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1000 word(s) Published 21 XAZIX I stared at the woman who rushed closer to me, running with her breasts bouncing up and down. "Is this reward money still on?." She asked in the most desperate tone I've ever heard I've met a lot of desperate people. Stupid. "It depends. What do you know?" I asked curtly. "The woman you're looking for, she was here but she left. I called the police they didn't arrive on time." She said sulkily. "They didn't arrive or time or you were too stupid to keep everything covert." She glared at me, but quickly stopped, her eyes flashing with fear. She knows to be afraid. "It's not my fault!" She shouted. "You read books, right? That's why you go to the bookstore. Don't you see how they report people instead you made it so obvious all because of money? You could've gotten it but now you'll get nothing." "But I provided information!." "The woman isn't her, is she? Until she is found and taken back to her husband, you get nothing." I stated impatiently.

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1236 word(s) Published 23 🎁🎁🎁JASAMINA🎁🎁🎁 I woke up later, my head still on Tanner's shoulder. I swiveled my head to see him holding Jaimie. My son was smiling up at the man. "I had to take him or he would have fallen from your hand while you slept." He said to me without taking his eyes away from the baby. I thanked him most fervently but he shrugged it off, as usual, his face expressionless. Typical him. Always hiding in the cloak of keeping to himself. Addicted to emitting only a few sentences only when he felt he needed to talk. I find myself learning to cope with that. After being married to a man like Dale, I learned to survive anything and adapt to any environment. He's always strangely there for my baby and me. Always at the nick of time whenever I needed help desperately. I've never felt so safe with anyone. But this filthy-looking drunkard gave me a new leap of hope. Ironically, he gave me almost all of it. Contradicting his never evading and off-drunken natur

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1264 word(s) Published 24 🎁🎁🎁JASAMINA🎁🎁🎁 "Is anything the problem?" Tanner asked me with his eyes closed and his head resting on the upper part of the sofa. "Nothing really," I said sincerely. I just put Jaimie to bed and came to sit down with him. "Go and try to get some sleep. You still need to recuperate well..." He trailed off. He didn't finish the sentence but he didn't have to. I need to recuperate well so that he'll be on his way again. I nodded and got up from the sofa. But inside of going back to bed, I went outside. I just felt I needed to feel the cool air on my skin and also some time alone. I sat at the stairs outside, staring at the sky, listening to the chirping of birds and insects, the rustling of leaves, the barely audible sounds of the wind talking and the way the breeze hovered around the environment, its soothing effect piercing through my skin. My mind instantly took a drift back to my marriage. People call it 'Marriage' to sugarcoat it. It should

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1092 words (s) Published 25 She is a thief. For taking away the child from his loving father. A lunatic. For having the guts to run away from her matrimonial home. And also a cheat. For having eloped with a man. Fuck. My anger and disgust for her doubled. She wasn't even shameless to run off with a man. Not considering the fact that her dear husband would be searching frantically for her. The thought tugged on my nerves, making me more determined to catch her and take her back. People like her are the lowest kind of scum. It tugged on my chest, how her poor husband would probably be swimming in anger, frustration, and depression. Waking up one morning and finding out that his wife whom he loved so much had run away with their only child. I moved away from the entrance and strode forward, my purpose solidified. For the sake of that innocent child, I've taken this mission personally. And I'll find her in a few days. Such lunatic. I'll find her, gag her to make sure I don't hea

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1392 word(s) Published 26 LUDALE MCCULLY. Finally. After hours and weeks of waiting. The bounty hunter finally had something to say to him. "Hello. Any news on my wife?" He began curtly, trying to calm down his anger to be able to talk to the bounty hunter efficiently. He was a little afraid of the bounty hunter. His physical appearance is very intimidating and also his line of work is very dangerous. He was one hell of a fearless man for him to sniff out people from their hiding places. All kinds of people. "I trailed her to Texas. Got information from few credible sources that she had taken the early morning train some days back to Texas." Ludale's eyes widened as he asked incredulously. "How in the world did she get to Texas? I mean, who gave her money to go to Texas? How does she even know the route to Texas?" He heard a scoff as sarcasm laced in his taut reply. "I guess you didn't know that your dear wife had a lover who took her to a motel and right now, they are nowher

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1012 word(s) Published 27 🎁🎁🎁JASAMINA🎁🎁🎁 Today is such a bright day. The wind blew around the house, and the beautiful smell of the cottage filled the air. The best scent is the flowers I planted in every part of the house. Smells like home. Feels like home. I don't know why I feel so fulfilled, maybe because I'm hale and hearty. All my bruises are gone, and the scars are fading. Jaimie is bouncing happily, playing, and laughing. Nothing gives me joy more than seeing him grow rapidly. I went around the house doing the cleaning, and at a point, I wondered if Tanner is still asleep. I've not seen him all morning. I cleaned the sitting room and entered the kitchen. What are we going to eat for breakfast? Wait a minute! I just realize something. I haven't cooked real food ever since he took me in. All we ever eat is bought by Tanner each time he goes out. Oh, I've been so ungrateful. Well, today I'm gonna make sure I prepare a good meal. I might have been married to a rich

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1119 word(s) Published 28 TANNER Xax's hand trembled in the air as he took a good look at me. My eyes wandered to him, taking him in. My younger brother. He had grown bigger in the past two years. My eyes closed as I found the past flowing into my head faster than liquor ever did. "It's me, Xax. It's Tan." I replied, emotions tightening my throat. Xazix's gun hit the ground and then we were hugging tight. My hand wrapped around the brother I have missed so much. The family I abandoned. "God! It's really you! How...! Why...! God, it's really you...!" His voice filled my heart as we hugged tight like brothers that haven't seen each other in years. Brothers that used to be tight. Brothers that a painful past separated. Then, Xax was pulling me away, his eyes filled with anger and glistering with tears. "How could you do this to us!? How could you leave us like that!? We thought you were dead! How could you!" He punched me hard in the face. I barely felt the physical pain becaus

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1147 word(s) Published 29 It dawned on me. "Wait. You're the man that took her from the motel? You're the man that has been helping her in hiding!? The man she's been sleeping with?" I asked him even as the puzzle finally fit in my mind. No wonder Tanner is here. Tan snorted, "Sleeping with Jasamina? I've been helping the girl, Xax, but we sure as hell have not been sleeping together. That sonofabitch did a number on that girl that she's so afraid of men. I'm the only man that comes close." His voice was hard and anger radiated from him in waves. Tan was confusing me. "Did a number on who? The girl has been feeding you lies. She ran away from home with the poor man's child. She's crazy in the head." But Tanner shook his head hard. Instead of replying, he started hurriedly for the house. "I have to find her and stop her, if not she'll be running away again!" He said as a way of explanation, already several feet away from me. I hurried after him. We entered the house just in time

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1067 word(s) Published 30 I paused to rock Jaimie softly when he stirred slightly. In seconds he went back to slumber. I continued, remembering vividly my mother's words. "You will be saving your family from poverty, my mother had said as she pushed me to him. You might as well say my family sold me to him. Not a single day in my husband's house was bright for me. Every day is torture. Every day, I get a new scar. Every day is a nightmare." I took shuddering breaths. The memories managed to sink their way in and together with them are tears I welcomed. Speaking about it opened the old wounds I have somehow managed to put behind me. I sniffed and continue. "I try escaping every single time and every single time he caught me, the punishment worse than each last. It was severe. He would lay new designs of scars by beating me. Then, he will force himself on me. His men will rape me too, and he will watch..." That pain rose inside me as I remembered...repeatedly. I came close to dea

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1037 word(s) Published 31 XAZIX I waited patiently while the girl told her story. If she was an actress, she's a damn good one. If she's a storyteller, she's the best in the line. But as I watched her talk, I know without a doubt that the girl was saying the truth. Her story is too...smooth to be a constructed lie. I felt angry. I was fuming with rage. How could that man have done such a devious thing to a poor girl? As a bounty hunter, I don't care about justification. Once I'm paid for a job, I do it really well. I don't care who's in the right or the wrong. But somehow, I've taken this job personally. Even before I found the girl. Even before I saw my older brother here with her. Mr. McCully had lied. To the whole world. To me. Mentally unstable? The man would rank first in the book of psychos. Certifiable too. Even behind closed doors, I heard the girl's soft weepings. She must be trying her best not to wake her baby. What if Tan had not seen her there on the road and he

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