A Distant Memory

Chapter 15 - Intruder

"Rose don't be scared. Everything's going to be fine. Remember what I taught you to do in the case of an emergency?" I tried to at least look like I wasn't scared out of my fucking mind, but my hands were shaking and a pit had formed in my stomach.

"mhm" she hummed while nodding in distress. "Let's go to mommy's office, don't make a sound, honey" We rushed to my office, I took a little bit longer due to my broken leg.

I grabbed my gun as we passed my room and loaded it, Rose was almost inside my office which could turn into a panic room, hence why we were going there. Suddenly, I heard heavy footsteps approaching us, Rose heard them too. I could tell by her face that she was scared shitless. I was too.

I realized then, as the footsteps were getting closer and closer that I had two options to make; one - I go as fast as I can to my office and risk Rose getting killed or, option two - I make Rose run into the room and press the red button that will alert the authorities and instantly shut the door closed. I chose the ladder.

"Rose, baby, don't wait for mommy. Close the door and press the red button" I instructed as I clicked the safety off, I had to stay alive so Rose wouldn't lose her only parent.

"But- mommy come with me!" she protested. "Rose, I won't repeat myself. Do it NOW!" I didn't want to scare her, but the person was running now, and we were running out of time, she shut the door closed and when I heard the click, I knew that she had pressed the button.

"I love you" I said, loud enough for her to hear. I wiped a tear that had escaped my eye.

A tall man with a big scar across his face appeared in front of me, his gun pointed at my head. I mimicked his position and pointed my gun at his head, dropping one of my crutches and leaning on the other.

The man laughed, I knew my way with guns and I knew how to make it so he couldn't notice how bad I was shaking. "Get out of my house you sick fuck. What do you want?"

"I want you, Olivia Luxor Rossi. But... you don't want me." he took slow steps towards me, I didn't move an inch. "What makes you think that I won't shoot your ugly ass right here and now?" his safety was off, had he come to kill me?

"You shoot me and I shoot you, babe. It would be a real pity if your kid found you dead, you didn't like it when you found your mother dead, did you?"

I was in shock, how did he know about my mother?

My breath un-evened and the shaking of my hands became visible.

"What?" I muttered, I was stupid enough to let my guard down, he shot me in my leg, the one with the cast. I let out a sharp and piercing scream. My leg burned. I lost my balance. I fell to the ground. he laughed, "I know everything about you, babe"

I clutched my bullet injury tightly and looked up at him, he was aiming his gun towards my head now and he was incredibly close to me.

When he shot my stomach I realized then that I was going to die.

There was a pool of crimson surrounding me, I shakily clutched my stomach and stared down at it.

Was this the way I was going to die? In my own home, at the hands of a terrifying man?

Rose would grow up without a mother or father. I would never be there for her first period, her first boyfriend, she would never ask me how to know if she liked a boy, I would never be able to tell her that her soulmate is the one. I'd never experience any of it. She'd just cry when my name was mentioned, she would wonder if she did something wrong.

Just like what happened with me and my mama.

I would finally meet again with Rowan.

My dad would take it the worst I think, Kiara would become depressed and... would Marko care?