Second Glance // Benjamin Pavard

XVI

" Merci, Kylian," I say to him.

He sits down to eat some more food, " It's nothing. Benjamin was the one who got this done. Besides, it will be fun to have you two around."

" Where is Ben staying?" I asked while leaning against the wall.

Kylian takes a moments pause to chew but then replies. " He said he would sleep on the floor."

" Are you serious?" I laugh; there was no way he was serious.

Kylian looks at me. He was serious.

" Really?" I say confused.

" Oui."

I hear Ben running down the stairs and he flies past me. He stops and backs up. He grabs my hand," Let's go."

I look over at Kylian and he shrugs his shoulders, he didn't know what was going on either.

" Ben," I whine, " Where are we going?"

He doesn't say anything but continues to drag me out the house.

I was starting to get annoyed because I had no idea what was going on.

We get to Ben's car and I stop dead in my tracks.

He stares at me.

" I'm not going anywhere until you tell me what's going on."

" Do you trust me?" He replies.

I look down at my white Huaraches and say nothing.

He walks over to me. " Liliana, do you trust me?" Ben asks again.

His hand cups my cheek, it slowly sliding down my neck.

I slowly nod my head yes. " I'm still not moving," I state.

He exhales very loudly. " Why do you always have to be so difficult?"

Benjamin picks me up and throws me over his shoulder.

" Let me go!" I scream playfully.

He sits me in the car and closes the door.

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" Are you even going to talk to me?" He asks, taking his eyes off the road.

" No," I said, sulking.

" Shame," Ben replies.

We continue to not talk and I was getting pretty bored.

" Ben," I say quietly.

" Oh, so now you want to talk?"

I slump back down and stop my mouth from forming the words I was going to say.

" Sorry, genuinely."

" It's ok," I mumble. " But where are you taking me, s'il vous plaît, tell me."

" It's a surprise."

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We arrive at some really old building, it looked haunted.

" What is this place?" I ask, walking towards it with Ben right beside me.

" It's the most haunted place in all of Paris."

" This isn't the catacombs," I say like he obviously didn't know.

" Oui, but this is beaucoup mieux. "

" How so?" I ask.

" Well," He pulls me closer to him, " It's a place where a man murdered his whole family."