A Man's Undoing

It had been a few days since Elijah and Charlotte had seen each other for the first time. She couldn't be happier for not having to see his face ever again. She made sure that she asked her mother about where she was going every time she was asked to go help. Fortunately for Charlotte, her mother never really needed any help whenever she went to clean at Elijah's house.That was until today. Her mother had send her an address after a few hours into her school day, supposedly Elijah had asked her mother to come clean a room but since her mother couldn't, she was the one stuck with the job. She hated it, she never got payed for helping. She couldn't complain because she really didn't care about the money.She already had made once that mistake of asking for money. It had ended in a two hour scolding and lecture on how her parents gave her a roof over her head, payed for her school and payed for her food that she hadn't bother to listen for the rest of the bullshit that had escaped her p

Elijah knew he had fucked up; he was supposed to tell her. They had spent yesterday the whole day together but he still couldn't tell her. No matter what he just wasn't ready, even when he had brought her to his house and showed her the guest bedroom which she would be sleeping in.This whole situation was fucked up he couldn't believe people were still struggling with getting identification papers. For god's sake it was 2019, wasn't that supposed to be over already. Of course he had never known the struggle since he was born here, but he knew his great grandparents must've went through this process too. Thereof the feeling of needing to help.If he could he would help them all but unfortunately after a few talks with Afrim and his wife, Drita they had decided that they would just leave their daughter in somebody's hands that they trusted and the rest of family would return to Macedonia.He felt bad when the idea was brought to the table, but there truly was no other choice, they had

She carried her feet against the pavement as she prayed to not be late again, she was drained so running was not an option. Couldn't they have wait? She wondered just have waited a while longer until she at least finished school. Two weeks that's how much she had left. But no, her emotionless parents decide to tell her now about how they were moving all across the world this Wednesday.She sighed and climbed the stairs towards the school's front door. A supervisor held the door open for the students, if it was any other day Charlotte would've stayed with her to keep her company but today she didn't even bother to greet her. Walking into the school had never made Charlotte feel better in her life. She could barely hear her own thought's from the students around her.Confusion was her most present feeling these past few days, she was so confused that she felt like her own life was a dream. She saw the principal standing on a desk as she whispered with a teacher. So, something was going

Charlotte occasionally lied to her friend, but none of the lies she had told till now were as big as this one. She felt bad but she just wasn't ready to tell her yet. She wasn't even sure if Elijah and Amara would ever meet so what was the point, her friend hadn't bothered to know who she was staying with anyway so she didn't tell her.She stared down at her phone and wondered where she had heard the name of the street before. She opened Maps on her phone and typed in the address. Elijah had sent her, his office address and since she had seen him near the Starbucks she was at, she figured his office wouldn't be that far.And luckily for her it wasn't.She stared away from her phone after she made sure she had the right building. She couldn't help the shock, this was where he worked? The building had at least 40 floors if not more and she was sure it was one of the buildings she could see from her bedrooms window.She thought if this was a good idea. Here she was dressed as a freak abo

Elijah marched towards his office he couldn't wait to spend time with Charlotte. The few days he had seen her, were the best days of his life. He heard a pair of heels follow behind him knowing very well who it was. Why was she following him?! He stopped walking and turned around making her bump against him. He grabbed her arm and shook her a few times as anger consumed him."Stop!" He snapped making her eyes widen in surprise. "What do you want?" He questioned calmer than he was before.Elena was a stubborn woman, she wanted the man for herself even though she knew he had no feelings for her, she couldn't help but desire him. And after what she had managed to get him to do this morning she couldn't help but hope for more. "I just wanted to ask if you want to have lunch with me." She innocently smiled up at him. He was hurting her both knew that, the hard grip he had on her arm will surely bruise her but neither cared."Listen you either get, me not wanting you in your thick head or I