Threats
I was shopping for furniture, but my mind wasn’t in it. I bought a new house. It was perfect for me

and it suited my style. Simple yet cozy. It was in a great neighborhood and was even closer to

Noah’s school. I loved it the moment I saw it. It also had a big backyard where Noah could play

unlike our previous house.

“Are you even paying attention?” Letty asks in annoyance.

She was helping me pick furniture my new home. It has been three days since I bought it and yet

it was sitting completely empty. I didn’t even have a bed for heaven’s sake. I’ve been sleeping on a

make shift bed on the floor.

“I’m sorry, Letty…I just have too much on my mind” I apologize.

When you have someone trying to kill you, most other things usually take a back seat. They don’t

seem as important as trying to stay a live long enough to see you child grow up.

I still get chills knowing that I was close to dying. Again. That someone deliberately set a fire to

my house. That they wanted me burned alive. What kind of a sick person does that?

Plus it can’t be a coincidence that the day of the dinner party someone chased me. Only to have

my house burned down the next day. 1

“Is it because of your house?” her voice is full of sympathy.

I clench my hands in fist. “Yes! And not only that, it’s everything. It just makes me so angry. Four

times, Letty! They’ve tried killing me four times and from what I see they don’t plan on stopping

until i’m dead. I just want to be left the fuck alone” I take a deep breath.

The people around as stare at us at my outburst, but I don’t give a shit about the scathing looks.

I sometimes felt so lost. I can’t bring my son back home even though I miss, because I don’t want

to put him in any danger. I haven’t held or kissed my baby boy in weeks.

“What terrifies me is what if they succeed? I haven’t see Noah in three months, Letty. Seeing him

on video calls isn’t the same as holding him in my arms. What if they succeed and I never get to

see or hold him again?” I ask, fighting the tears that threatened to fall.

“Uh…I don’t know what to say” she looks at me awkwardly

“You’re really not good at pep–talks are you?” I ask chuckling, wiping away my tears

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“Hell No!” She all but shouts then sighs “I don’t know what you’re feeling but I get you. I know

how frustrating this must be for you, but don’t let them get to you, cause the moment they do, you

give them power over you”

I think for a second about what little she’s told me. She was right. I can’t lose it right now. Who

knows? Maybe that is what they’re counting on. Making me lose it, so that I can be careless and

make a mistake.

“Thank you, Letty” I give her a side hug.

Her pep–talk however small, is exactly what I needed.

“Good. Now, have you gotten everything you need?” she asks. “We’ve been at this for hours and I’m

starving”

“Yeah…we can go get something to eat. Let me pay and then I’ll came back and rive the U–Haul

back to my place”

“You do realize you can just hire them to deliver the furniture right? They’ll even help you moving

do it by

my space. Beside, I’m just

move

a bit before shrugging her shoulders. We head to the cashier and I pay

we’ve chosen.

restaurants and eateries near the furniture store so we don’t have

ask her already

fast and greasy…is that something you even have

I grin at her.

we are settled.

same thing. Fries,

about anything important.

a moment, I forget about my

so full I can barely think straight” Letty

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in her eyes

look like you just had

smirks. “I did, I

like that. Food and orgasms shouldn’t be used in

sentence.

the same as the

that sentence…haven’t you ever had of TMI” I look at her in

thing I want is to hear what

“Oops” she says sheepishly.

sister wants to hear about their brother having sex. They especially

described.

and I check the incoming

be leaving work soon and I want to be there when he gets to my

place”

I head out too. My feet are

our bills and

for your help

“Anytime, Ava”

she leaves. I walk the

Mainly because I was

home by the time he

annoying voice makes me lift

lot. She was staring at me like she

murder.

didn’t want her kind of drama so I turn about to move around them but her

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you happy now? bitterness

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I turn back around and

like a damn statue

ask het, my eyebrows

Are you happy now that Rowan

your plan all along wasn’t

something had happened between them, but

He loved her after

know why you think I would be happy about that when it doesn’t concern me”

emotionlessly

drawing the attention

to Travis. “Would you mind controlling your hysterical sister? The

thinks I had something to do with whatever drama

her and her man”

my sister, Ava” he says

haven’t been your sister in a long time, Travis. Or have you forgotten the many

me that yourself”

wait for the pain,

happiness is short lived when Emma takes a step

you’ve won then you’re wrong Ava.

to take him from me. I am not going to let you win. This time I will fight you to the

to” she spits.

back and raise my hand. “Whoa, first of

all, there will be no fighting to the death. If you want him you

Keep him for all I care, marry him, fuck him, and

in your fucking head that I. Do. Not. Want.

tired of repeating the same thing over and over again. Why was it so

I no

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