KATHERINEI looked around the parameters, worried about the reactions that the students would have. I could saw of them looking shocked, or gloating in jealousy. A few actually didn’t care. A horn sounded, and I looked back at the car. Giorgio was wild. There was no two ways about it. He wasn’t ok. The things he did were just for the sake of bringing attention, and he definitely knew how to bring that attention to the table.“Are you coming or not?” He asked calmly.I gulped. Without thinking, I opened the passenger seat, but he slammed the door shut. He wanted me to go to the front seat. Oh, dear! People were looking at us, and I wanted to run away out of worry. It was so insane when things like this happened. Oh, it has never happened to me before and this was my damn first.I quickly stepped into the car, and Giorgio drove off without a care in the world. He was so hyper and completely thorough at that moment, and I was so nervous at the speed he was going.“Slow down,” I managed.
KATHERINE“She loves you so much?” I asked without thinking.Giorgio gave me a cold look. I didn’t care, I was so pissed. Who could he be talking with? A girl, probably! I couldn’t take the fact that he wanted me to marry him, and still he went about chasing other girls. Like, who does that?“Answer my question, damn it! You are with some other woman.” I snapped.He slowly moved closer to me while looking at me dead in the eye. Despite how angry I was, I took a step back. Giorgio’s eyes pierced into mine, making me gulp. I resisted the urge to push him backwards. I mustn’t loose focus.“Katherine, get one think straight into your thick skull. We are in an arranged marriage, and there are not true feelings between us. You have no right to tell me who I date, and how I would go about it,” he snapped at me.The force in which he spoked to me shook me hard. I couldn’t comprehend the pain that I felt with his actions, but I tried to have some control over my emotions. It wasn’t worth it. I
KATHERINE Oh my goodness! This wasn’t really happening. I couldn’t allow anything to happen to Phoebe. I placed my hands on her cheeks trying hard to give her strength. I could tell that she was in so much pain, and it hurt me that she was like this. Phoebe was literally panting at this point, and her hands grasped mine, trying hard to stabilise herself, but it was proving to be off. I didn’t know what I could do to make her feel more better. “Please, Phoebe, you have to stay with me,” I cried softly. But, even as I said that, I was aware that she was literally panting at that point. She was not herself at all, and I was really scared for her. What should I do now? I couldn’t just watch her get hurt. I had to do something. I had to protect her in some way. But, how? Then, it clicked to me that I could call the ambulance. I have to be calm. Her grip was slowly loosening, and I had no option but to let her slide down to the floor. I would have to do something to make sure that thin
KATHERINE “You were so amazing last night. Thank you so much for being there for me. If you weren’t there, I have no idea what would have happened to me,” Phoebe said softly. I pulled my bag closer to me as we walked the school arena. I was glad that I was able to be the best person for Phoebe. There was so much depth to her that I had not known before. As our suede shoes tapped on the concrete slab, I couldn’t help but think about how much things has changed between us. It was so amazing. “It’s alright, Phoebe. I’m grateful to you for trusting me with this. I know that it may have been hard for you to make this decision, and I’m really grateful for it. You won’t have any cause to be sad anymore. Whenever things are going bad for you, always remember you need to do all you can to be happy. It’s going to be alright,” I said calmly. Phoebe touched me on the arm, at the same time, I was pulled away from her. I gasp in shock, and on instinct, my eyes went to the stranger. It was none o
21KATHERINEIt’s been a week since I left the hostel to stay with my family. I had no idea what I was going to be doing, or the type of sacrifice I might be making. All I knew was that I was going to make the biggest decision of my life. Now, I was back in campus, and I didn’t know what to do with my life. I lay in bed in shock. Mother’s word kept coming into my head. I knew I had to do something, but the question was what could I actually do. There was so much that was ongoing now, and I couldn’t go back.Mother didn’t seem to buy into my story of love, and I had no idea what to do about it. I wished I could be able to be more convincing, but I wasn’t. There was only one thing that made sense. I was successfully going down. I was not the same woman that I wanted to be, and something was remarkably wrong.Giorgio had turned out to be one of the biggest mistakes in my life, and I had no idea what I was going to do to rectify the issue. I wanted nothing more but for things to get bett
KATHERINEI realised it was too late to push my hair on top of my head. I wish it wasn’t though because it seemed like Giorgio was breathing down on my neck. I swear, he hasn’t stop staring at me since we got to class. It was creepy.Ok, no, it wasn’t creepy. It was intense. I felt like my whole body was attuned to him, and I was like a puppet. It was crazy to think that way, but honestly, I couldn’t help it because if he snapped his fingers in any form, I would actually go with him.I was that crazy for him right now, and that was saying something. Oh! Fuck!“Katherine, can I sit down here?” One of my course-mates queried.I shrugged. “Yes, you can,” I said quickly.The sooner I said those words, Giorgio was already shoving her aside. The girl glared at him, obviously offended by how he was reacting.“Giorgio, you can’t just…”“Hey, you can sit down on my seat till the end of the class,” he said absently.The girl muttered something under her breath, but went ahead to do as Giorgio i
KATHERINEI swallowed hard as I looked at the man. I had no idea who he was to Giorgio, and I honestly hoped that Giorgio didn’t dally with the likes of him. It wouldn’t be good on him. Despite my worry, I leaned closer to Giorgio like he was able to protect me from the man.“Is there a problem?” Giorgio queried.I looked right at Giorgio, who was oblivious that I was looking at him. It was evident that he didn’t know what was going on. I turned back to the thief. I wondered absently if he was planning to steal again.“I was wondering if you could tell me where the psychology lab was,” he said.I tuned out of the conversation as Giorgio gave directions. Within minutes the thief was on his way. I sighed as I straightened myself. It was in these moments, I was grateful that I didn’t have to be alone. Giorgio was there to protect me. But, still, why had the man called him boss?Giorgio made a move to go forward, but I stopped him. He looked at me inquisitively as my hand rested on his ar
KATHERINEI rushed into the ICU with Giorgio hot on my tails. I was so worried about what mother told me last night about father. She had kept chanting that father was unstable despite all I did to make her talk to me. It was just so sad, and I was confused.“Mom?” I asked immediately I saw a figure in oversized T-shirt and jeans standing by the door, flanked by Aunt Elizabeth and my brother.The three pairs of eyes turned to me. I ran over to mother without thinking and hugged her hard. She was literally shaking in my hands and that made me feel so bad. I held her hard afraid she might shatter like glass if I let her go.“I’m sorry to intrude, but I need to tell you that time is running out to stabilise Mr Vellet,” a new voice announced.I reluctantly released mother and saw a man on a regular doctor getup with a stethoscope thrown around his shoulders. He looked grim, and I imagined he was a death reaper, and that made me shook. I needed to stop with the imaginations. It was making