10

"Here you go, little one." I said as I forward him the plate of food. It was boiled vegetables with some spices. He examined the plate and then looked at me. I expected him to gawk about the food but instead of that he licked his lips and dug into the meal. 

My eyes widened in shock. Oh my god, this child is sooooo good. I smiled and sat beside him as I dug into my meal too. Yesterday's incident was still on my mind and I'm trying my best to not to leave the house not until there's something really important. 

Nothing happened yesterday night nor this morning. I expected them to hit my windows with stones or even bullets but nothing happened which was good but my anxiety was still high. 

"You finish the dinner and then we'll go through revision, okay?" I asked and he nodded while munching. I have started to teach him how to write and I've also started to learn some sign language along with him. 

After doing the dinner, I was washing the dishes when all of a sudden the little one came running towards me with my phone in his hand. 

My phone was ringing. 

I immediately turned off the water and dried my hands with my apron. I grabbed the phone from his hand and saw Caroline calling. 

Caroline is my friend as I buy some dresses from her for my boutique. The kid ran back into the room and I attended the call. 

"Yeah?" I asked

"Can you come to my boutique?" She asked and I frowned. 

I looked at the time and it was 9 PM.

Why is she calling me at this time?

"Why?" I asked. 

"I got some dresses for you. You better come and take them today because Leyla is already having eyes on them. She'll be standing right in front of my boutique in the morning. So you better come and take them, now." She blurted out everything in one breath and I sighed. 

"Fine, I'm coming." I said and cut off the call.

I should leave now before it gets too late. 

I walked towards my room and grabbed my coat as I looked at the boy sitting on the bed, gawking at me. 

"I'm leaving for work. The phone is with you, okay?" I asked and he nodded. I smiled and walked out of the room as I heard him locking the door. 

I've told him to lock the room door whenever I'm not home. 

This kid is way too obedient.

I walked towards the kitchen and grabbed my phone and key. 

I was walking down the almost empty street when I felt a strange sensation building up in my chest. I looked behind and found no one. I took a deep breath to relax myself and started to walk again until I felt the same weird sensation growing in my chest once again.

I snapped my head back like lightning to catch my follower but there was no one. 

It's just my fear. 

Calm down, Aurora.

I turned around and a scream left my lips but my screams got muffled when the man put his hand on my mouth and slammed me against the wall. I tried to scream but only muffles came out. I grabbed his hand on my mouth and tried to push it away but it felt like a useless trial. 

I snapped my eyes up at the man holding me down and my breath got stuck into my throat when I saw Liam standing in front of me. 

Before I could even react or do anything  he pressed a specific spot on my neck and everything black out.

*******

I groaned as I felt something hard and cold beneath me. I could hear lots of voices..such as people talking and bikes roaring. I slowly opened my eyes trying to adjust my blurry sight. 

I found a dirty ceiling with a bulb hanging down. My eyes widened and I immediately sat up when memories came rushing in my mind. 

My breath got stuck into my throat when I found myself in 'the scars' underground, laying down on the cold floor, surrounded by gangsters who were now looking at me. 

I gulped when I found Liam sitting on his bike right in front of me. He was talking to a guy until that guy told him that I'm awake. He snapped his eyes towards me and I flinched.

I need to be strong. 

I looked down at my clothes and took a deep breath of relief. Thank God these filthy bastards didn't touch me. 

I immediately stood up and dusted off my clothes. He stood up from his bike and made his way towards me. 

I tried to walk back but all of a sudden two men grabbed my arms keeping me in place. My heart beat accelerated and my whole body was on fire due to immense fear. 

I was palpitating like a leaf. 

"Let me go." I said and tried to snatch my arms away from their holds but instead of letting me go they grabbed my shoulders and forced me down on my knees. 

Tears blurred my eyes and my breath got uneven. The attack was coming. I closed my eyes to relax myself but my anxiety doubled which caused me to have an asthma attack right away.

I didn't even bring my inhaler with me. What will I do now? 

I tried to breathe but I couldn't. He bent down in front of me and grabbed my jaw harshly so that I could face him.

"I didn't even do anything and look at you." He said and frowned when he saw me fighting to breathe.."The fuck...are you dying just by my single touch?" He asked and started to laugh, making the crowd laugh too. 

I shook my head and tried to pull my mind away from the circumstance. I tried to think about that boy to get rid of my asthma attack but I couldn't. My face turned red and I started to cough harshly. 

All of a sudden he took out a pointed knife from his pocket, making my eyes go wide. 

"What? Scared?" He asked and started to laugh like a total maniac. 

He put the pointed knife on my left cheek and kept laughing. 

"Should I give you a scar?" He asked but I couldn't hear him. My breathing got so heavy that even the person standing in the corner of the hall can hear me struggling to breathe..

He was about to dig that knife in my cheek but someone snatched the knife away from him and threw it on the ground. 

"What the hell! You fu-" He pursed his lips right away when he saw 'the scar face' standing in front of him.

The scar face looked down at me struggling to breathe and I immediately snapped my eyes on the ground as my hair was covering my face. 

I felt really pathetic. 

I was so weak in front of them.

I really can't stand a chance against them.

I heard him telling the men to let me go so they let me go and I fell down on the ground face first. 

I felt like.. I'll die.