DESTINY|✔

chapter 39

"I got a landlord!"✍
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"I live here , it's my house!" He exclaimed. "You want to give a room for rent right ?" I asked . "So what ?" He asked making a mean face . I pushed him and entered the house . The place was messed up but the decor and house were beautiful they just needed some cleaning . He grabbed my hand and twisted it , "I want a room on rent , Mr.benjamin sended me. " I said and he set me free . "That hurted." I said rubbing my hand . "Follow me." He said and started walking upstairs. I walked upstairs and although it was dusty but the lobby was actually like a bookshelf filled with tons of books . "Hurry up !" He exclaimed . So I accelerated and went to the room . "Are you serious?it's covered with spider webs and dust ." I said covering my mouth with my scarf. 

"That's why the rent is less as compared to the local price." He said. "But who will clean all this?" I asked and he pointed at me. "No thanks. " I said and came downstairs. I was determined so much to get out of the house that I bumped into a bookshelf and all the books were on me . While Edmund was busy laughing I got up . "Well if you want the room then come with identity proof next time." He said giggling. "Identity proof?" I asked . "Yes it's neccessary for official paper works you know, what if you are a thief or a terrorist?" He asked smirking. "It's not like I didn't knew it's just that I don't want to. "I said in a low voice barely audible. "What do you mean?" He asked stepping forward towards me but I heard a loud cracking sound and immediately ducked down. "What is happening??!" I exclaimed. "Those are the pigs from the coffee shop." Edmund said taking his revolver out of his pocket. " but why are they throwing stones on your house? And wait I thought police arrested them." I said panicking out.

Edmund made me sit behind the bookshelf and slowly crept to the window. My heart was pounding fast . This was all that I never wanted to see again but destiny made me fall into this crap again .  I came out from my thoughts and stood up after hearing some gunshots. Edmund came back to me with a huge grin hanging on his face. "Yes you were saying about the police well they didn't find any proof against them so they were out again but now I don't think They would come out of the hospital so early." He said . I  just walked past him and tried to open the door But failed , Edmund pushed me away and tried but the door didn't opened. I went to the windows and they were locked from outside. "Those pigs!!"Edmund exclaimed kicking one of the bookshelfs.

I sat down on the floor breathing heavily. "You aren't use to such things,are you?"Edmund asked sitting on his chair. "Why don't you tell the police?" I asked . "This  is my profession and plus I have told them earlier all they do is blame me just due to some personal grudges they take my license away." He said banging the table hard . "Why were you so scared? I didn't killed them or something I just shot thier ugly legs that they won't roam around my house next time....." Edmund started giving explanation but I couldn't hear his voice maybe because I was finding mine in the silence. After calming myself down I looked up, he was reading rather turning pages of a novel .

"Why are you skipping chapters?" I asked . "It's boring like who cares what happened in between if anything matters it's the start and the end." He said placing his foot on the table . "You can't skip chapters, that's not how life works. You have to read every line, meet every character. You won't enjoy all of it . Some chapters will make you cry for weeks .You will read things you don't want to read, you will have moments when you don't want the pages to end but you have to keep going. Stories keep the world revolving after all" I said. "Another fancy lines." He said rolling his eyes . "I know you had heard it before but it's the truth." I said and then a awkward silence filled into the house.

I felt something was vibrating, I removed my phone from my pocket and it was Mr.benjamin. "why did you choosed this house for me ?"I questioned. "I trust him he also suffered a lot in his past and he is a private detective , you will be safe with him." He said . "But..." I was about to continue but he cut off's "No buts but yes at the end it's your decision. " he said and hunged up . I turned and Edmund was sitting and smirking there . I walked upto him and gaved him money. "What's this?" He asked getting up. "My rent and listen I have agreed to stay here only because I trust Mr.benjamin. "I said walking upstairs. I opened the doors and it felt like a dust explosion . While I was exploring my new room I heard cracking of glass I ran downstairs as I thought the bad guys must have returned but saw Edmund kicking the glass windows and breaking them into pieces. He stepped near me and snatched my scarf , "You..." before I could complete he wrapped it around his hand and punched the window. He jumped out of it and opened the door from outside.

"Can you help me cleaning the room?" I requested as politely as I could say . "No but I can give you the necessities. " he said and started searching something in the kitchen cabinets,I explored the house till then. Soon he came with mops and brushes with brooms and soaps . I was so into cleaning that I didn't even realized that it's already dusk , "what's for dinner?" I asked like a hungry pig . "Lentil soup." Edmund said and presented me a bowl of water with some yellow lentils with utmost pride . I tasted it and trust me saying that it was ridiculously bad was a understatement. I got up from my seat poured the lusciously ridiculous soup into the bin and cooked some pasta that would fill our stomach. "That looks amazing!" Edmund said drooling over it already while I was stirring it. We ate it happily, "where did you learnt making such a good red sauce pasta ?" Edmund asked but I didn't replied.

"Okay I will guess that it didn't went well between you guys but may I know why?" He asked licking the plate . "I was the ocean they wanted rivers , I was the moon they chased the stars." I said getting our plates to the sink . "You like fancy stuff,don't you ?" He asked but I didn't replied. "Well I think you are broken..." he said . I just ignored him and started rinsing the dishes. "Broken girls blossom into warriors. " he said smilingly and somehow that made me smile too.

"Could you get a cab for me?" I requested. "You have given me rent so you can live here I can wait for the identity proof by tomorrow maybe." He said . "It's not about that actually my luggage is in the hotel , I will check out in the morning and come here by noon." I said opening the doors but that little hope of living a new life was demolished by what I had just seen . The police officer was standing there aiming his gun on my head,Before I could realize Edmund pulled me back and twisted the officers hand pinning him down to the ground. I closed the door and made Edmund get up from the police guy , "Are you on his side or something?" Edmund asked me in a are you mad kinda tone . Before i could reply the policeman aimed his gun again at us .

"Who are you?" I asked folding my arms. Edmund yawned and that made me more mad at him , he pushed me back "what's the matter John?" He asked the guy who was still pointing the gun at me . "It's not you this time Edmund white, this girl is not what you think she is Evelyn Thomas. The whole London is out for her search and she is hiding here in your house ." The guy said and my heart skipped a beat . "So what ?" Edmund said making him lower his gun. "She is Evelyn Thomas!" The policeman said looking with disgust towards me and that really made me feel bad . "I don't care, she is just a tenant for me ."Edmund said . "You are mad!" The police guy said putting his gun inside his pocket and sitting on the couch. I turned to leave "your hotel is sealed , I know you tried to hide yourself with that hoodie and this scarf today but today when you were sitting in waiting area opening that parcel that Mr.benjamin sended you were captured in the CCTV" the police guy said getting up from the couch "by the way Mr.benjamin is in the jail." He said stepping closer to me . "What??!!!" I asked really being terrified. I sat on the ground holding my legs close to my stomach , the policeman bented down "Mr.Sky died in the cell today." He whispered in my ears and I backed away from him .

He smiled and got up , "there was a huge fire in the cell today which burnt 4 people away and one of them was your foster Dad Mr.Sky." the guy said switching on the TV. I closed my ears but he increased the volume, the questions were back ...... it made me feel the same way when I was standing in that hall few months ago , same old questions with the same vultures..... but this time I won't give up . I screamed and got up , I took the flower vase kept on the table and threw it on the TV . All I heard was the sound of breaking glass before fainting.
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