All Chapters of My New Neighbour: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

The man's arms tightened around my waist and I know I would surely feel the stinking pain if he made a slightest move with the knife but the pain never came. I opened my eyes to see Max looking around confusedly.What's wrong? I wondered and tried to look around too but I didn't dare when the man pressed the knife even more. I gasped? I could feel tears trickle down my eyes.I couldn't breathe now. He wasn't letting me breathe. I started choking. God!

"Wait!" Max called out again. I turned around and looked at him, my hands hovering on the door knob."What?" I asked and crossed my hands behind my back to try and warm myself a little bit."Just keep this a secret!" he said but he seemed a bit unsure about it."But I -

I dragged myself out of bed and walked into my closet. On my way to the bathroom, I grabbed a white towel and shrugged my shirt off, leaving my chest bare. I brushed my teeth as fast as possible and hopped into the shower. As I turned on the water and let the hot steam surround me, I started humming 'Love yourself' by Justin Bieber. I pretended like I was some international pop star as I danced around in the shower, throwing water here and there."Nice moves you got there, babe." his voice boomed as he walked into my bathroom like he owned the place. What the hell?

"This girl is just impossible." Alex cried while pulling at his hair in frustration.What the hell?"Excuse me? For your kind information, I'm not impossib -"Shelly, listen to me. Will you just calm down and talk like a girl your age?" Max whispered as if he was talking to a five year old.

Right then, some awful and horrible thought crossed my mind when Alex swerved the car to drive into the parking lot of St-Xavier high school, making me actually say or rather scream something breaking the silence in the car which had been lingering between us for the whole ride."Shoot, stop!" I cried out loud and waved my hands at Alex to stop the car. Alex jumped and pressed the brake all at once.The car came to an abrupt stop, making a screeching sound and all three of us