The gun had gone off, the sound loud and clear, resonating loudly against the murky walls of whatever house Stuart had trapped her in. Leonica clammed her eyes shut, expecting the pain to come sooner or later, but it never did and the only thing that hit her body was Owen’s body.She peeled her eyes open at the contact and blood drained from her face when she saw that the waist side of the white Hoodie Owen was wear was slowly turning crimson red.All at once, it clicked in her head. He had been shot!“O-owen?” She sputtered, holding onto him as panic took over her quicker than she could ever have imagined.“I-I’m fine.” He groaned when his hand touched where the bullet had hit.“No you’re not. You’re bleeding!” Leonica pointed out the obvious, from the corner of her eyes; she caught Stuart laughing and turned towards him with a harsh glare.“He’s bleeding.” He parroted in a funny manner, laughing even harder at his own joke.“You sick b*stard!” Leonica spat, labored breath p*ssing th
The gun had gone off, the sound loud and clear, resonating loudly against the murky walls of whatever house Stuart had trapped her in. Leonica clammed her eyes shut, expecting the pain to come sooner or later, but it never did and the only thing that hit her body was Owen’s body.She peeled her eyes open at the contact and blood drained from her face when she saw that the waist side of the white Hoodie Owen was wear was slowly turning crimson red.All at once, it clicked in her head. He had been shot!“O-owen?” She sputtered, holding onto him as panic took over her quicker than she could ever have imagined.“I-I’m fine.” He groaned when his hand touched where the bullet had hit.“No you’re not. You’re bleeding!” Leonica pointed out the obvious, from the corner of her eyes; she caught Stuart laughing and turned towards him with a harsh glare.“He’s bleeding.” He parroted in a funny manner, laughing even harder at his own joke.“You sick b*stard!” Leonica spat, labored breath p*ssing th
The days following the incident with Stuart had turned out more stressful than Leonica could have ever imagined. For one, she had to pay several visit to the prescient, laying complaints, answering questions and undergoing investigations. After that, she had to tally her matter with her parents and boy was that not easy.Despite how much Leonica had tried to re*ssure her parents, C*ssandra to be precise, that she was alright, she wasn't hurt or anything, the older woman still fussed over her. In a way, Leonica understood, seeing as something similar had happened, claiming a member of their family. So she decided not to put up much fight, and instead just allow her mother to worry over her.The other people she had to tally her matter with were Leonardo and Anastasia. Between her parents and them, Leonica wasn't sure which of them had worried more about her.When Leonardo found out about the entire thing, he was enraged, and although the anger wasn't directed at her, she had still fear
In light of Owen’s discharge from the hospital, Leonica and Ashley had arranged a short trip to a once in a century festival that way taking place in the heart of Oslo.Throughout the ride towards Owen’s place, Ashley was hyper, bouncing up and down in the back seat. As much as Leonica wanted to lecture him on seating still, she opted not to, letting the child have his way for now.It was sort of a compensation for the way her decisions had messed up his life.Speaking of decisions, she thought as she adjusted her mirror above, fixing it so that she could see Ashley from behind.“Ash,” She called out, looking away from the room in time to see the child looking back at her on the mirror. “You okay, buddy?” She asked. “About your dad and I’s decision?” She added.Just like before, when she had explained the entire situation to him, Ashley flashed her a big smile. “I’m fine, mommy.” He re*ssured. “I understand mommy and daddy can’t be together and that doesn’t bother me, as long as you b
The doorbell above Mega-Me jingled as Leonica and Anastasia walked out, small carton of cake in the latter’s hand.“You sure this is perfect?” Anastasia questioned, visibly worried about the cake she had chosen for her mother. Her worry went as far as making her taking yet another peak into the cake box. Although the beautiful pink cherry cake was eye catching and definitely delicious, she wasn’t too sure it was her mother’s type.Bethany, her mother, was a bit, no, overly picky when it came to cakes.From beside her, Leonica sighed. “Anastasia, the cake’s fine. I know Bethany, she’s gonna love it.” She tried to re*ssure.But Anastasia just wasn’t buying it. She was about to take yet another worried look into the cake box and probably contemplate going back into Megan’s shop to swap the cake, or just ditch the cake idea in whole, when a familiar voice sounded out from in front of her.“Anastasia?”She raised her gaze from the cake box, a scowl appearing on her face when she saw that i
Shortly after her outburst, Anastasia had been led back into the Café and seated in a less crowded section, where Lloyd quietly sat with her and waited for her to calm down. When it seemed to him like she was getting more clear headed, he fetched her a gl*ss of water, substituting it for her spilled cup of decaf.“Feeling better?” He asked as he placed the gl*ss on the table, sliding it to her, all the while sliding into the seat across her.Anastasia caught the water, wrapping her hands around the gl*ss and seeking the usual warmth that her coffee provided. When the gl*ss remained warm, bland, she tore her gaze away fixing it on the side walk where she had been bumped, shoved.She was sure someone had shoved her. Or perhaps that was just her paranoid mind getting the better of her.Pulling her gaze away from the side walk, she took one huge gulp of the water, placed the gl*ss down and nodded, giving a belated answer to Lloyd’s question. “Yes, thank you.”He nodded and chooses to rema
Lloyd woke up the next morning to an empty bed side. He groaned and turned to the side, not entirely surprised to find that. But he was surprised to learn that the fact that Anastasia wasn't beside him when he woke up, troubled him.An unusual feeling for him seeing as he was always the first to get out of bed after s*x and even went as far as chasing his partners out of bed.He sat up, running his fingers through his hair as he recalled the previous night's events. They were blurry, but he knew they had both gotten drunk and things got a little out of hand, so much for them to end up in bed. But that wasn't bad, because they had both given consent for it and clearly enjoyed it.With a sigh, Lloyd stood up from the bed, deciding that first he would take a bath, and then try figuring out the rest of his day. But a note on his lamp side caught his attention. He reached for it, reading the neatly scribbled words.'Thanks for letting me crash the night. I'll see you around.'The letter re
*Splash!*Dream or no dream, Cold water soaked Leonica from head to toe. She gasped and tries to raise her young soaked body out of the small pond she had been shoved into, but her hand slipped on a few pebbles and she fell back in.In front of her, standing tall and proud, was her high school bully and his friends. They cackled amongst themselves, expressions of delight shimmering in their eyes.Just looking at their faces, Leonica felt her anger boiling. “Jamil, I swear to God, I’m going to get you back for this.” She threatened, the shrill in her voice exposing her youthful nature.The ring leader, Jamil, steppes forward and bent down, at least enough to meet her eye level. “You? Get me back?” His taunting words were followed by a loud laugh which reached his bright blue eyes. “Yeah right, Leonica. Even in a thousand years, a freak like you can’t do nothing.”Immediately after his words, Jamil received a harsh slap on the back of his head. He yelped in pain and turned around, ready