Elevator (Completed)

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•twenty seven (c)•

Gabriella swallowed, she gripped luke's hand harder and squeezed it. "She was such a strong woman, wasn't she, luke?"

"Yeah. But she still fucked up." Luke closed his eyes for a moment before opening them again. "She commited suicide when she was 20 and I was 16. I was such a bitter kid then, abby. I hated myself for basically letting her die, And I hated my dad even more for not giving a shit about his fucking own child, I hated everything, abby." He said, his eyes somewhere else in his past.

"And then, one day when I was 17, I just decided that I fucking had enough of him and ran away from him. With charlene, of course. But I knew I couldn't make enough to pay for charlene's living too so I asked my uncle to take care of her without my dad's knowledge. I moved to one place to another with the help of my uncle as well, working to pay for my own living.

"The man's voice you heard when you came to my flat, abby? It was my uncle's. He needed to move to Australia for a month because of his job, so he gave charlene back to me."

"Luke? What about your father now? He's living alone, isn't he?"

"I don't fucking care about him, abby. He didn't even ask what happened when sharon walked home with her hair super disheveled and her white t shirt full of various stains. The man is crazy." Luke said sharply, the hatred evident in his voice.

"Anyway, my dad thinks charlene has always been with me since I ran away. He didn't know where I live now until that monday, and I was sure as hell he was going claim charlene as his granddaughter and take her away from me. Thank God he didn't find her in my flat."

"But you're like, twenty three, Luke. You have the right to keep her with you."

"Twenty two." He corrected. "Still, abby. Once he finds me and charlene, he will NOT leave us alone. The guy is crazy. And I'm never, ever, letting him take charlene away from me. Imagine what will he do to her? I need to protect charlene, abby. This is the least I can do for sharon."

He rubbed his temples with his fingers.

Guilt rushed into her. "Luke, I didn't know this was what you were going to tell me.." Gabriella said with a low voice. She took his hand with both of hers. "I'm so sorry, Luke.."

"That night when I brought charlene to your flat." He continued. "I just got back from work when I saw him talking to the receptionist in the reception room. He must be searching for me and Charlene. I freaked out, and I did the first thing that popped into my mind."

"Hide her in my flat?"

He let out a small laugh. "Yeah. I did the right thing, however. Not long after I got back to my flat, he pounded on my door. He didn't believe when I said I didn't have charlene with me and started going through my things, trying to find any hints of a girl living there."

She frowned. "So he knows where you live now?"

"Yeah.. I told him to leave me alone, though. Let's just hope he does, now that he thinks charlene isn't with me.."
He looked at her.

And gabriella was suddenly aware about how close their faces were. Luke's gaze shifted to her lips for a second before going back to her eyes again.

Heat rushed to her cheeks. She looked around, and realized that they were alone in Sweetbrew. Where did all the people go?

Damn.

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I'm completely drained now. *wipes forehead*

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