Chapter 5: Crystal tears

*SILIA MORGAN *

“Silia?”

Shit!

“Are you going somewhere?” Lisa’s tired voice asked me as she looked at me from where she was sprawled on the sofa of the living room. I had estimated that she should have been out for her work by now and that was the only reason why I decided to make my move. What do I do now that she has found me?

“Hey, I am talking to you! What’s with that bag?” she asked motioning to the small bag that I had hurriedly packed as soon as I had woken up.

Realizing that I had to face her now I turned around to look at her and giving her a sheepish smile I completely ignored her questions and said, “Good morning! I didn’t know you aren’t going to work today.”

“Yeah, I was out till late last night and I didn’t feel too good today so I thought I would skip but what’s wrong with you? Why are you acting so nervous and you still haven’t answered my questions,” She said sitting up straighter, most probably having sensed something off about me.

But what do I tell her? I hardly know where I wanna go or what I want to do!

“You have been acting weird since the other day, is everything alright?” she asked her brows creasing closer and the worries clouded her eyes. I felt bad for making her feel this way but there was absolutely no way I was going to tell her that my visions had led me to potentially make enemies with a Mafia don.

I don’t know whether Draven would kill me or not but death by my best friend’s hand would surely be on tomorrow’s headlines if she were to know the truth!

“Everything’s fine!” I said and immediately cussed at the forced manner it had come out in. To make things worse my characteristic nervous laughter slipped through making her arc a shapely brow at me in annoyance.

She hated it when I hid stuff from her.

It came to me soon that getting out of here without answering her questions would be too difficult and making a careful run for it was the only way out. Therefore inching closer to the door as subtly as I could I continue to say, “I am just going for a walk in the park. Look at the weather, isn’t it so lovey today?”

And while I said this I pointed out the window only to find that clouds were slowly covering the sky turning it to a rather darker shade of grey.

Why isn’t anything going my way?

“Seriously? That is the best you could come up with?” she asked getting up off the couch as she took a step towards me, “What is it that you can’t tell me? Are you chasing after another one of your visions?”

I had been in a state of dramatic numbness yesterday. The shock, the events had provided me had knocked me out into a deep sleep full of nightmares that ran all through yesterday till I woke up in panic today.

It was therefore sudden but the only decision I could come up with was to listen to Nicholas and leave the fucking city at least for a few days. I was low on money but I would rather sleep on empty park benches in an unknown town than have my life taken away from me.

I am sure any sane person would choose this option.

“No! This is not because of my visions!” I said the panic getting to me and bolting for the door I almost reached it when I felt her hand catch hold of my wrist and twisting me around with her strength she made me face her.

I am about to protest but I choke on my words when I see Draven’s grey eyes staring at me. The sudden image of him present before me made me gulp down all of my words as I stared at his large hand holding onto me.

They looked rugged from this close and are tightly clasped around my pale wrist and yet the softness that he maintained is something that comes as a shock to me.

Was this happening for real?

“Don’t go, please,” he said, his voice quivering almost as if he is about to cry and looking into his eyes again I find that they had shed all of their walls to let me see the vulnerability that they hold.

The silver swimming in them is rimmed with redness as crystal like tears slip from the corners and fall down his cheeks. His hair, always so prim and proper is disheveled in different directions almost making him seem younger than what he must be.

“Silia, I am sorry. I never wanted to hurt you so please don’t go,” he said again, his words coming out more like desperation than a plea. The emotions that were displayed on his face were making it apparent how hurt he must be and yet somehow it was making my heart hurt the most.

“Silia!” The sudden jerking off my shoulders brought me out of my visions with a gasp. The pain my heart was feeling almost made it unbearable for me to stay standing and clamoring at my chest to somehow ease the pain I felt fresh tears fall out of my eyes as I slipped down onto the floor and into Lisa’s arms that were supporting me.

“Hey, sshhh, I am here. Don’t cry, please don’t cry. Everything is alright,” she assured me as she hugged my shivering body to herself and comforted me. This time around she didn’t ask me any questions and just let me cry out the unsettling pain that had suddenly risen up inside me.

It had been a known fact that clairvoyants can see as well as feel the future but it was the first time that I had felt something so vividly. It was clear from the vision that I had seen that my meeting with Draven wasn’t just a casual relation.

I am going to fall in love with him.

Deeper than any feeling I have ever felt or I doubt I am ever going to feel again. The pain that transpired in my body just because of a future vision that instigated it was proof enough. Draven Calix no matter who he was, in the future was going to be the man that I fall in love in with and I am sure there was no escaping it.

“Are you feeling better?” Lisa asked patting my back as I felt myself calm down slightly from the state that I had been in before, “Honestly, you scared me. I have never seen you cry so suddenly and with that intensity.”

Her worries were seeping through her voice again and feeling grateful to have her here with me I cocooned myself in her arms and said, “Thank you.”

We stayed like that for a little bit and I wondered if it was so bad to fall in love with a Mafia don. Who cares what he does and who he was if he was going to love me so much to the point that parting from him had brought him to tears then I would rather just stay with him.

The logical part of me told me to run away, as far away as I could from him. It would also be logical to stay away from someone who had the potential to bring me so much pain and even still my heart throbbed at the remembrance of him.

“So if you aren’t going to tell me what you saw, at least tell me where were you going?” Lisa asked, her characteristic of holding onto stuff was useful as well as annoying at times. Nothing could go past her and chuckling at her words I pushed her away and stood up while wiping my tears.

“What? Don’t just laugh! Since when did you start keeping stuff from me?” she asked, her tone almost coming out like a whine and shaking my head I moved towards the door as I said, “Well since I can’t run away from you I am not going now.”

“Oh man when did you become so cringe and annoying,” she said as she exasperated and went to the kitchen, probably to get some caffeine into her system.

Shrugging down my bag I rubbed my stinging eyes again when I felt my phone buzz in my pocket. Taking it out I saw a message from Nicholas that read.

“I don’t know where you are going but I am pretty sure that you are going to miss your flight!”

Shit!

I forgot that he was the first person I had called after waking up to get him to bring me to the airport.

Getting out of my apartment I quickly went outside and finding his cab parked to the side of the road I ran to the passenger window and leaning in I shouted, “I am sorry but I am not going anywhere! I am going to stay here and face Draven Calix! I am not afraid of him.”