How did he find me, was the question that ran through my head as I stood there frozen in place. I wanted to run and warn Demitri but, fear paralyzed me to the bone. Strangely he was as shocked to see me as I was to see him. My God it felt like an eternity of silence between us. Finally, he found his voice and it was in disbelief. "No…..no this can't be," he said in a low voice. Once he started advancing toward me that's when I began to run.

"Demitri! He's here!" I screamed. I was close to the bedroom door only to be grabbed by the hair and pinned against the wall. "Tell me this isn't true," he said his voice both pleading and angry. I was about to speak until Demitri came out in a robe, his face a mask of fear. When Demitri came out he unpinned me from the wall but, he had a firm grip on me as if I was going to disappear again. "Please tell me there's another woman in this apartment, son," he said, I can tell in his voice he was trying to be calm and yet it was shaky. Why would Rubik want to know if there was another woman in this place? Was he in denial that I was with another man?

Demitri didn't say anything for a moment then finally he shook his head confirming there wasn't a third party here. I felt Rubik's grip of my hair and arm tighten to the point where I screamed in pain. I thought for a second he was going to beat me or worse kill me. He was angry with me, I don't blame him for that I've killed my ex's the same way. Surprisingly he let me go I sank to the floor watching both father and son face each other. Rubik was unnaturally calm while Demitri looked scared straight.

I watched Rubik get close enough to touch Demitri. It was strangely silent as the two stared at each other. "Well…congratulations," he said then pointed a gun at him. Before he pulled the trigger I was on my feet and ready to protect Demitri. I thought putting myself in the line of fire would stop him, I was wrong, very wrong. He shot both of us but, it wasn't a bullet it was black smoke. When that smoke hit my face I was out like a light.

Don't worry, I'm not dead if I was you wouldn't be reading this right now, would you? I woke up with a pounding headache and the need to puke. When I rolled over on my side the need to vomit got stronger. I got out of bed clumsily; I could really feel it coming up. I put my hand to my mouth hoping it wouldn't go everywhere. I did make it to the bathroom but, only half of it made it to the toilet. It was painful my friends, whenever I thought it was over more came up. "Oh God….what's happening?" I cried. When I thought it wasn't going to end it was finally over when I felt empty. I flushed the toilet then I got some towels to wash the vomit off the floor. As I was on my hands and knees cleaning I heard a familiar voice say, "Good morning."

I stopped then looked up to see Rubik standing at the doorway wearing his red robe with a scotch in his hand. I should have known by the same room I rested in before and after he took my virginity I was back in Rubik's house. I threw away the towels in the nearby trash not taking my eyes off him. His gaze on me was calm and sinister at the same time. "Come with me, we need to talk," he said. I followed him to his crystal living room with my thoughts screaming he's going to kill me. We stopped at the bar table, he took a swing of his scotch then set the glass down. He stared at me my mind on our last encounter. I was expecting many things to happen but, a slap across the face wasn't one of them.

"How dare you," he said angrily. I stepped back away with my hand on the part of my face he just slapped. "I gave you a chance to live, I gave you power and let's not forget I gave you pleasure beyond your wildest dreams and this is how you repay me? By sleeping with my son?"

"H-How did you f-find us?" I asked

"I'm not finished, Zoya so sit down and don't say another word or so help me I'll paralyze you from the waist down," he said, I can tell by the look in his eyes he was serious. I took a chair closest to us and sat with my body stiff as a board. Rubik poured another scotch only to not drink it. "I thought you were dead, Zoya. The last place I could detect you was at the StrangeLove Clinic. I went in there to HAL12 to find nurses cleaning up blood next to the operating chair," Rubik stopped, his face looked sad as if I actually did die. "I demanded were you were and StrangeLove, my god he should have known better then to deny patient records to me. When I knew he wasn't going to tell me I shot him between the eyes. I told the public he was an enemy of the state."

"For a month I was a wreck. I was so deep in depression I seriously wanted to commit suicide until one find day I detected a Demitri's child. He doesn't know it but I put a dormant DNA tracker in his genetic system. It becomes active when his swimmers successfully meet the ova making the girl pregnant."

I was in disbelief as he gave me this new information. I put my hands on my womb realizing why I was puking in the morning. I was pregnant with Demitri's child. I was mixed with emotions at this point. I didn't know weather to be happy or sad. "I was hoping that having a grandchild would bring some cheer in my life," he said taking another swig of his scotch. "Only to find…..it was you."

Rubik was breathing very fast his grey eyes glistening with tears he refused to shed. I jumped as he threw the glass on the floor shattering in a billion pieces. At first I thought he was going to hit me again when he came towards me. "Why? Why did you do it?" he yelled his hands balled into fists. I was scared and yet I was very angry. "May I speak?" I asked calmly. He stepped back and nodded. I stood up and came to him in a serious manner.

"I know you wanted to marry me, Stan but, I can't marry you."

"Why would you think that? I love you," he said his eyes full of surprise that I knew. "I know you love me and I love you too but, there's a reason I don't want to get married. Marriage doesn't last, it dries up all the love until you feel like a prisoner. Your love turns to hate, you can't stand being with that person and yet you can't escape. I've seen it happen to my parents, I've seen it happen to my friends, and I've even seen it on my victims. You yourself have told me you've been married three times."

"Yes, but those were nothing but, experiments! With you I love."

"Love huh? Then why was I your property?"

"Property?" he asked as if he didn't know what I was talking about. I was suddenly angry with him now. "You know damn well what I'm talking about! Sparky! That thing dad put in me when I was twelve. 'For my own good' he said. Well he should have put Sparky in Natalya. Now she is the one that went sleeping around, not me! You're just like dad, only he didn't fuck me! You know what, I don't think you love me at all! I think I'm one of those experiments only you're not telling me the truth like all politicians. You Liar!" I was breathing really hard with my nails digging into my palms. Rubik didn't say anything but, he was stunned by my outbursts.

He came closer to me. I closed my eyes thinking I was going to get a beating. Instead he pulled me into his embrace, "I'm sorry…..I didn't know you thought that way." I nodded with my face buried into his shoulder, the tears burning my eyes. "I'll prove to you that you're not property," he said. That's when I felt hot between the legs.