Chapter 9

The gang of four were just enjoying the time they had before the engagement, watching the town sights. Nothing seemed too appealing, so they did the only thing they could. The started making fun of everything they saw, that meant children, women, men, and the destitute people of the town. It was just relishing time in their dictionary. None of them felt even a bit of remorse for the destitute.

They passed the river that Danny was just so fond of because of the mysterious girl he had seen a few days ago. He never got to see her again. But he just hoped that if he came here more often, then maybe he could just get a glimpse of that girl. He didn't know what he felt for her. It was just obnoxious of him to do such a thing. He was considering himself a stalker, a psychotic stalker. He needed time-out from his own wandering thoughts, so he opted to hang out with his friends. His eyes came back to focus on the road, as his friends made witty comments on each passerby. Sometime he joined them in their laughter, and sometimes he just lowered his head and let the confusing thoughts taunt him.

He was just about to pass the river when suddenly his friend's voice told him to stop immediately. He hit the brakes and turned to glare at Kwan, who just shook his head in mirth and pointed out to the river. Danny turned confusedly at the person who had captivated their vision. His eyes widened as he saw the girl in the midst of dozens of lambs. He then looked back at his friends, and he knew that they were up to no good.

Dash whistled, and soon Kwan followed suit. Danny shook his head, trying to keep his cool. He knew those guys well enough to know that they were thinking up something devious, and he suddenly felt protective of the girl. But to his great pleasure, they just made comments on her facials. Kwan was the one to start, his eyes not moving from the girl, "Boohoo! she looks you're type, Dash!" his head turned towards Dash, who wrinkled his nose, "Naw man! She must really smell like lambs and cow dung!" he broke out laughing and Tucker and Dash did a high-five. Danny scowled, trying to engage their thoughts away from the girl.

Dash said in a matter-of-fact tone, "If she just wore some make up and took a bath. She would seriously be the most beautiful girl in the whole of Wisconsin!"

Danny ran a hand through his hair. Dash turned towards him, "Don't you think, Danny!" he asked Danny. Danny looked at him sullenly, "I don't care, man. Just, let it go!" Just then Kwan shouted, "Hey Girl! Have some real fun with us!" The girl turned around, startled, towards them as she fell on her feet in the water. The boys laughed, but Danny didn't, as he started the engine. He couldn't take much more of this. He caught a glimpse of the girl running away. He thanked the Lord that she was quick enough to do that. He ignored his friends constant disapproval of the girl sprinting away, and drove back to the Master's Farm house.

He just hoped that his friends didn't give the girl too much notice. Because that would be bad news for her.

He was stupid to think that they would give up. But he was guilty too, more than guilty. He was also a criminal. He didn't deserve to be roaming in the streets. He kicked a lone pebble and placed his hands in his jacket pockets as he headed back to the hotel to face the girl.

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Sam was running out of the hotel and into the open streets, she needed to get away from him. But she had no clue about where she should be headed. She was out in the open streets. She had walked in small lanes, but now she was in the middle of the road. Thousands of people were walking around her. She suddenly felt small. So small that it terrified her beyond reason. She turned around as saw a few men behind her. She picked up her pace and ran forward. She saw the shadows following her. Just when she saw that the shadows were too close to her, she held her head in her hands and closed her eyes tightly, waiting for an impact.

But nothing happened, and the shadows dissipated in the lights.

She turned around, her gaze filled with horror. She couldn't stay here. This place was full of demons, and they were waiting to claw her out. She ran back, no matter how hard the steps made her feel, she had to stay in that hotel. Her breathing calmed when she reached the room. She closed the door behind her and breathed in a sigh of relief. She leaned against the door for some time, just contemplating on the inevitable.

Just then her stomach started to rumble. She hadn't eaten anything for hours. She slowly progressed towards the table on which a biscuit packet was lying. She poured some water in the glass and drank it in one gulp. Then she opened the biscuit packet and eat silently as she stared at the door. He wasn't back yet. Sam passed out on the couch after a few hours of sheer exhaustion, but giving a small glance at the clock on the wall before she went in the land of slumber.

9:00 p.m

9:30 p.m

10:00 p.m

10:30 p.m

11:45 p.m

The door creaked open and Danny walked in. The first thing he noticed was that the girl was asleep on the couch. That meant that he had the bed for himself. And he couldn't let an opportunity like this pass by. If she wanted to sleep on the couch, then that was her head ache. He didn't even bother changing, he just plopped on the bed with his legs hanging limp on the side of the bed. He passed out in minutes, into a fitful sleep.

Sam was leaning on her hand as it supported her head from falling. She kept dozing on it. But after sometime, her hand lost its balance and her head fell from its place. She was awake in seconds. Her vision slowly adjusted to the darkness. And the clock on the wall read 1:46 p.m. She hadn't noticed. She rubbed her hand on her face, a yawn escaped her lips. She saw a lump on the bed. She yelped and was about to scream when she saw that it was just him.

Just speaking about him made her feel like she was spluttering venom. She hated him with a burning passion. He was the reason her life was ruined, he was the reason that she could never spend a normal life. She glared at him as he snored lightly with a serene look on his face. Something churned inside her at the sight of him looking at ease. She didn't want him to be at ease. She got up from her place on the couch as she made her way towards the drawer.

Sam opened it and started rummaging through it, so she could find something, anything. She found nothing, well nothing concerning the thing she was looking for. She let out a growl as her ebony hair fell on her face. Her head snapped towards the couch where her duffel bag was. She slowly made her way towards it, trying not to wake the other inhabitant of the room. She opened her bag and found her hand bag mirror. Well it was her sister-in-law's hand bag mirror. She held it by the handle and eyed it, she saw nothing but her reflection, a reflection that looked withered.

She sprinted towards the bathroom and closed the door behind her. The mirror still in her hand. She slammed the mirror on the wall, it broke into glass shards.

Outside, Danny's eye brows furrowed, but sleep was thick in his eyes, so he just turned around in the bed.

Sam inhaled and exhaled harshly as she saw the broken mirror pieces. She picked up the biggest from the floor and walked back in the room, clutching the glass in her right hand. She stopped immediately and looked at him on the bed, sleeping, oblivious to the fire building up inside her. Her anger rising with every rise and fall of the rhythm of his chest. She looked at the pointy glass piece in her hand and then back at the man.

She slowly pulled her hand up and waited to strike. She pointed the pointy piece towards his heart, although keeping a distance. She clutched the glass harder, and blood oozed from her hand, but she didn't feel the pain. The blood started falling on the ground. Her vision blurred, her lips twisted in a snarl. She was going to strike, she was going to kill him. But something inside her kept her from doing so. Her breathing becoming labored as more blood pooled out from her palm.

She couldn't do it, he looked so at peace. He looked so innocent. A sob escaped her lips and she let go of the glass piece. Her sobs turned hysterical. And slowly Danny opened his eyes. Someone was crying and when he turned around he found Sam lying on the floor, her knees hugging her chest. He shot up towards her and she pulled away harshly. That was when Danny saw the gash on her palm that was oozing blood. He looked up at her, and she looked in pain.

He tried inching towards her and she pulled back every time. Her tears pooling out, and suddenly he found out that his tears were betraying him as well. He screamed at her, "You think I wanted this!" She cried harder and so did he, "I didn't ask for this!" He covered his eyes with his palm. And she croaked, "I didn't ask for this, either. It's not my fault!" Both had cried that night. But had kept each other at distance.

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"How much do you love me?"

Sam asked as she blew her hair out of her face, Gregor turned towards her, all the while steering the little boat. He saw that Sam had a sly smirk on her face, so he decided to play along, "On the scale from 1 to 10!" he further continued, "0." She looked at him with her mouth agape, and muttered under her breath, "Cheater!"

She looked around as if finding the clear water more interesting, ignoring the way he examined her face, "Fine then. I won't give you my answer!" she proclaimed. Gregor's head snapped, he was just playing along. He didn't even know that she was thinking about his proposal. He shook his head as she batted her eye lashes and started playing with the water. He shook his head as he let go of the oars and pulled her hands from her lap, and took them in his. She turned to face him with a victorious smirk. He just laughed silently, "I love you, Sam. You don't even know how much I love you. I will always be there for you!" he said passionately.

She looked around as if showing him that she was re-thinking his offer.

"Please, say Yes!"

She licked her lips then turned towards him with a devious look on her face as she inched closer and pushed him in the water. He hit with a splash. He pulled out of the water and looked at her with his mouth open. She laughed at him and she didn't even know that he had pushed the boat. She only found herself back fired when she hit the water. Both laughed as they played in the shallow water.

Gregor wiped his face as he found himself back to where he only left ashes to rot. His tears still escaping. He didn't want anything that reminded him of her. But he always found himself back at the place that just screamed her name. Every little speck of ash that was once a small house, was a speaker of her presence. And he always found himself here, he always revived the memories and cried harder each time.

But this time his father found him, and he knew that his father would tell him to forget her and move on.

The fact was, he didn't want to. His father stopped behind him, as he saw his son sitting on the ground facing the house, or what was left of it. His father heaved a sigh and walked towards him, he placed a hand on Gregor's shoulder, "Son, stop this madness. Move on!" at many times he would just ignore his voice. But now, he got more angered. As he shot and screamed as he ran for the nearest brick. He picked it up and threw it at the house. There wasn't much left of it. But the already ashed debris fell, as Gregor threw brick after brick.

His father took a hold of him and tried to calm him down.

But he refused to believe him, he refused to believe that his Sam was a whore. He didn't want to believe it. He started slapping himself. A way to forget the life he used to own.

That was when William Kane realized that his family needed to leave this place. It had too many memories and thoughts. And he didn't want that.

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Katelyn was feeling guilty. Despite what she masked on the outside. She felt guilty for what she did. Sam was like a sister to her, a sister she didn't want, but a sister nonetheless. But this was for her own sake. As they left Wisconsin and came back to Elmer, she couldn't help but give longing glance back at the house she once thought was cramped. It held so many memories of the past.

She heaved a sigh and told her son that she needed to go for a walk, and that he should tell his father that.

A walk was something that she really needed. A time away from her surroundings, and some time to herself so that she could comprehend on what had occurred in the past weeks. And her own actions in particular. The case closed as soon as it had opened. She didn't know how, but she found herself at the place where that Jasmine had told them that she had found Sam. She closed her eyes and tried to picture what had happen that night.

But the minute she closed her eyes, the only thing she heard was a scream. She gasped as she opened her eyes and looked around for the source of that scream. She found none. She breathed out silently and suddenly she heard another scream. The scream was familiar and Kitty knew she heard Sam. She held her head in her hands to block out the pain in that scream. Her eyes rimmed with tears.

Suddenly she found something shining beneath her. She crouched down and saw that it was a golden band. She started examining the ring with her eye brows furrowed. She saw that something was engraved in the ring. On closer inspection she found out that it was a name and a declaration of love.

I will love you for eternity

Star

Kitty gasped as realization dawned on her. The last traces of doubt that she had about all this mess, were cleared. This ring was a dead give away of what had transpired that night. The tears flowed freely. She gripped the ring tighter and started running towards the direction she knew she once did before. Walking on the same paths she did on that night. The Master's Farm house.

She reached the house, the sky already darkened. She gulped the lump in her throat and walked in. The guards tried to stop her. But she just showed them the ring, they let her go in with an astonished look on their faces.

She saw Vladimir Masters, by himself, sitting by the pool with his eyes closed. She walked towards him and stood a few feet away. He opened his cobalt blue eyes as he heard the sound of boots. He saw a woman with a look of confidence on her face. He shot up, "Who are you and how did you get in!" he shouted at her. But her face didn't change. She spoke calmly, "I'm Katelyn Manson. Sam Manson's sister-in-law" she pulled her hand up front and showed him the ring. Vlad Master's eyes were narrowed at her. But when he saw the ring, "I found this on the place where Sam was raped!"

Vlad Master's eyes widened. His shouting had somewhat been heard by his family, because all of them came running out.

The sight of Kitty left them all speechless.

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