“What happened?” I asked Peter and looked at the delivery guy because he was saying something earlier that caught my attention. I was busy looking at the road when I noticed that their conversation becomes serious.The delivery guy looked at me and smiled. "Good evening, Ma'am!" I nodded at him but I didn't smile back. I turned to look at Peter and wait for his answer. I raised my brows at him when he seems anxious at my question. I noticed that he lowered his voice earlier, maybe he doesn't want me to hear what they were talking about but I happened to hear it even at a distance. And here I am because I was curious about it. After all, it was still unclear to me."What were you guys talking about earlier?" This time I asked the delivery guy because I feel like I can't get an answer if I will ask Peter because he won't answer me. Maybe he is protecting me from getting hurt but I have to hear it even if he doesn't want me to.The delivery guy took a glance at Peter, Peter nodded that
They didn't leave me or I must say Peter didn't leave me. I already told him to fire me because I can't fulfill my job now. I can't be with him because I need to be with my sister.I didn't wait for my sister to wake up before I could bury my mother. It's been three days but still, what happened is fresh to me. I don't know if I will ever be as functional as I was before now that I feel like I don't have reasons to do things anymore.I stared at my sister. Her bruises are slowly healing. She woke up earlier but she's out of control. The doctor says it is because of the trauma. That's why I need to be here 24/7. I still don't know when will she wake up but I won't leave her."Do you want coffee?" Peter asked.I already told him to go home first because I can manage myself now. The first day was unbearable darkness for me. I don't know how to see things the way it was used to. I will just find myself crying in the corner, picturing my mother on the wall, smiling at me, and calling for m
I woke up with a heavy heart. My eyes produce more water than the water itself. I sighed and look at my sister. She still didn't wake up.Days of not talking to her make me feel so much alone. I missed her voice. I missed my mother's music covering the whole living area and the kitchen. I missed how my sister scolds me every time she knows I am not at myself.Every time she answer Matt's call to tell him that I was having a tiring day that's why I can't answer the phone when in fact I was out there, hanging out and making fun with Peter. I sighed and looked at the phone. I have changed it already and the first thing that I have seen was the missed calls and text messages from Matt who was worried about me. He didn't have an idea what happened here. He was asking me to call my mother on her social media as well as my sister but he said none of them answered like me. He wanted to come here but he can't because of the workload that he has and he already used an excuse for work that's w
“What are you all doing here?” I asked them.Johnny was trying to zip his mouth so he won’t say anything. William pretended to look at the surroundings while I can’t ask Lester because I know he won’t answer me anyway, and William and he are the ones who are in charge of guarding me tonight. I looked at Peter and found his eyes on mine.I was trying to avoid his gaze but I can’t do it if he is looking at me with those ocean blue eyes of him. I cleared my throat and pretended that I didn’t ask them. I looked at my sister and saw her staring at the ceiling.I couldn’t eat that much dinner earlier because Peter would glance at me from time to time. I would just see myself avoiding his gaze and meeting the white wall of this four-walled room. I couldn’t eat that much because sometimes, my mind would fly away and I will just feel the tears coming from my eyes.William was the one who noticed my sister woke up. I almost stumbled on my seat just to see her but she wasn’t saying anything. She
“Why did you ask me to be here?” I asked him.I know that he is up to something. I can feel it. There is something bothering him and I think I already knew it but I just don’t want to say it. He already says that he was jealous of me and right now, I don’t know but I think something is not right.“Is he coming home for good?” he asked. The light touch of pain is evident on his face but he chose to smile at me and avoided my gaze. He kicked the leaf that he thinks keeps him from walking.“Why are you asking me that one, Peter? You are just hurting yourself. Don’t ask me anything about him if you don’t want yourself to get hurt.”He chuckled at my response. I stopped and looked at the bench. There is no one except for the leaves on the bench. “Aren’t you tired?” I asked him. It’s only been minutes since we walked here but my legs are giving up already.“I won’t get tired of you, my lady. I can even make love to you, right here, right now, if you want.”Make love?“I meant, aren’t you ti
We went back after that conversation. My pacing was slower than him because I was looking for her. I know she is still here, watching me and I want to talk to her. "Can you walk faster? Or do you want me to carry you?" I shook my head and walk past him. I heard him chuckle but match my pacing afterward. He was about to hold my hand but I didn't let him do it."I can walk alone, Peter. There's no need to hold me.""Accidents can happen."I stopped when I heard what he said and he stopped as well when he realizes what he just said to me. He lowered his head, "Sorry, I didn't mean to say it like that, my lady.""I know," I weakly said. My knees started to shake and before I could meet the floor. I run the distance from where I was standing to the room of my sister. "You shouldn't do that though. Look at her. Look at how she is staring at you."When I opened the door, I found them looking at my sister who is looking at them with blank emotions. My sister looks kind of puzzled by the sc
I have been here for almost a week now and still, I can't talk to Jane properly because of the trauma she's been experiencing. She would sometimes throw a tantrum and that's the reason why I shouldn't let her be alone.Peter doesn't want me to quit the job. He still sees me as his employee even though I don't have time to work for him. I am negotiating with him to just deduct my salary for the days I haven't been in a work with him but he won't let it happen."You can go now, Peter. I am fine here. Everything is fine."He is still here. They are to perform later this evening. The performance that they said won't work because of the past that Peter made to the daughter of the duke who organized this event.He looked at me with nothing but worried eyes. "Are you sure? I can escape that event if you want. I can stay here."I sometimes don't understand him. He always tells me that what he feels for me is far beyond lovers because he only likes me as his fuck buddy but sometimes his action
A month… I only have a month to do what I needed to do.“Are you still there?” I looked at my phone. My mind was so occupied that I almost forgot that I am talking to Peter. I can hear the host talking, he is still in the said event. They didn’t perform yet. I heard Lena says something about the guest wanting for them to perform already but they need to follow the sequence and wait for their turn.“Yeah… What were you saying?”I took a glance at Jane. She is sleeping peacefully while I was playing my mother’s playlist for her to have a good sleep. She was close to doing something earlier, but she suddenly calmed when she heard the song I played and I just found her sleeping.I didn’t bother to call the doctor anymore because I think I made her calm already. The doctor told me to call him when something happens but I did handle it well. I think I should buy a speaker for her to listen to well.“Nothing important. What is your sister doing right now?”I sighed and went to her phone to