Emma asked him to stretch out his arms widely, Alec wondered why she was asking him to do that.. but ended up doing as she asked without question.
she throws herself into his arms..her head leaning against his chest, Alec was taken by surprise..he wasn't expecting such a move from her.
" This way, I can teach you nicely." She smiles pressing the start button. " You need to jump to avoid falling into the holes okay... you have to save the princess." Emma told him as she guided him.
Every time he reaches a hole he would fall in..or fall over a clif, no matter how she tried..it was simply useless, he was awful at it.
Emma face palms her forehead.. seeing he was a lost cause at playing video games.
" Was I that bad?." Alec stares down at her little adorable face, Emma meets his gaze.. nodding without hesitation.
" We can try again another time." She told him staring at one another.
" Aham, am I interrupting?." Laura spoke standing there in a white jumpsuit.. with black heels, looking like a model with a perfect figure.. Emma couldn't help but admire her, she wondered if Alec looked at her the same way she does..if he admires her.
" Of course not," She heard Alec's voice.. pulling her out of her thoughts, Emma stood up as Alec followed. " What are you doing here?." He asked.
" Well, Lisa and I went shopping and," Laura takes out something from her shopping bag forwarding it to him. " a volume 2 of your favorite book, Aron told me you finished reading the first one.. only two of these remained and I was one of the lucky one to get hold of it." She smiles, Alec takes it.. giving her a generous smile. " Thanks."
" Sure, I will get going now." Laura says nodding at Emma.
" Won't you join us for lunch, you must be hungry?." Alec said.
" Thanks, but - maybe next time.. you two seem busy anyway." She forces a smile, turning her heels and left.
Alec turns to Emma..he was back to his cold unreadable face, damn how she hated seeing this side of him..it gave her goosebumps in many ways.
" I will be returning to work tomorrow morning, if you want I can drop you off at your office." He spoke.
" Huh, oh... that won't be necessary, Betha will pick me up." She said, even the way he spoke changed..he sounded cold towards her, even though he wasn't sounding rude or anything.. his entire aura changed after Laura left, was is because of her that he is like this? Does he feel something for her? But he doesn't look sad or disappointed that she left, what is it exactly?. While Emma was busy questioning herself and trying to make sense of the tiny broken pieces of the puzzle, Alec was nowhere to be seen..he was gone - just like that without a word,
her phone rang in her pocket, she brought it out and saw Trixie's ID...she answered immediately
" Trix!"
" Meet me at our usual." Trixie said on the other end.
" You're back in New York?Emma felt relived and happy. " I will be there in 20 minutes." She hang up heading out.
" Are you going somewhere, Ms?." Aron spoke approaching her.
" Yes, I'm going to see a friend." Emma told him. " I will drop you off."
" No, it's alright.. Alec might look for you, I will get there myself." She said grabbing her car keys.. rushing out in a hurry.
" Mrs Qinn!
Aron called out to her but she was already gone, Emma drove to the Cafe..where she and Trixie usually hang out at, she wore her hoodie so people wouldn't recognize her, ever since she got married to Alec... people began paying more attention to her, what she's doing..where she's at..who she is with and so on, it's hectic.
" Emma, over here." She saw Trixie waving at her in a corner..she chose a very good spot for a quiet talk, they hugged each other.. taking a seat, Trixie took her hand admiring the ring on her finger. " I can't believe you really got married to thee Alec Qinn, it's crazy." Trixie smiled widely.
" Crazy indeed, but it's not how it looks like actually." Emma sighs massaging her neck.
" Meaning?." Trixie stared at her confusingly. " Can we go back to our apartment, I don't feel comfortable talking about it here..I feel like everyone is listening to us."
" Sure." Trixie grabs her bag and they drove back to the apartment, Trixie poured them some wine.. settling in on the couch. " Talk to me." She looked at Emma with a worry some look.
Emma sipped on her wine telling her everything from the beginning, how they ended up getting married..the divorce papers agreement, the incident at the party..and what went down after that.. how caring and protective he was with her, how some times his mood just changes to another, his and Laura's relationship.. and how awkward it gets, basically it's the cause of his change in mood. Trixie holds her hand.. giving it a soft squeeze. " You are very beautiful..and kind..and loving.. gentle.. and so sweet, it will be impossible for someone not to fall in love with you, you'll see..Alec will fall deeply in love with you in time." She comforts her with the sweetest words.
Emma gave a weak smile staring at her glass. " Honestly, I'm not expecting much from him..later alone love, we will simply reach our agreement and go our separate ways." She told her, Trixie could hear and see the sadness in her..she knew she didn't mean what she just said, has she fallen in love with him?.
Trixie brought out her cell. " Do you know what always cheer me up? Pizza." She called and ordered pizza, Emma chuckles nodding in agreement, Trixie talked about her trip and work..how her boss is such an ass, they laughed raising their glasses..they watched a movie while eating their delicious pizza.
Emma was having a lot of fun that she lost track of time, she stared through the window and saw it was already dark out.
" Damn, it's already dark out." She murmurs taking out her cell, great..her phone is dead. " I have to get going Trix." She says.
" Aww, so soon?." Emma chuckles. " It's been 9 hours Trix, I'll see you tomorrow." She gives her a hug, Trixie walked her out the car.
" Drive safely. "
Emma nodded driving off. A strange black car behind switched on it's headlights.. following after her. How can I forget to charge you earlier huh? Emma murmurs to herself taking a turn, she noticed a strange black car that has been following her for a while now. It made her nervous, 'relax Emma.. you're just overthinking things. Just drive back home as fast as you can.'
She told herself. Her car seemed to be slowing down.. and eventually stopped along the road. ' no..no..no..no, not now you can't do this to me, don't do this to me..damn it!.
She yelled staring through the side view mirror. The car following her also stopped a few inches away. Emma swallowed the lump on her throat grabbing her phone, no matter what, she was ready to run as though her life depended on it..in fact. Her life did depend on it right now, it was a life or death situation.. and she needed to get the hell out of there, Alec wasn't going to save her this time around cause he doesn't even know where the hell she is, even though she told Aron she's going to see a friend..non of them knew who Trixie was, Betha also isn't aware Trixie is back.. she's no help either. With a stiff sigh. Emma's heart raced at a very high rate that she could feel it almost leaping out of her chest. The door to the black car opened.. and one leg stepped out.
Emma's eyes widened with fear.. she anxiously opened her car door running out of there. She was being chased. He was chasing after her.
Emma screamed for help but no one heard her. No one stopped their cars for her, is this how i really dies? Whenever she found herself in such a situation. Emma couldn't help herself but ask this same question over and over again. ' is this how i really die?'
She knew it was pathetic, but saying it actually gave her a slight pitiful hope that she'll make it through. She didn't want to die, she was afraid of dying..she was there in the car when her parents car crashed, she saw them die.. she could see how scared her mother was before she slowly closed her grey eyes, that fear of dying haunted her for life..it crashed her soul for eternity.
Emma was running out of breath, but she can't stop now. If she stops running.. it's all over, she's dead.
She turned on a dark alley to the next road, she didn't see a car coming and it almost hit her. She stood there frozen and paralyzed, tears rolling down her eyes. Images of her dead parents flashing back and forth in her head, the sight of blood.. their unmoving bodies. The smell of their blood filled her nostrils. ' b -- blood? Her eyes widened. Wait! It wasn't their blood, why was her hoodie wet all of a sudden? She creased her brows lifting it. Her eyes widened, her entire body shook uncontrollably.
Emma's voice trembled crying out, she placed her hand on the bleeding wound on the side of her stomach.
" Ahh!"
The pain was extremely unbearable. Blood oozed out like flowing water, she was losing a lot of blood. ' I guess this is it, this is how she dies tonight.. dying by a gunshot, how pathetic.' a sly smile made it's way to her face. She fell to the ground, staring through the dark night.. the stars look beautiful tonight, if only she paid more attention to them when she was still alive.. and not dying.
Her eyes felt heavy, she couldn't keep them open any longer. ' oh well, at least Laura will be pleased to hear she's dead..it will give her an opening to finally be with Alec.'
Thinking about it made it even more painful for Emma, indeed.. she's such a useless girl.