"If he needs me to be the light in his darkness, I will happily embrace him into my arms." ~Amyra Sitting on the bed Xavier was glancing at the photo frame in his hand, it was taken when he was little. He was smiling in the photo and there was a woman next to him with a man on the other side. A happy family! "Mom, Dad. How are you doing there?" He hugged the photo and closed his eyes. At the At least, there was something that gave him mental peace. Amyra walked into the room and saw he was already slumbering. For some reason, she felt happy when he suddenly hugged her, a little time of happiness but when he told her that he mistook her for someone, it only made her sad. She was disappointed. Why? She didn't want to think about the reason but the more time she was spending with him, the more she was knowing new things about him. It was probably midnight, and Amyra kept rolling on the bed, she was trying to fall asleep. Outside, it was probably raining and the clouds were
"Sofia!" "Amy, run away. Run far from them or they will… Ahh…" Sofia was laying on the floor, there were cuts on her face, arms and legs. Surely they beat the hell out of her. "Oops, look who's here. Oh Sofy, your dear friend is here to save you." One of the girl's legs was on Sofia's palm and someone was grabbing her hair. Her face said it all... how much pain she was in. "No, Sofia." Amyra took a step towards them and Sofia screamed out, "No, don't come here. Please…" Blood was oozing out of her forehead, they beat her too much. "Why wouldn't she come? You went to the professor to tell him about us, you did it for your friends after all. She should do this at least… get beaten up instead of you." Amyra was aghast, she didn't know when Sofia went to the professor to complain about them. "Sofia…" Amyra stepped an inch and suddenly someone from behind hit her back and she fell to the ground. "No, Amy. I told you not to… Ahh!" Sofia's scream was blood-curdling. One of the b
"Did you check if she's really in her friend's home?" Xavier asked casually though Jacob could see it was something behind the carpet. "Yes, she is really there. I've checked the CCTV footage there. Here is it." Sam handed him a tab. With a serious face, Xavier was staring at it. But the moment he did he knew something was wrong. "Check where she is now. This is not her." "Huh? But I…" Samuel looked at it again. He checked it before showing it to his boss in case something goes off. "She won't keep sitting in one place and this girl seems to be smiling more, my wife doesn't do that. It's not her, go and check her location right now." "I'm on it, sir." Sam took his leave. Usually, Xavier would have been busy with work since there was something important he must finish but instead of doing that, he wanted Sam to check on Amyra. While drinking water he was thinking about where she could be and why she lied to him. He put the glass aside and glanced at the phone screen. 'Ar
The Next Morning"Ahhhh! Why didn't you make a sound? I got so startled!" Patting her chest she took a deepbreath. She just came out from the shower and Xavier was standing at the door."Even if I'd, you wouldn't even hear me." He contended. Right, she forgot that it wassoundproof. Walking some inches away from him, she asked him, "So what is it?""If you don't feel good, you can go for a check-up to the doctor." He affirmed.Amyra looked at her arms, she was feeling better now. "It's ok, I don't feel bad. So there's noneed."Amyra was drying her hair and he was standing still. Since yesterday night, he had beenthinking about what Sam told him. Sam's later words were still playing in his ears."Actually Mrs Bryant went to take revenge. Some girls always bully her in school, andbecause of them both her friends got badly hurt. I guess that's why she went to one girl'sbirthday party and beat the bullies.""Did she get hurt?""No, but the girls are admitted to the hosp
Amyra was sitting at one side and as if the rest were on the other. Someone's mother came, someone's father came and someone's both parents did but she had no guardian to give her back up. The principal in a serious tone conveyed, "They are the parents of the innocent girls you have victimised. The whole school is in chaos now, videos of you beating them and harassing them are online. They want an explanation from you, why did you do that to their children?" Amyra was not so shocked at the principal's words. She with an agitated face defended, "I think there's a big misunderstanding, I never beat them. But their kids were the one, they har…" Not hearing any explanation from her the principal cut her off, "Misunderstanding? They testified that you beat them. There's no need to lie." "Yes, principal. My daughter said this girl beat them so badly without any sympathy. She said that this girl always bullies others, just ask others if she still wants to lie." "I…" The princip
Two days passed since she saw him last. Xavier didn't contact her again nor did she. Days were going all normal. Go to school and then back home or sometimes she spent time with Chloe. It was 8 O'clock at night, and Amyra was watching TV. Since there was nobody she could talk to in the house, she felt withdrawn. Amyra scowled at the phone screen and then at the tv. Damn, she had been doing that for a while now. Getting up from the sofa, she twirled her phone and grumpily sighed.'Doesn't he care for me at all? I am here waiting to see him, to talk to him and this man… he didn't even message me. Does he even remember that he has a wife here?' Beep! Hearing the notification sound as she was wandering towards the kitchen she instantly ran to her phone. 'Now, he has finally messaged me. Huhu.' Unlike her expectations the moment she read the message her smile plummeted. Her facial reaction changed and she ran to her room. * * "Did you take care of everything?" Taking a sip i
* At Night *The passageway had only a dim light lit on. Amyra having her bag in her hand hanging and her jacket in her other hand put them on the sofa. Thirsty, she walked to the kitchen to get some water. The lights were turned on and she saw Xavier. He looked like he just came out of the shower, in a bathrobe. Maybe she would be excited to see him but at the moment, she didn'twant to do anything with him. Drinking water she wandered past him as if she was not influenced even a bit by his appearance or his presence. Unlike before things felt somewhat unprecedented. "Did you have dinner?" He questioned in a relaxed tone. Amyra grabbed her things from the sofa and answered with a single uninterested 'no'. With that, she continued striding. But she halted walking for a moment when he asserted, "Get freshen up and come down for dinner then." Amyra without giving an answer left from there. The mansion now didn't feel as lively as it used to be. As if a cold wind surrounded i
"Are you ok? Buddy." Jacob passed Xavier a bottle of water and took one for himself. There were many people around them. Xavier was snoozing on the boxing floor, he sat nonetheless and answered, "Yeah." "Are you sure?" Xavier erratically bobbed his head. "But you don't look so good." "Then how should I look?" He paused for a moment as he raised his brows.Jacob nodded his head and let out, "You didn't tell her, did you?" This time Xavier settled quietly. For a moment he was lost in imagination when Jacob proclaimed, "In a relationship, if you don't clear the misunderstanding, it might turn into a bigger problem later that's hard to solve, you know." "Bigger problem?" With a nod, Jacob stood up. "She saw you with another woman in the news, think how might she be feeling. If you don't tell her that you have got nothing to do with the model, the problem will be solved." "She doesn't wanna know, she doesn't care." "So you agree you care about her?" "I don't." Xavier prompt