A lonely young women's life changes the very
night of Murray Franklin's murder, on live television and it is a change that her heart will never forget. When she spots a man passed out and bloody, in an alley, that same night and even when she sees...
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Chapter 14: The Surprise
"Who is it?" she called out trying to sound as calm and normal as possible. Iris was so relieved to hear it was not the police but also extremely nervous and apprehensive about even opening the door. She heard the water running and hoped Arthur was okay but didn't want to open the door and invade his privacy especially after after his episodes.
"I'm-I'm coming!" She shouted, which was followed by her silently cursing to herself. She took a deep breath and put on a false smile, which she was an expert at, and nervously walked over to the door. Every step she took towards the door her heart rate increased.
"Fuck...this is such a bad fucking time", she mumbled to herself as she finally approached the door.
She stood in front of the door for a moment feeling frozen with fear but eventually brought her unwillingly hand to undo her lock and then reached down to the rusty doorknob and cringed as she turned it.
When Iris slowly opened the door she made absolutely sure that she had a smile on her face but not too much of a smile as not to look at all suspicious of something.
"Hi!" she said, her voice cracking.
It was her sister Rose which was much better than the police and Iris was so lost in her head that she didn't even notice that her sister's 5 year old daughter was with her. Her eyes widened.
"Are you alright, Iris?" Rose asked, staring at her.
"No, no of course not...everything is great" she stammered.
Rose's daughter Ophelia looked up at her coyly, but soon smiled at her. Ophelia was a very timid girl and, technically speaking, is not Rose's daughter, she adopted her a few years ago because her mother was a an addict who couldn't take care of her. She's very shy but a sweet, beautiful little girl.
"Sorry I didn't answer when you were at the door the first time" Iris said.
Rose looked at her, puzzled and said, "When?"
Iris looked at her and said, "That wasn't you about 45 minutes ago knocking loudly?"
Rose shook her head and saw the way Iris looked away and seemed very lost, confused and riddled with anxiety.
"Are you really alright?" Rose asked, softly this time.
Iris kept zoning out, but snapped out of it when her sister said, "You said you'd watch her today remember?"
