The actual start

Chloë

Just a day,I've lost the two most important people in my life. What else I'm I going to lose?

Me of course. I'm going to lose myself. Aile should be quick, I want to join the ancestors.I laughed out loud sarcastically.

I'm I going insane?

All my thoughts turned into tears. The uncontrollable type.

Aile must be watching me now. Oh God this is embarrassing. I wiped my tears looking around me thinking I could possibly spot a camera.

No wait, is he actually watching me?

AILE

( Laughs really hard)

Why is she crying? I don't know but this funny. I've never seen a woman cry like this.

This reminds me of Gianna. Always crying when she doesn't get what she wants.

The last child gets everything but yet she's not satisfied with that. So ungrateful.

Can't wait to get home.

( Groans)

I might have hurt her. At least she could escape,that's what matters right now.

She's probably thinking about me, No I can't watch this anymore. I have to tell her.

I really like her. Not just because I want her to be my wife for the mafia alone.

( Knocks on the door)

"Who is it?" I yelled.

" Vincent" he answered." Oh come in " I delightfully spoke.

" Why do you knock anyways? We are buddies" I walked away from the door to my seat facing the computer again.

"Y- yeah sure. We are buddies" he smiled softly and I did same.

"What's the matter? I don't mostly see you in my office if only the problem is serious" I looked back at him.

"Well, papa has arranged the flight to Italy and it will be this Friday." He shrugged.

"Already, but...but I'm not ready. It's Tuesday right?" I added .This can't be, I haven't told Chloë yet.

I know very well she would say no but papa will hate me if I let him down again.

She hates me.

" Yes, and he says he can't wait to meet your fiancée, by the way I haven't met her too" he spoke whilst I was lost in my thoughts.

"H- huh?, I- I mean yeah, yeah definitely" I said rubbing my hands on my temples.

"Actually-

"I know, you don't have anyone on your mind" he interrupted me.

" I wasn't going to say that but awfully your right" I said and looked away.

"Aile!!why did you have to lie?"

"Because this is my last chance Vincent, don't you get it." I lashed out angrily.

"Sorry for speaking harshly to you, it's- it's just that I'm trying to figure something out" I stared back at him looking into his eyes.

( Vincent sighs)

" No problem at all, I know you are going through a lot so you really need some space, if you need me I'll be in my room" he said politely and walked slowly towards the door.

" Quick question, why are you delaying the death of Ms Chloë? Or is she the one you have in mind?"he asked while holding onto the door knob.

" Yes" I gave a huge sigh.

" She sure is beautiful and smart but I don't think she'll accept it." He turned and looked me in the eyes this time round.

" I've been thinking about kidnapping her" I suggested.

"What? Oh no we can't, she can report it and...and we will be doomed."Vincent admitted.

"Uh- huh,( sighs) I really don't know what to do Vin (short form of Vincent)"

"Tell her."he walked out as he ended the statement.

I dragged myself back to the chair to look at what she was doing.

Should I call her? No that's a stupid idea. Oh gosh this is much more hard than I thought.

I looked at the screen and rubbed my temples rapidly. (Groans).

Chloë

It's almost seven in the evening and I don't know what to do. So when I'm I supposed to die?

I can't wait any longer. I sat on my bed thinking about useless things and my stomach started to growl.

Gosh I'm hungry. I only ate donuts in the morning because I was lazy to cook. For a fact, I can't cook.

Ryan is the best chef but he is not here. I miss him so badly. That reminded me that he had called me for about fifteen times today.

Nope, I'm not going to call back. I stood up from my bed and headed to the kitchen.

I opened the refrigerator to see it empty. Oh no I was suppose to buy stuffs today. I totally forget.

To even be honest, who knows whether I would live till I empty the refrigerator again.

I sat on the counter and started to stare at the ceiling. (Stomach continues to growl)

Nope," I have to go get something to eat." I said while rubbing my hands on my belly. I stood up and grabbed my hoody from the closet.

Outside was freezing. It was almost winter so yeah definitely chilling out there.

I walked out the closet only to find the picture frame of I and Ryan when we had completed high school. Memories of the past hit me and I didn't like that feeling.

I chuckled and got out the house. I'm not taking my car because the grocery store is not far from my house.

And besides, I need this walk to release stress. I walked out the gate and started walking on the street.

It was dark but the street lights brightened the whole place. It was a beautiful thing to witness.

That's an ordinary thing but I've always been oblivious to it.

" Sorry ma'am " I almost bumped into an old lady. I'm so ashamed of myself. I'm walking but yet still I'm lost in my thoughts.

Hopefully the old woman was pretty kind so didn't bother to disgrace me in public.

This reminds me of the day I almost hit a woman with my car. It was terrifying. She cursed at me and insulted me easily.What a shame.

I could see the grocery store which was like a few kilometers ahead." I'm so close to heaven." I murmured to myself.

I entered the store and pick up a basket. As usual, scanning through the items, checking out for expiry dates and a whole lot.

I picked what I wanted and headed straight to the cashier.

" Hey Chloë, New York's finest lady and my future wife." Charlie greeted.

"Hey" I said and nodded at him.

"It's been awhile since I saw you, you know it's always Ryan who buys the stuffs" Charlie chuckled.

I forced a little smile on my face. " Well this time around I'm doing the cooking so yeah it's me and not Ryan" I sarcastically said.

"Here you go" he gave me a bag full of the things I bought.

"Thanks, good bye" I said as I could see him looking at the parking lot.

"You... didn't bring your car?" He asked whilst stretching his neck to find my car.

" Nope, I decided to walk here,it's not that far." I said then he finally looked at me.

" You know this place gets dangerous at night and why would you make such a mistake?"he worriedly spoke.

"They fixed the street lights so there is nothing to worry about" I gave a soft smile.

"Yeah but just recently a man was murdered on the street to your place,and...and I'm worried."he admitted.

"Don't worry I'll be fine" I spoke back.

"See you later then" he finally says and looks back to the counter.

"Make sure you call me when you reach home, I'm ...I'm just checking if you would be alive" he said and I gave out a laugh but he looked serious.

So pathetic. If this is the day I should die at least it won't be in the hands of Mr Aile Andrea. Gosh it feels so weird mentioning his full name.

I got out of the store and resolved to forget what Charlie told me earlier on.

I was holding the bag of groceries with my phone in my left hand.

It's eight already? I should increase my pace. I walked faster and faster and the people on the streets started disappearing.

I gulped while the suspense music started to play in my head." Is this a movie or what ?" I joked.

I was halfway home but then I realized that there literally no one on the streets.

I stopped as I saw the street lights turning off from a far end.

It was getting closer and closer. I was so scared. I saw two shadows of men behind me.They looked buffy. I mean if I should judge by the shadows I was seeing.

I walked fast and could also see them running fast. Of course they were following me. I guess this is it, my last day on planet earth.

"Hey look it's a girl." One of the man said from behind. It was like an echo.

I started to walk fast but some other two men were also coming towards me. So in total, four men were after me.

It was too late to run faster when one of the men took the grocery bag from my hand and dropped it on the floor.

I was so scared. "Hey there beautiful" one of the men said. To be honest with you, they looked ugly 'af'.

" What do you want from me?" I decided to show arrogance. He nodded at the two men behind me and the gripped me by the hand.

" First, I want money and second I want you, we could spend the night together" he gave an evil laugh.

The other men also laughed as if they were forced to do so.

"I don't have any money on me " I yelled. He then gripped my jaw and it hurt so much.

"Leave me alone" I shouted and kicked him down there.

He fell down,stood up again and chuckled evilly.

He than raised his hand to slap me but it looked like a force had stopped him. Someone was holding onto his hands but I couldn't see the person well. It was blurry.

The lights finally went off and all I could hear was sounds of people fighting.

"What's going on?" One of the man spoke. I was mesmerized and traumatized at the same time.

I think someone just saved me. "Maybe Charlie." I thought because he'd already warned me and perhaps he was behind me to make sure I'd reached home safely.

And another reason is that he knows how to fight. He practiced Taekwondo so.. yep it's definitely him.

Suddenly the sound of the people fighting had ceased and only sobbing and curses were following.

I tried to look for my phone to turn on the light but to my surprise, someone had held my hands dragging me from where I was to another place which I couldn't determine where.

"Are you alright?"the person spoke. I know this voice from somewhere. It sounds pretty familiar.

"Aile?" I asked.