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?"

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

a soft cooing sound like I do for her as she rubbed

had more tears running

and unharmed in front of

put a smile on my face, "I brought you ice

and

you

"Because I missed you?"

pointed a finger at

"No lies.

Remember?"

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

giggled and flung her arms in an effort to get away

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

to my bedroom and cold fear slithered down my

a new place to live in, maybe

time and also I couldn't just live here any

I didn't sleep.

I couldn't.

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

all of our things which were three boxes

I was waiting for the sun to rise so we

"Elsa…"

at my mother, my eyes reluctant to leave

troubled as she

I swallowed.

that if we go back to Black

to her, distance and time makes the

time festers the wound more, not

had brought me to my knees twice in the

is no one there,

much true that was because the man that would've been the reason

My new boss.

"I don't know."

trailed off and then thought of her words before she said, "Anna shouldn't suffer

live in a women

"Mom, please."

up and walked

her on the bed,

the end of the month, everything will be

just need to spend

how her veins were standing out and her skin was

tears back as I

"Elsa…"

what price I would've to pay for

I shook my head.

"It's my job.

company provides free health care for their employees and

lie was one I had been thinking about for the last two days, since I knew that Kristian would take care

him because he hated me,

shouldn't have to be this

rasped, her eyes shimmering with

to sit

has to, right? And you made me strong, without you

cupped my face and

all the happiness you deserve and your prince charming

I chuckled.

stopped dreaming about a prince charming

but then again he wasn't as charming as one would think to begin with, he

devil with vengeance in his cold grey eyes and hate in

"We have to

the bed to

hand under her head and

she wrapped her arms around

"Wake up, Angel…."

in a soft voice as I caressed her

on, there's

while my mother shook her head making