Captivation: Want Nothing But You

"In order to survival," Shelia said casually.

But Victor felt sad upon hearing that.

"Is the meat ready to be flipped? It’s on the verge of being burned." Shelia pointed out.

Upon recall by Shelia, Victor saw a small burn on the meat’s exposed side when he looked at it closely.

He flipped the meat over while he was still thinking about what she just said.He had second thoughts about whether or not to ask her about it.

It was, after all, Shelia’s own business.

Shelia, on the other hand, didn’t seem to take it seriously.She asked, "Will you please teach me?"

"Hmm," Victor said after a while.

"Is that a yes?"

Suddenly, Shelia’s eyes glowed, and she broke into a grin.

Her two dimples, meanwhile, became much more stunning.

Victor nodded, "Okay."

Shelia grinned broadly as she said, "Thanks so much, Van.You are the kindest individual I’ve ever encountered, except for my caretaker in the orphanage."

"Orphanage?"

"Yap! That’s where I was raised.However, two years ago, the orphanage was taken over and the old woman was unwell and died." Shelia’s eyes clouded as she spoke about this.

"The elderly woman was a wonderful friend.When I was younger, she prepared great meals and gave me a lot of fresh fruits."

‘‘She is an orphan…’’ Victor pursed his lips.

"A guardian was needed to look after you since the orphanage was taken over.Why didn’t you leave with the other kids?"

Shelia looked up at Victor and answered, "I didn’t want to leave."

That was the only home Shelia had known for so long.

"Are they okay with you being outdoors on your own?"

Shelia said, "No.But I was desperate to visit her tomb, so

the dingy ground, Shelia lay down immediately.She was bathed in shards of sunshine that had been scattered by the trees and fallen to the ground.She placed her hands behind her head, her lips quivering.She sighed with disappointment as

want to visit

keeps you

people guarding the area.They’ll find me if I go there.She had no idea that I have a name now.I’ll tell her my name when I meet her again in the future," Shelia said, blinking her

black eyes remained fixed on

the chance to see you, Van, it would be more than likely that she would

to use this

that the adjective "lovely" was an apt description of her

twice, Victor asked her, "Since she was responsible for your

unable to communicate since she was deaf, mute, and illiterate.She never referred to us by

if it were a treasure

cards and let us take them as we pleased, but we were naughty,’ shella erupted into laughter, which was

Did I get the best

"It’s definitely the best."

and said, "I am the only one

was toasting as they were

the meat after he re-applied

set to go.Eat,

growl came from her gut just after

put her hand to her stomach and ate the meat with a

much better than the meat I made myself! Van,

Victor’s expression softened somewhat.

rejuvenated after a good

rose to her feet, she said,

rise when Shelia abruptly extended her hand

"Come on, get up."

little pause, he took Shelia’s hand in his and replied,

learning the hard way, Shelia used a

track of time as they

had

assisted Victor in sitting down on

not sure how far we’ll have to travel until we’re out.Hopefully, we can get out before

some water as

after so much walking, and he was coughing up blood for the second

sure we can.Let’s