2133

2.18 Killer

-A/N: Thank you for reading this story. I hope you liked it. See you soon. I LOVED THIS JOURNEY. Sounds cliche. Whatever. Enjoy the final Pearl & Mr. Tomlinson update. 2133 is not over.-

Mr. Tomlinson turned around, and shouted, "Ashley, let her go!"

"No, I will not!" His wife was holding me against my will. Her grip was strong because I tried to escape, and I could not.

"Are you really planning to kill her? Are you out of your mind?" Mr. Tomlinson snapped. He moved closer.

"Do not come near me! I will not hesitate to kill her right here and now! I am not crazy! You are for falling for her!" She tightened the fabric around my neck. It was getting very hard to breathe.

"You are the one having an affair with the mayor who has a wife and three children!" Mr. Tomlinson hissed. "How much lower can you sink, Ashley? Pearl did not do anything!"

"This wh.ore has done everything in her power to win you over! I bet she even let you f.uck her in public!" His wife was absolutely disgusting in her prejudiced ways. I felt like throwing up.

"I can assure you that I have not touched her," Mr. Tomlinson insisted. "I have not touched her that way. Let her go. I will send her back. Just let her breathe."

"So that you can bring another wh.ore home to give you a child?" Mrs. Tomlinson asked. She gave me headaches.

"I have a child. I think I will give up on the idea of another one," Mr. Tomlinson confessed. He begged, "Let her go, Ashley. Now."

"Ember is not yours, Louis. You know it. That is why you wanted to get one of the agency's brats to come here!" she revealed. I saw his face. He was just as surprised as I was. Hell, he was devastated.

"So everything was a lie?" he stammered.

Abruptly, the room started spinning and everything went black.

***

I woke up in a place I had never seen before.

"You are in a hospital," Mr. Tomlinson said. I turned to my left and there he was, still in the same clothes as before. He held my hand on the bed. The sun had come out. "You fainted."

"I am so sorry, Louis," I told him. He did not blink when I said his name.

"You are the only one who has apologised and it is not even your fault," he stated.

"Where is Ashley?"

"They arrested her and Theo. He was trapped inside of the tunnel last night," he informed me. "They found the recordings and they will use it in court. She is going away for a long time. I am getting a divorce, and it will get rough."

"This is the last time we will be seeing each other then," I inquired. The grip on my hand strengthened.

"If you want to, you can stay. I can buy you off the agency. You could find something to do, it would be better than returning to the agency," Louis suggested nervously. I had not expected him to invite me back.

Did I want to leave the agency behind me? What about my sister? It was selfish of mine to want to stay with him, wasn't it?

But I would never get a chance like this again. I actually felt something for him and he was broken. I could see it. His face looked tired, his posture was arched. There was no energy left in him.

"I want to stay," I answered. Louis' face lit up for the first time since last night.

"I do not know what I would have done if you had said no," he admitted. Louis looked relieved. "I thought I lost you last night. It was a terrifying feeling. I lost everything yesterday. My wife. My kid. I did not want to lose you, too."

"I am here," I told him. He needed my support and understanding. "I will stay as long as you want me to."

"I love you, Pearl."

THE END