Arabella felt her head throbbing, she tried to open her eyes but they felt heavy. She touched around her and the surface felt cold piercing through her clothes. She forced her eyes open and looked around. She struggled to sit upright and looked around her. The room she was in was empty with only an iron bed frame some meters away from her. She held her wrist as she winced in pain. Her mind began to wander as she tried to focus on why she was there. The last thing she could recollect was that she had an unexpected meeting with Aurora and she had been speaking gibberish. Her eyes landed on her feet which were tied together with a wire rope. She tried to pry through it with her hands but she could not. She tried to stand on her feet but it seemed like nothing was working. She heard the metal door a few meters in front of the bed squeak open. Aurora entered and stood with her hands across her chest. The three men from the restaurant stood behind her. "You are finally awake?" Aurora sa

Kieran felt his heart sink to the ground, judging from her tone it was obvious that she had something to do with the disappearance of Arabella. There was no way that she would just go missing in action for such a long time. Kieran squared his jaw as he tried to force words out of his mouth. “Where is she?” he asked. She let out a disgruntled sound from her lips and pursed her lips together. “No pleasantries? I see you want to get straight into business?” she asked before letting out a dry laugh."Where is she?" Kieran let out in a scream."Oh my, that scared me. You should be nicer if you want to get me to talk" she said teasing him. She liked that he had no choice but to speak to her now. She had to get the most out of it, she was going to make him grovel and beg just like she had been doing in the past. He might love Arabella but she had only loved him all her life. He was her first love and she wanted it to remain that way. She always had fantasies of her marrying her first lov

Kieran met the waitress who was in the restaurant. She insisted that no one was taken forcefully from the place. "Have you seen her?" Kieran asked pushing his phone to her face. "Yeah she came in here today, she sat at that table for a while before another woman joined her and they left together" the quirky waitress said.She was hoping that she was doing good with her lies, Aurora had tipped her so heavily to keep it a secret that someone had been abducted in her presence. She had promised a greater reward if she did well. The girl needed the money, the patronage at her workplace was low and she was on the verge of losing her job due to the decision by the owner to close down the restaurant and sell it. She had bills and debt to settle and Aurora was willing to pay. "Can we check your cameras? You do have some right?" The girl gulped, she had to be smart about it, if she allowed them to see the CCTV then she would be exposed and she would lose the opportunity to get more money,

Kieran did not mind the request of the girl as he ran out of the police station into his car leaving his dad behind. He would do anything to make sure that Arabella was okay and with him at that very moment."You are here already?" the girl asked as she watched him burst through the door to meet the still-empty restaurant."Where is it?" Kieran asked ignoring any words she was about to say."How much would you be willing to offer?" she asked pushing herself from the counter she had been resting and then going through the small door to be in the same space with him."How much do you want?" he asked.She was taken aback by his reply. She knew that she sounded shallow and did not want him to think that way of her so she felt the need to explain properly."It's not because I am selfish or greedy" she murmured."What?" Kieran asked. His eyebrow furrowed as he felt pressed for time. He had no time for chitchat with her. She should be showing him the footage and not telling tales. He was onl

First of I don't know if I should start with an apology or a vote of thanks because I owe both to my audience but here goes nothing. Dear Readers I am grateful to you all, you have been such support to me, asking for updates and even checking in on me while still checking out my other works it means so much to me. Now to my apology because you don't deserve what I have done to you all. How well can I say this so you all can understand!? As stated earlier I had a program which I had to attend and I was not allowed with electronic devices which resulted in my poor updates. When I got back from the camp I tried to begin writing for you all but I felt burnt out. So burnt out that the words that usually flowed so easily for me became hard and I even had a hard time writing little notes for myself and even replying to the messages of my loved ones. I found it hard to spell little words (And I mean it when I said I sat for a good thirty minutes trying to remember how to spell the word H