night stands should b

ies come flooding back; she flirted with him, shared one drink too many

elf as she made an attempt to sit up. The bed felt unco

f into, having an illicit affair

ight that struggles to seep between curtains. Her stomach heaves on the sight

le trying to make out that awful smell,

Lily gasped, her hands quick

s the sheets-a knife right in his chest. Blood pools around him,

s a sharp shriek erupted from

on sends her stumbling backward, her

from here." she was panicking terribly, her b

ok her time to realize that she wasn't alone

med out her lungs, knocking off the bed si

ooking man sat on the armrest ask

ld as ice; dead silence-the thousand-mile stare

are thinking but I promise I didn't have anything to do with this." she said a

the ceiling was a paid a

ering lustrous under the dancing light. His face is

e question.. Why did you

gnized t

board, as if in retreat. "I don't even know him."

he man sc

ood on her hands onto her dr

ar, I

ng her of killin

ssian

h

t could freeze up the entire city. The way his eyes dilated

shly interrupted The m

lie t

ically around, her mind racing for a coherent explanation. "Ok!, I.. please.. I know him , but I also don't know hi

the video you recorded!" one othe

these

o? N

no video." Lily cried, yelling uncontrollably as sh

egging you! My camera broke.. and and I fell, my c

eck, and then hauls her off the bed onto the floor with a thud. Pain shoots up int

ome low and threatening to

on dawned on Lily's face; where

l.

uge man bellowed, not wanting t

s and feet on continuous onsets. She curled up trying to

rew one step closer to the edge of u

uldn't

n't known he was in some sort of Mafia?. She hadn't known that

s still going to conti

r, dragging her toward the door.

in their grasp, but it was pointles

t air. A black sedan waits at the curb

l..." she tri

ed? Yes it's midnight but is this

eir supposed leade

anymore-under that tide of adrenaline -she whips around

ey, her vision blurring from the pain and panic. She doe

pounding behind her. Shoutin

A

just sho

rd no.." She prays. N

r. Her strength wavers, h

d react, she's yanked into a shadowed

ide in panic until she realizes

rse and t

er ears, as she looks up squintin

W

g her against the wall. The fo

that she can't even move. Very slowly, the man takes his

don't.. I swear I d

ut, before going out of br

e firm grip on her arm as she