Happy birthday?

It was the nicest sunny day one could ask for. In the city 's' it was not always that you can easily see a sunny day as beautiful as this. The city 's' was famous for its sudden snowstorms and being covered with snow for more than 6 months a year. The sun was shining brightly, the sky was in the shade of brightest blue today.

It couldn't be more beautiful as a sunny day, Xenia thought, just stepping outside from the smith's mansion. She was the eldest daughter of the Smiths, one of the richest and famous families in the city 's'. Her father, Mr. Smith, was not a self-made businessman. He inherited Smith's corporation from his father, old Mr. Smith. He was not the best father out there, but he provided Xenia with the luxury and privileges of being the rich daughter. Furthermore, he married another woman who was the current Mrs. Smith now. She had a daughter too named Amelia.

Amelia was not the real child of Smiths, so she was not as famous as Xenia in rich social circles. Amelia was in the entertainment circle, which was not considered the best choice in riches for her career. She was not hated nor loved by riches, but she was one of the best friends of Xenia, unlike every other step-sister being jealous of their sisters, these two were close. They shared a bond deeper than real sisters.

Xenia was one of the most beautiful women as well as a famous neurologist in the city 's'. She established her career in the medical field at the age of 25. She had a beautiful, delicate face with an intelligent brain.

And when you seem to have everything, you get enemies too. It was 4th September, her birthday. She was not in the mood to celebrate by going outside because she had plans with her sister for this evening to celebrate her birthday at home with a movie date.

But this morning, she got a call from her colleague and best friend, Catherine, inviting her to the "Silver Wood Hotel" because her boyfriend ''Nicholas" planned to surprise her. She was not surprised that her best friend was calling her instead of Nicholas, her boyfriend. Because they have been the best friend trio from their college. Xenia and Nicholas started dating after medical school, when Nicholas proposed to her in the library. Xenia was not in love with him, but she liked him.

She reached the hotel, it was noon. She was attracting the crowd as she wore the white short skirt dress with puff sleeves. Her long hair was in the bun, she was truly looking like a little angel in the bright sun. Little long heels with long legs were making this angel looks like a little vixen who is out to seduce everyone.

Xenia was already used to getting all the attention from childhood. So it was not weird for her. She met Catherine outside waiting for her.

''Hey miss beautiful, Happiest birthday to you! This lady is in your presence today to serve you,'' Catherine said to Xenia.

Xenia was used to her bestie exaggerating everything. She laughed and hugged her, saying, thanks.

"Where is Nick"? She asked Catherine.

There was a little pause in her smile of Catherine before she smiled again, "He is in the room, waiting for you", she winked at Xenia. The little pause in smile didn't miss the keen eyes of Xenia. But she didn't think much of it. They both entered the lift.

The silver wood was the biggest and most luxurious hotel in the city 's'. It belongs to Beckett's, one of the most 5 powerful families in the city. To dine in this hotel, one needs to reserve the seats 6 months in advance. This hotel was the best dining place for the riches of the whole country. Even Smiths booked the seat in advance for their celebrations.

The lift opened on the 50th floor. The room they booked for the celebration was 503. Xenia was not feeling good. She was having a terrible gut feeling today, but she ignored it as she just thought of it as the anxiousness of a birthday surprise. They were both in front of the room, suddenly Catherine's phone started ringing. She left Xenia there with the key to the room, telling her to enter the room first, as the call would take time.

Xenia got a little suspicious she tried to ask Catherine about it, but she was told that this was a call from hospital, it's urgent.

Catherine left the hallway, leaving Xenia alone. Xenia was not feeling great, but she entered the dark room. She didn't close the door as it was too dark inside the room, but suddenly someone pushed the door hard. The door got locked. At this point, Xenia was having a hard gut feeling to run, but before she reached the door handle, someone held her from behind, really gently. There was a little smell of wine.

Xenia called out, "Nick, is that you? NICK. You are very aware that I don't like joking around. If you are playing a prank, just stop it."

There was not a sound at all. Xenia was scared at this point, she tried pushing this person aside, but the person didn't even move a little, the hold on her waist got tight at this point. She tried reaching the handle again to no avail. The person behind her suddenly pushed her a little and she fell on something. It was soft, it was definitely the bed. He was still holding her hands, and he sits beside her. He had something in his hand, pushing it towards Xenia, he said just one word," Drink."

Xenia sniffs it. As a medical professional, one sniff was enough for her to know that this wine had aphrodisiac with it.

She went into survival mode and started kicking and running. That's when she felt another person behind her, pushing her down on the bed. She started shouting at this point, but to her bad luck, all rooms of Silver Wood were soundproof. Another person who was holding her down on the bed said," Don't shout and waste your energy, baby girl, we'll give you enough chances to shout later."

She recognized this voice. It was the director of her medical branch, "Dr. Austen." this guy was 45 years old, from the past week he was really trying hard to get close to her. Xenia know that this guy was not up to any good. So she shouted, "Austen, I know it's you. Don't think you'll get aw......"

He poured all the wine on her face. She choked and started coughing. By mistake, there was a bit of wine that also went into her mouth and she drank it. She felt the burning sensation in her throat from wine. The fear took over her by now.

She knew if not now, then never. She had to run. Likewise, she pushed the two men holding her with all her might and to her luck those people were also not that conscious because of wine, so they didn't get a hold of her on time. She ran into the front and finally get a hold of a wine bottle. If she can't run, she has to attack.

One of the men jumped on her in the dark, and she struck the wine bottle in her hand directly towards the head of the other person. There was a loud noise of a bottle breaking with a loud shout from Austen. He fell there, but the attack was not powerful enough to stop that guy, so she attacked the neck of Austen with the left pieces of glass in her hand. It worked, he left her shouting in pain. It was the time for the run.

She ran for the door, but the door was already locked from outside. Catherine leaving her alone was now making sense to her, so it was all preplanned, so there has to be more to this plan.

She didn't have time to think about it now she looked around and saw the window. She opened the window, forgetting about the second person in the room, and looked down. Also, it was the 50th floor. She was clear that if she jumped, she'll be dead. She tried to think of something else when somebody hit her head with the wine bottle, it was the other guy in the room. But before she could have looked at the face of the attacker.

She was pushed down from the 50th floor and she lost consciousness.