Maggie cried some more once she returned home, having revealed so much of her painful past to

Alyssa all at once. She ended up falling asleep and only waking up in the afternoon the next day. Her

mother had gone to work already.

Maggie struggled to get out of bed. She really didn't feel like going out, so she called the shopowner of

the tailor shop she used to work at to order some fabrics. She planned to start making a bag for Xavier.

In all honesty, if it was someone else who'd asked Maggie to do this, she wouldn't have actually gone

through with it.

But Xavier's eyes had been so bright and his tone so earnest when he asked. Maggie couldn't help but

want to finish making it for him as fast as she could.

The tailor shop owner called Maggie in the evening and informed her that he'd sent a runner to drop off

the fabrics. The runner was about to reach her home.

Maggie thanked the shop owner profusely and patiently waited.

Sometime later, someone knocked on her door.

Maggie was eager to open it. But when she placed her hand on the doorknob, she still asked

cautiously, "Who is it?"

The person outside paused briefly before saying, "Delivery guy. I have something for you."

Delivery? Wasn't this person a runner?

Maggie grew suspicious. "I've made a lot of orders recently. Where is your delivery from? Here or out of

state?"

once

Something was wrong.

very, very

on extremely high alert, possibly due to her past abuse. She had

the door was

this door

online recently. Are you sure you got the right place? Why

another house?"

Bam!

slammed

and trembled in fear. She clasped her

back.

Bam! Bam!

began shaking in its frame as

the police, a

into

man had already pinned her to the floor before she could see his face.

around her throat.

suffocation as she

was choked out of

of the man's harsh breathing

Maggie felt the hands on her

was the sound of fighting. Two figures battled

before Maggie passed out, she

It sounded like Xavier.

Maggie still closed her eyes

attacking the man

to check up on Maggie on Jasper's orders and also to give

knew Xavier would bump into someone trying to kill

the man, but his skills weren't like Sean's. Pretty soon, he was beaten

It felt like every bone in his

you both then!" The killer grabbed a cleaver from the kitchen

right at Xavier's chest.

Cling!

"Fuck!"

butterfly knife suddenly cut through the air, slashing right across the

the cleaver. It fell

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