Katerina was mentally and emotionally exhausted.Their doors were continuously revolving with guests coming in and out of the house, all eager to pay their respects. She was so anxious to have something to distract her from what was going on that she might have finished the burial arrangements way too soon, now there was nothing to occupy her mind from the fact that one of the people that she said most about was gone.Oh, and Tyler had still not texted her.Rubbing her eyes which were blurry from staring at the ceiling too much, she sat up on the bed flinging the covers away from her body to slip her toes into the flip-flops that she kept by the bed.It was currently 4:15 pm and she was still in bed.For a long time, she stood there staring at the walls of her childhood bedroom, the posters and the little notes taped to the wall not bearing any significance to her.They were familiar but in that distant way where you couldn't quite place something.Snapping out of it, she retreated to

Tyler was busy with work and also with a little side piece that he had going on when he heard a knock on his door. Looking up, he discovered that it was Skyler who he had put in charge of making sure that Katerina was okay, simply because the last time he went down there she was so mad she threatened to bite his head off.“Hey, Skyler. What is it? Is something wrong, is it Katherine?” Tyler fired off questions at him, his heart rate picking up. “No, everything is fine, boss. I just wanted to check up on you and also I came to tell you that Miss Katerina is refusing to eat…”“What?” Tyler blurted out loudly which made Skyler wince. Immediately he pushed back from his desk walking over to Skyler. “Since when has this been going on?”“Just for the past two days-” “Two days?” He bellowed, his eyes rounding in disbelief. “Skylar, are you trying to tell me that you've been starving my wife for the past forty-eight hours?”Skylar swallowed nervously, taking a cautious step back because he

Mark was surprised because that was quite far from where her home was or where her car was found a couple of hours into the search.According to her parents, Katarina went out for a stroll and when she didn't come back late into the night, they got worried when she didn't show up the next day, then they knew something was wrong, phoning the police.Now, everybody has been thinking that she was kidnapped during her stroll but what if the alternative was something different?A couple of people that they've spoken to said that Katerina felt down and mostly exhausted, trying to balance everything. It's quite suspicious that she's disappearing barely a week after her grandmother died, could this be her big break away from everything?“What do you want to do about this?” Jake asked again.Mark started, having zoned off into space that he hadn't heard the question before. “Nothing…because you and I are going to go down there together and see if we can track her down.”Together, they went bac

Mark cocked his head to the side as if truly contemplating it. “Maybe not all your life but for a couple of years to wait things out and if you're good behavior, I can take you out towards some of the countries.” His eyes glazed over as he looked in the distance, actually envisioning our lives together. “We'll go out like a normal couple, have dinner, have loads of steamy sex maybe give birth to a couple of kids. It'll be epic!”Katerina could hardly believe her ears, staring at the man before her as she wondered if he has a couple of screws loose in his brain. For the first time in her life, she was thoroughly repulsed by another person. “Can you listen to yourself?? Everything you just said, does that sound normal to you? You want to take me away from everything I've known and everyone that I have loved for what…? For your own selfish reasons!!”Mark's eyes hardened, the look in his eyes gone. “It's not selfish, I gave you the opportunity to be with me before but you turned me down

Running on impulse, Katerina dashed towards the door, muttering a whispered prayer under her breath that she would get to the door on time.Mark, who was angry made a mad swipe for her. Luckily she swerved towards the left to escape his clutches, veering into the right path towards the door.Just that she was home free, stretching her hand to grab the doorknob, a large force knocked into her pushing her out of the way. She fell to the floor with a huff, her breath pushed out of her lungs. Thankfully even though she didn't see the hit coming, she was able to put her hands in front of her face to protect it, falling on her side.Rolling to her back, she saw Mark standing in front of her, his eyes filled with anger and hatred.“You bitch!” He spat. “You think you're so smart huh? Playing me and then stabbing me in the back when I least expected it, couldn't go any lower now, could you?”She saw that he was clutching the side of his arm where the blade had grazed him and she could also s