1. Threats

I was shopping for furniture, but my mind wasn’t in it. I bought a new house. It was perfect for me

and it suited my style. Simple yet cozy. It was in a great neighborhood and was even closer to

Noah’s school. I loved it the moment I saw it. It also had a big backyard where Noah could play

unlike our previous house.

“Are you even paying attention?” Letty asks in annoyance.

She was helping me pick furniture my new home. It has been three days since I bought it and yet

it was sitting completely empty. I didn’t even have a bed for heaven’s sake. I’ve been sleeping on a

make shift bed on the floor.

“I’m sorry, Letty…I just have too much on my mind” I apologize.

When you have someone trying to kill you, most other things usually take a back seat. They don’t

seem as important as trying to stay a live long enough to see you child grow up.

I still get chills knowing that I was close to dying. Again. That someone deliberately set a fire to

my house. That they wanted me burned alive. What kind of a sick person does that?

Plus it can’t be a coincidence that the day of the dinner party someone chased me. Only to have

my house burned down the next day. 1

“Is it because of your house?” her voice is full of sympathy.

I clench my hands in fist. “Yes! And not only that, it’s everything. It just makes me so angry. Four

times, Letty! They’ve tried killing me four times and from what I see they don’t plan on stopping

until i’m dead. I just want to be left the fuck alone” I take a deep breath.

The people around as stare at us at my outburst, but I don’t give a shit about the scathing looks.

I sometimes felt so lost. I can’t bring my son back home even though I miss, because I don’t want

to put him in any danger. I haven’t held or kissed my baby boy in weeks.

“What terrifies me is what if they succeed? I haven’t see Noah in three months, Letty. Seeing him

on video calls isn’t the same as holding him in my arms. What if they succeed and I never get to

see or hold him again?” I ask, fighting the tears that threatened to fall.

“Uh…I don’t know what to say” she looks at me awkwardly

“You’re really not good at pep–talks are you?” I ask chuckling, wiping away my tears

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“Hell No!” She all but shouts then sighs “I don’t know what you’re feeling but I get you. I know

how frustrating this must be for you, but don’t let them get to you, cause the moment they do, you

give them power over you”

I think for a second about what little she’s told me. She was right. I can’t lose it right now. Who

knows? Maybe that is what they’re counting on. Making me lose it, so that I can be careless and

make a mistake.

“Thank you, Letty” I give her a side hug.

Her pep–talk however small, is exactly what I needed.

“Good. Now, have you gotten everything you need?” she asks. “We’ve been at this for hours and I’m

starving”

“Yeah…we can go get something to eat. Let me pay and then I’ll came back and rive the U–Haul

back to my place”

just hire them to deliver the furniture right? They’ll even help you

don’t have to do it by yourself” she folds

space. Beside, I’m

move the

bit before shrugging her shoulders. We head to the cashier and I pay for the

we’ve chosen.

near the furniture

I ask her already feeling my stomach

greasy…is that something you

I grin at her.

and soon enough, we are settled. Our food

We basically ordered the same thing.

anything important. We joke, we eat and have

a moment, I forget about my troubles and it felt

I can barely think

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this satisfied look in her

just had an orgasm”

smirks. “I did, I had a

her that there is nothing like that. Food and orgasms shouldn’t be used in

sentence.

if it’s not the same as the pleasure I get when

gag. “Don’t you dare finish that sentence…haven’t you ever had of

last thing I want is to hear

“Oops” she says sheepishly.

their brother having S**. They especially don’t want it

described.

phone beeps and I check the

have to go…Ethan will be leaving work soon and I want to be

place”

It’s about time I head out

pay our

your help

“Anytime, Ava”

leaves. I walk the

it was too late. Mainly because I was focused on texting Ethan

by the time he gets

annoying voice makes me

at the parking lot. She was staring at me

murder.

I turn about to

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happy now? bitterness and anger laced her

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back around and face

like a damn statue

I ask het,

me! Are you happy now that Rowan

your plan

something had happened between them, but

things off. He loved

think I would be happy about that

emotionlessly

drawing the attention

look to Travis. “Would you mind controlling your hysterical sister? The last thing

had something to do

her and her man”

my sister,

Travis.

me that yourself”

pain, but it doesn’t come. I

happiness is short lived when

think you’ve won then you’re wrong Ava. Rowan is

to take him from me. I am not going to let you win. This

to” she

a step back and raise my hand. “Whoa, first of

fighting to the death. If you want him

I care, marry him, fuck him, and

fucking head that

of repeating the same thing over and over again.

no

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that bullshit? You were always obsessed with him” she

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