When There Is Nothing Left But Love

I heard her footsteps as she waltzed up to me. “His injuries look rather serious, so I’m surprised that he recovered this quickly. It’s just as well, so my courtesy call doesn’t come to waste.”

With that, she received the fruit basket from her agent and pushed it in front of us. “Oh, the traffic accident was a prank taken too far on my part. I hope we can see an amicable resolution to this. Let’s take it that it never happened.”

Her flighty tone told me that she was not at all apologetic.

This was not an olive branch. It was obvious that all she wanted was for us to turn a blind eye to it.

My face dimmed as I spoke coldly, “Who let you out?”

“Of course, it was the protector of the people, the lovable boys in blue.” Rebecca shrugged wantonly before she loosened her grip and outright chucked the fruit basket aside. She then leaned in with brazenness. “So long as I draw breath, you can expect no peace!”

“Enough!” My fists tightened until they trembled. “I’ll say this once again. I’m not Scarlett Stovall. Even if I was, you’ve no right to treat anyone this way!”

“Hmph,” Rebecca sneered, then stood herself upright with arms akimbo. “You’re afraid, Scarlett, as you should be.”

She paused before she laughed even more gleefully at this point. “The last time was just the appetizer. Look forward to the full course!”

woman turned and strutted off in the most pompous manner possible.

tone sounded like she

not held me by the wrist. “Calm down. She meant to provoke you. It’s better to not act

…..

seeing as to how he

when our cab was swiftly surrounded on all sides by several black

so unnerved as he articulated himself properly, “Who… Don’t be stupid… This is a law-abiding

outright disregarded the driver’s threats. It took them no effort to drag him out of the driver’s seat and have him subdued. Never mind calling the police, the man

in charge walked to the backseat and located my position with pinpoint accuracy. “Make it easier on yourself, Ms.

exchanged looks. We were sure that neither of us had any clue as to what was going on. “I’ll cooperate, but first things first. Where are

lost his life the last time and had not fully recovered. Now that trouble had come knocking again, I was determined not to implicate him

up, but I quietly pinched him in

not be so banal as to get someone on my case immediately

either get someone to check in first whenever he needed to call on me or send Joseph to pick me