A Z A L E A

Chapter 13

AZALEA

My eyes shot open and I clutched my chest, breathing heavy.

Another dream! Why do I keep having all these dreams?

I turned towards the clock on the bed side table.

It red 6:15pm.

It looks like I overslept.

I stood up from the bed and entered the bathroom to wash my face.

Luca will be arriving in less than an hour, I need to fix myself now.

I splashed water on my face before I stared at my reflection in the mirror.

That's when I heard an all too familiar sound that I've been hearing in all of my nightmares.

The sound of the safety of a gun being pulled off.

"Do not move," an unfamiliar face stared at me from my reflection in the mirror.

I froze.

I saw his gun aimed at the back of my head, his pointing finger hovering dangerously on top of the trigger.

My mind went blank and as if out of reflex, my body moved on its own.

I turned towards the man grabbing his wrist that was holding the gun and used my other arm to snap his elbow.

I heard a crack from his arm and the sound of the gun dropping on the floor.

I raised my right leg, making contact to his member and when he bended forward to clutch it, I raised my knee and hit him in the face, hard.

He went toppling backwards falling in his back as he groaned in pain.

I grabbed the gun on the floor immediately and ran outside of the room.

"Help!" I yelled at the top of my lungs, unable to keep my mind calm.

"Rosalie!" I yelled once more, reaching the top of the stairs and looking down around the living room.

Only then did I notice all of Luca's workers unconscious on the floor including Rosalie.

I panicked.

What do I do? What do I do?

My mind was running a hundred miles and my heart was beating fast in my chest.

I ran down the stairs missing a few steps and falling to the ground.

I felt a striking pain sting my ankle and my wrist that I saw started bleeding again, soaking the bandage red.

No!

I pulled myself up and ran despite the pain in my ankle and made my way to the corner of the living room where I saw a telephone.

I ran into it and dialed Luca's office number, thankfully I was able to memorize it.

"Hello?" it was Violet.

"Violet! Luca! I need Luca!" I yelled on the phone.

"Azalea?!" Panic was evident in her voice before I heard a crashing sound on the other line, like she just fell or something like that, then I heard her breathing heavy like she was running and then a loud bang of a door hitting the walls.