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 you open

Something was wrong.

was very, very

due to her past abuse. She had

outside the door was not

open this door no

online recently. Are you sure

another house?"

Bam!

heavy slammed against

and trembled in fear. She clasped her

back.

Bam! Bam!

shaking in its frame as if ready to shatter at any

Maggie was about to call the police, a tall, dark

me!" Maggie screamed, bursting into tears out of sheer

before she could see his face.

around her throat.

suffocation as she tried to

choked out of her. Her vision slowly swam.

of the man's harsh breathing

of a sudden, Maggie felt the

was the sound of fighting. Two figures battled it

out, she

It sounded like Xavier.

still closed her eyes and

furiously attacking the man in black

check up on Maggie on Jasper's orders

knew Xavier would bump into someone trying

his best to fight the man, but his skills weren't

on the floor. It felt like every bone in his body had

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

right at Xavier's chest.

Cling!

"Fuck!"

air, slashing right across the

the cleaver. It fell to the floor

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