When he heard a woman's scream, Samuel rushed towards the house.
'Ella, hold on!
Do not be afraid.
Ella, I love you. I'm coming!' Samuel yelled in his mind.
Finally, he got there, out of breath. He stopped and looked around. Outside the house, he saw a small woman lying on the ground. He looked closely and took a sharp breathe when he recognized her. It was Ella. To his horror, he realised the men were sexually assaulting her.
His eyes turned blood-shot with rage. He realised he did not have much time. Though he was outnumbered, he launched himself on the kidnappers.
The men freaked out. They hurriedly fastened their belts and ran towards the back of the house.
Samuel ran after them, managing to catch one by the shoulders. At that moment he wanted to beat him to death. Suddenly, the four men who were running away cried out loud. On checking, he saw each one of them drop. Samuel sensed that they were dead.
Ella sat up from the ground. She was confused and terrified at the same time. She noticed the four men lying on the ground not far away from her. Everything happened too fast and she could not comprehend what was happening.
Then Ella looked at the man Samuel was still beating. She noticed blood flowing from his nose. She freaked out and called out weakly. "Samuel, my sweetheart..."
When Samuel heard Ella's voice, he mellowed. Ella's voice worked magic on his rage. He pushed the man to the ground, released him and walked towards Ella. He stood there and looked at Ella. Although he was a bitter man, he took off his suit jacket and bent down, draping it over Ella who looked disheveled.
"Don't be afraid." Samuel held Ella's shaking body tightly in his arms and comforted her gently for sometime. Then he raised his head and looked at the four dead men on the ground. There and then, he realised that it was not a simple kidnapping stint by amateurs. It was a professional job.
Then he heard some movement. The man he had beaten and pushed to the ground was struggling to stand up. He knew the man wanted to run away so Samuel stood up and walked to where he was, seizing him by the collar.
"I'm very sorry. Please let me go. Do not kill me please. I had just touched her when you arrived." This man was the one who had been branded a coward. He was the man who wanted to leave the house and keep sentry.
Samuel shook his head fiercely. The man cried in pain.
"Tell me... who hired you to do this?" The man shook his head and would not confess. Samuel gripped his neck tightly, the man finding it hard to breath.
The man's face flushed a bright red colour. Samuel loosened his grip. "Tell me!"
"I will confess... I will confess." The man started coughing, which lasted for some time.
Suddenly, Ella
“Do you still want to run away after what happened last night?”
Their relationship changes overnight. She tries to keep her distance from him, while he comes closer and closer.
Spoiling her, he gives her everything she desires. His only wish is to keep her around. The whole world is envious of what she has.
“Never rush in a relationship,” she says calmly.
ed by the men, but her reactions were worse. Luckily, she was in coma four years earlier. If she was sober, she would be crazy!
Ella wanted to turn on the faucet again but Samuel stopped her. He lowered his head and kissed her trembling lips.
What had happened in the mud house was still lingering in her mind and Samuel's kiss made that scene more and more clear.
"Hmmgh..." Samuel noticed the strange voice that Ella produced and let her hand loose.
Ella rushed to the toilet and threw up. Then she sat down on the floor.
'Someone had kissed me. Ewww...' Ella thought.
Samuel stood there looking at her. Ella continued sitting on the ground and throwing up. She was too weak. Samuel was distressed at the sight. He went downstairs to pour her a glass of warm water.
Ella vomited until there was nothing left in her stomach and she was only throwing up bile. Then Ella pressed the toilet's flush button and walked to the tap to rinse her mouth.
Samuel was on the phone outside the bathroom. "I have something to do today so I will not go."
Samuel hung up and answered another call immediately. "She was detained. So what? I have no time to see her now."
After several other calls, the phone stopped ringing.
Ella was brushing her teeth in the bathroom. She brushed them again and again. It was like she had an unknown obsession. Samuel was watching what she was doing.
Samuel couldn't stand it anymore and when Ella squeezed toothpaste on her toothbrush again, he stepped into the bathroom, grabbed the toothbrush and threw it into the trash can.
Then he handed her the glass of water. "Drink some water."
Ella didn't resist and drunk the water. After that, she felt better.
After sometime, she took off her wet clothes, turned back and started walking towards the bathroom again. Samuel stopped her.