Sophie stood dumbly as she watched one of Ice Pick boys dragged Sophia in who was as well dragging herself with the boy who was stronger than her stubbornly and grumbled cussed words which was inaudible to Sophie because of the way she was talking - like she got two eggs in her mouth.
"Huh…" Sophie gasped from where she stood. "Sophia" she called lowly.
"Ice Pick or whatever you might be picking, I believe that since you got what you want, you should let the other go, huh" Sophia scoffed as she rolled her eyes and watched Ice Pick whose expression was blank.
No one in the room was unable to read what might be going through his mind which made Sophie's heartbeat races the more as she believed Ice Pick is gonna get Sophia punished for talking to him rudely.
Silence… Then silence…
Ice Pick's eyes glinted a little as he moved his eyes to Sophia's who was staring squarely back to him.
Sophia scoffed and cut the eye contact as it was too strong for her to keep looking directly into his eyes. The dark aura around him speaks Superiority and Coldness.
"And danger" a inner voice in Sophia whispered.
"Where are the materials" His deep masculine voice calm but cold came up again.
"Here Master" a feminine voice answered as the entrance door opened and walked in and bowed with a tray in her hand. The tray contained a gag, a piece of cloth and a small knife.
Ice Pick eyed the guard holding Sophia and the guard left her side then moved to the lady who came in and collected the tray from her and moved towards Sophie.
"Huh?" Sophie gasped with her eyes popped out as she dragged her feet backward. Sophia in the other hand was watching the intense moment.
'What's gonna happen? Is he gonna use the knife on Sophie?' her heart leapt at the thought of that.
"But you have me already, are you still going to kill her, huh?" She looked at Ice Pick who was still putting on a blank expression.
The guard got Sophie and gagged her mouth and then picked the knife and the piece of cloth.
"Ice Pick…" Sophia's voice trailed off in the air as she watched the guard, her heart beats increased at every seconds. And then the guard tore the cloth into two and blindfolded Sophie with a piece and tied her hand to the back with the other.
"Hmph…" Sophia heaved in relief and just then the guard dragged Sophie with him and made their ways out and the lady with them took the tray, bowed her head and left the room remaining just Ice Pick and Sophia.
Ice Pick was staring into an empty trance as Sophia just watched him with many thoughts running through her mind.
'Could it be possible he released Sophie already and he's gonna take her back home? Is he gonna keep me here? But for what? What could be going on in his mind? She sighed.
"Alex" His voice broke the brooding silence and a guard walked in.
"Take her to her room" He stated with no expression and left the room with his boots sounds echoing as he walked away.
The guard looked at Sophia once and with a single word from him all Sophia could do at that moment was obey diligently. "Follow me" Sophia followed him as they walked out of the room.
She fed her eyes with a lot of catching objects and images tho some might be scary. There was a lot of art works on the wall as they walked through the passage and moved out of the quarters then to another.
"This will be your quarter and you're not allowed to leave there except you're permitted to or called upon" the guard stated but Sophia wasn't too into whatever he was saying as she kept looking around. He's the least of her problem and can't possibly place orders for her.
"This is your room" the guard pronounced and halted on his tracks but Sophia who was sub-consciously following her was not aware he stopped walking already and hitted her head on the guard's chest so hardly but Alex just stood and not moving like nothing happened.
"You could at least stopped me or hold me. What if I had fell and injured myself" she shirked and turned the door knob and walked in to the room.
"What!!?"she exclaimed.
"What's the meaning of these, huh? Why is this place all dirty?" She asked facing Alex. The room was so dirty and littered.
A lot of cobwebs, papers and dusts. Some bottles and particles of smoked cigars were there as well.
Alex's eyes moved to a corner in the room and Sophia's moved to the direction as well. There were two empty buckets, a mop, a plastic sweeping broom and a packer.
"You should make use of that. It's gonna be helpful when you want to turn the room to the princess room you like and you can go fetch yourself water at the next three blocks to here. The block's painted green" he stated flatly and walked out of the room.
"What!!?"
He kissed her forehead and was about to leave the room when his eyes caught something.He arched an eyebrow as he picked up the girly book from the floor and check through the current page opened, 'she misses them,' he thought.What could be the deal in missing someone and still write it down, huh?He never knows what it felt like so he just dropped the diary on the drawer and tiptoed out of the room to avoid waking Sophia up but he couldn't help it as she shifted in her sleep. Ice Pick put his lips together so as not to make a sound, and successfully walked away.But she noticed someone was in the bedroom.*A tired body, a lonely soul, a frustrated mind, a pained spirit - that was Sophia.It was Saturday and she felt terribly lazy and tired to do anything than to just lay on the bed. Still in the same position, she closed her eyes and reminisced on her just concluded dream.She was dressed in a red strapless gown, and had a perfect birthday party with her parents and siblings around
Ice Pick woke the next morning to see Sophia shadow boxing. She was training herself at the verandah.Hmm. He watched her with his hands folded behind his back and he said, "your moves are easily detected."Sophia jerked at the sudden hearing of his voice and turned to see him in his robe as usual."Good thing to see the handsome jerk as the first human in the morning. Scumbag!" She cussed under her breath and ignored him and continue throwing her punches in the air.Ice Pick smirked and put off his robe, leaving him with just his shorts and walked behind her, grabbed her elbow and positioned it well."You have to keep your legs apart." He instructed and she spread her legs positioning both her arms and legs ready to fight.He stood in front of her, bringing out his palms, "hit me," he said and she threw blows on his hard palms softly.Ice Pick scoffed as he immediately grabbed her hands"Seriously?" He arched his brows. "Is that how to throw blows, huh? Faster!" She threw blows faste
"Well…" the doctor continued, "when she was brought here, her lungs were badly affected by the cold. That's why she had a cardiatic arrest and had difficulty in breathing, it was a slim chance of her surviving, but we tried our best to keep her alive." He paused again and said."But on the other hand, she developed a hyper pneumonia…please, anything cold, abstain from it." He looked at me."Because the cold temperature exposed on you is not the right temperature for a human being." He sighed and faces Sophia's mother."So, please, ma'am, always keep her warm." He smiled while Mrs. Johnson nodded vigorously, smiling back at the doctor."But nevertheless, you are sound and okay. You will be discharged this evening." He smiled as every other person in the room also smiled.Thank goodness, it's not that critical. Just cold."So Sir…" He beckoned on Mr. Johnson. "Kindly follow me to my office and sign the discharge form.""Of course, sure." Mr. Johnson smiled as they both left the ward."G
Alice and Annie sat down at the cafeteria, ready to dig into their food when Tony walked up to them and took a seat at their table. "Hi, I'm Tony Sylvester." He smiled as he introduced himself while Alice and Annie looked at him with questioning faces. "Sorry to disturb you but have you heard from Sophia or seen her today?" Tony asked. "Are you the cute guy from the last meeting…The new guy?" Annie asked smiling while Alice squatted at her. "What? Is he cute? And to know that our Sophia is close to him makes everything more strange." Alice teased instead. "No not really," Tony said. "We're just friends, that's all." He shared a small laugh with Annie. "Oh, I see." The two ladies chorused and faced their meal when Alice took a sip of her juice and said; "No we haven't, and it's weird that she's not around. Since cellphones are restricted here, we have to wait till she arrives." "You both think she's okay?" He asked while Alice shrugged. "We don't really know Sophia that well b
~The next morning~Sophia's whole body was weak as she turned on the floor.No, it was soft. It's on the bed."How did I get here?" She murmured and yawned lazily as she remembered the last night.He probably carried her here after doing his worst.Yeah, Ice Pick did.‘But why?’ She wondered as a sob escaped her lips.Did he hate her that much to do that to her?Were her father's debts that huge to punish her this way?"Ha!…" She groaned as she made to sit up from the bed."Oh, Christ…" She hissed and rested her body back.It felt like a stone was hammered all around her body. Her bones sour.She had developed a fever and was sour all over, even her inner thighs as she gave up on leaving the bed and curled onto her blanket.Just then Ice Pick walked into the room.Hatred — that was all Sophia felt at the moment.She felt like seeing a knife at that very moment and stabbing him to death.The hatred in her eyes was clearly written that even a blind man could read it but Ice Pic
"It's time." She heard Ice Pick's voice from the living room."What time?!" Sophia asked, looking at him with confusion clearly written on her face but he ignored her instead and dragged her to the basement.What's happening? Sophia was scared with her mind filled with different thoughts.How did he suddenly change from being cool to being rough?"Wh…what…what do you think you're doing?" She stuttered as she reluctantly followed him.Reaching the basement, she saw all kinds of weapons — knives, gags, chains, ropes, and some tiny pin-like objects.‘What's he going to do with all these, huh?’ Sophia thought feeling scared.Could it be her training?‘A night training?’ She gasped and forcefully freed herself from his rough grip."What do you want? Is this the right time for training, huh?" She frowned but Ice Pick still kept mute and picked up the ropes.He moved to her again and held her hand and tied her hands up."Leave him alone!" She shouted as she struggled with him."Do you know t