As soon as the words left Richard's lips, he felt a sudden pang of regret and he stiffened.Now that he had mentioned Elise's name, there was no way David wouldn't know who he was. He edged backwards and gave David a sharp kick on his butt. The other guy fell over and let out a muffled cry."I mean everything I just said. Don't you dare me" Richard spat, he pinned David down with his eyes, the gun in his hands was still pointed at David's forehead."You really don't know what I'm capable of doing" Richard's voice came out in a low rumble. His jaw tightened under the mask as he glared at David's whimpering figure on the floor. He leaned over and pulled off the piece of clothe that was tied around his mouth. David was almost white with fear and his eyes were bloodshot as he tried to avoid looking at the masked face staring down at him. He could almost hear his heartbeat, and he quivered. He pushed himself backwards a bit and pleaded, "please, don't kill me. I'll give you what you wa
In a few minutes time, David was already out , headed to his car that was beside the house. The evening breeze caressed his face but he was too upset to feel it. Rather, his jaw clenched as he took swing the door of the day open and got into it..As soon as he was seated, he switched on the air-conditioning unit and tried to calm down his nerves. What would he do now? His mind raged within him despite his efforts to slow down his breathing and stop panting.A few minutes passed and he was able to distract himself with the low hum of the car radio which he had switched on immediately he got into the car.His phone rang out from his pockets, startling him. He jumped a bit from his seat and pulled out the phone from the pocket. It was one of his dad's staff at the company—Hulio. HuLio had never called him for anything at night and it seemed really weird that he would give him a call around 10pm. David's initial reaction was to ignore the call and focus on his thoughts. Hulio could wait
Susan listened in shock as David recounted everything and when he was done with talking, a moment of silence ensued between both of them. Then, she cleared her throat and repeated what had been playing at the back of her mind while he was talking. “I am not aware of any of these and trust me, I never asked Richard to di anything to you or your family.”David heaved a deep breath. “Well, he did. Let me just tell you now, so it would not sound like a shock to you. I’ll take him down on my own and it’ll be worse than he would expect” “Are you sure Richard did these to you? Do you have concrete proof? We could get him arrested if there’s any CCTV footage that shows his face”David frowned as his eyes settled on his reflection in the mirror in front of him. What was Elise’s mother trying to insinuate now? He asked himself . Then he said, “Would I call to lie to you? I am very sure that it was Richard. At some point, I couldn’t get a good hang on the voice. Afterwards, everything became
Sophia stood with folded arms by the door, staring at him in silence. She was about to close the door when she saw an unfamiliar jeeppull up in her driveway. She lingered a few seconds by the door, waiting for the visitor to get out. It turned out to be David. He wore a thick, heavy coat and a large head warmer was on his head. He locked up his car and started jogging on the wet, morning grass towards her. Her eyes widened with surprise as he approached her.It was after she allowed him to get in, panting that she asked him why he chose to show up at her apartment that early in the morning. She there a sharp glance at the screen of her phone.It was only a few minutes after 7am and David was at her house.“You can sit over here” She said quietly, gesturing at one of the couch in the room. Then, she sat on the one facing him. Sky was behind her. He leaned by the glass table, trying to finish up the remaining content of the bottle in his hands.David took off his heavy coat, leaving ju
This period, he needed to plan out his counter attack on Richard as carefully as he could. Back at his apartment, he decided to call Susan Rodriguez—his ex girlfriend’s mother— and inform her of the consequences of the events that had happened the previous night. Susan listened without a word and told him not to panic because she knew exactly what to do about the situation. As soon as the call ended, Susan slipped her phone into the back of her jeans and she got out of the rocking chair that she was seated onas she ambled towards the railing on her balcony. She was embittered and a wave of coldness swept through her system as she thought of Richard. What she felt inside was a stark difference to the atmosphere around her. The afternoon was warm and the air was a bit heavy with heat. Although she was outside, she still felt the color of her shirt get wet by the sweat at the back of her neck. She was more than uncomfortable with everything that was happening. Why was it so hard for h
At first, he thought that he was only being tired and after having dinner in his kitchen, he turned off the lights everywhere and went into his room where he took some sleeping pills do he could doze off as soon as possible and sleep away the disturbing feeling.Yet, when the effects of the pills had just started to tell on his body, he still had to struggle to stay awake because he had a bad feeling that something was wrong somewhere. He sat up in bed. The room dark and quiet. From the time on his phone, he could see that it was almost 11pm.He slowly pushed himself out of bed and groped around in the dark for his padded shoes. He found them and headed to the kitchen. The kitchen had a faint smell of coffee. That was the last thing he had prepared in the kitchen that morning. He took out a carton of warm milk from the fridge and poured some out for himself. He emptied the content into his mouth and let out a soft belch. His stomach rumbled within in but he ignored it. As he stood
It felt very unusual for Richard to spend the whole evening without calling to check on her and she could not shake off the eerie feeling she felt. Once, she had managed track Richard’s phone to his hostel and she found out his room number without his knowledge. Now, his phone was no longer giving off the location signals that usually helped her to know where he was. So, she had to be content with going this hostel to ask about him The following morning, Elise left her house with woolen wrap, tucked around her neck. She also put on her knee high boots and wore a pair of warm hand gloves. When she woke up that Morning, she had overhead one of the home staff complaining about the weather. It had snowed all nights and the news on the radio revealed that the local roads were all blocked so citizens had to stay stuck at home until the road workers came over at noon to clear off the snow.Elise was downcast and she decided not to risk her safety by going out in the snowy weather. She wa
This was his chance to leave this unknown place. Richard reasoned to himself. It was to his advantage that the man outside the bathroom was gullible enough to let him out of the other room so easily.The bathroom was clean. The tub and the towels were dry.The medicine cabinet above the sink had a mirrored door and behind it were over-the-counter analgesics, and toothpaste, and tampons, and dental floss, and spare soap and shampoo.The toilet seat was only short distance away from where he stood. Judging by what he saw in the bathroom, Richard could tell that a lady lived in that house. There was a pink colored towel hung on a small rack behind the door of the bathroom.He bent over and picked up a small hammer that was lying on the bathroom floor. He positioned it between his hands and he pushed the bathroom door open as quietly as he could.The bodyguard had his back facing Richard and he was not aware that Richard was standing by the open doorway of the bathroom. He was completel