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?"

yourself once

Something was wrong.

very, very

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

door was not well-intentioned

this door

you sure you got the right place? Why don't you

another house?"

Bam!

heavy slammed

jolted and trembled in fear. She clasped her mouth tightly and

back.

Bam! Bam!

in its frame as if ready to

Maggie was about to call the police, a tall,

Maggie screamed, bursting into tears out

her to the floor before she could see his

around her throat.

as she tried to tear

choked

the man's

Maggie felt the hands

was the sound of fighting. Two figures battled it out at the

out, she heard someone yell,

It sounded like Xavier.

closed

man in black in Maggie's

had come over to check up on Maggie on Jasper's orders and also to give her some cash to

knew Xavier would bump into someone

but his skills weren't

floor. It felt like every

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

right at Xavier's chest.

Cling!

"Fuck!"

the air, slashing

release the cleaver. It fell

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