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

have to do it by yourself” she folds

don’t like strangers in my space. Beside, I’m just driving

move

shoulders. We head to the

we’ve chosen.

eateries near the furniture store so we

fast and greasy?” I ask her already

that something you even have

I grin at her.

find one pretty quickly and soon enough, we are

the same thing. Fries, burger, chicken

don’t talk about anything important. We joke, we eat and

each other’s company. For a moment, I forget about my troubles and it felt

barely think straight” Letty says, making me

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satisfied look in her eyes and

like you just had an orgasm”

“I did, I had a

there is nothing like that.

sentence.

and even if it’s not the same as the pleasure I get when

sentence…haven’t you ever had of TMI”

hear what you and

“Oops” she says sheepishly.

to hear about their brother having sex. They especially don’t

described.

and I check the

have to go…Ethan will be leaving work soon and I want to be there when he gets

place”

head out too.

our bills and

your help

“Anytime, Ava”

say goodbye and she leaves. I walk the short distance

late. Mainly

home by the time he

voice makes me lift my

at the parking lot. She was staring at me like she

murder.

of drama so I turn about to move around them

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now? bitterness and anger laced her

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my better judgement. I turn back around and face her. Travis just stood

like a damn statue

I ask het,

with me! Are you happy now that Rowan broke things off with me” she

your plan all

something had happened between them, but I never expected or thought that

He loved her

be happy about that when it doesn’t concern me” I

emotionlessly

shouts drawing the attention of

“Would you mind controlling your

I had something to do with whatever drama

her and her man”

sister, Ava” he says

a long time, Travis. Or have

me that yourself”

down. I wait for the pain, but

is short lived when Emma takes a step towards

wrong Ava. Rowan is mine and I’ll go through

you win. This time I will fight you to the death if

to” she spits.

back and raise my hand. “Whoa, first of all, Rowan isn’t

no fighting to the death. If you want

care, marry him, fuck him, and give

fucking head that I.

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

no longer

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