It was Monday night and I sat alone on the floor of my closet.
Being alone sucked.
Usually, I liked to be alone, It was like a break from the world, but not this time. I have been alone in my house for 2 days. Damien says I can't work so that means there is no reason for me to leave my house, And I'm currently not interested in being Damiens "assistant".
I thought I could handle a break from the world, but tonight is really showing that I cant.
I guess when I'm alone for too long, I start to realize that I'm actually ALONE, no family, no friends, nothing. I glance over to the box of pictures on the floor, I reach over and pull the box closer. I take a deep breath and shakily open the box, It's been a very long time since I've looked in here. The first picture I see is a picture of my dad playing the piano. I slowly reach for the picture as tears start to form in my eyes. I observe my dad's face the wrinkles that lived on his forehead, his heart-warming smile.
" I really really really miss you Dad, You have no idea how hard it is being without you." I speak to the picture as if I'm really talking to him.
" I miss you waking me up for school, I even miss the way you kept me up all night when you trying to learn a new song on the piano." I bitterly laugh out.
"... I haven't played the piano since you died.I really did tr-try to continue playing, but I just couldn't play without you." I sniffle
"I wish I was with you. I literally have no one left... jean and I- well we got into a fight, and we haven't talked since." I sigh " so now... I have no one- well, I have Damien." I smile to myself" actually, I don't know if I have Damien. "Dad, there is this guy I like, and well we are kinda fake dating, but it feels real when I'm with him... if you saw the way he looks at me, you would see it too. Oh! sorry that's probably t.m.i" I let out a sad laugh,when I hear a hand slam against my front door that gives me a jump scare.
I slowly get up from my closet and I wipe my tears as I walk to the door. I look through the peephole and see 3 men covered from head to toe in tattoos. they bang on my door several more times before one of them speak "Eros!"
I gasp before covering my mouth. How do they know who I am?
"You probably don't recognize us, but that's okay because we know you" he says while lifting a magazine up to the peephole as if he knew I was there.
I lean in to look at the magazine and see it flipped open to a page with picture of Damien and I on it.
" Eros Covet, Girlfriend to multimillionaire Damien Park." one of the men says as he reads from the magazine " listen girl, we know your home, and we don't want to hurt you, we just want to talk, you see we have seen you in this neighborhood from time to time but you never interested us until we saw you on this magazine, and unfortunately for you we are in a little bit of a tight spot with money and I'm sure your boyfriend would pay a pretty penny to get you back. "They all burst out into a disgusting Laugh
"If you don't open up, we will go in and getchu" the second one says with a southern accent. "DONT THINK WE WON'T HURT YOU LITTLE GIRL!" one says before flashing a gun into the view of the door
oh my gosh! oh my gosh! they are gonna kidnap me for money. I pace around my room. "Dear God, all the times that I said I wanted to die I was just kidding, I didn't think it was actually gonna happen." I break out into a cold sweat.
What do I do?! What do I do? Oh! I need to call the police. I scurry off to my room and grab my phone from my bed and dial 911. "HELLO 911, I NEED HEL-" I'm cut off by a woman "I'm very sorry ma'am but I need to put you on hold." the woman says in a snooty tone "WHAT DO YOU MEAN I-" I'm cut off by elevator music. This is really bad.
The men continue to pound on my door. I immediately run to my closet and grab an old baseball bat that I had since middle school as and ran into the bathroom to hide. I sit in the bathtub and wrap my arms around my knees. this is all Damiens fault- DAMIEN! I immediately dialed his number with shakey hands. "Hello?" he answers. "Damien...*Sniff* Someguysareoutsidemydoorandtheyhavegunsidontknowhattodopleasecomeandgetme!" I rush out hoping that he understood me. The pounding from the door gets louder when I hear a gunshot go through the door. tears begin to flood down my face and I grip the baseball bat tighter. " how many guys are there?" he says calmly. "th-three" I sniffle into the phone.
Damien yells incoherently to someone on the other side of the phone." I need you to stay calm, I'm coming to get you." another gunshot goes through the door and I accidentally let out a scream. I quickly slap my hand over my mouth
"WE HEARD THAT!" one guy yells from outside the door
" Damien please hurry" I say as I begin to hyperventilate
"I'm almost there. I need you to breathe." he tries to calm down
"HURRY UP AND DRIVE FASTER!" Damien yells at what I assume is his driver
I hear the sound of a loud thoud come from the door, then i hear metal scrape against the door.
" AGAIN HIT IT AGAIN" the men yell from behind the door.
"D-Damien they are breaking the door down!" I continue to sob into the phone
" I'm almost there i promise, just 4 more minutes"
The door falls down with a ground breaking boom and I lean further into the bathtub.
"Damien if-if i... die please bury me next to my father, okay?" i say while wiping my tears
"DONT SAY THAT." he yells at me
"Im sor-ry but if you were a-about to DIE you would feel the sa-AHHHH" I say as they break through the bathroom door and my leg is grabbed and I'm dragged through the bathroom
"PLEASE LET ME GO!" I beg. My hands latch onto the bat and I swing it hard against the guy holding me causing him to fall to the ground
"YOU BITCH!" he howls out in pain. I jump out of the bathtub and run to the door when my ankle is pulled out from beneath me and i fall to the ground twisting my ankle into an awkward position. The man claims on top of me and blood from his head drips down onto me. I struggle against him to free myself when he grabs my head and slam my cheek into the floor. He stands before grabbing my injured ankle and dragging me through the hallway. My hands latch onto my closet door and I kick my free leg out hitting him the process. He drops my legs onto the floor, bruising my ankle more in the process.
"STOP MOVING!" he says while throwing a punch at my temple. my vision is distorted as i feel blood drip from the now open skin. I grunt out in pain as he begins to drag me by my hurt ankle again
"I cant believe they made me go in and get your ugly ass while they get the car." the guy mubbles out. I try to struggle with what energy I have left. I kick him the groan and he falls to his knees. I quickly stand and thrust my foot up kicking him in the jaw. He falls over and I grab a book that is nearby on the floor before I slam the book into his face repeatedly until he kicks me into the wall and the force cause me to fall back to the ground when he stands before me looking down on me
"when we are done with this job I Am Going To Kill You." he says before spitting on me.
"Boy, am i gonna enjoy messing a pretty thing like you u-" The man gets tackled to the floor before finishing his sentence.
"WHERE IS SHE ?" Damien says rushing into into the room. He looks at my bruised form before looking at the man that is being detained by one of his guards. He slowly walks over to me before gently lifting my body to lay against him. blood drips down my forehead and into my unswollen eye and my vision blurs as I strain to see his pained face. He lifts his hand and try to wipe the blood away from my face. "Eros... I- Tell me what hurts?!"
"Damien, you came for me." I say weakly
"SOMEBODY CALL AN AMBULANCE!" He yells out to one of the bodyguards in the room
"Damien... I"
" Don't worry I'm going to take care of you." He says while pushing the now bloody hair away from my face.
As my heart starts to slow down and the adrenaline starts to wear off all the pain hits my like a truck. Agonizing pain shoots throughput my body, and I feel like I'm dieing
" D-Damien the pain- make it stop" I grunt out. My consciousness slowly starts to fade
"Eros stay with me."
"-Eros!"
"-os"
I close my eyes and let unconsciousness take me.
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Liminal space
RomanceHe stands up from his chair and slowly stalks over to me. I wrap my arms around my body to provide as much protection from his eyes as I could. "That's close enough." I reach my hand out to push against his chest and stop him, He grabs my hand and k...
