Adiya Amir

Ten

"Who did this to you?" Zaid asked applying cream on my scratched face.

My face had been healing extremely well with the help of the cream, I didn't know where he got the cream but I knew the cream could cost more than my yearly fee.

He waited for me after school to take me back home, but when he couldn't find me he traced me before he found my bruised body along the roadside. I was grateful that he was the one that saw me, he carried me to his penthouse.

He had been asking me since last week I was awake, to know about the bruise on my body but I refused to tell him anything.

"I don't know the person, the person wore a mask" I replied dismissively.

He had really taken good care of me, by buying an expensive phone for me. He saved his and Sumaya's number.

"Who did...?" I cut him off, "sincerely I don't know, I don't know them... They will know if I tell you....she would skin me alive if she knows that I tell you" I rambled frantically before I clamped my mouth shut.

Foolish Dee

You'd give away

He would ask who now

"Who is she" he seethed.

"I don't know" I mumbled while my stomach used that moment to grumbled.

I patted my stomach for being a lifesaver.

"Lemme get you, food girl, we are not through with this" he narrowed his eyes at me and I smiled innocently back then he slammed the door shut while grumbling.

I minimized the game I was playing and search for NPD. I'd been looking for a way to search for it but never knew how to operate the phone until yesterday's night.

I sat on the couch while nibbling on my lips. I needed to search for it quickly before he arrived back.

"Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a personality disorder with a long-term pattern of abnormal behaviour characterized by exaggerated feelings of self-importance, excessive need for admiration, and a lack of empathy. Those affected often spend much time thinking about achieving power or success, or on their appearance. They often take advantage of the people around them especially weak or of lower status. The behaviour typically begins by early adulthood, and occurs across a variety of social situations." I read out, I was surprised. That explained why he always behaved like that. It was common in males than in females.

I was so into what I was reading that I didn't know when he entered with food.

"What are you reading?" He asked while I shook my head like a kid been asked about something he or she was the guilt of.

"Are you hiding something?" he trailed off," or you have a male number" he gritted.

"No" I replied.

"Then bring out your phone," he asked gently while I handed my phone to him.

He smiled but upon seeing what I was reading, it vanished.

"How dare you" he smashed the phone on the nearest wall while I flinched.

"How did you know?" His voice croaked out while I looked at him apologetically.

"Stop looking at me like that, I hate that look" he raised his voice, "I don't want your pity" he yelled while I sobbed.

I didn't know what to say and this was what I was avoiding.

"You are like them just want to know me and pity me" he eyed me warily.