The sound of my feet hiring the ground filled the empty hallway. I needed to get to Rye fast, I needed to help her recover and then expose Alice as the monster she truly was. Even in all this, I felt some relief. Like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders. Because it was not my fault, it wasn’t that I was too hard to love, Alice just never knew how to love anyone and that was not my fault. My feet stomped on the beige tiles as I ran to the elevator. The relief I was feeling did nothing to drown the heavy weight of worry that lingered on my chest: Rye was in danger, she was dying. I needed to find a blood donor soon. I would need to contact Jared, he’s the only one who would help me at this point.I dug my hand into my pocket to pull out myPhone but it wasn’t there, panic hit me in waves, where had I left it? It was with me when I walked back into the hospital. I ran my hands through my hair and tugged on the tips, my scalp hurt and I tugged on my hair harder in frustration, why

“Dad!” I cried as my eyes shot open, I could hear my heart beat loudly in the walls of my chest, fresh puffs of hot air left my lips as I felt my eyes sting, I felt like someone was banging heavily on my head and like every other time that I had woken up like this, I tried to curl into myself. But for some reason, I just, couldn’t. I shut my eyes and tried to breathe and remind myself that everything would be okay, that it was just a nightmare and I would wake up soon, that all of this would be a lie but what I had just seen, it wasn’t like my other dreams or night terrors. This felt so real. It felt like it was happening in front of my eyes and not many times I had watched my father die, this hurt differently. there was something different about this… about this new silhouette that made every inch of my skin burn with fear and horror, I tried to push away the thoughts and pressure that were building around me. I wanted to breathe, I needed to breathe. To do something. I needed to fi

“What are you doing here, Jared?” I questioned when I finally found the strength to stand up. Tyler wrapped his hands protectively around me and I resisted the urge to roll my eyes. I was the person on earth who needed protection. I was used to surviving on my own ever since I was born. It’s first nature.“So it’s him…? He’s the one you left me for?” Jared questioned as he stood in his black tuxedo. His lips pursed in a line as his gaze burnt into my skin the desire for an explanation filled his eyes.“You seem to forget one thing,” I said as I took a step forward. “We were never together” I reminded him softly and matched his stare. “That’s why you found the next… gullible guy to hook up with? Just to get off the streets?” Jared spat.I sighed. Took in his words and marched over to him, when I was close enough I ensured my hand collided with his cheek hard enough to snap his head in the wrong direction. Jared’s eyes widened and I heard Tyler stiffen a chuckle

I got out of the car and paid the taxi driver. The man simply collected the money and drove off. I stumbled back as my eyes came in contact with the tall and elegant building. It had ‘ADAMS’ Written boldly at the top, at this rate, it felt like a trademark. As I took tentative steps toward the building, I could not help but gawk at the designs. The sight from afar did not do any justice to the beautiful exterior designs and the aura of the building, it felt and smelt like home. The doors of the building opened the moment my I was an arm's length away. A small smile grew on my lips as I walked in. The last time I had stepped into a building like this was a few years ago when I visited Derek’s company to fill in for him. That company was currently mine but that was not the point.I increases my pace when I was in the building, the walls were adorned with artistic paintings, and I mentally calculated how long it must have taken to design and finish them, the effort, the time, the dedic

“Wow,” I gasped as I started at the apartment in front of me. It was stunning. It had an amazing view and I could not wait to start living there already, I just hoped there were no creepy ghosts like all the movies I had watched.I increased my pace as the chauffeur whom I had eventually found out was a nineteen-year-old Kid led me into the house. Leonardo, The chauffeur seemed to be pretty nice actually. He was kind, smart, and quite intelligent. As I stuck the keys into the door and opened it, a familiar memory rang through my head and I bit my lip, it was funny how life could be so weird at times, Basically, a few weeks ago I was thrown out of my rented apartment and now, well, here I was, standing in front of my apartment. The best part was, that being a doctor didn’t get me this, Being myself, an expressive painter, but it still felt crazy.The door creaked open and Leonardo walked in briskly, I followed him, A grin spread across my lips once I was i