A Love Trap

"Ellie! Stop... talking... like that!" he spluttered.

Francis might have been with a lot of women, but he took nobody seriously. Those women knew it and they didn't mind.

But Ellie was different. He never thought of treating her badly.

He could not fathom why she had to hurt herself like that.

He was really upset. Not because of what she thought about him, but because of how she saw herself.

The worst part of it was that she called him "Mr. Francis." The fact that she called him "Mr. Francis"

hurt him the most.

Ellie closed her eyes and pursed her lips. She didn't say anything.

Francis grabbed both her shoulders and forced her to look at him. "Ellie, please tell me you're joking." He looked at her, his eyes firm with pleading and frustration. "Please tell me you didn't mean any of what you just said."

Francis' eyes spoke sincerely to Ellie.

She couldn't take another look at him. She needed strength to say what she was about to say, "No, I meant everything I said."

Francis could see right through her lie. He shouted, "Look me in the eye and tell me again! You didn't mean any of that, right?"

Ellie looked into his eyes, her visage as fierce as the crunching in her chest. "I meant it. I meant every bit of it. You may leave Mr. Francis."

Ellie pointed to the door gesturing for Francis to leave.

"Fine!" Francis clenched his jaw and gnashed his teeth in anger.

He let go of her and turned around to leave.

The thud that came from the shutting door made Ellie flinch. As the door closed, the room fell into silence.

Ellie could only look at the direction where he had gone.

wrapped herself with her shaking arms to hold

the tough facade she had shown him earlier had

now. Everyone had left for real. She was really all alone.

Ellie went to L City was

was going to spend some time and have a few nice meals with them. But none of that ever happened. What was waiting for her was the news

one was home when she arrived. She assumed that they went out for some groceries. She wanted to surprise them and didn't call. But when it was getting dark, and they were still

All of them just looked at her with sad

about the way they looked at her. However, she started to panic after she didn't hear anything about her grandparents for the whole day. She went to the neighbors and asked them about her

them at first. She tried to ask

of the neighbors told her that her grandparents had passed away and

in their lives, but this sickness caught on them all of a sudden. With

the neighbors not to tell Ellie. They said that they might fight it through and they didn't want to make her worry. They also told them that if the sickness got worse, they would tell

the story, she

fine during their last visit to J City. She didn't

she would not agree to let them leave.

she mourned until she

had returned to Ellie's house and saw her sitting on the bed, holding her knees,

wondered why it was so hard for her to accept that they had

eat something first." He places a breakfast platter on the

him, surprised, "Why

and swollen, but she couldn't keep her tears from

closer to her, Francis sighed, "Did you forget what I told you last

with a blank expression.

if she should trust

he told her she would not be alone.

took over Ellie.

what

a huge traumatic mark on her. She had stayed away from men

hate the idea of

but she was happy when he was around.

what she was feeling, but