Seth was sitting in the kitchen with his coffee looking at his phone. He couldn't help but smile at what he was seeing. There was a picture out there of him and Evelyn together. Although they had been together for around a year and even were living together in an apartment on the third floor, this had never happened before. She had made sure of that.

He thought back to when they first met. He had put in a lot of time and effort to convince her to take a chance on him. Normally women flocked around him due to his fame but with her it was the other way around. His fame scared her away. She didn't wanna be known to the public.

He learned quickly that she wasn't gonna be shown off as a trophy. She never even wanted to go out to eat. The public eye was no place for her and if he wanted to be with her, he had to accept that. And so he had, just as she had accepted that he was in the public eye. He was sad that he couldn't show her off to the world. He wanted everyone to know how happy she made him but he had accepted it. It wasn't like she was embarrassed of him. She just didn't want to be known by anybody. However, now a picture was out there. It was taken the day before when they were in his car. They had been waiting at a red light and she had leaned in to give him a quick kiss. Someone had gotten the kiss on camera.

She entered the kitchen. She was wearing a pair of black jeans and a pink top. She was so beautiful.

"Put a shirt on," she said, giggled and threw a t-shirt at him.
"Why? I thought you liked me half naked like this," he said.
"I do but right now I need coffee and you're distracting me," she said.
"Making you horny, eh?" He asked and chuckled.
"You know it," she said and poured a cup of coffee.
"Look at this," he said and handed her his phone.

She looked at the picture and the look on her face changed.

"Shit!" She said.
"Relax. It's just a picture. People were bound to find out at some point," he said.
"You don't get it," she said and hurried to the window, looking down.

His eyes followed her, not understanding what was wrong.

"Fuck, they're already here," she said.
"Who's here?" He asked.

She hurried to the kitchen door, closed it and locked it. She ran back to the other side of the kitchen and grabbed two big kitchen knives.

"Evelyn? You're kind of scaring me," he said.

She looked at him.

"You know how I once said there are things in my past I can't tell you about? Well, those things have caught up with me now," she said.
"What is it?" He asked.

They both turned their heads as they heard someone enter the apartment. He felt guilty for unlocking the door this morning while she was in the shower.

"Do you know how to use a knife?" She asked.
"No," he answered.
"Just be my backup in case it's needed and don't hit me with it," she said and handed him a smaller knife.

Someone tried opening the door to the kitchen.

"Evelina? Are you in there?" A voice sounded.
"Evelina?" Seth whispered.
"Not now, Seth," she whispered back.
"You know we're coming in there one way or another so why not make it easy on yourself?" The voice sounded from the other side.
"What if they have guns?" Seth asked.
"They don't. Guns make too much noises. They wouldn't make it out of the building before any of the neighbours would call the police," she answered.

Seth jumped back at the sound of someone trying to kick down the door. He started hyperventilating, clearly scared.

"Fuck," she muttered and slapped him.

His breathing returned to normal.

"Do you trust me?" She asked.

He nodded.

"Okay, so trust that I'll get us out of this alive, okay?" She said.

He nodded again.

"I love you, Seth," she said and kissed him.
"I love you too," he said.

She walked over to the door. The kicking had stopped. Instead someone was running down the hallway on the other side and slamming their body into the door full force. It didn't break and the person went down the hallway again. She quietly turned the key and stood ready. The person charged down the hallway again. She opened the door just in time so he flew into the kitchen and slammed into the table full force with his stomach first, knocking the wind out of himself. He fell to the floor gasping for air.

Another man entered too and a fight broke out between him and Evelyn. Seth was standing with his back against the wall, holding the knife tight, feeling surprised to see that she could actually fight. He let out a little scream as she managed to get behind the man and slit his throat. He fell to the floor.

"Oh my god!" Seth yelled.
"Not now, Seth," she said as she grabbed the other man on the floor.

She put one of the knives to his throat while searching his pockets. She took out a syringe.

"A syringe, huh?" You really need it to be that quiet?" She asked.

The man didn't answer.

"Okay, let's see what we're working with here," she said and put the syringe to his neck.

He didn't move or say anything.

"Okay, it's a transquilizer then," she said.
"How can you be so sure?" The man finally spoke.
"Because you don't seem to care. If this stuff was to kill you, you would at least have tried talking your way out of it. So he wants me alive. Why?" She asked.
"He wants to talk to you," the man answered.
"We both know he doesn't just talk. He wants to be the one who kills me, right?" She asked.
"Probably. My orders were to bring you to him. What happens after that, I have no idea," he answered.
"And where is he?" She asked.
"I'm not telling you," he answered.

She pressed the knife further down, breaking his skin a bit. He let out a whelp.

"I tell you what. You tell me where he is and I'll give you 30 minutes head start to get out of here and warn him. That's a better deal than your friend here got. Take it or leave it," she said.
"Okay, okay. He's in the old warehouse where you used to hang out with him back then," he said.
"Feeling nostalgic, I see. I should have figured," she said.

Without warning she slit his throat.

"What are you doing? You promised to let him go," Seth said.

She got to her feet and walked over to him.

"Seth, I need you to focuse now. They know where we live. That picture you showed me gave us away. As a famous person you're easy to google so they found me. This is why I wanted to stay out of the public eye," she said.
"Who are you?" He asked.
"I'm still the woman you know and love and a little more," she answered.
"A little more? Explain!" He demanded.
"My real name is Evelina but I changed it to Evelyn. My parents were murdered when I was a child and the murderer took me with him to be his personal slave. He would beat me on a daily basis and make me do all kinds of things for him. One day after many years in torture, I killed him and ran away," she said.
"So who's after you then?" He asked.
"His son Tarik. He and I used to have a thing. He fell in love with me when I was a teenager and he used to take me out to the warehouse. I convinced him to train me to fight and use knives. He didn't know I had a secret motive to it. I broke his heart in two ways when I murdered his father and left him," she answered.

Seth tried to process what he had just learned.

"I don't even know you," he said.
"Yes, you do. You know who I am today and I'm more than willing to tell you all about who I used to be, but right now we need to get out of here," she said.
"I'm not going with you," he said.
"Seth, they know where we live. When these two don't return with me, Tarik will send more men. They won't care that I'm not here anymore. They will torture you and kill you. At least let me protect you," she said.
"What have you gotten me into?" He asked.
"You can hate me and blame me all you want, but I need to get you to safety first. If you don't wanna come with me, that's fine, but at least let me drive you somewhere safe," she said.

He nodded, knowing he didn't have many choices. She grabbed the carkeys and they left the apartment together.