'S

n sweat and my hair looked disheveled and out of

over me as soon as my eyes fell on my

had been hit by a tornado storm. I raced to where

oney?" Valkor

snatched from my hand almost as soon as

ers. Then as expected he frowned. "I

him see how terrified I was. "That was how much I

stood protectively in front of my sister, just

g through the house. Vera

d myself with terrified eyes. When I did not see any gunsho

by tomorrow. Else the next bullet will be here," he da

ally whimpering, he winked at her and then wal

Vera pulled me into a tight hug.

my eyes not to fall. I did not want to break do

things and leave ri

ke the hug, watching me i

You know the plan has always been to save enough

ney to move. And my modelling

honestly, "you can start a

esides what makes you think those goons aren't keeping

if we don't have that outrageou

rmined look appeared in her eyes. "

brow at her. "And how do

appeared gorgeously dresses in a short, red dress with open back, and black heels. Her hair w

er arm. "What are you going to do?" I asked, feelin

lew me a kiss and then walked into the night. I watched

my sister planned on doing and hoping on hope that she doesn't

kept staring out the window at intervals, hoping to

leaving, Vera burst through the door

" she shrieke

er childishness. "Wher

ek then proceeded to plop down on the couch. She stuck her hand into

t is

nancial problems," she annou

size of a table tennis, glowed in the pouch. I took it out

t is

ys I could sell it for three hundred and fift

washed over me. There was just one little

ed it into the pouch. "All that matters is that you don't have to go back to t

those goons tonight and first thing tomorrow, we will pack our things and leave this dreadful

p it safe. Dan is setting up a meeting with a buyer this afterno

ded. "

excitedly and th

nd hid it under the bed

from sleep. I managed to drag my feet all the way to the door, exhaustion tugging at every muscle in my body. I haven't

or, the door was kicked in,

I did not need to see it to know that it w

re for their m

I was lifted up the floor ef

he most beautiful pair of

s it?" he

e money by tonight, I

ter table, shattering the table in the process

e place!" h

footsteps marching through my house and t

to my feet, clutching my si

he was standing too close to the door,

inst his head, but one of his men came fro

diately sank i

y boss," the man with the brown

rally. What have Vera

thief!" h

. I tried to fight him off, when all of a sudden a sharp pa