"I should talk to him about this" Sarah mumbled within herself as she was climbing down the stairs.
She was in a hurry and she wanted to know the truth behind why Niall never even mentioned that Flora isn't his real mother. thinking all this she went out of her house when suddenly a car blocked her path.
"Hey, hey! Slow down, Sarah!" The man pulled down the window and said to her popping his head out a bit.
"Sam!" She exclaimed in confusion.
"What...what are you doing here." She asked as she went towards him.
"Well...I'll tell you, first get into the car." He said.
"What?! No! I'm heading out somewhere." She said.
"Well, sorry...but not today," he said and got out of his car.
He playfully grabbed Sarah's wrist and made her sit in the car just beside him.
"Are you kidnapping me?" She asked as he made her stick to the seat with the seat belt.
"Kidnap?" He shook his head gently.
"Sarah, a handsome face like this doesn't need to kidnap a girl!" He said and chuckled at his joke while Sarah just rolled her eyes.
He then sat on the driving seat and started driving.
"Where are we going?"
"Shh!" He put his finger on his lips and looked at her.
"It's a secret."
"Oh ho!" Sarah sighed in frustration...
****
"Merylin Carter" Niall whispered beneath his breath.
It was his first time visiting his mom's grave. He looked at the grave but he felt no emotions, no grief, no guilt or anything. He stood there thinking about the memories he had with her and he remembered nothing much.
He was still lost in his thoughts when someone said,
"Oh! Carla, I thought you won't be able to come."
Niall turned around and found Carla standing there wearing a black dress which hugged her chest area and rested freely on her thighs ending just above her knees.
"Why won't I come mom, I know how much important mom Merylin is for this family." She said with a small smile.
"It's nice to see you, go and talk with Niall," Johnathan said to Carla patting her head.
Carla nodded and smiled while Niall just rolled his eyes as he saw her approaching him.
"Honey! How are you?!"
She came and crossed her arms with Niall forcefully.
"I warned you earlier too, don't you dare to cross your limit. How dare you touch me!" He yelled gritting his teeth to keep his voice low while forcefully getting rid of the closeness with her.
"But-"
"Shut. Up!" He pointed a finger on her.
"I told you I love Sarah, and that's it!" He said and walked away from her leaving her in tears.
"You still have some time Niall, accept me or you'll have to pay for it," Carla mumbled.
"Pay for it?"
"How?" Drake came from behind and stood beside her holding two glasses of wine.
"Wh-wh-what" Carla stammered.
He gave one glass to her and said,
"Well, this is something you should tell." He looked at her with one raised eyebrow.
His stare was quite intimidating and it made Carla nervous and uncomfortable.
"Are you perhaps...trying to threaten my brother?" He took a sip and looked at her again.
She gulped and said,
"N-no it isn't what you're thinking."
"Then...why are you so...nervous, Carla." His voice was polite but at the same time dominating.
Wearing a black shirt and white pants he looked extremely smart and already many girls were looking at him. Everyone knew this guy as a polite and forgiving one but this personality of his was quite new for Carla, she had never seen him so scary.
"Yo-you're making me feel un-uncomfortable." She said and started to walk away from him.
As he felt that she is going to run from this situation he grabbed her arm and pulled her back where she was standing.
"We already have many guests here so...I don't think it would be any nice for anyone of us to create a scene."
She gulped again and looked at him, small beads of sweat have started to form on her forehead now.
"I saw you that day, going out of our house in a hurry looking all nervous and scared. Do you...think that I'm a fool who can't understand that something is suspicious?" His piercing gaze made Carla think if he could read his mind.
He held her arm tightly as she tried to get rid of his grasp.
"Leave me, Drake, you're doing no good to anyone!" She ended up yelling a bit.
He jerked her to make her stand still without moving and said,
"Don't order me!" He clenched his jaws tightly.
"You know that I can do anything to protect Niall from sinister, so...keep your every step meticulously and don't you dare to hurt my brother, else I don't even know what I might end up doing."
"Take this as a friendly threat." He whispered each word clearly in her ear and let her arm go leaving some red marks.
"Ah!" She wailed lightly rubbing her arm while holding the glass in the other hand.
****
"You aren't coming with me to Sarah's surprise party?" Emma asked as she went outside Jeremy's room.
"No, you may go alone." He said from inside his room.
"Why...is the matter really serious between you and her?" Emma asked and tried to press her ear hard on the door of his room.
"I don't wish to talk about it," Jeremy said in a low voice.
"But, I can't go alone you know how dad is he'll scold me if I leave you alone," Emma said politely.
"Leave!" He yelled and it made her shiver.
"O-okay, you don't need to yell, I'll go." She said and left.
After some minutes Jeremy came out of his room holding the same small square-shaped box in his hand which he had bought this afternoon.
It was really hard for him to avoid Sarah and ignore her. And after thinking about how she hates him now makes him, even more, crazier but, there's nothing he can do as Flora's threat has scared Jeremy a bit. And he knew that he can't take it for granted cause Flora is a dangerous woman to pick a fight with...