There is a Thief!!!

The other side did not speak anything for a while. Harith doubted if he had called a wrong number and checked the message sent by Sam.

'No it is correct.' Harith looked at his phone and worried if the signal was weak. What he did not know was what the other side was doing.

Natalia sat on her bed petrified. Never in her wildest dream had she ever imagined that one day Harith will be the one to call her. Yes, not her but her male god Harith himself will take initiative.

'Why did he call me? And it's still early at that.' Natalia felt her heart thumping.

'Thump…thump..thump..'

"Hello?? Are you there?" Harith could hear some light breathing but he was not so sure if someone was actually listening.

"Y-yes.." Natalia spoke afraid that he would end the call. Her voice was dry and rough so her voice sounded squeaky. Natalia cleared her throat and again spoke. "Yes..I am Natalia? You are?" Natalia was an actor after all so she could hide the excitement in her voice and asked for the introduction of other side calmly.

Harith did not notice anything. More like he was an idiot who could not notice anything at all especially since his mind was filled with Lucia for the moment. "I am Harith." Harith introduced himself.

'Of course I know that.' Natalia smiled silently. She was about to respond to him but was interrupted by Harith.

"I am Lucia's friend, the tall one." Harith felt just his name was not enough to recognize him so he added a little more information.

"Lu-Lucia??" Natalia finally remembered Lucia, her friend that she sold to some weird and creepy stranger for a large sum of money.

"Have you heard from her? I haven't been able to reach her at all?" Harith did not give her the details and straightly asked the things in his priority list.

It was always Lucia this and Lucia that. No matter whether she was present or absent everyone were only swarming around her like bees swarming around their queen.

Natalia controlled her emotions and continued in a worried voice. "I have been having a headache since party yesterday so I have been sleeping all this time.. Is something wrong? Did something happen??" Natalia asked in her concerned voice.

"No, its nothing wrong..you take rest…" Harith sighed.

"No luck huh.." He really could not put his finger as to what seemed odd and wrong. Natalia was sure something must have had happened to Lucia and was secretly grinning. 'She is probably having a quality time.' Natalia felt disgusted thinking about the dirty man but secretly happy since Lucia was the one who was suffering. She wanted to what had happened.

Natalia decided to pry further. "Harith, ummm…tell me I know something is wrong right? You sound too worried..did something really happen?"

Since she seemed to be worried about Lucia and was her best friend as well he decided to tell her. "I called her mother this morning and she said that Lucia was sick and bedridden. I hope its not something more than that.." Harith didn't believe Lucia was just sick.

"Huh??" Natalia could not believe her ears. Lucia was back In her home sleeping??

"So Lucia is sick?" Natalia pronounced each word with difficulty.

"Yes, and we are going to visit her later. So are you coming???" Harith asked her. "But maybe not. You are sick yourself."

"No no, I am coming." Natalia spoke in a hurry afraid Harith might not take her. "What's more important than a friend after all?"

The man sleeping next to her was disturbed by her constant talking. "Hey, stop it." He spoke in his morning voice which sounded deeper than usual pulling the blankets to cover up himself.

'This mother fuc*er' Natalia covered the speaker with her hands as she cursed the man who just almost ruined her perfect time with Harith.

"Are you with someone? Did I just disturb?" Harith heard voice of a man and felt a little guilty about calling her. It could cause misunderstanding if they were lovers. "Sorry." Harith sincerely apologized,

'He heard it!!' Natalia's heart skipped a beat and tried to deny it. "No you are misunderstanding Harith, it was my brother.. He just likes to talk in his sleep…" She wanted to change the topic so she quickly asked about time for visiting Lucia in her home.

After talimg for a while they said goodbye.

"Damn that bitch." Natalia cursed. "Is her luck too good or what?? How could she be back home so early when I witnessed her being abducted with my own eyes…Fu*k, FU*k all this damn shits." She was thrashing about everything in her room.

The noise finally woke the sleeping beauty in his deep slumber. "What's all this noise?? Did you go mad?" Roy woke up with a start when a glass vase landed right near his ears.

'Crashhhh.'

"Are you trying to kill me?" Roy shuddered looking at the sharp edges of the broken vase.

He looked at the room which was as good as a pigsty. Natalia looked at the man who almost gave her secret away, her anger boiling.

"You too, get out the house immediately. You ruined my plan, every thing..."Natalia was out of her mind due to frustrations.

She stopped between her curses and swearing as she looked creepily at Roy. "Yes you are the reason." Natalia wanted to vent her frustration on someone and the perfect scapegoat was right in front of her.

"Huh?? What are you saying does not make any sense." Roy could not take it well, being scolded by some unknown slut who was nothing more than a one night stand.

"No its your fault.. If you had not approached me last night I would have followed them and see all the things for myself…I could have prevented her from returning her back…hehe….but you came asking for a one night stand...you spoke like an idiot making Harith misunderstand me.....all your fault." Natalia acted like a heretic. No ,she was one and she looked like one.

"That Lucia…." Natalia gritted her teeth in anger and looked at the frightened man sruck on the bedpost.

"You need to pay the prices.." Natalia picked up another glass cup and threw at the man. "You crazy woman!!" Roy dodged to side but still managed to get scrapped by a shard of glass,

"Ha ha ha….Yes all deserve to die…" Natalia completely lost her control and laughed like a madman. Roy on other hand grabbed his clothes that were scattered on the floor and ran out of door.

"She would have really killed me if I had stayed a little longer." Roy shuddered as he looked at the open door of the apartment. "Psycho woman" He spitted out and went to the parking section for his car.

Before he was about to drive away he remembered the name the lunatic woman had just uttered. "Lucy or was it Lucia….that felt a little too familiar." He tried remembering if he knew anyone by that name but could remember no one.

"It was probably my illusion." He shook off his thought and drove straight to his house

Natalia looked at the man go but did nothing to stop him. Alone in her apartment Natalia sat on the floor and bit her fingernails as she thought of a brand new plan. "You can't have all the best thing in your life ….I will let you see what suffering is like…just you wait Lucia."

She walked to the bathroom to get prepared for the home visit, She walked over the glass pieces but she felt no pain. A sharp shard of glass got stuck inside one of her feet but she just pulled it out as if it was a cotton candy.

"I need to clean this up later." Natalia closed the door to the bathroom followed by sounds of water rushing and s creepy laughter once in a while.

"I am hungry." Lucia touched her flat stomach that had been empty for more than twelve hours. The stomach growled loudly as a response to her.

She gave up on searching for her phone . Finally resting she smelled an unpleasant odor coming from somewhere.

'Sniff sniff…' She sniffed around and finally came to the source of the bad smell. It was none other than herself. "Ewwwww." Lucia rushed into the bathroom. She had the smell of alcohol, sweat, tear and some weird cologne mixed along with her natural body smell.

While showering Lucia remembered how the pervert had touched her neck and shoulder the day before. She felt disgusted and shuddered when she felt his fingers on her body.

"I need to get rid of this…" Lucia looked around to clean herself. A clothe washing scrubber was handing on a hanger. Using that same scrubber, she scrubbed herself all over until her skin turned red and started to hurt.

"Not enough…not yet…" She doubled her speed and strength and continued scrubbing until she could take no more pain. Feeling a little cleaner she gave a satisfied sigh. "Much better."

Putting on some loose and comfortable clothes she walked out of her room. "Mom, I am hungry,,,,,,," She walked towards the kitchen passing the living room.

"Come in the kitchen, I will make something for you." Mrs. Sovuyer answered from the kitchen.

A man sat on the couch reading the morning newspaper while drinking a coffee leisurely. She passed by the man and bowed down to greet him who retuned it the same way. He looked like a tabby cat lazing away in the sun….How comfy he looked especially when the breeze passed over from the open door, swaying the three strands of hairs on his bald head….

"Wait…." Lucia stopped on her track and walked backwards until she stood in front of the man blocking the sunlight with her eyebrows twitching dangerously. Her stomach growled and rumbled reminding her that she was hungry and needed to be somewhere else to fill it.

Feeling a shade on him, the man looked up and met the eyes of Lucia. He looked at her growling tummy. "You want some?" He raised his cup and offered Lucia.

"Mommm…there is a thief in our house.." Lucia screamed.

"Thief?" Five surprised Pikachu faces tried to digest the information.

Her mother who was working in the kitchen came rushing in the living room with a knife. "Where is the thief?" She asked swinging the knife looking for a thief.

"Where is the thief Lucia??" Three people came rushing inside the house through the open door each carrying a bag with them.

The man on the sofa, "....."

Lucia's mother, " Ehhhh??"

The trio. " Huh???"

Lucia, "...…." What situation was this?

An old cat sitting on the roof of a house somewhere, "Meoww.."