andlord with pure disdain. "

thy grin. "I am the landlo

nce away from Mr Archibald, who was sitting cross-

tal

eak. Why would you sneak into my home by 2am?" Al

hibald laughed mockingly. "Oh, do not look so pique

ainst it. She would not let the man show up in her apartment at such

tated, standing rig

ffed. "You'r

like you don

away before it could touch her lips

ll the garlic on his brrath. "With what money? Stay an

in, I swear to God

swear. I promise

er abdomen, she lost it. She swung her fist

, somebody!" Mr Archibald screamed frant

d at her own bruised fist and sure enough there was bloo

of neighbours rushed inside. They all sta

nch assaulted me! She broke my nose! Call the cops

cinct, she made a statement but soon realized it was of no use. Mr Archibald was

, Trisha's line was unavailable. Allegra cursed the day she rented that apartment until

made the world turn. Nicholas Greyworth's na

less than twenty minutes, his Deaton, arrived with two of Nicholas' se

ked Deaton as they walked towards the Roll

rown all you own out of there. Yo

going to join her. "Where are you going?" She asked,

lecting scarps." He closed the car door before and

d not have her phone to keep her entertained. The security details and dr

ved. She had never seen anything like it in real life, only movies. It

apped back into reality to see a tall, older woman st

took, left her in more awe than the last. The Greyworth mans

ea. "If you would sit here and wait for

ation of the mansion. Deaton arrived before Nicholas himself. When Deat

ed, then left with

urteen calls from her brother. Her hear

and the fifteenth time.

been ca

t silence from the other end of the line. Her heartbeat doubled. "Nathaniel! What's w

!" Allegra heard h

than, please."

rother finally spo

asked, knowing

ancer's

ilent for a moment, trying to get a

e hid it pretty well

on a sob. "God, why would

hone. "I'm so sorry, sweetheart.

, sto

've paid for my chemotherapy both times I've been sick, y

through? You should've told me

or my sake? You took so many for yo

amed down Allegra's face as memories of h

ment, I'm not putting myself through t

ou're worried about,

mother was struggling to control her emotions. "Don't worry about me, worry about your brother. All his teachers say he has the po

bed. "Mum, I don't care how I will get the money, but I wil

ink twice before making a choice." Her mother said firmly. "And I have m

r maybe twenty, but when she had exhausted her tears and her eyes grew sore, she looked up and almost