passed out, and several liquor bottles on the floor around her. It was not something that she had seen for the first time. It had been a scene that she saw almost everyday, and it irked her each time the same.She walked on her toes, trying to pass through the mess that was scattered all over the floor: glass bottles, tissues, and peanut shells were lying across the whole room."If I am ever allowed to kill one person in this entire world. You bet it is going to be you, Bella."She came in her balcony and breathed in fresh air. The morning sunshine was pleasant and the narrow street down her balcony had started to liven up with the chatters of her neighbors."Lo
"Your delusions are getting worse day by day, we are going to Dr. Will's right now." He grasped tightly on her arm, trying to drag her from her feet. Her feisty personality didn't allow his force to work upon her; she freed her arm from his grip. "So now you are saying that I'm crazy?" "Isn't that what you wanted to prove by doing all this?" spoke Mr. Bruce. "You would have made an excellent actor. My friend is a film producer; I will give you his number. But this act isn't working on me anymore." "What makes you think that I'm cheating on you?" he asked. Suddenly, a man came walking toward them from the entrance. Ursula gestured him to come forward. "You think I'm acting like this on my assumptions, huh?" "Did you ask for me, mam?" the man asked. Mr. Bruce turned to take at look at him and saw the police officer from before standing there, lowering his head in front of her like a slave. "This is an old friend of mine. I can't believe that it is a just coincident that you went