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

her past abuse. She had a strong feeling that

outside the door was

couldn't open this

online recently. Are you sure you got

another house?"

Bam!

heavy slammed

She clasped her mouth tightly and frantically

back.

Bam! Bam!

shaking in its frame as if ready to shatter at

police, a tall, dark figure broke into the

bursting into tears out of sheer

the floor before she could see his face. He

around her throat.

grew purple from suffocation as she

her being as the air was choked out of her. Her vision

of the man's harsh breathing

felt the hands on

Two figures battled it

Maggie passed out, she heard

It sounded like Xavier.

still closed her

was furiously attacking the man in black in Maggie's

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

bump into

best to fight the man, but his skills

floor. It felt like every bone in his

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

right at Xavier's chest.

Cling!

"Fuck!"

cut through the air, slashing right across the killer's

the cleaver. It fell

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