3

Was I dreaming?

"From the phone call with Miss Gregor, she says she saw no one" Mr Fred say behind me.

I turn back at look at him. Mr Carter next to him with his hands folded looking at me.

"I swear it. I'm not lying, I wasn't lying!" I raise my voice.

"Calm down Miss Malfoy, we have not come to a conclusion yet, but I advised you to move out for some time, just to be safe, we'll go through all the CCTV footages, if what you say is true, it is possible he has been inside here longer than we're thinking" Mr Fred looks at Mr Carter who nods his head.

" Does the apartment have a basement? " Mr Carter asks.

" No, well unless we don't know of it. We've been living here for the past four years, so I'm pretty sure "I sigh and close my eyes.

They don't believe me

"We'll be leaving for now and with the CCTV footages. I'll advise you move out for some time now, we'll be back later for more investigation" Mr Fred smiles.

" Thanks Mr Fred, Mr Carter "I nod.

Mr Fred walks out first but Mr Carter stays behind.

" You can call me Nathan, you should have my number, just in case something comes up" he hold his hand out.

I furrowed my eyebrows.

" You don't believe me do you" I ask him.

He lets out a small laugh. " It's not in my position to not believe you yet, when we get to the bottom of this, we'll decide whether to believe you or not"

He brings out his phone and hands it to me. " I'll flash you"

I take the phone, input my phone number and hand it back to him.

With seconds I can hear my phone vibrating from my bed.

He looks at me and walks out.

Great, just great

Now where do I go, Elijah's?

I head back to the living room to see Elle closing the door already.

"Did you call your mom?" I ask her.

"Not yet" she sighs and sits on the couch. "I was thinking, since your brother's apartment is vacant and is not so far from here, why don't we go there for the time being"

" True, I have to let my parents know first. Kaden is going to kill me if he finds out about this plan of yours" I join her on the couch.

" Nothing new"she scoffs.

" Or, we can go to Elijah's" I suggests.

"And live in his living room, and be sleep deprived from his constant sex escapades?" she rolls her eyes and turn away from me.

" It was just a suggestion" I drag

"Well not a good one" she snarls.

I get up from the couch and walk to my room.

I have to call Mom, for sure she'll freak out. But I have no other option.

Picking up my phone, I see a missed call from an unknown number. I click on the number to save it.

I definitely could use it one day, especially now since it's not so safe right now.

I stare at the number, contemplating whether to save it as Nathan or Mr Carter.

I don't know him, so I shouldn't be casual with him. I save it as Mr Carter and look for my Mom's contact.

She should be awake by now. It's already 6:46am and she always wakes up early, for work.

On the third ring, she answers.

"Marie, I've been calling you for days now, were you purposely ignoring me?" Her voice getting louder, indicating she is annoyed.

"Good morning to you too Mom" I roll my eyes.

"Honey, your birthday party is in less than a week, you're supposed to be here by now already, this party would bring about more opportunities for the company. Laurence and her husband promised to invite some Italian company, what was their name again? " She pause. " "Anyways, that's not important. Isn't that great news sweetheart"

" Mom,can you listen to me first, something ha-" I am interrupted.

" Oh my, Mr Paul Hopper,do you remember him?, He's coming,this would be a great opportunity to form an alliance with him, he's a very difficult man, but I'm sure we can get through that, you're a fine woman and all men are the same after all. You're going to need an interesting outfit, this is our chance to-"

" Mom, someone broke into our apartment today " I break the news to her.

" W- what? " She's suddenly concerned. " Are you ok?"

"Yeah, I'm just call to let you know I want to stay in Kaden's apartment for now, I need to know if you have the key, he's in Japan, and I know he won't let me use it even if he's probably never coming back to New York again."

" Yes Honey, I do, you know he won't be happy about that, that's one of his favorite apartments. Your secret is safe with me" I know she was smiling through the phone. "Was the robber caught?, Did he take any valuable thing? " She asks.

" No, everything is intact, but the police says we should stay away for now till everything is clear"

" It's a good thing in a month or so you'll be done with college"

" Mhmm" I mumble

" Your birthday party will be the best opportunity to find the right person isn't it?, Everything is falling right in place, you'll be done with college, then you get married and join the business, aren't you so excited to finally earn on your own like you've always wanted to? " She sounds so proud of the whole situation.

" Mom, how will I be getting the key" I change the subject.

" Oh yes, I'll send Emelda to the house, she'll serve you there. She should be there within minutes. The jet is undergoing maintenance so Evans will bring her"

" Thanks " I sigh.

" Oh honey, you should be careful, we don't want anything bad happening before the party. Ok have a nice day, bye" she chirps.

" Bye" I respond.

" Love you" with that she cuts the call.

Packing our stuffs didn't take long, since we'd probably back in a few days. Even with everything that has happened, I still cant get rid of the feeling someone is watching me.

I glance at the door, cautious that someone might be watching. I quickly zip up my suitcase and made my way out to the living room.

Elle was already waiting for me.

"You done?" She asks.

"Yeah, do we ride in my car?"

"Hmm, no I think we should each take our car, I wouldn't want situations that can be inconvenient" she responds.

"True, ok. See you there"

"Oh and by the way, don't freak out when you get outside, I think it's Mr Fred and his colleague the car outside. I was starting to question as to why they'd leave us alone after the whole incident " she rolls her eyes and drags her suit case.

I follow behind her with my keys dangling from my fingers.

Locking the door, I walk to my car and drop my suitcase on the backseat. I glance at the police car packed at the corner of the street. I could make out Johnathan's face watching me intently.

I offered a small smile and wave my hand. I didn't wait for response and get inside my car.

The drive was short since since Kaden house was also close to campus. He also graduated from here.

I missed when he'd always visit for no reason most times. Sometimes he'd come over for dinner or just bring loads of food stuffs.

But it didn't last long cause when I entered college as a freshman, he was already in his final year. It was short but good.

I step out of the car and look around. The sudden sense of nostalgia hits me. I remember how he'd throw big parties and whole house would reek of alcohol, sweat and bodily fluids. Elle and I would always sneak to have some fun time since Kaden would never willingly let us come over.

I walk to the front door and knock. Elle is probably inside already, I can see her car packed outside.

"Marie!" Emelda opens the door and wrap her hands around me.

"Hi" I smile and return the hug.

"It's been a while" she pulls away first and tries to help with my luggage. I shake my head, refusing her help.

"Yeah, I know, you know how much I hate that house, I would have love to come over tho, to see you and Christine" I walk inside, dragging my suitcase.

" Mrs Malfoy always nags about how you refuse to come home, she missed you, Christine too " Emelda smiles and walks in front of me. "I wasn't sure with room you'd be taking and Elle's picked one of the guestroom already, so I'll take the other guestroom and you take the masters bedroom, how does that sound? "

" Perfect " I made my way to Kaden's room, well ex room. This should be fun. I can only imagine the look on his face when he finds out I dare enter his most highly chambers.

I've slept over a few times and it wasn't fun, it's either the house is filled with a girl's screams or he's with his friends which was usually not so quite either.

I open the door and walk in. I drop my purse and keys on the table at the corner and walk to the closet to arrange my clothes. It was a walk-in closet so I just dumb the suitcase on the floor and walk back to the bed.

I can always deal with it later

I land on the bed and reach for my phone. Hmm, today hasn't even fully started and it feels like a long day, I open my I*******m app and scroll through, watching videos and stalking very random people.

Oh my sweet life, could you be any more depressing.

I watch with distaste all the cute couples all over my feed, being cute and annoying. I can't help but roll my eyes at all the love they all seem share.

Can't they at least keep their lips to their self, this is I*******m for Christ sake, not Pornhub.

Not being to take all their annoying gestures anymore, I close the app and fling my phone away from me. I sigh and look up the ceiling.

It looked neat , which was surprisingly, it's been more than two years since Kaden left.

Oh, that explains why my Mom has a spare key, probably to help maintain it.

The sudden urge to sleep takes over, since I had changed into a tight jeans and crop top that doesn't feel comfortable to sleep in, I take them off. Leaving only my underwear on.

I slid into the soft comforter, my body instantly warming up. I close my eyes and focus on the darkness. Slowly I loose my consciousness.