‘You can’t lose your job. Ella, you can’t lose your job.’
She walked to the side of the road dressed in a big burger and chanted silently.
She finally stopped and took a deep breath. She grinned and picked up the sound speaker, “good day everyone! This is cup o Ben café. We sell every dessert you can think of, any tea or coffee. We also have sandwiches…” She continued and some people were coming and taking the flyers.
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“What a day,” she muttered while she pulled the big burger outfit over her body. She removed it and dropped it into the cupboard. It was already so late.
She locked the café and dropped the key into the flower pot which was at the side of the café entrance. She huffed, “now, I am going home late and I would definitely wake up later.” She walked down the street and now, she was standing at the side of the room. She raised her hand up and waved for a taxi, “TAXI!” Although, the taxi ignored her.
“What's this?” She whined.
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“You, stupid taxi! Have your car to yourself, eat it if you can!”
She was standing there for more than 10 minutes and the few taxis she saw kept ignoring her.
“I guess I'm gonna walk home,” she frowned and held her bag tightly.
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“Geez, I keep walking and walking, and I didn’t think I'm approaching my house any sooner,” she mumbled to herself.
She pulled her phone out from her bag and checked the time, her eyes widened at the sight, “twelve o’clock?!” She hissed, “it's already morning for goodness’ sake, when would I get home?”
She hissed again but continued walking. It was a lonely road, bushes were at her left and right, no cars were moving and the only source of light was the moon and the street light.
“PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE DON’T! I SWEAR! I KNOW NOTHING!!”
Ella shrieked and took a few wide steps backward; she couldn’t shout because she was shocked at the loud cry. Her heartbeat increased rapidly. She was frozen for a moment although, she took hold of herself and quickly bent down, her hand went to her chest and she tried to calm herself.
After a few seconds, she raised her head towards the direction where the voice came, she squeezed her eyes to see but couldn’t, then she pulled herself and moved closer to the bushes. Then she saw them. She pulled her phone up and started recording.
She spotted five men surrounding a man who was kneeling and there was another man at the side leaning on a bus. The man kneeling was cuffed in his hands and leg with a piece of clothing. What made her question herself about them was the outfit there were in. They were dressed in formal attire as if they were going to a bachelor party.
The man that was leaning on the bus pulled himself up and he walked closer to the man, and as he did, the men surrounding the kneeling man made space for him and now standing by his side.
“Tony, you know I don’t like doing dirty work outside yet you made me come out to this shitty place just to find you?” He bent down on a knee and looked down at the man.
Surprisingly, he looked nice.
'Nah! Ella, he isn't!!'
His black hair was pulled into a bun.
“I-I know sir… But I swear, I don’t know where it is…” The kneeling man cried out to the bun-man.
The bun-man chuckled while he stood up on his feet and threw his face away, he smiled. Then looked down at the kneeling man. His smile dropped and he held the man by his collar and pulled him up until his feet were not touching the floor again.
Ella gasped silently and she flew her hands to her mouth to shut herself.
“I’ll ask one more f*cking time, where. Is. It?” His voice lowered dangerously as he gawked into the man’s eyes.
The man was choking and struggling to breathe as he moved around trying to get away from his grip, “I-I d-don’t k-know!”
The bun-man threw the man down on the floor, he slammed his back on the tree behind him with a thud. The bun-man walked towards him and grabbed his collar, this time, the bun-man threw a punch at the face of the man, “WHERE?!”
“I SWEAR, I DON’T KNOW!!” The man screamed with blood in his mouth.
The bun-man chuckled dry and he pulled a gun out of his back pocket. He pushed the gun on the man's forehead, “you wanna die?”
This time, the man shivered and cried, “I swear on my father’s name, I don’t know where it is.”
“I don’t care about your daddy’s issues,” he pulled himself up and pointed the gun at the man. He was about to pull the trigger.
“No! No! DON’T DO IT!!”
Ella jumped out with her palms stretched out at them.
‘Well. Shit!’
The bun-man straightened himself and pushed the gun into his pocket. He glanced up at his boys, “Austin, get him to the warehouse.” And now, he turned to her to reveal his dark green eyes.
She was standing with wide eyes and a mad heartbeat, she smiled nervously as they were looking at her.
“So, I'm a nice person, I wanted to check what's going on but then everything is good. So, I would go now. Thank you for having me, bye,” Ella said with a nervous smile on her face, she turned around to go but a blonde man was behind her. The man smirked at her.
‘Shit!’
“Get her.”
She ran sideways from him but then a brown-headed man grabbed her. She swung her elbow on his tummy, and he groaned and let go of her. She ran again and to the road, she could hear the loud sound of stomps on the ground behind her.
When her eyes met a taxi, her eyes widened with relief, she speeded up and ran off. She pulled the door open and entered the car, “go! Go! GO!!”
The taxi quickly speeded off.
When she couldn’t see them again, she let out a hiss and tried to calm herself.
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6/09/2022
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Romance"PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE DON'T! I SWEAR! I KNOW NOTHING!!" Ella shrieked and took a few wide steps backward; she couldn't shout because she was shocked at the loud cry. Her heartbeat increased rapidly. She was frozen for a moment although, she took h...
