Rose & Thorn

Chapter 2. Confidant

Jeremy's POV

I stop my car in front of my house, today was rush and I'm really tired just wanna sleep, locking up my car I take my first step towards my house but something got my attention,

What's this thing on my door, Is it a thing? can't see clearly because of dark and due to it's coiled posture, it's definitely not a thing it's person!

A girl! who is she? what's she doing here? walking up close I bent down, her hairs are covering her face, maybe she's sleeping her soft breathes tells me, shaking her up a little I try to wake her up "Hey wake up" I don't want to startle her that's why I'm using as soft tone as I can,

She stirred sighing rubbing her neck, she removes her hairs from her face, my eyes widens seeing her the brown eyes that I always found beautiful were looking at me her thin nose red her skin looks more pale and those red lips parted, it's her "Elizabeth" leaves my mouth,

Staring at me for a second like she's thinking something probably she's taking my feature her soft voice speaks "Jeremy" before I could comprehend she throws herself in my arms, my body goes stiff around her, rubbing her back slowly I try to calm her,

She feels cold soon breaking the hug she seem embarrassed "Thank God you are here!" I cup her face "Come let's get in" I helped her standing up unlocking my house finally I have her, the girl I've always loved.

Elizabeth's POV

We enter his house, narrow corridor leads us to a living room on the left, simply decorated with a couch a TV mounded on wall, a small chimney on its left, table in between, in front on right I can see a kitchen, with a small dinning table, a door is just ahead of kitchen but it's locked and stairs in front going up, the whole house is cream complimenting the light brown wooden floor, the carpet is light grey, and the sofa, dinning table most of the things light brown,

It's warm I didn't think it'll be this big on the inside, it has a nice cozy feel to it,

"Sit" making me sit on sofa he sits in front of me on his knees "I don't think I can express how happy I'm to have you here" he speaks looking tenderly at me "If you could've called me I would've run back from work"

"I don't have phone and..... I also couldn't save your number" he gives me a confused look "He threw your address and number in fire, your address was all I could save" I answer truthfully looking down ashamed that I can't even take care of a piece of paper,

He cups my face making me look into his light blue ones "Hey it's alright Eliza and honestly that day I didn't come to give you just that piece of paper, I came to your house to take you with me but that son of a bitch didn't let me to" I don't want to remember those days "Leave it you tell me how did you manage to get here"

A mere mention of that night, of him is enough to give shivers down my spine, he's asking this because he knows it that monster would never let me go "He" I gulp down gulping the truth as well "After locking me up he left for work..... Late in night he came back drunk..... Scared I stayed in my room..... Then I woke up from some voices coming from downstairs it seemed like there were many men they all were shouting like they were arguing with him and then suddenly a shattering voice of gun echoed then there was just silence I stayed hidden scared still I went downstairs finding no one there..... I wanted to tell the police but I stopped myself in fear that he'll come after me to lock me again I didn't know what to do I ran away from there..... I know what I did was wrong but I had no choice I was so scared..... I escaped that prison and get here to you..... I was so scared" could not control tears I let them free,

"Hey Eliza you did great" he says cupping my face wiping off the tears "You did the right thing by coming here, I always wanted to save you I'm sorry I couldn't I'm sorry but now as you are here stop thinking about your past life stop thinking about that here he won't come" I watch him with feared eyes "Yes the kind of a monster he was anyone would've killed him" his words sent a jolt in me making me stand up "What happened?"