She heard some movements, curious, she quietly stood up from her bed and traced the footsteps. She traced it outside the house.It was MariaKaren’s breath caught in her throat. What was Maria doing outside at this hour? She squinted, trying to make out the details, but the shadows concealed Maria's actions. All Karen could see was Maria pacing back and forth, her silhouette was sharp against the faint glow of the moon.Unable to shake the uneasy feeling that something was wrong, Karen opened the door and stepped outside. The cool night air greeted her, sharp and biting against her skin. Maria was still there, standing a few feet away, her back turned to Karen. For a moment, Karen considered retreating, but then Maria moved, as if sensing her presence, and turned around.“Maria?” Karen called softly, her voice trembling slightly.Maria jumped, startled, and quickly tried to compose herself. “Karen… I didn’t expect you to be up.”“What are you doing out here?” Karen asked, trying to ke
"You are a disgrace, a bad luck, featuring you in the movie was a mistake!" Kim Orme, Nicholas Shane's boss , yelled at him slamming his hands on the table. Nicholas stood still downcast, facing the floor, he was disturbed and sad. Everyone believes it's his fault the movie 'Things Apart' was a flop but deep inside him he knew he wasn't at fault, he wasn't the male leading actor neither a supporting actor nor any important roles, he acted the role of a bodyguard who died in episode two and the movie ended in episode 14, so why is it his fault? Well someone has to take the blame and that's him, always him. "I'm... I'm... So... sorry" He apologized stammering which in return received laughter from his boss "Haha, you fool you think sorry solves anything? huh? Are you sorry? fine, if you are sorry provide the budget for the next production"Kim Orme said smiling, waiting for Nicholas's response. Nicholas looked up immediately, he was dumbfounded and confused, poor him funding the next
Nicholas hardened his grip on his bicycle, his boss turning him into an errand boy was disheartening, he isn't the only actor in the agency so why him? Now he has to go back. "Fuck him" He swears as he turns to the other side of his boss house. He branched to a nearby pharmacy to buy the condom and contractile pills then he rode to his boss's house. Kim Orme kept on calling him, and Nicholas picked up after three missed calls. "It's been twenty minutes, where are you?" Kim Orme asked, annoyed. "I'm on my way" "Since when? Are you going to use a year to get to my house?" "I'm riding a bicycle, I will be there soon" "Gosh, "Kim Orme hung up. Nicholas got to his boss' house thirty minutes later. The securities allowed him because it was not his first time there. He couldn't help but admire his boss's house despite not being his first time there, he wished he was this rich. He went into the sitting room where he was ushered in by one of the maids. Something caught his attention,
"Get that bastard!" Kim Orme ordered his boys yelling. Nicholas quickly hopped on his bicycle and cycled fast; he had gone to the main road before the men caught up with him. But they couldn't hurt him as people were watching. He got home, and fell to his knees crying "Why?, oh my dear Camella, why?" He beats himself on his chest sobbing seriously. Camella had been his only family since he lost his parents years ago. His only sibling, his sister was sold and he has no idea where she is, is she even alive? The pain was unbearable to him and that wicked boss of his. He got up and checked his pocket if he still had the envelope or had lost it while running. He brought out a brown envelope that contained cash. Nicholas's surprise for Camella was this. "It's still here" He breathed a sigh of relief. Camella badly needed money for her grandmother's surgery, Nicholas had to borrow money from loan sharks and cheating is all his reward for his effort. He tossed the envelope on the chair
Camella sighted Nicholas in the cafeteria, she turned her back immediately to avoid him seeing her, finding her way to the elevator. She kept praying in her heart not to be seen by Nicholas "Top floor," She said, quickly pressing the 11th button in the elevator. When the elevator reached the 11th floor, it opened, Camella walked out and made her way to Kim Orme's office. Knock knock. "Who is there? come in" Camella opened the door, and the cat walked to Kim Orme's desk. "Miss me?" She asked, smiling. "Oh dear." Kim Orme stood up to kiss her. "You forgot about your boyfriend." "I didn't, we have to lie low for now to avoid suspicion""So tell me, did you get those pictures?" "No." Camella answered smiling, but to her surprise, Kim Orme pinned her to the wall trying to strangle her. She beat his hands, telling him to tell her to go. Kim Orme hardened his grip on her neck "What were you doing that you couldn't get those pictures huh?" "How careless of you. Have you forgotte
Nicholas has been waiting for Camella for some minutes. "What's keeping her?" He wondered. He playfully kicked his leg on the space, keeping himself busy. Camella came out of the building, Nicholas could see through her disturbed mind. 'Was she crying? '"Hey, I kept you waiting right? I'm sorry" Camella apologized. Nicholas noticed she was a little bit shaken and her eyes were swollen like she was crying. "Is everything alright?" He asked, moving close to her, he touched her face "Did you cry?" She shifted immediately from him "Let's go home" She walked away. "Is she avoiding contact with me?" Nicholas asked no one in particular. They both took a cab home, at home, Camella pretended to be sad, she even faked tears to avoid him questioning her. Two days later, Nicholas is in Peng Mountain, a tall mountain in a thick forest in Seoul. He is to come with other crew members to shoot the movie. The movie crew shot some scenes till nightfall. While shooting the last scene for the
Nicholas drowned in the sea and died.Suddenly, There was a loud vibration in the water, the vibration shook the whole of the sea. Nicholas opened his eyes immediately, he thought he was drowning but surprisingly he was breathing fine under water, floating. 'What's happening?' Nicholas thought. He can't swim so how is he floating ,and secondly he is breathing without an oxygen tank! "Oh surely I'm dead, what is this? Heaven?" He closed his eyes back but opened it immediately. "Mhm?" Due to the coldness of the water, Nicholas knew he was in the deep, deep, depth of the sea. "Is this my spirit?, my ghost?" He pinched himself severally, he felt no pain! "Yes, I'm dead" He lies to allow himself to drown. [Host detected... System activated] "What was that?" "Who's here? Who is speaking?, mermaids? Sharks" He hugged himself frightened. "Jeez, I watch too many horror movies, Sharks can't speak" He assured himself. A beeping sound was heard. "What's that? What's happening?" The b
Nicholas woke up by the sound of cars horning, he found himself on the ground by the roadside with his head banging, he struggled to get up in his wet and tattered dress.Nicholas left the roadside having no idea of where he was going, but he kept on walking, it was as if something was leading him or showing him the way. Nicholas remembered the water incident, "was it real?" He wondered. "Or a dream?".After walking for some minutes, he got to the bus stop where he stood waiting for the bus."This is strange?, how do I know the way from the forest to here?" Nicholas thought.Surprisingly he felt no pain, there were no bruises or injuries on him. Though he was drenched with water. "This system of a thing is it real? , it wasn't a dream?""I was dead and brought back to life through a water system, so ridiculous!"He laughed away the thought.The bus arrived five minutes later, lucky for Nicholas, he still had the coins he kept in his pocket on the day of the plot.Immediately he enter