Genome - The deception - I Volume

Chapter 5 - An unsolved mystery

Lilian Riden – 223 W 109th St. New York – 07 novembre 2017 ore 08:00

 I tried with difficulty to open my eyes and was almost blinded by the light from a window, I looked around and suddenly stood up. I was definitely not in the room with the boys, it was a room full of drapes, the walls were covered in red silk and the furniture seemed very ancient to me. I got out of bed and realized I was wearing only a white silk robe and my underwear. I looked around to see where my clothes could be, I tried to leave that room and I saw a very long corridor full of paintings with some very disturbing faces. As I was walking I heard voices and I approached that half-open door. "We should inspect this area too, don't you think?" I saw a hand with that strange symbol tattoo that I noticed both in the boys and in Jad, pointing to a giant sheet of paper placed on a table, another hand with a black glove pointed to the door. "Come in and not eavesdropping is rude." A very tall guy opened the door for me and looked at me smiling. He had purple eyes, I remained still for a moment looking at his eyes: "Everyone go out and leave me alone with her." I went in and that tall guy came out and I also saw the other four guys from the crew who followed him. «It seems to me that you have recovered», I turned towards that voice and saw that Jad sitting on a sort of red leather chair with golden ornaments, he had tight black leather trousers and an open jacket that seemed to be made of black leather and underneath I noticed that he was bare-chested. I looked into his face and saw his eyes, they were the same color as that guy earlier but an even brighter purple. He stood up and walked towards me, I backed away; I couldn't say a word, I was enchanted by those eyes. "You're right they always have this effect." He smiled, closed his eyes and opened them again and suddenly they came back greens. "I think I'm crazy." I rubbed my eyes, Jad had purple eyes again, he started laughing loudly amused. "I like the idea that you are fascinated by a part of me." He rested his hip on the table and with his hand gestured for me to come closer, I did everything he told me to do without realizing it. I approached Jad but he kept a certain distance from my body and this was making me suffer, I was terribly attracted, he brought his face close to mine and looked at me very sweetly: "Do you want to tell me what happened to you?". I touched his lips, but he stopped my hand and kissed it: «Don't provoke me, I'm being good. Why did you leave the hotel in those conditions? You were pale, your face was sunken and your lips were full of blood. Do you remember anything?". "What? What are you talking about... blood? I woke up and tried to come back to myself even though that morbid attraction was killing me, I felt different and I felt emotions that were unknown to me. I felt very embarrassed, I hoped he hadn't noticed anything but I doubted it. I saw his eyes drop down and look up at my face again. "You come. Follow me.". He took my hand and I followed him, he moved a red curtain leaning against a wall that hid a huge mirror. As soon as I looked in the mirror I saw my flayed lips, it looked like they had been chewed, I touched them but they burned terribly. Jad handed me a bottle. «Put this on in the evening and in the morning you'll see that in a couple of days they'll be beautiful again», she put it in the pocket of my dressing gown and came closer with her face next to mine in the mirror, her eyes were green again. "You don't remember anything, do you?" I shook my head no. The last thing I remembered was the boys' room, I was lying on the bed, I had had an argument with Daniel if I'm not mistaken but I wasn't sure. And then I only remembered Jad's face and the same look with which she was looking at me at that moment. "Well, I have to ask you to leave." She turned and gave me her back: «Your clothes are in the closet, in the room where you woke up», she walked away and went out the door.

I found myself walking in front of the hotel, I don't know how long I had walked, I only remember a black car, I got out of that car which left me four blocks from the hotel. I looked at the entrance, there were people going in and out of the hotel, I saw some policemen in front of the reception. As soon as I entered the hotel, Kyle came to meet me. «Holy Christ, Lilian, we were looking for you all night!», I looked up and saw Max and Daniel running down the stairs. «Lilian, my God!». Daniel picked me up and hugged me so tight I could hardly breathe, a policeman approached us followed by two others. «Lilian Riden? Your friends called us this morning at 3:00, they said you had disappeared from the room and they couldn't find you anymore, they were really worried." Daniel looked at me and cupped my face with his hands. "How are you? Holy God your lips." He turned to Max and they exchanged a look that I couldn't decipher.

"I do not remember anything. I was... I was on the bed I had an argument with Daniel, then there was that Jad and I found myself here in front." I put my hand in front of my face and was totally confused. "That bastard!" Daniel punched the wall. "No! He didn't hurt me, he was very kind to me." This sentence came out of me without me even realizing it. Daniel looked at me even angrier than before, Max approached him and looked at him. «Stop it!», As soon as he said that word Daniel seemed to calm down. One of the policemen intervened: "Since no one is filing a complaint and the girl seems fine, we have to go", they said goodbye and we went to the room.

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