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

Something was wrong.

very, very

alert, possibly due to her past abuse.

door was not well-intentioned at

couldn't open this

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

another house?"

Bam!

slammed

fear. She clasped

back.

Bam! Bam!

door began shaking in its frame as if ready to shatter at

call the police, a tall, dark figure broke into the

screamed, bursting into

floor before

around her throat.

suffocation as she tried

air was choked out of her. Her vision

of the man's

of a sudden, Maggie felt the hands on her

the sound of fighting. Two figures battled it out at

Maggie passed out, she heard someone yell,

It sounded like Xavier.

end, Maggie still closed her

furiously attacking the man in black in Maggie's living

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

bump into someone

but his skills weren't like

like every bone in his body

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

right at Xavier's chest.

Cling!

"Fuck!"

butterfly knife suddenly cut through the air,

fell to the floor with a loud

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