Don't ever show your face

Chapter 20

One week on

Knoxville thought he had been having a tough time, but after what he went through the last few days, he concluded that he was just starting to experience the worst nightmare of his life. Having his granddad choking life out of him with frustrations, and Aliyah whom he had been going to the training school to see in a bid to talk to her but never succeeded, and Nina constantly disturbing her about the baby. He felt he was going to eventually die with all the frustrations, because why not?

It was a Monday morning, and he was supposed to go to the office, since he had managed to stop the rumors on the internet some days ago, and there was nothing to worry about again, but he couldn't even lift a finger from the bed. It wasn't like he was having sleeping paralysis but was just lazy to stand up.

As he stared up at the ceiling, memories of months ago flooded his mind. The thought of how Aliyah would constantly wait up for him even if he was out late, how s