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?"

for yourself once you open the

Something was wrong.

was very, very

possibly due to her past abuse. She had a strong feeling that

was

couldn't open this

Are you sure you got

another house?"

Bam!

slammed

in fear. She clasped her mouth tightly and frantically took

back.

Bam! Bam!

in its frame as if ready to shatter at any

police, a tall, dark figure broke into the

into tears out

already pinned her to the floor before she could see his

around her throat.

purple from suffocation as she tried to tear the

choked out of her. Her vision slowly swam. Even

man's harsh

a sudden, Maggie felt the hands on

the sound of fighting. Two figures battled it out at the edge of her

she

It sounded like Xavier.

end, Maggie still closed

the man

up on Maggie on Jasper's orders and also to give her some

would bump into someone trying

did his best to fight the man, but his skills weren't like Sean's. Pretty soon,

floor. It felt like

then!" The killer grabbed a cleaver

right at Xavier's chest.

Cling!

"Fuck!"

butterfly knife suddenly cut through the air, slashing

the cleaver. It fell to the floor

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