Slam.
Slam.
The resounding echo of feet heavily marching onto the ground mixed saltily with the windy air and loud clashes of rain strokes to the metallic zinc of the police station.
Boom, came the thunders blare and whip, the lightening stroke as he finally stepped out of his seven years of being caged.
" Pls.. Pls... Don't do this.. Pls... Stop saying that.. I didn't do it" As his footsteps became more vivid, so did his memory.
"Pls.. I swear I'll do anything.. My mum is sick and in the hospital.. She's the only one I got pls.... If you say this.. There'd be no one to look after her pls Don't tell such false stories against me.. Pls... I swear I didn't do it" The sound of his shaky voice seven years back reechoed in his mind.
He didn't mind the fact that a storm was occurring and in this situation where everyone ran to hide, look for places of shelter till the weather cooled, he stepped out, into the moody dark atmosphere, thick gatherings of cloud overshadowing the sky and stealing the atmospheric light.
He stood rigidly under the heavy storm, only him was the abnormal human to do that. He slowly raised his hard emotionless face upwards to look rawly into the sky and the heavy slaps of rain strokes replied his vengeful gaze.
"Criminals never agree"
The small bold voice repeated in his memory, clinging unto his brains cells like a parasite.. Replaying as if reminding him that.. It only took those three words to shut him up and send him to a seven year of cage-lock up.
" That little lieing bitch" He thought within himself as he still stared up.
He was back and he didn't come back for nothing.
He was going to make them pay. Every single one of them bastards and bitches that made him go through hell.
He'll make them suffer ten times worse.
He slowly looked down and wore his black hood cap, tucking his hands in his pockets. He furthered into the rain, disappearing into the arising fogs .
༄ CREE'S EXQUISITE VILLA ༄
" THE EXONEREE DRUG ADDICT DAVIAN CEDAR HAS BEEN RELEASED AFTER SPENDING SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON.. HIS CRIME WAS FIGURED TO BE FALSE AND THE ACCUSATIONS WRONG, THIS WAS PROVEN AS....."
Alora's fingers shook terribly as she gazed into the playing news on the large flat TV screen in the living room, the rest of the words blurring into a haze.
Her bum was on the edge of the chair and she had no idea the ice cream she was taking was already melted as it had fallen.
The intensity of the news playing took a hold of her and she had no idea the mess that was on the floor.
He's back
He's back
The black devil is back
Davian is back.
Those words played in her head to a crescendo and the loud thunders blare startled her out of it.
She snapped her head to the window, her heart palpitations increasing, cursing the thunder for being that loud internally.
She looked back to the TV screen and took her fingers to her lips biting them uncaringly, not giving a damn if they got cut from her reckless bites.
"Oh my God.. Oh my God.. Oh my God" She kept murmuring...
It was never her intention to falsely accuse him.. She didn't want to.. She had no intention to.. But Emily had convinced her with her lies and she had only realized the day before today that it was all lies.
~~The Previous Day~~
She had skipped to her sisters room in search for some useless antics to see if she could come up with any designs for her fashion job. She was a hidden fashion designer.. Not known by many as she didn't want that.
She just took jobs and chose designs creating them without being recognized.. She loved the low-key life she lived.. No one knew she was a fashion designer although her brand was quite popular.
Whenever she was out of designing styles, she looks at cramped shaped structures of anything and new idea just pops up.. Her ideas weren't just limited to online browsing to see new designs.. She preferred creating something out of the ordinary and people loved her work.. So she was proud of it.
She had gone down Emily's personal basement which was just under her wooden flooring.
She pushed open a drawer and met stacks of packed cocaine, Molly and other hard drugs.. She was shocked beyond measure.
She had taken them outside and confronted Emily.
"Emily what the hell are these.. How come you have them in your basement.. What's this" She had screamed hoping that there was a valid explanation to it but Emily snatched the packs and slapped her instead.
"Emily" She had screamed from shock holding her hurting red cheek.
"How dare you go to my room without my permission and down my basement as well... So what.. Yh.. I take them so what.. Would you go to the fucking authorities and give a blind testimony again" Emily yelled with a scoff and Alora's eyes widened in realization, regret plunging into her mind.
"It was all a lie.. Davian wasn't the one who took drugs.. You lied against him and used me to save yourself.. It's been seven years.. Meaning he stayed in prison for seven years for nothing... Emily how could you be so heartless." Alora's voice was barely above a whisper as realization hit her.
Emily moved closer with a dirty smirk painting her expression, her gaze leveling with Alora's.
" Took you seven long years to catch my lie.. Tch Tch.. You should grow smart Alora.. You're too dumb for a human.. And you should be supporting me here.. That guy caught me inhaling the darn cocaine OK.. He caught me taking a sniff so don't even blame me... I was gonna go if he reported so why wait and get reported when I could switch the game... "Emily smirked and Alora shook her head.
" Emily.. He suffered for seven goddamned years.. His mum died in the hospital as he could no longer provide the bills for her treatment.. He was no longer there.. How.. How can you say such after all that.. How can you be so heartless... Oh gawd Emily... And it's all because of my darn testimony.. That solidified the evidence created ... I thought you had a crush on him.. How could you do that "Alora cried terribly.. Her wrongs washing over her.
" What... Do what huh... I fucking like him doesn't mean I'll be a fool and let him bring me down.. I'm not a stupid softie like you Lora.. Grow up baby... And if one words gets out concerning this... I'll neglect our relationship by blood and roast you" Emily left the weight of her threat hanging in the air and she strode away sassily leaving Alora to drop to the floor helplessly.
She was doomed.
~~ PRESENT ~~
How did she fall for her sisters lie.
Yes she was easy to deceive but was that enough reason..
Jeezzz... She doesn't know why but she just jeeps getting this ominous feeling that he'll come after her.
That he'll search for her down to the pit, dig her out and make her fucking pay.. She just feels that way and that added weight to the scare.
The look he gave her before he was taken away by the cops was damning... Screaming threats of vengeance.
"Earth to Alora" Emily walked in dressed a cropped hoodie.
"What got you so spaced out" Emily sat beside her and stepped on the melted ice cream.
"Jeeezzz.. Alora.. You should clean this up" Emily said chewing bubble gum loudly as Alora slowly turned her head to face her with a death glare.
"What" Emily questioned when she met the look.
" Are you still vexed about yesterday.."
"Cmon yunno.. I'm sorry about that.." Emily smiled and started operating her iPad.
"He's back" Alora said those two words and Emily raised her head.
"What" Her eyes widened.
"He was exonerated" She said and Emily stayed still for a while and then shrugged.
" so.. He can do nothing" Emily said.
"What If he can do something" Alora pestered and Emily sighed with an eye roll.
"Yunno what Alora.. I know what you need" Emily said standing up pulling Alora up as well.
"You need a hot brain cooling outing.. With me" Emily smiled and Alora shook her head negatively.
"No Emily.. I'm not interested" Alora said withdrawing her hand but Emily pulled harder.
"Come on ... You have to be interested.. It's gonna be fun trust me.. Nothing is more fun than an outing with your eldest and you know that" Emily grinned and Alora sighed as she pulled her into her room.
Maybe she needed to get out for a while.. Emily might be right.. He may not really be able to do anything.. She may just be over reacting.
* A CLUB *
Emily brought them here four hours ago and Alora found no comfort in the blaring sounds of music that could tear her ear drum apart, make her deaf in seconds.
The toxic smell of alcohol and the sinful sight of young people intimately dancing away and drowning themselves in alcohol only added to her stress.. The sight was gross
She wanted to leave.. No not she wanted to.. She was going to leave.. Besides she seemed like the odd one out.. Everyone wore dresses that cut out a good amount of their bodies for free showcase but she was the only one who wore a baggy brown Jean and black heavy top, hidden under a heavy black hood with comfy crocs slippers.
She got up from the chair and started squeezing her way out of the mingling crowds.. In a fit to escape the tight space.. She bumped shoulders with someone with a cold metallic aura about to slick pass as well. She felt the person stop and she groaned out from the pain of the slam.
"Am sorry" She apologized nevertheless.. The aura of the person unsettling, that she wanted to get far away from it. The rain calmed already and it only dropped in drizzles this time. It was safe to walk under without an umbrella. She dipped her hand into her hood and ventured into the cold night.
Street lights cast its fiery gaze on the tarred street road, pouring out light to whoever was walking on that area.
Alora's feet ate into the road as she walked in her heavy wear.
EXONERATED .
No matter how hard she tries, that's the only word that rings in her head.. Filling her memories..
SEVEN YEARS FOR NOTHING.
That took up the entire space in her head, her heart tightened always whenever she remembered her testimony only made the evidences more standard.
" Stop lieing.. Pls "
"I swear .. I would never do that"
"Pls stop lieing" His pleading and teary voice resounded in her mind and she dug her teeth into her lower lip, biting hard like it was a thick meat, bursting the flesh and allowing red metal ooz out from it.
" Tch.. What else would you say other than that...
" Criminals never agree anyways "Her bold daring voice, sounding like it was a true witness of the ongoing trial.
And his voice seized.. All hope disappeared from his eyes, replaced with a feral madness that could never be calmed. Hate. It was so clear in his eyes.
That guy had never done anything to hurt her.. Infact he saved her once from those bitchy bullies.
She could still remember his commanding voice as he told them away.
"Don't you dare lay your hands on her again" And that was all it took to make her heart think of no one but him and start yearning him but she could only keep her feelings a secret since her sister crushed on him as well.
He was sweet and although they didn't meet after that.. She just admired him secretly. He didn't look like one who would do what Emily accused him of but.. She never always trusted her gut.. She listened to Emily and now. She regretted it deeply.
Alora sighed looking up when suddenly she froze. She didn't realize how far she had walked and where she had walked into but that wasn't what made her freeze..
It was that feeling... That aura.. That same dark aura she felt at the bar but this time it was more vivid.
Was it because they were at a silent area. Or because she was alone. Either of the reason was unknown to her but definitely adrenaline flooded her nerves, making her heart race and that feeling sucked on her essence again, even worse this time.
She felt the hairs at the back of her neck rising and her senses sharpening as she waited.
She felt someone watching her. No not just anyone, She felt him, around.. Somewhere, staring... Leeching off her fear, gawking at her like a Predator would its prey... And feeding off her dread like a parasite would its host.
She knew he was staring and slowly she looked up.