Pieces of Your Love

22-Insanity

"Where?" Emily blurted out. Isn't this the place they are suppose to be? And why is he in the rush to leave this place? What's going on?

He didn't reply her and swiftly grabbed her small hands in his large ones. They headed out from her room to the front door. There stood the carriage with a man waiting for them. His clothes were mostly stain in blood and his hair was in a mess.

"Bickford, so have you done your job that I paid you for?" Alfred glared questioningly at the man across him. The tall herculean man kept his head low enough, not wanting to look at Alfred straight in the eyes.

"I apologized that I was unable to complete the task you ask me to do. He's still alive and he's coming for you." He uttered. Emily look at both of them, not getting any idea what and who are they talking about. Could it be...

In a swift second, Alfred grabbed the man's bloodied shirt and pulled him closer to him." I told you to finish him once and for all. What are you and your partners doing? Did I just hired a bunch of useless heap of trash?!" Alfred shouted in Bickford's ear.

Alfred started to shoved the man to the floor and move towards him. Alfred gave the poor man a few kicks and stepped on him. The man just cowered and did nothing to cease his attack on him. Instinctively, Emily move to stop Alfred, the way he kick the man is as if he was trying to take away his life like a grim reaper. The Alfred she knew last time wasn't like this. He was soft and timid. What made him this way?

"Alfred stop. You're going to kill him." Emily quickly grabbed his arm to hold him back tightly . It was as if he was out from his trance that he stopped hitting the man and turn to look at Emily. She was in total state of shock that all she could come out with is to hold him. Alfred immediately cupped her cheek and gave her a scrutinizing look.

"Emily are you alright? Did I do anything to you?" He asked looking concern. Her face was white as she feared that the unconscious man lying on the floor died. And not caring about Alfred, hurriedly, she left Alfred and went to the man. She checked on his pulse and was relieved to find that it was still beating.

"He's still alive. Not to worry." he spoke coldly. Somehow, the way Alfred uttered those word give Emily the shivers. There is definitely something wrong with him. Slowly, she tried getting up without staggering to the back.

Even before she got to walk away from him and make a run, Alfred seized her arm to take her to the carriage like a eagle snatching a rabbit on the ground. "Let's go we have to leave now." He said hastily.

"No." Emily tried to free herself but obnoxious man just continue pulling her into the carriage and the moment they step into it. The wheels start rolling.

"Emily, we have to go now before..." He voice trailed off leaving the sentence hanging there.

"Before what Alfred? What are you hiding from me? And can I make assumption saying that the man you were trying to kill is Darren?"

He didn't say anything to defend himself but just look at her till she can see her own reflection in his dilated eyes. By then, as if she got her answer to her own question, her eyes widen in shock.

"You can't do this Alfred! What has he done to you that you need to kill him?!" She exclaimed, not able to take in what her instinct told her.

"He took, he took everything that belong to me, including you Emily." He said sadly while nuzzling his head at her golden brown locks. Emily was really clueless what he was trying to tell her and she continue shooting him question.

"What do you mean? As far as I am concern, he did not harm you at all."

"Yes.. he did not harm me yet. But he harmed everyone that was close to me exclude you Emily. The people whom I care and cherish start leaving me one by one. I don't want you to be one of them please."