Blackmailed For Love

I entered the apartment with one last look over my shoulder, making sure that Kristian didn't follow me.

My heart beat like crazy in my chest and my whole body still hummed from his closeness, the way he had pressed into my body reminding me of the nights we had spent in each other's arms, in secret- grabbing forbidden moments away from public eyes.

Losing ourselves in each other.

My innocent love and his fierce possession.

We had burned for each other.

Two poles desperate to connect.

But the universe had its way and pulled us apart.

4 I took a deep breath to control my emotions and took a step further into the apartment only to pause when my foot landed on something.

When I looked down I found a white envelope without any markings.

Cautiously, I picked it up and shuddered at the way the back of my neck tingled with foreboding.

I tore the envelope and upended its contents in my palm.

All the breath left my lungs as the three photos landed in my palm.

One of me in the diner.

The other with Anna outside this building.

And another that sent a shiver of revulsion and fear through me, it was of me sleeping in my bed with my daughter.

2 The photos slipped from my nerveless fingers as apprehension gripped me, only to up in its intensity when my eyes landed on the back of one of the photos.

"You should have gotten rid of her.

I don't like the reminder of the fact that someone had you before me.

Don't worry, I have a solution for it."

2 I swallowed the bile, my throat closing up and a new kind of terror tore through me as an anguished cry left me.

"Anna!"

Footsteps echoed and then two pairs of legs came in front of me.

I hadn't realized I had dropped down on my knees.

"Mama…"

My sweet angel touched my cheek with her small hand and I looked up to find her grey eyes staring back at me with concern.

"Mama, you are crying."

I grabbed her and hugged her tight to me.

"Anna… My angel…"

I cupped her face and kissed her, my emotions going out of control.

I had thought I had left the sick stalker behind when I changed cities.

He had left veiled threats before but now he was openly threatening my daughter.

I didn't know who it was and why he had targeted me but I couldn't let him harm my daughter.

Even the thought broke me apart.

"Hush… Mama, no crying."

She frowned down at me, admonishing me.

I sniffled on hearing her tight voice.

My little domineering angel.

A soft hand caressed my head and I looked up to find my mother standing thëre looking frail and tired in her blue nightgown.

She only asked one thing, "Again?"

knew why we were running from one place to another, 1 nodded with

was making a soft cooing sound like I do for her

tears running

was content that my daughter was safe and unharmed in front of

tears and put a smile

lowered and

you

"Because I missed you?"

and pointed

"No lies.

Remember?"

around her and pulled her up in my arms as I used my other hand

flung her arms in an effort to get

smiled and picked up the bags I had dropped as we made our way to the

and

have to find a new place to live in, maybe

and also

I didn't sleep.

I couldn't.

room, with a knife clutched in my hand under the blanket that was on

our things which

had to get out of here and I was waiting for the sun to

"Elsa…"

turned my head to look at my mother, my eyes reluctant to leave my

as she

I swallowed.

we go back

distance and time makes

was going to tell her that sometimes distance and time festers the wound more, not giving it

thought would help us was the same man who had brought me to my knees twice in the

no one there,

that was because the man that would've been

My new boss.

"I don't know."

off and then thought of her words before she said,

should live in a

"Mom, please."

up and walked to

on the bed, I said, "I

at the end

need to

how her veins were standing out

eyes stung but I sniffed my tears back as I

"Elsa…"

if she knew what price I would've to

I shook my head.

"It's my job.

free health care for their employees and

I had been thinking about for the last two days, since I

because he

have to

eyes

to sit

to, right? And you made me strong,

face

will have all the happiness you deserve and your prince charming will come to make

I chuckled.

had stopped dreaming about a

my prince charming looked at me like the villain of the story but then again he wasn't as charming as one would

was the devil with vengeance in his cold

"We have

the bed

and slowly

she wrapped her arms

"Wake up, Angel…."

soft voice as

there's my

and I smiled while my mother shook her head