Painful groans could be heard from the dark alley as two young men pummel blows with their hands and ferocious kicks with their legs at the man lying helplessly on the floor.The young man on the floor hugged his tummy tightly to protect it from the legs that threw kicks at it even though it was visibly useless.His nose was broken and his lips cut, as he continuously spat out blood. "I'm sorry!" He pleaded in what was an almost inaudible voice."What are you sorry for?" An entirely different voice asked authoritatively.It was a lady.She was dressed in an all black attire with leather pants and a fancy denim jacket. She wore a cowboy's hat that was tipped forward, over her head, carefully hiding her face.Her boots spotted six inch long heels and she held a cane in her hand which she swung.On hearing the voice, the victim groupled at her feet, his hands still supporting his left ribs."Ms. Rose." He said weakly, trying to hold onto her feets as the blows continued coming in."Stop!
Grabbing a drink from a tray as it passed by him, Roman maneuvered through the crowd of bodies that were either grinding or rocking against each other to get to Rose.It was an uneasy feeling; one of the reasons he hated public gatherings. There was always a mix of Cologne that was too harsh and strong, body odors and the conversations he felt were unnecessary.Not that all the conversations were unnecessary, but some. People always wanted to know how you were doing, if you're a woman, the number of ladies in your harem and if you had any new additions. And there were those that just needed updates about your life.All those weren't conversations that tripped him. He preferred to talk about things that mattered and were important."Sorry." He apologized to the lady he bumped into but she just smiled and winked at him invitingly.Roman grinned back at her. It wasn't an acknowledgement of her enticing offer or anything, it was his way of saying he wasn't interested in her Nicely.Lost i
"Call him again." Said Emily to Lauren the following day.She had woken up with excitement for the day. Today was the day they had agreed on that she would fix Romans tooth and then they would talk about the procedures and the number of chemotherapy she was going to attend, if at all any.Surprisingly she was yet to see him and it was already past 5pm in the evening. Lauren had successfully intercepted her everytime she tried to barge into his room, not that she knew which room was which or which was hisDid he have problems keeping to appointment? They had agreed on today! Hadn't they?For the first time in years she had woken up by 4am and had refused to go back to sleep. Firstly because she was anticipating today and secondly, she would finally get to schedule an appointment for her treatment after which she would go home. But Roman was yet to show up, and hadn't even sent, not even the least thing as an SMS through Lauren his P. A."Emily - ""I know you're going to say Emily calm
He had called her office and had them deliver her working equipment to him?It was the audacity for her but that wasn't what caused Emily to lean on the wall with new dumbfoundedness.Firstly, she hadn't been at work for the past five days which was almost a week and the next thing he was calling her office to ask them to send equipment over?Didn't he see how that would make her look? She was nearing promotion this month, reasons why she put in more effort than she'd like and all it took him to sabotage that was just a minute?Regrets of not informing her superior's about the new developments taking place in her life since everything began, took a toil on her.Why hadn't she called?Why hadn't she even thought about calling them? Why?!Why?!Why?!Emily banged her forehead on her palms, grunting.Taking a peek at him, she noticed how his eyes lit up with excitement and his lips tilted at the corners. She could bet everything that he was laughing at her in his head!!Wasn't he going t
It took long hours of Roman prepping and Emily apologizing every ten seconds in between surgery to have a successful tooth implant tho.It wasn't a smooth process, but it was successful.Emily still reeled from the effect of what had happened earlier.She had recoiled after he'd screamed at her in angst and a horrifying look on his face. When she had perceived the smell of something burning accompanied with a sizzling sound, she had thought something had been burnt down … but thankfully, nothing was.Sneaking a look his way, she discovered he had changed his position. He was now sitted on a cushion and testing his new tooth.He was a strong man. After refusing to take sedatives and her instruction to not use the tooth in chewing any hard food. He claimed he was completely fine.He had also refused the mirror she had offered him, with an excuse that he didn't need it.Not that Emily wanted to do it, but she needed to do something to lighten the mood between them. She had thought that
"He must be mad at me." Emily said to Lauren the next day. "I swear I didn't mean to. I was in the shower, just like I told him. I must have decided to nap a little, which led to my sleeping off. Lauren, I was that tired.""Surprisingly, he wasn't mad." Lauren said, succumbing on the bed beside Emily, "He objected when I volunteered to wake you. He said to let you sleep.""Hmmn." Emily sighed. "He really did? He wasn't grumpy and all that?""I know what you think, Emily, but Roman isn't like that, especially when you get to know him." Lauren Said."I'm not even thinking, Lauren. I'm only feeling guilty. Imagine the manner in which I talked to him yesterday only to turn around and do the same thing he did to me yesterday and mine is worse!!"Lauren laughed. "Is there something you're not telling me? Why would you feel bad? Don't tell me you spent only two days a few days with him and you're already smitten?"Emily gave her the death stares. "Oh please, I could never get smitten by him.
"Call me when you get to the airport." Roman whispered in Lauren's ears. "You're friend, she's tiny but looks hot especially in that dress.""I'm not certain how Emily would like that." Lauren replied."Tell her it's a compliment." Roman said, tapping Lauren twice on the shoulder playfully.Lauren nodded and looked away in Emily's direction. Truly, her boss was right, Emily did look hot.After their not so convenient conversation this morning, Lauren recalled, blushing, Roman had called for an hair stylist specially for Emily after which he'd both a whole wardrobe of dresses for Emily to choose from.Emily at first, had intended to reject Roman's nice offer but after much pressure from Lauren and Roman being insistent, she had given in.Looking at her now, Lauren had to agree that it was worth all the effort.Emily had undergone several hair prepping and stretching. Her hair, which had begun to fall due to so much chemo, was parted at the center and left to drape on her shoulders. Th
True to Lauren's words, they were being followed.Five black sedans sped heatedly on their trail, each over taking the other. It looked like they were playing a hide and seek game, or the first to catch.Driving with the instinct to survive, Brook kept the car at a steady sixty. Power line poles flashed past, the tires sang, the motor hummed.Onlookers ran to the road pavement for safety, baffled at the scenario. Narrowly escaping and bumping into another vehicle, Brook swirled the car, almost running into a mother with a baby carrier at the zebra crossing.Emily screaming, afraid that they might have killed a mother and her baby. Peeking through one eyes and seeing that they had narrowly avoided running the woman over, She sighed in relief."How long till we get to the penthouse?" Emily asked Lauren."We're almost the- oh fuck!" Lauren left her statement uncompleted, noticing that one of the black sedans was now at par with them. "Brook, watch out!!" Lauren screamed, when she saw th