"Is June here?" Ria asked Tristan. He shook his head.
Ria turned around and sat at the stairs leading to the door.
"Where are you June?" Ria was scared for she feared what her sister might end up doing now. After yesterday's confession she didn't know where June's mind settled at. And June didn't obviously know most places ,then where was she? With whom? Doing what? So many questions and nobody to answer them. Tristan came and sat next to her.
"What happened?why are you so scared?"he asked.
"Am scared of what she might end up doing,she left this morning, unannounced and didn't even leave a trace of where she went to"
"There must be a reason that made her leave,what is it?"
Ria looked at him for a couple of seconds ,sighed and closed her eyes. She told him about all that had been happening for the past two weeks and the confession from yesterday. He just stood and left her there to make a call.
"Don't worry ,I'm also hoping she's fine , Khalifa will go get her"
"Get her? From where ,he doesn't even know where she went to" Ria was confused,she didn't even have an idea of where she could be yet he was telling her this.
"Do you remember when Klara told you that after one week June should go back to that place ,well.." Ria's eyes widened in disbelief,why didn't she think of that ,June obviously thought of going there since she felt guilty for what she did to Ria.
How stupid, she scolded her foolish brain.
"Oh ok,will it take long to get her?"
"Yeah ,but be patient he will obviously be there, in the meantime,let's go inside,I have cooked lunch"
Huh, it was already lunch time,she must have been too preoccupied. Her stomach growled and she stood and entered quickly to avoid her embarrassing moment in front of Tristan who just smiled and followed her in.
"What did you cook?" she asked as her worry had began to dissipate.
"It's a surprise"
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____The next day___
Khalifa looked at his watch and hastily ran out of the bed ,he was late ,he was supposed to go to Blue Valley and get that girl. If it weren't for his deal with his brother he definitely wouldn't care about her. He was supposed to get her yesterday but ,he had alot in his hands so he opted to go today. It was chilly,he knew he could go faster if her ran with his speed so he didn't even bother to look for his car keys . As he leapt from one tree to another he suddenly felt somebody's presence behind. He chose to ignore it and focused at the trail at hand. He already knew who it was so he didn't bother.
He arrived at Blue Valley at around nine thirty. Most shades don't show up during the day but mostly at night so it was very quiet. They're creatures of the night just like himself. He knew they obviously couldn't keep the girl in the big mansion so he went to the adjacent building. Once he entered,he found the place full as usual. The shades were everywhere, busy such that they didn't even see him enter Klara's office. He knew every corner of this place,any secret passages, hidden doors ,were all known to him. What would you do if this was once your home ,years ago.He found the office neatly kept and a sad smile formed on his face.This was once his mothers office ,he could remember her sitting on a wooden seat busy working on some paperwork. He was always there to watch her.
He went towards a painting and slowly pushed it back and it produced a click sound as if some lock had just been unlocked. Secret doors were everywhere in this room. A large door opened and he walked in and it immediately shut itself. He was quiet so that he could find Klara and her team busy with June.
After a long boring walk he found her. He was actually disappointed to not find Klara ,but some men were. They did not seem to see him. The girl was definitely asleep and tied to the chair as of to stop her from escaping. He stood there and watched. He couldn't help but wonder. He had seen her before ,but where? The first time he saw ,he didn't quite understand her. She blushed Everytime she stole glances from him but he just ignored thinking that she was just allured by his handsomeness. The other day she fainted upon seeing him.
She was very weird,he thought.
"Aaaaah!"
A shrill loud scream stopped his trail of thoughts. She was screaming so loud that he too had to cover his ears,even some glasses broke. The guards had been caught off guard such that they were thrown to the wall and only woke up after she stopped. Tears filled her eyes as her head swayed. The guards rushed towards her and untied and carried her helpless body to the opposite direction and Khalifa clearly knew where they were going.
"Where are you taking her?" he asked coldly as the guards looked up shocked.
"Master we didn't know you were here" one of them said but Khalifa seemed to care less.
"Answer my question!" he said coldly and the guards expression turned pale. One wrong move and one them might lose their limbs.
"To the lake ,sir" he answered hastily.
"You're going to put her in that freezing cold water do you want to kill her ,who gave this instruction?" he might be cold hearted but not inhumane.
"Madam Klara did"
"Why? and put her back can't you see she's tired" he said feeling as if he could slap this two idiots since they still carried her in an uncomfortable way.
"To cool her ,she's very hot at the moment"
He stared at the two guards and sat on one of the stairs. He didn't even know what to do ,he could see the gloves the guard had put on were smoking from the heat.
"How long has she been sitting there?"
"From yesterday master" he clicked in annoyance as he glared at the two then a devious smile played on his face.
"Take her to my car and make sure she's comfortable for a good sleep"
"But sir you didn't come with the car..." the guard stopped talking and immediately made a call for a car to be prepared immediately. He couldn't risk to anger this cold man ,this early in the morning. Khalifa just stood and walked away.