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08. The Shooting.

Song for the chapter:

Fifth Harmony - Sledgehammer

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I  was staring at him for a long time and I could feel all the power I possess were gathering in one place. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes for a moment. 

"Yes." I answered his question. "And so what?" The words came out so quickly from my mouth that I did not even realize what was happening. 

I felt I was shaking. All emotions in me came together. I felt a force that did not even know I had. 

"How many times should I repeat that I do not like the bastard?" Shouted in my face and squeezed my hand harder. 

I felt a slight pain, but said nothing. This time I will not be weak. I would not allow it. I was over. That effeminate Malika now is gone. There was another on her place .. Another who had the courage to confront the man who hurted her in every possible way in the past half year. 

"The opinion you have long lost its value in this house." I hissed through clenched teeth and with all the strength I had in myself, I pulled my hand from his. 

"And since when?"- He laughed ironically. "Since this bastard appeared in out life?"

I clenched my hands into fists and took a deep breath. I had to control myself. I did not want to be weak in front of him, but I did not want to look like a lunatic. 

"No." I told him quite simply. "Your opinion lost value the moment you get out of the house and slept with this whore."

Once the words came out of my mouth, I turned my back to him. I stayed for a few seconds in anticipation of what he would say, but he did not speak. I shook my head and left the room. I had no job here anymore. I went downstairs and sat on the couch, covering my face with my hands. Heavy sigh escaped from my mouth. 

I can not believe that he has the courage to tell me what to do after what he did to me. He had to be joking .. He can't  after more than half a year to just decide to stay for two days at home and try to behave as if nothing had happened. It's not fair to me. It will cost much more than that. I on my own felt that everything was evaporating. I no longer felt that way .. I do not want to be constantly hurt and to keep silent. I wanted to hurt him as much as I was hurt all this time. 

I felt something placed in my lap and opened my eyes. I smiled when I saw Esther standing and cuddling me. 

"Hey .." I smiled again and patted her head. 

I do not know how long I played with Esther, but it must have been quite long. This dog had the ability to make everyone forget about everything and cheer them. I almost managed to forget about everything until my phone rang and brought me out of the trance in which I had fallen. I took a deep breath and looked at the screen, seeing it spelled Zayn's name. Hopefully nothing with Jason happened. 

"Hello?" I said uncertainly. 

"Hello, Malika." He greeted me cheerfully. "Sorry for calling you so late." He laughed. 

"No problem, I'm not sleeping yet." I bit my lower lip, though he could not see me. 

"I'm calling you to tell you that I just put the kids to sleep." He told me, and then paused for a moment as if considering his next words. "And I want to talk to you about something .. "

"Yeah, what is it?" I said uncertainly. I did not know what to expect from this man .. he always finds a way to surprise me. 

"You remember our deal, right?" He asked and before I could answer him, he continued. "I booked a studio for the advertisement shooting for about three weeks, but has now released for tomorrow and as the owner is my friend and will let me if you are free tomorrow. What would you say?"