It seemed as if the past week had been one problem to another for Marie, and it had been seriously affecting her sleep patterns. She woke up, thinking of all that happened at dinner last night. She didn’t know if she was more concerned that Drey had no real one to call family or what exactly he meant by saying his father killed their mother. She was also bothered at Nathan’s statement where he referred to Marie as a new plaything. She wondered if it was a kink for Drey to just get girls, and keep them in just to treat them as he wants. For a moment there, she felt hurt and almost felt stupid for thinking she was special for a second. He took her as a date to his ball, and even had dinner together with his intended partner.Sighing, she stood up to look for her friend in the entire estate, Iroh so she could relate all of her ordeals to him. She wore a pair of black leggings and a black tank top with a pair of sneakers, planning to also take a jog in the process of looking for him. Aft
*Two and a half years ago*“You cannot tell me what to do. This is my life and I’ll do what makes me happy!” Marie screamed at the top of her lungs in her parent’s small living room in a conversation with her father and mother. They had called her to discuss her life after high school, but had flared up when she told them of her intention to become a hacker.It was two months after high school graduation, and it was time to start writing tests for college. Her sister was in year two in a high end college on the other side of town studying Law. Marie had never been a fan of school, and her parents were well aware so she didn’t understand the sudden decision they wanted her to make.“Even if you wanted to waste your life away behind the computer, you should at least get formal education first. I am your father and you would do as I say!” Her father slammed his hands harshly against the table.“You have really never cared about what I wanted for myself. Just because my sister is your mode
The past couple of days have been weird for Marie. She had been feeling feverish, even though they were nowhere close to winter, and had been weaker than usual. She couldn’t tell if it was still the stress from living in an unfamiliar environment, or she was really going to be sick. Maybe she needed the check up that Drey offered to her after all. She made a mental note to ask Drey for a Doctor’s visit.Right now, she was taking an evening stroll in the compound after a long day of training and coding. Her life felt monotonous, and boring but there was nothing she could do about it at this point. She was currently taking a walk in the compound to think clearly, per her routine these days.A wave of breeze hit, and she subconsciously closed her eyes in order to feel it. She bumped into a heavy figure, and her eyes swung open in order to see who she hit this time. Lo and Behold, Nathan, Drey’s brother was standing in front of her in the evening glow, with sweat all over his body. He was
Two days later, Marie was seated in her room facing her laptop. After the conversation between her and Drey, he actually took steps towards providing her with accessing social media, and now was the time for her to sign into her accounts to see what she has been missing since her kidnap and detach from the actual world.She was hesitant because she was scared that what if nobody had checked in on her or at the gruesome things that she would find on the media. After having a mental debate of about 30 seconds, she finally turns the PC on. Before long, she began to log into her sites and emails to see what’s up. The first post that popped up on her Facebook page was that of her boyfriend, or rather ex-boyfriend.She clicked on his profile to see what he has been up to in the past three weeks. The first thing that broke her was when she noticed he had changed his dating status from “in a relationship” to “single”. She checked through all of her direct messages, and there was not one messa
Everything else suddenly drowned out when Marie set eyes on Freddie’s figure. What are the chances of meeting her ex that she just stalked at a party? He must have been contracted to take videos of the party. Marie stood there, too stunned to speak, staring at this figure. Before long, his eyes met hers, and a look of realization hit his face.She didn’t want to wait to get his reaction, and she knew she needed to get out of there fast. She removed her hands from Drey’s and whispered into his ears. “I quickly need to use the bathroom. I’ll be back” Drey noticed her uneasiness, and was a bit worried“Are you sure you’re fine? He asked, looking at her.“Yes, yes. You, don’t worry” Drey decided to let her go, and returned to the conversation with his high school buddies.Marie began to walk as fast as her legs could. She was having a mini panic attack, and she needed space fast. She didn’t know where the toilet was located, so she asked a waiter who pointed her in the direction of the
Yesterday night flashed through Marie’s memory, and she had a mix of emotions. She was still weirded out about her interaction with her ex, Freddie and how capable he was of hurting her. Looking back, he had displayed elements of violence, particularly on days when things didn’t go his way, but he had never hurt her directly.She decided to turn a blind eye to his flaw, because she felt he was the only one who understood and had her back at that time in her life. Now, she knew better than to settle for less, because she could think straight now.Moving on to the highlight of her day, all of her problems melted away when Drey and her shared a kiss. However, she didn’t know whether to hold the kiss to heart because it lasted only five seconds. It felt as if something had awoken in him, and he withdrew from her quickly. She felt hurt because he didn’t look her in the face as he grabbed his jacket and walked out of the room. Some minutes later, she was escorted to the car waiting for her
Yesterday night flashed through Marie’s memory, and she had a mix of emotions. She was still weirded out about her interaction with her ex, Freddie and how capable he was of hurting her. Looking back, he had displayed elements of violence, particularly on days when things didn’t go his way, but he had never hurt her directly.She decided to turn a blind eye to his flaw, because she felt he was the only one who understood and had her back at that time in her life. Now, she knew better than to settle for less, because she could think straight now.Moving on to the highlight of her day, all of her problems melted away when Drey and her shared a kiss. However, she didn’t know whether to hold the kiss to heart because it lasted only five seconds. It felt as if something had awoken in him, and he withdrew from her quickly. She felt hurt because he didn’t look her in the face as he grabbed his jacket and walked out of the room. Some minutes later, she was escorted to the car waiting for her
*Several years ago*Marie and her sister, Louise went for another round of swings for the 15th time, and they were all but tired. It was a weekend, so they were at their favorite park as usual. It was a ritual for them to find their way to the park which was less than five minutes from their previous home. At this time, Marie was 7 years old, while Louise was 10 years old.“Louise! Wait up for me” Marie shouted as she ran after her elder sister in the playground. Louise was running after a loose puppy, and Marie wanted to be included in the fun. “Louise! Louise!” Marie ran after her, adrenaline pumping in her chest.“Stop screaming Marie, I’m right here” Louise shouted back in response.Marie caught up to her, and burst into a big smile. They decided to go on the different slides and wings one more time as it was already approaching the time their mother would normally come for them.Just as they thought, they saw their mother approaching them, and they were so sad that their fun da
Marie and Drey stared intently at each other as if they were in some kind of staring contest, but with a lot of pent up sexual tension. They were barely an inch away from each other, and Drey looked directly into Marie’s eyes to stir a reaction from her. After a full minute of torturing each other with looks, Drey grabbed Marie by her wrist, and dragged her all the way to his working table.“Sit” he commanded her in a husky voice, referring to the work table behind her. Marie looked back and forth between Drey and his table wondering what kind of absurd request that was. Refusing to get into another trouble with him, she tried to sit on the table, but it was a bit higher than her bum level.Drey noticed her struggle and held her by the waist, in order to assist her sit on the table comfortably. Electric sparks flew through the air, and Marie’s mind went back to the last dinner, where he had held her by the waist most of the event. She was wondering where this whole situation was going
Marie stared at Anna as she walked into the elevator. She was dressed in a formal, blue gown and a red-bottom three inches heel. Her hair was packed up tightly into a bun, and it was so firm that it looked like she had been drafted to fight at a war front. Marie was taken aback, because Anna was the last person she would expect to see, and wanted to see in this situation of hers.The most striking thing about Anna’s appearance was the smudge of her lipstick across her lips. She always wore bold red lipstick, so it was very obvious that the lipstick was smudged.“Had she and Drey been making out?”“Or did she accidentally rub it off on a surface?”“But, she is coming from the direction of his office?”A million thoughts ran through Marie’s head in that split second that she almost did notice that Anna nodded her head as if to either green or thank her for waiting. Marie, in turn, also nodded her head once in response to her greeting or whatever that was. The elevator closed, and both o
It’s been two days since Marie received the biggest shocking news of her entire life, maybe asides her being kidnapped here and brought against her own will all because of her own father. But, this was much worse, and goes against all the plans she had for her life. She had laid in bed for the past three days, refusing to eat or entertain anyone, even though Drey had not come to check in on her even once.She wasn’t shocked by his behavior at this point, and she couldn’t even tell what it was at this point. One would think it was not the both of them that had attended two balls together, with him treating her like the most delicate thing to exist, only for him to shut her out each and every time. As for this time, she couldn’t even tell why he was angry at her for her own pregnancy. She remembered how he had been so angry when he saw the papers from the doctor, and how his fists folded in rage. She couldn’t tell if he was angry because she was now valueless to him, or if he now add t
*Several Years Ago*Drey grabbed her hands lightly, but she lay there on the bed, cold and unresponsive. Thousands of emotions came rushing at him, and he couldn’t even determine what his next reaction was going to be. He had come to visit his ailing mother as usual at the same as he always had for the past six months. She was diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago, and had undergone numerous surgeries and chemotherapy.When the cancer came in again after clearing twice, she insisted that she wasn’t going to go through chemotherapy, and would rather spend that time with her family, so she could enjoy her last times with them. Drey was only 19 years old, while his elder brother, Nathan was 22 years of age at that time. Their father was never around, and was always going from one trip to another, claiming it was for “the benefit of the family, and a bid to secure their future.” Drey had never been particularly close to his father, but Nathan had always come off as one who wanted to
The past three days had gotten worse for Marie. She was bedridden, and could barely move from the spot she was laid in. Since the doctor left two days ago, her body condition weakened even more, and she could barely go about her daily activities. She had been stuck to the bed, only taking showers when needed and sitting up to eat. Apart from the weakness Marie felt, she had also developed a serious fever, and it was hindering her from even moving on her bed, talk less standing up to move around. She didn’t know if this illness was a blessing or a curse, but she had gotten quality rest, and princess treatment since it started.Her breakfast, lunch and dinner were always brought by the maid into the room, and she would often wake up to the breakfast beside her. Unfortunately, she had a terrible appetite and wouldn’t be able to touch the food or at most, eat a couple of spoons from it. And at least, once a day, Nathan would check in on her, and try to engage her in conversations.Since
“I ask again. You don’t think Drey would do what?” Drey asked again as he walked towards where the duo was seated.“Why are you here, Drey?” Nathan rolled his eyes at him“I can’t recall asking you a question” Drey now turns to Marie “you don’t think I would do what?”“We were having a personal conversation, and your name sort of came up in the conversation, and that’s it.” Marie was getting irritated at his persistence“That still doesn’t give an answer to the question I asked you” Drey replied in a stern voice “That’s it!” Nathan stood up in rage, and turned to Drey “we were having a peaceful and enjoyable conversation before you but in, so can you go back to where you were coming from? Nathan’s fists were clenched beside him.Marie began to fear that the brothers would fight again, and she didn’t want it to be because of her, but she kept looking back and forth between both brothers.“Marie, get up right now” Drey said, still looking Nathan squarely in the eyes.As much as Marie w
*Several years ago*Marie and her sister, Louise went for another round of swings for the 15th time, and they were all but tired. It was a weekend, so they were at their favorite park as usual. It was a ritual for them to find their way to the park which was less than five minutes from their previous home. At this time, Marie was 7 years old, while Louise was 10 years old.“Louise! Wait up for me” Marie shouted as she ran after her elder sister in the playground. Louise was running after a loose puppy, and Marie wanted to be included in the fun. “Louise! Louise!” Marie ran after her, adrenaline pumping in her chest.“Stop screaming Marie, I’m right here” Louise shouted back in response.Marie caught up to her, and burst into a big smile. They decided to go on the different slides and wings one more time as it was already approaching the time their mother would normally come for them.Just as they thought, they saw their mother approaching them, and they were so sad that their fun da
Yesterday night flashed through Marie’s memory, and she had a mix of emotions. She was still weirded out about her interaction with her ex, Freddie and how capable he was of hurting her. Looking back, he had displayed elements of violence, particularly on days when things didn’t go his way, but he had never hurt her directly.She decided to turn a blind eye to his flaw, because she felt he was the only one who understood and had her back at that time in her life. Now, she knew better than to settle for less, because she could think straight now.Moving on to the highlight of her day, all of her problems melted away when Drey and her shared a kiss. However, she didn’t know whether to hold the kiss to heart because it lasted only five seconds. It felt as if something had awoken in him, and he withdrew from her quickly. She felt hurt because he didn’t look her in the face as he grabbed his jacket and walked out of the room. Some minutes later, she was escorted to the car waiting for her
Yesterday night flashed through Marie’s memory, and she had a mix of emotions. She was still weirded out about her interaction with her ex, Freddie and how capable he was of hurting her. Looking back, he had displayed elements of violence, particularly on days when things didn’t go his way, but he had never hurt her directly.She decided to turn a blind eye to his flaw, because she felt he was the only one who understood and had her back at that time in her life. Now, she knew better than to settle for less, because she could think straight now.Moving on to the highlight of her day, all of her problems melted away when Drey and her shared a kiss. However, she didn’t know whether to hold the kiss to heart because it lasted only five seconds. It felt as if something had awoken in him, and he withdrew from her quickly. She felt hurt because he didn’t look her in the face as he grabbed his jacket and walked out of the room. Some minutes later, she was escorted to the car waiting for her