Lily tried to convince the Rulers and their parents for almost 6 months for them to agree to this and it was on the condition that if anything went wrong on the day or before the day of the wedding the wedding will be canceled and never talked about again, this was a human wedding so, holding a human wedding before the traditional on was very controversial it was hell tough for Lily to make them agree to this but, just the day before the wedding the mess took place and the wedding was canceled, the wedding gowns, coats, and every accessory were still in the dressing room that was remodeled for the wedding stuff but, now they were all just burden.
Rowan was awake already awake at the time, Lily stroked his hair, Lily was quietly stroking his hair without any words, she didn't tease him she didn't mess with him, which was quite unusual for her to do, his intuition was telling him that, something was upsetting her, he stayed like that for some time enjoying the petting he was receiving, Lily later noticed he was awake,
'Honey, you are awake.' (Lily)*furious*
Rowan quickly sat up straight,
'I am' (Rowan)
'You were acting like you were sleeping' (Lily)*upset*
'To make you continue stroking my hair.' (Rowan)*teasing*
Benny and John just came into the house and went upstairs to check on them, they knocked on the door and received the permission to enter,
'How are you?' (Benny)
'Good, thanks' (Lily)*smiles*
Benny's face turned red upon Lily's response and she turned and buried her face in John's chest, John stroked her head and smiled.
'What exactly happened that made you go to such extent?' (John)*curious*
'I would like to discuss with Rowan first, it's quite troublesome.' (Lily)*sad*
Benny and John left the room to give them privacy.
Rowan knew, he had also found something troublesome, looking at the current situation it meant Lily had found something troublesome,
'What happened?' (Rowan)*troubled*
'First, you tell me what happened?' (Lily)
Lily could clearly see something was troubling him,
'While I was exiting the bar, I bumped into a guy, from his envelope a picture came halfway out, it showed My 'Mark', I couldn't look at the whole picture but, I am sure it was a picture of my 'Mark', I don't think my face was revealed' (Rowan)*troubled*
'We are already exposed.' (Lily)*confident*
'What do you mean?' (Rowan)*shocked*
'Do you remember your fight with that thief?' (Lily)*relaxed*
Rowan had around three jobs, his second job was a luxury clothes shops cashier, it was the place Rowan met the left-handed thief, he came to the store often and brought some clothes rarely, the smiley face Rowan always carried around made the thief think he was an idiot and will be easily manipulated, he started to get close to Rowan, Rowan was again able to see through the thief's tactic still, he ignored it and started to get close to the thief, chatting with him in free time and talking about stuff, Rowan thought that the thief only came to store when it was Rowan's shift but, that was not the case, the thief had been observing the store even during the other morning cashier's shift, it had been only around 10 days but, they were quite close, it was closing time, as usual, the thief entered the store to take a walk together with Rowan,
'Come fast, I have a big surprise for you.' (thief)*excited*
Seeing the excitement on the thief's face, it was clear that he was up to something bad, Rowan was on guard, the shop was closed but, the thief didn't seem to make any move, Rowan thought maybe it was nothing and started to walk home with the thief, the excitement in the thief's face was still clearly visible,
[What would he do walk home, it must be just some other thing or maybe he wants to treat me.]
Rowan just laughed over his own speculation, it was quite clear Rowan didn't want any problem with the thief, he just wanted to have a 'normal' fun friend but, he always attracted rats, immersed in his thought Rowan walked through the narrow alley, where he usually walked, it was a quiet place, it would be hustling with people in the morning but dead silent at night, after walking a while, the thief took the chance and grabbed Rowan's neck from the back, took out the knife and aimed it at his waist.
Rowan didn't expect this though he felt uneasy, he never thought that he would pull up such a trick, he clearly gave in, he wanted to know, what his purpose was,
'Be good and stay here like a good boy.' (thief)
'What are you doing?' (Rowan)*furious*
'Money' (thief)*laughs*
'What money? You know I am just a middle-class man; I got no money.' (Rowan)*angry*
'No money, where did you get that rich chick from then?' (Thief)*laughs*
'What?' (Rowan)*shocked*
Rowan already knew this thief carried around a knife under his pants, fastened in his legs, cable ties wrapped around his legs, and some sleeping drugs in his underpants pockets, he never thought those things would be used against him, the thief tied Rowan,
'I thought you will resist but, there seems no need for drug' (Thief)*mocks*
'Why are you doing this?' (Rowan)*annoyed*
'Your chick is quite rich; she can provide enough money to set you free.' (Thief)*smirks*
The thief sits down, he glances at the end of the alley again and again,