"love is a drug, can be used and abused"
The bed felt like a bush of roses with prickly thorns tearing at her skin.
Adriana tossed around, shivering as her sleep became a plagued nightmare.
Sweats drenched the bed and her grunts and pleas for help went over the top.
"No!" She suddenly shrieked getting a breakthrough from the demon.
Nathan got in as quickly as he could and joined her at her bedside.
His room was opposite Adriana's.
"It's alright." He pacified her, clutching her tight in his arms.
Adriana's fingernails bit into his skin like pine needles but he hardly cared. Her soft skin touching his, intoxicating.
"What the hell are you doing?" Adriana demanded when she came around.
She was as of before a scared child waking from a bad dream but now, her bossy demeanor had returned.
"I thought..."
"Leave my room," Adriana ordered.
There was one problem though, Nathan did not want
"Hard to get, easy to lose."Nobody. It had been taken away. The chalk drawing on the floor told Nathan however where her body had rested.Ignoring the bright yellow tapes that clearly had no trespassing allowed, Nathan reached the site of the crime."Why did you do it?!"A policeman came forward humming lightly to make his presence known to a grieving Nathan."I'm sorry for your loss." He expressed."Are you?""It's my job." The man sincerely made known."All I need is some answers, Mr Nathan."What answers could he want?"If I can be of any help then, sure!""Miss Claire mentioned you before she took her life, Did you have a relationship with her perhaps, More than Just Friends?"Nathan banged his hands to the floor hearing such disgusting words the man spewed."Are you insinuating that I had a hand in this?!"The man jotted down something."No Mr Nat
"Choose your stand, fight for it.""I think you made the right choice." Mrs Romero honestly answered."Really?" Adriana quizzed, doubting her hearing.She had no idea why she had taken such a drastic step towards her father. She was going to ruin him and for a man.No! You have to fix this.Not that she would have the opportunity to fix her mistake.Nathan was a smart ass and would have a plan of his own to sidetrack hers just in case she failed.Adriana assumed he had already told someone if he hadn't even recorded their conversation and handed it to a trusted friend in his stead already.She was freaking out."Adriana!" Her mother recalled her back to reality." Sorry Mother but that was done in the heat of the moment, I wasn't thinking right."" I think you were doing the right thing." Mrs Romero maintained.Adriana gave her mother a groan and continued to pace around
"Love is a game you can't win neither can you lose."The afternoon as a tiring one for Thomas. Nothing interesting had happened apart from the fact that he had paid a Hitman he sent after a blackmailer.The girl Claire was dumb as hell. Threatening to reveal his involvement in murders he had a hand in if he didn't relinquish the company back to the right hands.Nathan!He knew very very that Nathan was a threat now if Claire had even slightly revealed her research to him."How did she even father so much dirt against him?" He said, aside.His phone pealed and he slid the screen to see who.A private number. It better not be the hitman demanding more money."Hello?" Thomas greeted."Hello Mr Thomas." A baleful voice acknowledged."Who is this?" Thomas asked, now relaxed.It wasn't the Hitman so who was it?"Just someone in need of a favor.""What kind
"If love was an object, it would be a kitchen knife."Adriana pushed away, sanity coming back to her in a rush."Nathan, if we cross this line, there's no going back."Seeing he did not care, she walked out on him."Wait, Adriana!" He begged following closely.Adriana turned to face him, her eyes basked in tears."Why me? I've always hated you and I'm sure the feeling was mutual.""For some time, yes but when I was with you Adriana, I felt somethingthat I haven't felt in a long time.""What did you feel?" She asked, more in a hush."I felt loved."Adriana burst into a fit of laughter making her cheeks huge."I've always had fantasies of what it would be like if we met differently, if I wasn't a bitch and you never met my father.""But it can be different now. I'll say it again Adriana, I've never felt this way for anyone before. I just want you in my life."By this time, they were already ne
"Ever heard the tale of Cain and Abel?"12:00 AM THE D-DAYAdriana tried calling one more time. She had been at it all night and was exhausted. She didn't even realize she had slept despite all means she had tried not to.The number you are trying to call is currently switched off.She angrily tossed her phone on the bed. The force made it boomerang back at her. It hit the ground before she could catch it, sending a loud echo in the room that killed the silence."What do I even care?" She ranted to herself."I need some sleep. I'll think about it tomorrow." She muttered to herself.She laid on the bed and cleaned her eyes to get some sleep.Just then, her cracked phone lit up. Silent but someone was calling. Nathan was calling.7:00 AMThomas hovered over his daughter.His shadow making her subconscious sense she was in danger and she roused."Dad? What are you do
Three years later(somewhere in Mexico)"Ema." Someone called from inside a thatched cottage.The sun was hot making the fire the woman was tending to burn faster."Ema! Come help me." The woman dressed in a white shirt stained with Ash and coal.Her hair a mess of black and grey. Sweat making them stick to her forehead.She coughed a little and reached out to her fan which she kept close to keep the embers of wood burning."Coming Mom." A voice rang from outside, soft yet loud like a clarinet.A young girl in her early twenties rushed to the old woman who called for her."Mom, I don't want to cook. The farm is much fun.""Yes. Digging and getting all those nails dirty is fun. It would have been better if you came as a boy." Her mother mocked."Help me with the melon seeds. Your Dad will be back from the city soon and you know how hunger he'll be.""I know Mom." The young lady shru
"The sun said to the moon, I'll burn you.""Ema!" Her father's voice resonated in the small house and even escaping outside.The bathroom the whole community shared was a terrible place to be in the morning.It was worse than Ema was the fifteenth person entering.It was still lucky though. The last person would have nightmares even while awake.Why didn't I go in the morning?Water was scarce and she didn't want to go far off as early as six.At long last, the person using the bathroom got out. His face was twisted in disgust and Ema could only imagine her turn for worse."Slowpoke, Move it!"Ema ignored the bastard and walked in.The first thing she faced when she entered was the slippery floor.She counted herself lucky for being to keep standing.She got her sponge and dropped her bucket filled to the brim with water and prayed to the heavens that she could
"The devil once said to the damsel,'You lookravishing'""Are you alright?" Ema asked the dumbstruck man."I think we've met before. Have we?"Who was this man? Was he trying to flirt or something?Ema wondered."I don't think we've met before. I spent all of my life In the village.""Oh," Rodriguez uttered, still displaced."Pardon me, I have to go."The man then walked off. Ema thought it was quite odd."Did I do anything wrong?""No." Mr Contreras replied," just drop that there."Ema Dropped the heavy merchandise she was carrying and proceeded outside.The man had really messed with her and the nameAdrianawas stuck inside her head.Did she have a lookalike?Her Dad joined her soon after to get more wood. He saw how disturbed Ema was and asked,"Are you alright?""Yes, Dad. Just a bit unsettled. Your boss was all over be like he