Chapter 8

Third Person's POV
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'Your father was talking about your marriage.", Grace's mother said to which she groaned. Not this topic again just, because she was 28 years old now, that did not mean she should get married. 'We can't let you stay alone for your whole life, Grace. Your younger sisters are happily married and are mothers now."
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'Mom, please…"
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'What, please? Someone should be there to take care of you and love you unconditionally, just like us. For example, just look at the time, it's 12:30 AM and, you are yet not home. Till when all this is going to continue, Grace?"
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'I have already crossed the traffic signal. So, I will be there in the next fifteen minutes, mom. So, don't worry."
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'Don't worry, my ass.", Her mother scoffed.
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'I told you, Mom, I am perfectly fine, and coming back home at this hour is nothing new. You are getting worried as if it is my first time."
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'I have a kind of feeling that something wrong is going to happen, Grace. And trust me when any mother says so because they have a sixth sense when things come to their children.", Grace rolled her eyes at her mother's comment as she was worrying for her without any reason. Or say she was worried because of yesterday's incident.
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‘It was not like Zayden would come here looking for me.', She mentally laughed at her own thoughts.
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'Where have you reached now?", Her mom asked.
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'Near the ice-cream parlor, mom", Grace replied.
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'Try to walk a little faster and reach home quickly.", Her mother suggested. Though Grace believed her or not, she had an instinct that chapter of Zayden was not concluded over from their life. When Grace shared that she had uploaded Zayden's video on the internet so that the police could arrest him. She realized that her daughter had invited the wrath of the devil.
Grace and her mother continued speaking over the phone until Grace noticed a figure in the dark.
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'This is something new.", Grace said.
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'What is new? What happened?", Her mother asked, getting afraid.
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'There is an expensive car near our society, mom. Wow! I don't know the name of this car but, it looks way more awesome. I wish I could also have one.", Grace said. Though she had no knowledge of cars, she loved the idea of having one.
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For some reason, her mother started panicking because she had already guessed whose car that could be. All she wanted was nothing but her assumption turned out to be wrong. 'Stop your fantasy, Grace, and speed up."
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'God, mom! I am not a vampire.", She exclaimed. As she came closer, she could distinguish the car clearly. Under the dim moonlight, she could also see someone standing, well leaning to be more appropriate on the car. The more she came closer to that car, the more she could see that someone was some man. Until then, she couldn't see the face of the man, but his three-piece suit and his figure were screaming that he was definitely too handsome. She also noticed that the person was looking in her direction.
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She went closer to the person, not because she wanted to meet him but because that person had parked his car on her way home. She lowered her eyes and kept talking with her mother until her eyes landed on that person again and, the moment she did, she stopped walking and stood frozen at her place like a statue. She was still standing a few meters away from him and, her mind was blank. Her heart was racing like anything.
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'Where are you now, Grace?", Her mother asked.
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'Mom..om..Za...Zayden is hheere.", She stuttered horribly. She had no idea what she should do next.
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'I knew it.", Her mother muttered. 'Listen, Grace, he might be here to kill you for leaking his video on the internet. I had warned you not to mess with him. Now the only thing you can do is...RUN.", Her mom said. But it was not easy to RUN when you were scared like a kitten. Grace was getting scared with the passing time. She tried to RUN but, her body stood frozen.
Grace saw Zayden approaching her and, she started getting more and more scared than she was before.
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Zayden was watching her every move from the moment she entered this street. But when she stopped walking toward him, he decided to walk to her all by himself.
‘If you won't come near me, sweetheart, then I will.', He thought and, he could already guess what was going to happen next. He could clearly hear what she was talking about with her mother and the suggestion her mother gave her.
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Grace didn't want to die, at least not this soon. Right now, she was den and, the man approaching her was the lion. All she could do was RUN. Run to save her life. She quickly took a U-turn and started running. She ran as fast as she could. Adrenaline rushed her body like a flood, forcing her legs to run faster and faster.
‘Run, Grace Run! Or else this would be the last day of your life.', She kept encouraging herself to run faster and faster. Her phone was in her hand, and her mother could hear the noise of her running.
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Her mother was cursing herself that she couldn't do a thing to help her daughter. Her husband and her son had gone to the city. Because the groom that Grace's father had chosen for her was from another city. And they went there to finalize her wedding. As for now, all her mother could do was to pray to God. So that Zayden would leave her daughter without harming or killing her. Throughout Grace's life, she did nothing but help others, and God could not be that heartless to kill that soul just because she was kind to others. But in reality, God had planned something else for Grace.
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‘Wrong move, sweetheart. You shouldn't have run away from me like that. But don't worry, you will soon realize that you can't run away from me, not even when you want.', Zayden thought.
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#TBC