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
high alert, possibly due to her past abuse. She
door was not
couldn't open this door no
you sure you got the right place? Why
another house?"
Bam!
heavy slammed against the
trembled in fear. She clasped her mouth
back.
Bam! Bam!
its frame as if ready to shatter
was about to call the police, a tall, dark figure
into tears out of sheer


already pinned her to the floor before she could see his face.
around her throat.
purple from suffocation as
air was choked out of her. Her vision slowly
the man's harsh
of a sudden, Maggie felt the
the sound of fighting. Two figures battled it out at the edge of
Maggie passed out, she
It sounded like Xavier.
end, Maggie still closed her eyes
man in black
had come over to check up on Maggie on Jasper's orders and also to give her
knew Xavier would bump
his best to fight the man, but his
It felt like every bone
right at Xavier's chest.
Cling!
"Fuck!"
suddenly cut through the air, slashing right across the
fell to the floor with a
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