Elise pushed her way through the surging crowd, panting. A random guy who had a white stuck of cigarettes wedged at the corner of her lips, grabbed her waist. He held on to her tight just as she was about to slip through the space beside him. Elise swung her head behind and saw the distant, lost look in his eyes.He was drunk and he made a flimsy attempt to pull her close to him but she sensed what he was about to do and she pushed him as hard as she could. The drunk guy crashed into a couple of people that was gathered around a table, smoking. As soon as he did, he fell to his knees and began to vomit. He kept at it as the guys that stood around him broke into howling laughter.The music suddenly stopped and the crowd of drunk dancers began to yell at the DJ who stood in front of his table at the front of the hall. There were two long speakers besides him. The DJ grabbed a microphone and attempted to talk into it but a lean guy that stood across from him, swooped in with force and
His phone began to vibrate in his pocket. He shoved one of his hands into the pocket and pulled out the phone. It was an alarm which he had set the previous day. He took a sharp glance at the screen of the phone. It was 1 am.He slipped the phone into the pocket again and returned his attention to Elise.It was late and they had to get out of there as fast as they could..“I'm glad you’re not here alone, Elise” Richard muttered quietly under his breath. “I mean, I don’t know how this might sound to you but, ” He paused a moment to hold Elise face in his palms. “ I really don’t know how I would have handled the thought of having you return to the residence all on your own” He Said.Elise was silent.She felt his fingers graze softly on her cheek and she shuddered involuntarily. Was it from the cold or the way his fingers felt as they caressed her cheek? She could not tell.Everything which happened the last few hours had completely numbed her.Richard pulled his fingers away within the
“No” Elise objected “You can’t tell me that something is not wrong with me and this kind of bad thing happens to me.” She felt her throat closing up as she spoke. Her voice was a bit raspy but it didn’t bother her.She punched Richard’s arm as she remembered the satisfied look which the strange girl had thrown at her when Elise stumbled upon them at the club that morning.Richard pulled her close and held her in place, “You need get a solid grip on yourself, Elise. The last time I checked, it feels lighter when one bad tomato leaves the basket. I mean, it’s way better and the right things begin to happen”Elise sniffed and looked away from Richard’s face, trying to conceal the small smile that was now tugging at the corner of her twisted lips.“What are you saying? What’s this new talk about tomatoes” She asked him, still facing the entrance of the house.Richard chuckled, “I wasn’t actually referring to tomatoes” He threw his head back in laughter.Elise felt like he was trying to r
He let out a short delightful laugh and said, “Well, that’s because your taste buds won’t let you be until you find your way down to Yummy’s delight to get another creamy loaf of our note worthy bread” He said with confidence, a playful smile tugged at the corner of his lips, causing them to twitch.Despite how angered he was by the morning walk which he had taken under the rain on his way to the bakery, he was glad that he made it to the bakery nevertheless.The attendant had to be a new staff because Richard was certain that he had never seen the young man before then. He stretched out his free hand for a handshake from the attendant and he smiled warmly at the man.“I would love to have a hand shake.” He explained, his eyes were drilled on the other man “You have great marketing skills. I am very much impressed” Awe suffused on his face.The attendant eagerly clasped his hand over Richard’s palm. He was grinning widely now “Thank you very much, Sir. I really appreciate that complim
It was 6am.The morning had come too soon and Richard wished he got more sleep. Early that morning, as soon as he left Elise’s room, he retired to bed. He barely slept for three hours before it was dawn. Now, he was out in the cold, trying to distract himself from the rain that was coming down in heavy down pour around him.It had been raining for hours now, the steady patter of water against Richard’s hoodie faded to a dull rush at the back of his busy mind. The thick wool of the hoodie was almost soaked through. He didn't know if it would ever be dry again.Somehow, he wished that the rain could slow down to a light drizzle. Walking under the rain at 6am was not a favorite activity for him and each time he exhaled, a cold mist of air left his mouth. His fingers were numb and he could barely feel anything.He tramped his way along the rutted, muddy trail in irritated silence. It was supposed to be a working day but the street was deserted. Only few people were seen, clutching open
Richard took swift steps away from the railing and he made for his room. The two people in the living room were both quiet as they watched Richard. He went into his room without a word.“Why is he here, Aunt Susan?” David asked Elise’s mother with displeasure. His eyes were still on the door of the room that Richard had just gone into.Elise’s mother, Susan, massaged the back of her neck and yawned. Then, she covered up her mouth with a palm as she said “Richard happens to be Elise’s personal security guard. Are you not aware of that?” She asked.David shook his head. “Of course, Aunt Susan. I know that he’s her security personnel but what’s he doing in your house? Is he not supposed to be outside? Obviously, he knows his way around so fast” He snarled, his voice dripped with sarcasm.A muscle in his jaw tightened. He had wanted to ask Elise’s mother why Richard was in her house, earlier. That was when Richard had just walked in but something took away his attention.Now, seeing Richa
When Richard got up to Elise’s room, he breathed a sigh of relief. It was not easy on his part to be calm despite the anger and bitterness that he felt towards David. Richard stood by the door of Elise’s bedroom trying to steady his breath.His t-shirt had gotten considerably dry and on his way to Elise room, he had dropped the wet hoodie in the laundry room that was along the hallway. The laundry room had most of the unwashed clothes of the members of the residence. Every morning, the staff in charge of laundry would come in and take care of the dirty clothes.Richard knocked on the door of Elise’s bedroom. It was gentle at first, he had a slight fear that, perhaps, Elise was still in bed and he did not want to wake her up yet.After waiting for a few moments of placing his ears close to the door so he could pick up sounds of Elise walking across the room to open up the door, he could hear nothing. It meant one of two things; it was either she was still asleep, not aware that it was
The older woman nodded. “Of course, Honey. I’m very okay” She lied, turning back to the table in her room. She picked up one of the earrings that she was with earlier and she slowly out it on. It was a silver earring that dangled and was long enough to touch her neck.Recently, Susan had developed an insane love for dangling jewelries to the point that each time she went out of her house without any sort of dangling earring on, she always felt empty—or, more like naked.She would not be at ease until she got home and grabbed an earring from her favorite collection of dangling earrings. She loved the distraction that she felt each time the dangling earring touched her lower neck or her neck bone whenever she was lost in thoughts.And then, the beauty. Her jewelries were always stunningly beautiful that she loved to revel in the admiration that she usually got from people around who couldn’t hold themselves back from complimenting her.“Okay, Mum. I’ll be going to school this morning” E