ENTANGLED STRINGS OF PAST

CHAPTER SIX

Hazel Grey

"I am not asking you to work at my company" his words make me freeze for a minute, his words were playing repeatedly in my head. What kind of work is he expecting me to do; I was scared I'd not lie. I was just sitting on the bed, my mind imagining all the worst-case scenarios that can happened to me at that time. I think he noticed my absence of mind cause' he continued to speak again, breaking the silence "Look Hazel, I am a businessman but besides this, I also work with mafias, as you have seen. I don't want to scare you or hurt you, all I want you to work for me," "Why do you think I'll work for you?" I ask him with loudness in my voice ad seriousness on my face.

"There are two reasons; first, as you have seen me murdering two people, I can't let you go. In addition, I do not hurt anyone without appropriate reason. Second, I know you are a runaway, so you do not have any place to go. Isn't it better to stay here, I will give you a place to live. All you have to do is work under me." He said as if he was doing a favor on me, letting me live. I laughed, at his audacity "Then why don't you just kill me, oh sorry! My bad, you don't kill anyone without appropriate reason right!" I said in my most sarcastic tone, he didn't say anything so I continued, "What if I don't want to live here? What if I don't want to live; what will you do? Will you keep me here forcefully?" "You don't have a choice, Hazel," he said calmly.

"Who are you to give me choices? As you already know I am a runaway, I'll run away from here too!" I told him frustrated by all this. "You can't. Even if you know flying, you can't runaway from me angel." He said with calmness on his face and a smirk on his lips, making me even more angry and frustrated.

"Can't you see I'm too weak to work with the mafia?" I said with all those thoughts screaming in my head, those voices shouting; you are too weak to live; you do not even have the strength to kill yourself, how pathetic you are! I cannot take it anymore I want to shout, scream to stop all this but I could not do anything. "I don't agree with you on that, you are not weak, mentally definitely not; physically maybe but don't worry I'll train you," he said not knowing what is happening in my head. "You are not weak Hazel, the person who has nothing to lose is the most powerful, but the person who has left everything behind is the most dangerous and difficult to beat. And I see that person in you" he told me looking straight into my eyes, may be looking for that person.

I did not say anything just looked into his blue eyes, maybe waiting for him to see all the things I am not able to speak.

"You'll train me?" I laughed, "what if I don't want to get trained?" I asked him "I have my ways then, don't force me to use them angel. You are smart enough," he said.

Then suddenly someone knocked on the door, which I presume to be Anna.

"I'll start training you after two days till your hand will be fine. However, until then you are allowed to move freely in this house only. You can try to escape but that will be a waste of time. You can ask for anything you want from Anna or me. In addition, do not do anything stupid that will cause you problems. I hope you understand all the things I have said," he said while opening the door. "You'll regret keeping me here," I told him before he leaves the room; "welcome to the family angel" the words I heard while he was leaving with his laughs mixed in it.

Anna entered the room with a tray full of food and a box of medicines.

"Here you go dear, I brought you some food. First, eat it, then I will give you a painkiller", she said with a smile on her face. I did not want to upset her but I was not hungry or maybe I was not sure to eat anything from his house. "I am not hungry," I told her. "What are you saying dear? You haven't eaten anything since you came here," she said with concern written on her face.

I do not know what to say but I told her again, "Seriously, I am not hungry right now. I'll take the painkiller now," although I did not even need but still I take them. "Okay, I'll not force you but I am leaving the tray in the room so eat it when you feel hungry. And also I'll come to take you for dinner," she said. "Please don't call me, I...I'll eat the fruits in the night," I told her immediately cause' I do not want to talk or see anyone from this house. I want some time alone, to think about what to do next.

"No dear, I'll not accept it. You will come and have a proper dinner. No fruits in the night" she told me practically scolding me in her motherly voice.

I did not say anything just watched her leave. I do not know what I will do now.

I did not want to go back cause' I have no energy to face my past again but I also do not want to stay here too, my past and my present are fucked up now. I am so addicted to running away from my problems that now my problems have started to haunt me.

I stand up from the bed, closed the door, and started inspecting the room to shut my thoughts. The room was better than the one I have lived in, it has a sofa with a table between, a coloring of walls pastel and a balcony. It all felt cozy and warm in here. I walked to the balcony and observed the surroundings or maybe I was looking for a way to run away from there. I saw a beautiful garden with beautiful flowers of different kinds I have never seen before, the grass was looking fresh and green, it looked something I have only read about in books. However, bodyguards with guns guarded the boundaries.

I feel trapped here just like my soul is trapped between the voices of my head.

I sat there with my back to the glass door of the balcony, silently watching the sun setting down.