Chapter 32 PILLS AND POTIONS
Katherina
Dark alleys.
My shadow ran faster than I could ever imagine. The atmosphere was filled so much silence and It does feel like I was empty amd alone in the world.
Running and breathing heavily.
“What did I do to you?” I screamed as I rested on one of the trees, staring into the air.
I looled back but there was no one there.
The trees sang wildly with their leaves as the wind blew them forth and back.
Creepy.
I waited for a while to catch my breath…..
I looked around once again if I will see him but I didn't. “Please let me be..I don't want to follow you,” I said in a loud tone.
The echo of my voice traveled through the air waves and back and I fidgeted.
Before I knew what was happening, a figure apparead out of nowhere.
Without further hesitation, I took to my heels immediately.
“I'm going to get you and I am going to kill you. You are nothing but a wretched being and you don't deserve to be alive,” the voice form behind came aloud.
I ran like a criminal in a ring run. I still couldn't tell who it was. The voice was unfamiliar and the footsteps seems to be distorted so there was no way I could tell who it was…
I paused.
The voices kept ringing in my ears and I became confused.
What exactly is going on? I became really scared. That same minute, the figure appeared once again.
And as I tried to run, I noticed everything had become still.
“Let me go,” I kept shouting like I was being held back by something I couldn't see.
It was difficult even to move. The figure got closer and my eyes widened in fear.
“Don’t…don't come near. I am goi going to scream your name if you ever come near,” I threatened.
But this figure ws least concerned about what I had to say. All it wanted to was to his wish and this scared me even the more.
The feet appeared in the light as the figure moved closer. “This person looks familiar,” I voiced out.
Just as he got closer, everything started getting clearer. “Please don't kill me,” I said as I struggle to behold his face.
Splaaaaat!!!
“Katherina.”
A voice called out different from the very one te figure used.
“Katherina, get up!!” The voice came in again, louder than the first time and all of a sudden, I woke up to bright lights shone in my eyes…
My vision was blurry and I struggled to make sense of what was in front of me.
The face of Roberto suddenly appears out of the bright lights, “Are you okay?” His voice rented my ears loud and clear.
“Hmmmm…”
So it was all a dream…..
My eyes darted around the room just to make a proper sight of where I was. “Are you fine, Kafherina? You got me really scared. You just keep saying all sort of things in the dream…” He blurted.
He stretched his hands towards me and cleaned my sweat with his bare hands..
My eyes widened in surprise.
“How did I get here…beside you?” I said in a weak tone.
Shy and just couldn't maintain eye contact with him. Waking up beside Roberto was the last thing I feel could happen.
We had been avoiding each other and I, on the hand, have been really scared to even look into his eyes.
“Do you want to tell me about it? Nightmare?” He spoke smoothly.
I nodded in my response.
His breath landed softly on my nose as he spoke and I blushed.
At first, I was scared. What if, I am being tormented by Papa in the dream, a reminder that he controls everything and he is coming for me soon?”
Should I just do as he wish and unhook myself from his sharp claws? Or perhaps I just tell Rober to and he find a way to handle it without my father coming for me?
“This could be bigger than you think,” the voice in my head opined.
Sometimes, I feel the inside me has more Mafia blood running in its veins.
“Whatvare you thinking about?” Fhe voice of Roberto snapped me out of my thoughts.
“Uhm..nothing, Roberto. I'm onky trying to relax,” I said, pretending to clean more sweat dripping down my face.
“Come here,” he uttered as he pulled me closer for a miss on my forehead.
“But why are you being nice to me? I thought you detest me because I'm a virgin,” I finally spoke.
Where I got the courage from can't just be sourced. All I know is I just had to speak and I gave this awkward look afterwards.
I kept staring at his face watching out for any funny facial expression.
With a shut eye, he clicked his tongue, “Don't talk like that…” he said in a stern voice.
Ooh, that always got me each time he switches. It was like a push button to my sensual feelings towards him.
His curly hair, his broad chest. His muscular arms. I couldn't get them out of my sight.
It was at that time I noticed he was topless. I chuckled softly and that caught his attention.
“How could a beautiful girl like you be a virgin? Its extremely rare, Katherina,” he said.
“I'm not a fan of your father but I think I could applaud him for this, keeping you pure…..for me,” he teased.
Pffff….now my father. I snapped at that. What does my father know about me?
I doubt if that man even knows I'm a female or even a virgin? All he sees is just some product of his rough sex with my mother.
But then I was not surprised. He has never been proud of me.
He might think i don't know but I do. What my Papa want was a son.
Someone to carry his legacy but sadly, here I am……