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?"
yourself once you open
Something was wrong.
was very, very
extremely high alert, possibly due to her past abuse. She had a strong feeling that
the door was not well-intentioned at
open this door no matter
Are you sure you got the right place?
another house?"
Bam!
slammed
trembled in fear. She clasped her mouth tightly and frantically took
back.
Bam! Bam!
began shaking in its frame as if ready to shatter
the police,
bursting into tears out


already pinned her to the floor before she could
around her throat.
help..." Maggie's face grew purple from suffocation as she tried
as the air was choked out of her. Her vision
man's harsh breathing
of a sudden, Maggie felt the
sound of fighting. Two figures battled it out at
she heard someone
It sounded like Xavier.
the end, Maggie still closed her
was furiously attacking the man in black in
had come over to check up on Maggie on Jasper's orders and also to give her some cash
Xavier would bump into someone trying to kill
to fight the man, but his skills weren't like Sean's. Pretty soon, he was beaten
like every bone in
The killer grabbed a cleaver from the kitchen and aimed
right at Xavier's chest.
Cling!
"Fuck!"
cut through the air, slashing right across
It fell to the floor with a
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