Hide Me - Dolan Twins

Fifteen - False Alarm

Guiliana's POV

FUCK FUCK FUCK! Thoughts were racing through my mind faster than I could process them. Everything happened so fast. My legs were numb and I felt paralyzed. All I was able to do was stare. What have you done Guiliana? I finally snapped myself out of my paralytic state and rushed over to the body on the floor. The body was cradled and shaking. Phew, they're not dead. I quickly got down on my knees to assist the fallen individual.

"Oh my god are you okay!?",  I say out of breath as I hold them by the arms while they stabilize themselves up on the ground again.

"Yes I am fine Miss Rose; I am just a little sh-shaken up", She replied nervously. 'Miss Rose'!? Only one person I know of calls me that. Then it hit me. The person who I nearly beheaded was the Twins house servant, Maria. I quickly examined her head for any signs of blood or open wounds from the shovel I had chucked at her. Thankfully, I was not blessed with excellent coordination; I barely missed her head and the shovel went into the rose bush behind from where she was standing.

"MARIA WHAT ON EARTH WERE YOU DOING BEHIND A BUSH!? YOU ALMOST GAVE ME A STROKE!", I say as I dust off her uniform and help her take the grass out of her neatly, now loose bun.

"I garden for Mr. Dolan's too. Señor Grayson is very picky about how his rose bushes look, especially when company is over" She said as she pointed towards her gardening equipment that was placed beside recently trimmed bushes. I'm just going to assume that being a maid and a gardener at the same time is a common thing in Jersey; I mean how would I know anyways, It's not like I'm even close enough to being wealthy to possibly know what maids do.

"I am SO sorry Maria. I didn't mean to scare you like that and almost give you a concussion. It's just that I've been on edge lately and every little movement or noise makes me paranoid" I say in complete embarrassment. As I stared back at her I saw complete fear and shock in her eyes. Wow she probably thinks I'm a psycho now. If the twins find out about this they'll ask questions that I'm not ready nor want to answer. And if Grayson finds out he'll for sure use it to convince Ethan that he picked up a total wack job off the streets. I can't let them know about me almost knocking out their employee for trimming some bushes.

"Maria, can I tell you something? It needs to be private though" I say as I point to the wooden bench I was previously laying on before this whole mess. As we walked over to the bench I could start to see a concerned look on her face.

"If this is about you and Señor Grayson, I know nothing" she said as she pretended to zip her mouth closed.

"No of course not, why would you even think that?" she shrugged her shoulders and smirked a little.

"Yo no sé" she replied in Spanish. Does she know something I don't?

"Any who, what I'm about to tell you has to stay between us. Ethan and especially Grayson can not know about this, not now at least. Do you promise it stays between us?" she nodded in agreement. I can't believe I'm about to tell a complete stranger this, but I have to so she understands where all my paranoia comes from. Here goes nothing.

"So i'm pretty sure you've been wondering where I came from and why I've been staying here. The reason as to why is because I was abducted by these bad people and taken to this horrible place where they treated me like complete shit; It was so bad that I think that if i stayed there any longer I probably would have died. But one day the man that guarded the room that they kept me in decided to help me escape. I don't know why he had such a sudden change of heart, but what I do know is that those people are looking for me and they will do anything to get me back. It was a really traumatic experience and I'm glad that it's over now. But the constant reminder that those people could be anywhere looking for me haunts me everyday and I don't feel safe; I haven't felt safe in such a long time that I forgot what 'safe' feels like." After telling her my horrifying experience in that place I felt ten pounds lighter as if the weight on my conscience had finally been lifted off.

"I hope this cleared up some stuff and I hope you can respect my decision of keeping this a private subject between us two." She then put her hands on top of mine and looked me straight in the eyes. The look of fear she once held was now switched out with one of compassion, understanding, and sympathy.

"I will keep this a secret, but Miss Rose you must not fear anymore. You are with Mr. Dolans and me, we will not let anything happen to you here. I know things look scary right now but things will get better, I promise." My eyes began to water and she pulled me in for a hug. Hearing those words were comforting. It was the first time someone put my situation at ease and that was something I needed. She wiped the tears off of my face as we pulled away from the hug.

"Maria, this is kind of a random question but do you know where Grayson is? He just left out of nowhere and has been gone for a while and I can't stop thinking about where he could be".

"No I am sorry Miss Rose I have no idea where Señor Grayson is right now, but from working for him for so long I know him being away from home for such a long time is never a good thing." My heart sunk a little. Could he be in some type of trouble?

"You must not worry so much about Señor Grayson. He is strong and powerful, nothing will happen to him on his watch."

"Well if you say so. Now since I kind of messed up your work I think it's only fair that I help fix the bush", I chuckle while gesturing to the disheveled thorn bush.

"No it's fine I got it", she replied pushing hairs that cling to her sweat clad forehead out of the way.

"No please I really want to help. And plus roses are my favorite flower", I smiled and she smiled back nodding her head.

We were ten minutes into fixing the bush and I was chatting with Maria about her life when I noticed movement in the house. I stood up to get a better view of who has inside through the glass walls. There was a man in a suit and I could recognize that build anywhere. It was Grayson. He's finally back. Although I didn't want it to, I felt my heart flutter and a smile creep on my face. But it seemed as if he wasn't alone. As he walked out of view into the kitchen a women followed behind him. And there goes my smile. Maria must've noticed the change in my expression as she spoke out

"That's Kimberly. You're probably wondering who she is. Instead of creeping from out here why don't you go inside. I know you want to". She was right I did want to.

"Excuse me", I told Maria as I got up and made my way to the glass door. I noticed my reflection in the mirror and made a quick attempt to fix myself up. For myself of course. I walked in and stood at the wall next to the entrance of the kitchen. Well here goes nothing.