KATHERINEMy brain was shutting down on itself. I was beyond scared about what was happening and how best to handle the situation that had come down on me. With one of the boys pulling at my pant, I wanted nothing more than to be free from them.In one last minute attempt, I hit them with a bag at the back of their heads, one quick move. I slowly rose to my feet, and tried my best to run, only for one to shove me on the wall. I gasped in horror as he came toward me. I didn’t know where to go, and tears matted my eyes in pain. What should I do now?“Please, don’t harm me. You can take my phone and money, but please let me go,” I begged.The boy laughed at me with the rest of the gangs. They surrounded me at all sides, laughing manically. I had no idea what to do. Who told me come to the dark alley. I wish I had stayed back and not done this, or maybe taken a bus?I took a shaky breath, and felt completely shaken. “Please, let me go,” I said quietly.They laughed even harder at me, and
BIANCA“Sis… What’s wrong?” Elizabeth queried in worry as she held onto my phone.I stood to my feet, and grabbed my purse from the chair like a robot. I wasn’t so sure I was capable of breathing anymore. It was almost as if there was something that had gone out of my body. It was something cold and painful.Elizabeth pulled to her feet too, and made a move to come right towards me. I looked at her like I could barely see her. I didn’t understand anything anymore, and it hurt me so much that I couldn’t stop this from happening. I felt like I was useless and disgusting.“You’re giving me anxiety, tell me what the fuck is going on! Is it Stallone?” She asked calmly as she stepped in front of me.Hearing his name made me break down in one million ways. It was because of him. I was so hurt and broken because of him. Elizabeth gathered me in her hands as she tried to soothe me up, but I kept thinking of what the doctor had said. I pulled back slightly as I realised that I didn’t have much
GIORGIOI slowly held her hand, squeezing it tightly. She was literally shaking and I felt so bad watching her like that. Katherine didn’t deserve to cry. She had agreed to be my wife, and I couldn’t just let anything happen to her.“Breathe,” I said softly.She tried, but lunched into more tears that broke my heart into two. I squeezed her hand even more. Seeing her so broken was breaking me too. I didn’t want anything to happen to her, and I wanted her to be happy at all times.“Talk to me,” I said softly.I don’t know why I was feeling this emotion because I was definitely not in love with her, but I always wanted to protect her from things. It was the little price that I would pay for being her future husband, and so be it.She finally pulled herself together for her to make a coherent statement. “I need to save my dad,” she said once more.I nodded. “What did you mean by they don’t want to operate him?” I asked softly.I watched as she sniffed. “What I meant was that the nurse to
BIANCA“Elizabeth, I just got 10,000 dollars!” I said fiercely.I made my was slowly towards my seat before I would collapse. Elizabeth was screaming up a storm in my ears. She was as excited and relieved as I was. I slowly lowered myself down on the bench as a note walked past.“Oh, my goodness! I’m going to come in the evening after work. I’m so happy. We would talk more by then. Go ahead and do all you have to do to make brother live.” She said frantically.We said our goodbyes and I disconnected the call. I still couldn’t believe that any of these was happening. It felt like it was too good to be true, but it was there. I checked my account balance, and the money was still there.I tried my best not to scream, but still I did, thought it came out muffled thanks to my hands being placed on my lips. I still couldn’t believe that any of these was literally happening. I was still shocked. The nurse station was empty, but I could holler and they would respond to me. I needed to get Sta
BIANCA“Elizabeth, I just got 10,000 dollars!” I said fiercely.I made my was slowly towards my seat before I would collapse. Elizabeth was screaming up a storm in my ears. She was as excited and relieved as I was. I slowly lowered myself down on the bench as a note walked past.“Oh, my goodness! I’m going to come in the evening after work. I’m so happy. We would talk more by then. Go ahead and do all you have to do to make brother live.” She said frantically.We said our goodbyes and I disconnected the call. I still couldn’t believe that any of these was happening. It felt like it was too good to be true, but it was there. I checked my account balance, and the money was still there.I tried my best not to scream, but still I did, thought it came out muffled thanks to my hands being placed on my lips. I still couldn’t believe that any of these was literally happening. I was still shocked. The nurse station was empty, but I could holler and they would respond to me. I needed to get Sta
KATHERINEWe were seated on the chair in the open parlour, and I tried hard to remain collected, but seeing Antonio here was worrisome. He had come into the house shortly after. I wondered if he was related to Giorgio. Though, Giorgio wasn’t acknowledging him one bit.It was the strangest thing I had seen so far. Also, Antonio had not come to stay beside Giorgio at all. He had chosen instead to disappear into a room. I was aware that people were different, but if they were cousins, they ought to have some sort of relationship between them. I mean, I can’t imagine living in this house and not having a cordial relationship with my family.“You seem to be lost,” Giorgio said easily.I pulled my attention away from my scattered thoughts, and looked at him. He had a laidback attitude around him, and I wondered if it was part of the act to deceive his father. If that were so, I wasn’t doing well at all. I was so nervous, and my mind wasn’t in this moment at all. Giorgio and I didn’t have a
KATHERINEI swallowed the lump in my throat. Oh, what did we do wrong? Slowly, I turned to Giorgio, and I noted the look of confusion on his face. It was evident that he was as shocked as I was. We both didn’t understand what was going on.In the little time that I had turned to Giorgio, his father had crossed the space that separated us. He pulled me closer to him, and hugged me hard. I didn’t know when I expelled the breath I had been holding. What type of joke was this?He pulled me back. “Oh, my goodness! Your face had been priceless,” he said as he lunched into a cackle.I shook my head. So, it had been a joke? Damn! The fact that I didn’t realise this at first made it hilarious. I had lost had a heart attack thinking that he had figured out the truth about our deception. That wouldn’t have been funny one bit.I turned towards Giorgio, and he shrugged.“Dad, that was not funny,” he said with a sigh.His father laughed in response. It was evident that the man believed that it was
KATHERINEI laid on my bed, holding my psychology handout, but I couldn’t read through anything. This was not going well. I tossed the book by the side and sighed. What am I going to do now? Maybe, browse through the internet, while listening to songs that fit my recent predicament. That song should be from Ariana Grande’s archives. Yep! With that, I pulled my phone out from under the table. Next, I looked for my earpiece, which was tangled with my sports bra at the side of the pillow. I cringed. Ok, I wasn’t this careless on a normal day. I switched on my phone, and saw numerous messages from the school group chat. Wait, it was 5000 messages. What the hell? Was there an uproar or something? It was not like the group to be so active. Out of curiosity, I clicked on it, and I kept seeing RIP. Who died?Clicking on one of the messages so I could find out who she was typing to, I stared gobsmacked at the screen. This wasn’t possible, or was it? Antonio was dead? Wait, I just saw him ye