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Chapter Two

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October,2002
      Valentina has been feeling indisposed since she woke up, she felt a very ominous energy.
She had always felt life due to the nature of her job,but today was different. It was a strong feeling of death, laced with hatred. She felt it was due to her age that she was about to die soon.
Valentina sat in her living room looking at her garden, and sipping her tea to calm her nerves. Suddenly she felt a presence in her living room, by the time she turned around a strong hand had gripped her throat and her back slammed against the wall in her living room.
" tell me" a dark voice whispered, she could not see his face well,half of his face was hidden  by his dark hoodie,  she could see one of his eyes, it was full of hatred, she felt fear crippling her.
" tell me" the voice whispered again " tell me,where the child is"
" which child" she managed to say, her throat was closing up she could not breath well she could feel death flying over her head, she now knew the cause of the feeling she woke up with.
He threw her across the room, her back smashed into her bookshelf, old books fell on her, she could smell blood she knew then and there that was going to die.
" the child of prophecy" he screamed, he was taking slow steps to where she was.
" I don't know what you are talking about" she definitely knew. She remembered Riya's warning. She was determined to die than to say a word.
" yes you do" he picked her up from the ground, he then sliced her skin with knife.
" answer me before I skin you alive"he said glaring at her, she was screaming and shaking from the pain
" if I knew..." she took a breath" I would never tell you, you will never get the opportunity to kill her..." she took another labored breath
" kill me!" She said looking at him in the eye.
Then he smiled.
" so, she is a girl" he dug his knife into her stomach and left her to die.
Valentina knew she had revealed the identity of the baby, she knew it would take just a little time to find her.
The pain and smell blood was suffocating.
She put her fingers into her stomach, and wrote " Run" on her carpet with her blood  before slipping into a deep sleep.

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    Jake came into the house sweating and gasping for air, he saw his wife and his daughter Lana playing in the living room.
He picked up Lana and hugged her.
" Maya we need to run, we need to leave town" Maya saw fear written all over his face, he was clutching Lana too tight.
" what is going on Jake I don't understand you"
" Valentina is dead, killed in cold blood" Maya covered her mouth with and hands she was shaking.
" what happened"she whispered.
" nobody knows, but what I know is she wrote Run on her carpet, and I feel it is a message for us to run, to leave, I think..." Jake looked at his daughter who was smiling brightly at him now.
Maya could understand the unsaid words, she raced into the room and began packing, gathering all the cash she could lay her hands on.
Jake did not let go of Lana, he held his car keys and was peeping to check the streets.
" am ready" he heard Maya say. He turned back to see his wife with two bags ready for anything.
They went to the garage to load the bags, Maya sat with Lana at the back, hugging her,
" mommy" their 3 year old daughter said looking at her mother.
" yes sweetie"
" don't cry" then she smiled, Maya quickly cleaned off her tears, Jake started the engine and drove into the sunset.

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