“She doesn’t care about that bastard!” Lisa shouted looking concerned and restless as she looked from me to them.Although she was trying to get them to leave they ignored her completely and moving forward Diana was about to say something when outraged by the disrespect Lisa was met with, my Mafia hating friend grabbed Diana’s arm making Diana stop and glare at her, “Let me go.”“I will not, you have to leave. You cannot just barge in as you wish. This is my house and I will not hesitate to call the cops on you,” Lisa fired back making Diana chuckle. There was venom in her voice when she next turned her gaze to her and said, “Do you think I am scared? Do your worst.”Realizing that the two hot headed females that I had come to care for would get into a brawl if they weren’t stopped, I interjected and said, “Lisa please let me just hear them out once. It will serve as a closure at the very least.”When she heard my words she didn’t seem like she wanted to agree with me but glancing ove
*SILIA*It was weird.It was so uncharacteristic for Lisa to be humming first thing in the morning that I almost thought I was still dreaming. Peeking out of my room I saw her throw her apple in the air and then catching it behind her with practiced skill, she plopped it down next on the cutting board and then sliced them into beautiful thin pieces.My stare must have been more tangible than I thought because looking up directly in my direction she let a smile blossom to her face and asked, “Did you freshen up by yourself? You didn’t have any problem, right?”No, I took a painkiller this morning so it wasn’t paining as much,” I said stepping out from my hideout to let her take a look at my dressed self. I usually just wore a long shirt at home so it didn’t put any strain on my arm and I didn’t have to move them a lot to have her help me anymore except in moments when the wound pained a lot.“You should still be on bed rest. You should have just gone back in your bed and I would have b
*SILIA*“Its always busy around this time on this road, I am sorry about it,” Nick said trying to maneuver his way through another route but was stopped by the signal.“I don’t mind I had nothing better to do anyway. The longer I can stay out the better,” I said grinning at him.Noticing that the light had turned green Nick pressed on the gas to move forward when another bike zoomed past us cutting our way. In an effort to stop the collision Nick stepped on the brake successfully stopping us but the loud horn and screech of tires rang in my head momentarily holding me numb.My body jerked forward from the sudden stoppage in the momentum but thankfully the seat belt kept me from colliding forward into the dashboard. My arms stretched out in an act of defense but thankfully except for the strain of the belt pulling me back in my place I wasn’t met with anything else.A pain seared through the gunshot wound because of the preceding action. And I think I let out a hiss of suppressed pain
*SILIA* The world seemed like an alien place to me.It had been so long since I had been here that I felt completely out of place and slightly paranoid about the eyes on me.Was there someone watching me? Was there someone still after me? Did they know that I had a gun wound on my shoulder?I tried to tell myself that I was safe and that the accident from before was just a freak coincidence but a fear had settled in the back of my mind. As long as I had been with Nick I hadn’t been able to feel it because of the comfort that he provided me but now that I was all alone I was weirdly conscious of everything about me.Deciding to at least walk inside I look around to see people hanging out with their friends, families spending time together but it wasn’t as crowded as it could have been given that it was still early morning and a week day.I had been to this particular mall many times before so it wasn’t as if I had been completely clueless and deciding to go to one of the famous pastry
*SILIA* I am about to go up to her when I think against it. I am sure if she finds out I am here then she would haul my ass back home without a second thought. Deciding to follow her for a little while I suppress a laughter, watching her from the shadows. I am sure to anyone passing by I must look almost manic but it was so fun to see how she behaved so differently than when we were together. Or wait, could she actually be on a date? Maybe she was lying to me. But why would she have to lie to me? Was it to save me from feeling hurt as she probably thought I would seeing her go into a relation when I had been craving to be in one. Not to forget that I had been cruelly forsaken by the person I loved. Given how much she cared about me that was totally possible. I am sure she would not tell me even if it took her months if she thought that I wasn’t in the mental state where I could accept it. But I was curious, I wanted to know who was the man that had wooed her. If she had decided
*SILIA*Making my way towards the exit in a hurry I am briefly aware of the eyes on me but unlike before I couldn’t be bothered by them. All I knew was I needed to get out of there. My heart was crushing in my chest. Its fragments a dust inside the shell of my body.How many more times did I need to fix it for you to break it again Draven?By now the mall has become busier from before and being careful to not bump into anyone with my injured shoulder I walk on the extreme side of the mall against the walls. Thee exit is visible to me in a distance and wiping the tears I am about to head towards it when I hear someone call out to me.“Excuse me, ma’am!”I don’t want to stop so I refuse to look back but I recognize that voice and the guard from before quickly catches up to me.“What happened?” she asks blocking my path while looking down at my shivering body that I clutched tighter to myself to somehow stop it from vibrating so much.“I-” I try to speak but words get caught in my throat
*SILIA*“This is not right you need to stop,” Nick said coming up to me with a bottle of water.“Why? Why am I not allowed to drink my pain away?” I grumbled wanting to get lost in the oblivion again now that I was bobbing in and out of it.“Please, Silia come on, you know that it isn’t good for you, especially because of that gunshot wound,” he said making me tug at my shirt to look at the bandages inside.“Oh for fuck’s sake be more aware of me as man,” he said tapping my hand to make me let go of the stretched material. He looked annoyed and I could understand why he would be, I had forced him to baby sit me all day today.“Nick,” I called feeling my eyes water once again, “Why did they do this to me?”“Oh my god, this is your seventh break down since this morning,” he grumbled but nonetheless sat beside me in the empty park bench that we both had been occupying since the last two hours. He wrapped his arm around my shoulders and like each time before that morning he patted my head
“Nick please let me go to a hotel. I’ll rather stay there than go to Draven’s place”.With some consciousness back in my mind I had now realised the position that I had fallen into. Don't get me wrong I loved Diana but having to see Draven again, so soon, was not something that I believed my heart could do.Therefore I requested again, “Please Nick can you let me off at a hotel, any hotel. I'll stay the night there I don't mind staying alone.”“Absolutely not. It is not safe there and Alfeo will chew my head off if he finds out that I had let you be in an unprotected environment.” As he said this he increased the speed of his vehicle and rushed towards Diana’s house I could see the familiar streets passing by and the closer I got the more I could feel my heart beating; almost ready to fly out of my chest.“Then what about Alfeo’s home. I can stay there, right? That shouldn't be a problem.” Giving me a strange look that clearly spelled out ‘are you crazy’ he asked, “You do realise that