Entwined fates

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o weeks have been a crazy roller coaster ride for me. I could s

loud in my head like

Jaxon King withi

have access to the fortune

condition, was he trying to make sure the fa

out like my mum had apparently done a

first announcement before the

range car following me, followed by the break-in

sible situation, a situation where walkin

t, like I couldn't

as the age of ten, I had been

enough to be on my own, ever since then, I ha

thought life had finally decided to give me a break, t

o?" I whispe

nswer, the walls didn't care and the flickering

ll by myself, with

rabbed my phone, I considered cal

the orphanage home when I left and I wasn't social enough to

. my train of thoughts was interr

loudly in my chest, pounding in my ears. I wa

nothing, j

to always keep her door locked and not let her cat wan

lock but as I opened the

on the floor, right i

my fingers trembling as I picked it up, ther

but I paused and looked down the lo

losed the door, I weighed the envelope in

paper and written on that paper was: "You should h

my grip on the paper loosened

ck, my breathing

the hallway again, searching for someone, anyon

d of a TV playing in one of the other apart

d sat on the bed, staring at the no

w the day being referred to was that day at Mr Anderso

ng I won't be lucky next time, that m

t the thought of a day like

rought nothing but fear and chaos into my life since I heard abou

going to

t going

, whoever it was wanted me scared, they wanted me to wal

d dialed the one person

n Ki

_^^_

e slid into the booth at the q

ooking more like someone coming from a bu

g and brought the note out, shoving the

acted tough and confident in his presence but th

willing to l

. His jaw tightened as he read the w

out a white envelope that looked similar to mine,

to me, because what was in the env

use in the picture was Edward Langston, it wasn't jus

covered in bruises, who would

below, the message read: "He died for thei

opped the photo, flinchi

ll is this?"

is temple, "Looks like someone

you have any idea who

would have missed it, I would have missed the w

mething, don't you? You know who

t nothing concrete."

ing us and you have 'suspicions'. How does suspi

any more than you do? I don't want to marry you Ava in case you can't

ed further into the booth

again, his fingers tapping against the table and after a

widened,

married." He announced again, his

to, "So that's it? We just give in and do what the

udging by how hard his jaw was clenched, "For now, that's

, that this was all a mistake and that this wouldn't work

swallowed hard before talkin

yebrow, "What con

act but don't think for one sec

riage won't change anything between us, we are n

nd I nodded

we're getting marrie

g but I decided against, time wasn't on our side now

later in the evening,

r how much deep and calming breaths I took, there was no shaking awa

and slowly mass

night and I was marrying him in a week from now and som

pulling back the curtain slightly and gla

t make the face but it was a tall, dark fi

figure harder, my heart racing as I did. I blink

rs, I wouldn't allow myself to be scared, I won't give wh

threats pressed down on me more and deep insi