As I repeated the words, "yours truly beloved",
Does she have any family members I don't know about? Is she in a relationship? if yes then why don't I know about it?
As all these questions popped into my head, someone snatched the box roughly from me.
Mia
"Wh.what are youhh.." she was out of breath
"Wait. Mia, what's wrong?" I tried helping her sit but she jerked off my hand.
"L..leave!!" She said while looking deadly at the floor.
"What?"
"LEAVE!" she literally barked at me.
Silence filled the air
"but why-"
" JUST FUCKING LEAVE!" I kept ignoring her loud tone though I hate it the most
"Who sent you this?"
"None of your business!!!" She said while tightening her grip around the box.
"THIS IS MY BUSINESS!." I lost it now
I calmed myself and swallowed hard.
"Look, Mia. I... I can't leave with all these questions bugging in my mind anymore. I can't leave when I just saw a box which came from 'yours beloved'... How... How do you expect me to leave after this because as far as I know you were the only daughter of Uncle Mike..and.. and aunt didn't even have a sister then who the freaking hell is..."
"Lucas"
"huh?"
"you h..heard me right!" She was trying hard to stand firm and hide her trembling hands around the box.
more questions arising
"Whatever you are thinking is right! Because..." tiny drops of sweat shining on her forehead
"because I wanted to live with...with the love of my life and.. and I didn't want to live there because..."
I scoffed in return....and turned to leave.
"I think I will be going now...and yeah...happy birthday!.." I didn't look back. Because, I knew if I did, she would see the tears that had filled my eyes and were now rolling down my cheeks.
why are you doing this to yourself ?.... Why are you doing this to me? Am I missing something?...whatever it is, I know one thing for sure, there is more to it.
With all these sour thoughts I left the building. As I was about to sit in the car I glanced back and to my surprise, there she was. Watching me from her apartment window. I could see her regret-filled face. But as soon as she saw me, she took a step back and quickly drew the curtain. I sighed heavily...I took a minute thinking whether I should go home like this, and the answer was a big no. I knew I needed some time alone. So I closed the car's door back and started walking the other way. The driver kept on calling me but I ignored him and went further away. I had no idea where I was going but rather chose to follow the road to wherever it led. I had to think a lot.
"With the Love of my life"
"Lucas"
"I didn't want to live there"
"Just like that?" I scoffed
I know there is something I am missing but what exactly? I was walking in some random street now, I suddenly realized how quiet it was. There was nobody on the road. A sudden chill ran down my spine. I gulped. I had been so lost in my thoughts that I didn't even think of this area. All the incidents Mia told me about this place, came running to my head. How easily people could snatch something from you without even thinking of the cops. I started walking faster than before and looked for my phone in my pockets and to my surprise, it was not there then I remembered throwing it on the car seat before leaving to call Mia. I mentally face palmed myself for being this stupid...Now I came to the end of the street but I couldn't-, wait I heard some voices on the side right next to the garbage bins.
"Tell me where that thing is Bastard!! Or else I -"
" Or what? Hit me as much as you want BUT I WON'T TELL WHERE THAT FLASH DRIVE IS!!!.
My mind couldn't register what was happening until I walked a bit nearer to them, Now I could see them clearly. A big guy was hovered over on another guy and..and had something in his hand. I was taken aback when I realized what it was. He was holding a gun directly pointing it at the other guy. And that's when he shot the guy right on his leg. A loud gasp escaped my mouth and regretted it the next moment, as their attention was diverted to me. I slowly took some steps back and started running. I ran as fast as I could. I glanced back in order to see if he was following me but I could see no one. I quickly hid behind a car with a shivering body. I pulled my hair into a pony in order to see things clearly. I could do nothing but just sit here quietly. After a while, I stood up a little, half bend. I peeked through the car window. I felt a hand on my shoulder. I felt my chest tighten and my lungs forgot how to breathe. I moved my hands to my chest and clenched my sweater as if it would help me breathe. I couldn't stand firm and tended to fall on the ground when two stiff hands took hold of me.
"Are you okay miss?" I shifted my head to that masculine voice and it was a young man though it was hard to see his face vividly because of the dim street lights and my dizzy head. I gave him a weak stare for about 10 seconds. I thought I had lost my voice.
"Miss?" he repeated
Tears filled my eyes
"Hey hey. It's okay. You are in safe hands now. Actually, I am here with some police officers with me.We might help you if you tell us what happened?" He spoke too gently as if trying hard to be patient. And as I heard the word 'police' from him, I perked up.
"T..there!" I pointed at that street
"What?"
"T..there.. was this big guy who was..aaa... pointing a gun towards a man and shot him..and.."
This was all I could manage with my stuttering words. Tears made their way again. and I couldn't talk anymore.
"I see. You are doing just fine." he calmed me with his gentle tone
"That way officer Jay. Take two men with you. I will catch up soon." His tone changed back to a masculine one as he instructed the officers who had been there completely to go unnoticed by me. The guy helped me stand up. I wiped my tears and tried to stand firm with all the strength I had left. He took me near to the police car and ordered an officer to drop me home safely. But I heard my name before sitting in the car.
Mia
My confusion vanished as soon as my driver rushed the car towards us. I sat in the car without looking at her. I took a sigh of relief. The driver took a U-turn helping me get a glance at that guy earlier.
His shoulders swayed gracefully, the open denim jacket swinging loosely in the breeze. he reached the officers and was now moving his hands explaining something. I just realized how a handsome guy just saved my life. Am I dreaming? He caught my eyes to that question.
"Azalea?" I could sense the awkwardness.
"Hmm?"
"Should we be going?"
"hmm!"
After that, silence took over. Neither did I say anything nor did Mia.
I needed an explanation but not like this. Once I get confirmed, I will definitely deal with her but not right
now. So much happened had today. I shut my eyes as I recalled everything.