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Zoe’s POVThe world was swallowed in darkness, no light in sight. It was suffocating. I could hear a beeping sound somewhere not too far away. I flexed my fingers and felt them move. I searched through the dark for light again and slowly my kids started to open. Light flooded in, blinding me. I groaned as I tried to turn my head away from the light. Pain tore through me with my attempt. My head was pounding and my throat felt like it was someone else’s. I tried again to open my eyes but even slower this time. The illumination was slightly more bearable now. My eyes watered from the stimulation. I closed them again and tried using my ears. The beeping around me was now closer, it was coming from behind me. Where was I? Why did my whole body ache as I walked through hell? Then it flashed through my head. The fire, the smoke, mum, Andy… It hit me too hard and I suddenly found it hard to breathe again. I had really walked through hell but where was everyone? Did they all make it? Why was
Zoe’s POVMy world stopped at that moment and I gaped at my sister. My lips quivered as I tried to retrace my step. Where had it gone wrong? Had we been so late? “But it's not what you are thinking, “ She continued, picking her words carefully. “What?” I managed to ask. “What do you mean?” “They are not dead, they have disappeared,” She revealed. At this point, I did not know what to think. First, there was a relief and then questions started to mount each other again. “When, where, and for how long?”“After you got Andy out of the fire, the ambulance carried all of us here,” She said. “You and Andy were in the most critical condition, you have been asleep for four days,” I kept mute so that all the details would sink in. “Mum woke the next day after we got here, she was okay until she started acting weird.”“Weird?” I asked.For a second Regina kept quiet again. “You were stable but Andy’s condition got worse. The doctor believed that he wasn’t doing too well because he is you
Eleven years later…Zoe’s POVEverything was in order. I checked myself in the mirror one last time and bit back a hiss before I picked up my bed and car keys. I locked the front door behind me and made my way to my car. I adjusted my seat, and rearview mirror and drove out of the drive-through. The clock in the car said that the time was a quarter before seven. I was going to be early as he had ordered. The drive to the Everett building would take about twenty minutes which gave me time to go through the details. I could not afford to miss a thing.I entered the parking lot and parked my car. It pulled down the mirror to access my face. Satisfied, I picked up my bag and made my way inside the building. I had been here a lot of times; for the interview and other things I had been called for. The Everett building was a modern glass cube. A skyscraper, more like, with white walls and black floors, a high ceiling and a tall glass staircase leading up to the well-maintained, clean and gle
Zoe's POVLouis gave me time to get 'accustomed' to my new office which was situated beside his. It had a door that led directly into his office. I didn't think much of it until I stepped into my office. I cursed under my breath and rolled my eyes. The room had its wall painted a dark green and had a leather sofa. It had beige tiles and ugly jade curtains, I was pretty sure that any other person would insist it was not bad but not me. My childhood memories consisted too much of my stepfather coming home and puking in the house or on the steps. The colour was a sickening green shade that stuck with me. Now, even at the age of twenty-six, green reminded me of vomit. If I concentrated enough on it, I could smell it and I had stupidly told Louis this. And to add to my list of problems was the fact that the office was not even tidy. The next few hours were hectic, to say the least. But it was nothing compared to what I was used to.The former Assistant must have been a very disorganised p
Louis' POVI finished signing the last bit of paperwork I had left. I checked the watch to see that the clock had just struck seven. It was time to retire for the day. Today was different from the hollowness I had grown accustomed to. Today was interesting. It had not gone the way I had wanted it to go. I pulled open my table drawer and pulled out her file. I opened it and scanned its contents. The résumé was impressive. I had always caught myself wondering where she disappeared to that night she had come to my doorstep. She had always been the type to never give up but not even that could make me forget what her mother had done. In crutches and drenched from the rain, I had slammed the door in her face. On the tenth anniversary of my father's disappearance, my mum had a breakdown after seeing her again. I saw her too, in a car. I found out she had a good job and dared to be living well. She was the object of my anger after that. At least I had something to take my mind off of my Jen
I waited for the bell. His bell. The bell he had been using to summon me to his office. The general consensus was probably that office/desk jobs were relatively boringSince you hardly ever get off your seat but Louis and his bell begged so much to differ. Throughout the day, I had not had a moment's rest. Every second the cringing scream of the bell would slash through the air and raise me from from or from whatever I had been preoccupied with beforeAt some point, I had waited about six times contemporaneously. He had raised his head deliberately slow to look at me and quirked a dark brow in question. I thought better of explaining myself to him and left instead. He wanted me to regret getting hired, that much I knew. But even this had too damn petty for a grown man. But the ringing had ceased miraculously after a particular visitor had arrived and entered his office. I had only caught a glimpse of him as he had entered Louis' office. I didn't know yet what it was but something ab
Louis' POVI stepped into my office again after accompanying Victor. I stalked to my desk. My pulse raced beneath my skin as I held back every urge to walk into her office and do something that I might regret. I sat in my chair and sagged against it. The past few months have been a rollercoaster. After my discovery about the company that could ruin everything I had ever worked for. I got more information from the man with ears everywhere, the viper. He led me to Victor. Victor had been an unlikely ally during my time of need in the past and again he had proven useful. He had helped me bubble more things up to the surface. And now I knew that no one else was to blame other than Agatha Carter. Now, Zoe's motives were clear. I often found myself wondering why the hell she would have come to my company for a job after everything. I wanted so badly to believe that I had killed so much of her spirit. That I had broken her down well enough but deep down, I was not that delusional. Zoe was p
Zoe's POV The next day was usually but I could sense more tension than before. It was though he was radiating heat, his eyes seemed darker and irritation pitched his tone. He could not have had a worse night than I did, I mused to myself. I placed some documents which he had asked for on his desk and pivoted on my heel and stalked towards the exit. "Miss Pierce," I turn back to face him. "Yes?" Silence reigned in the office and despite its expanse, it felt cramped. When he did speak, his tone was not void with apparent hostility. In contrast, it seemed to lace every word. "Why are you really doing this?" he asked but it sounded as though he already had a good idea why. Bile rose in my throat at the thought. had I in some way blown my cover? I ran a quick comb in my mind over my actions since the mission had started, trying to pick out the moment that I made some horrendous mistake. On the other hand, on the surface, I kept my expression carefully neutral. "Doing what, sir?" I ask