When All The Lights Go Out

Chapter 22

"Never thought I'd see you again little one" the familiar voice makes Emma freeze in place. She can't bring herself to turn around, not wanting to face the brutal reality. "It can't be..." she says to herself as she feels a hand on ner shoulder and in an instant she turns around taking a step back. "Z-zayn?" she tries to say, as she stares at her ex boyfriend with fear and hate, his dark eyes staring at hers. "Missed me?" Zayn says with a smirk as Emma tries her best to stay calm. "What the hell are you doing here?" she says as she goes inside the kitchen to fill the empty tray in her hands. "Business" Zayn says following behind her, relaxing at the counter, as Emma fights her best to stay sane. "I didn't expect to see you again. Last time I saw you, you threw a vase at my head, almost killing me" Zayn says with a smirk, as Emma clenches her fists, trying to supress her anger. "Can you blame me?" she says behind her teeth. "I caught you with another woman in our bed. How calm did you expect me to be?" she says, feeling her eyes watering already. "Come on, you can't blame me for this Emma. You were the one who were not giving enough into our relationship" "I caught you cheating on me the day I buried my parents!" Emma shouts at him, still with keeping her voice down, not wanting to cause a scene and worry Heeseung.

Zayn sighs as he looks at Emma. "I am sorry for your parents. Truly. But we didn't work out anymore. I needed something new. Something you couldn't offer me. And I couldn't bring myself to tell you I wanted to break up, especially in that day" Zayn says as he looks right into her eyes. Emma doesn't know what gets into her at that moment, as she gives Zayn a hard slap on his right cheeck, tears falling down her face. "I hope you burn" she says as she runs outside at the back yard to take some fresh air.

As she goes outside, she tries to catch her breath as she falls on her knees crying. She can't believe how much life hates her. The moment she was starting to leave the past behind her, she runs into Zayn, getting her heartbroken all over again. She cries and cries in pain, as she stays there alone and lost.

"Hey, have you guys seen Emma?" Heeseung turns to Jake and Sunghoon, at his way out of the house. "No man, maybe she is inside" Jake says, trying to ease Heeseung's tension. "No, she is not, I just checked. I asked John too, he hasn't seen her either" Heeseung says rubbing his head, making hundrends of scenarios in his head, of what can possible have gone wrong. "Did you check the back yard?" Sunghoon says as Heeseung shakes his head. "Right. Thanks Hoon" he says as he rushes there as soon as he can.

Heeseung runs in the back of the house, but stops right in his track, hearing cries. He looks carefully as he finally sees Emma but the sight in front of him breaks him. She is down on the ground, crying in silent as her whole body is shaking. Heeseung rushes to her side as he pulls her into his arms. "Hey, hey what happened? Are you ok?" his tone is soft as he strokes her hair lightly, trying to calm her down as much as possible. Emma holds onto him tightly, as she lets her tears to flow down her face, her fists clenching as she breaks down in Heeseung's arms. They stay like this, until Heeseung makes sure she has calmed down completely. He holds her in his arms, whispering sweet things to her, as he tries his best to make her relax.

After some time, Emma calms down still holding onto Heeseung, not wanting to let go. "Do you wanna talk?" Heeseung's voice is sweet and calm, almost music to her ears. Emma lifts her head from his chest, as she looksat him, her eyes red from crying. Heeseung looks at her softly, as he holds her hands in his soflty.

"It's Zayn..." she says between her sobs. Heeseung freezes at the name, as the realization hits him right in the face. He had completely forgot about Zayn attending the event. "Did you see him? What happened? Did he hurt you?" Heeseung says, clenches his fists even at the thought of you getting hurt. Emma shakes her head. "No he didn't. We just talked for a bit. Gosh, he made me feel like this was all my fault" she says as her voice breaks again. "He blamed me for our breakup. Because I didn't gave him enough. I gave him the world" she says, as she starts crying again, with Heeseung listening, as he rubs her back. "I am sorry Heeseung. I should propably go back to-" "No" Heeseung cuts her, his tone getting serious. "What do you mean no?" Emma asks, puzzled. "There are so many people waiting-" she tries to say but Heeseung is not having it. "I don't care. You are in no condition to work right now and that's completely fine. I'll ask John to help but for now, I'll send Jake to take you away from here. I'll come find you later, I promise" Heeseung says as he cups her face. "What are you gonna do?" she says, afraid of the fact that she'll be away from him. Not that she doesn't trust Jake, if Heeseung trusts him, she is ok with it. Heeseung turns around and takes a look at the house from afar.

"I've got some things to take care of first"