Once

Chapter 5

Everything was dark.

There I was, back on that dreadful night. Standing there in the blue ruffle dress that I had stupidly believed was from Can.

And there he was. His eyes cold, almost as though they didn't belong to the man I loved.

The other one he had called me.

The one person in the world who had promised that no one would call me that again, was the first to use it in anger.

It was at that moment when I had lost all hope. He would never listen to my pleas.

So I shut my heart to love and on him. He would never hurt me again I had promised myself. I would never let him get that close.

My head rang as I tried to move. Clearly I had hit the ground hard in my descent. Yet, I was sitting up - and in a comfortable chair..

Disorientated, I winced preparing for the bright office lights. But what I found was even more terrifying.

I was in a car.

My breaths became shorter and my heart beat out of my chest.

How did you end up here Sanem?

When the voice inside my head was confused - I knew there was a problem.

Turing my head to face my kidnapper, I nearly fainted again.

Out of all the people who could have found me.

It had to be Can.

I silently cursed the skies above, clearly fate was not on my side. But yet, I was frozen, even though I was willing my body to move. It was as though my body feared what would happen if I did move, if I made him notice I was awake.

So, trying my best to remain as still as possible, closed my eyes and prayed the journey would end soon. But even with minimal movement, I felt the familiar pain in my leg grow again. I began to fall back into the darkness once again, but not before I thought I heard something.

"I'm so sorry Sanem."

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The next time I woke, bright lights threw my senses. No longer was I in the dark, warm car - but now I was laying in a comfortable bed. Clearly I had been given some kind of pain killer as I no longer felt a throb in my side.

But yet I knew I still wasn't alone. As I carefully turned my head to the side, I saw a slumped over figure in the chair besides me.

His bun was messier than I remembered, as though he'd been running his hands through it, but I couldn't see his face as his head hung low. But from his slumped position, I felt my heart break, even though it was surrounded by it's wall. He looked hopeless, as though he'd given up.

I began to wonder what was running through his mind. No one had heard from him over the past year - which I had originally been alright about - so I could only imagine what had happened to him. Maybe his life hadn't been as happy as I thought.

But my thought were quickly broken by an interrupting doctor.

"Miss Sanem! It's nice to see you've joined us again."

As Can's head shot up, I saw a glimpse of fear in his eyes. But I dismissed it as I groaned, turning to face my doctor - Dr Demir.

"Clearly you haven't been following the rules of our agreement."