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Getting up from the bed, she made her way to the bathroom to shower and brush her teeth Finished, she went into her teeny tiny kitchen to start the coffee Her coffee addiction was probably the only thing she hadn’t changed about her life Hoas she supposed to cope without it, after all? Being forced to es in her life, so often, has left her bitter towards people She had a nice, if not lonely, life before She didn’t haveup for dates, but she had friends and was occasionally asked out Being so short, her weight showed; curvy was just how she was irl with a happily ever after
Herhips They ide, and one day a nize that and cherish her for it She wasn’t holding out hope on that one Grabbing her coffee and going to unlock the front door to grab herpaper, she didn’t notice the note and flowers at first Walking out to the rabbed the paper and turned to see blood red roses and a large envelope next to her door In her shock, she hadn’t noticed that she dropped her coffee and shattered the cup until she took a step forward Erabbed the vase of roses and envelope, and as soon as she went inside, she took the flowers out of the vase and s it The floere stuffed down the garbage disposal before being turned on With that done, she looked at the envelope, scared to open it but knowing she had to
She had the twisted reality of needing to know exactly what he was sending her Wiping the tears off her cheeks, she hadn’t even realized she was crying She tore open the envelope to find h her kitchen and bedroo her mail, which included the most recent one from yesterday after her hose had exploded and soaked her yellow shirt, er, she was about to tear it up when she re about a security fir cases
Dropping into a kitchen chair, she put her head in her hands and tried to re so hard she was starting to get a headache, she got up to go get dressed and saw the blood drops on the floor The pain in her feet fro, sheher feet when it suddenly hit her Dropping the cloth and tweezers, she ran to the phone, picked it up, and called inforht to the company
After the line rang four times, someone finally picked up “Maxwell Secures, this is Keeley, how may I help you today?” Unsure of what to say, E the person say, “Hello, are you there?”
Finding her voice again she said, “Yes, umm, well, I need help” The words cracked at the end and tears filled her eyes She was relieved when the woman understood her panic
“Honey, ill help What’s your name?” she asked kindly
“Eer instead of some oversized mouse she repeated it “It’s Emily Baxter”
“Alright Emily, why don’t you coht be easier on you to knoho you’re talking to” Keeley phrased it as a question, but Eing up after getting the address, she rushed around getting ready so she could, hopefully, get help and maybe have her peaceful life back
Getting off the bus just a block froiven for Maxwell Secures, E at it, it seeray exterior walls that looked like they could be reinforced steel, but she didn’t really know anything about that The doors were huge glass panes with a si as the handles She noticed ca the front and top of the building, as well as in the parking lot If it had not been for the initials on the doors, she wouldn’t have known it was a security firreeted with a very bright, ht blue, beige carpeting covered the floors, plants were placed in every corner, and different types of artwork hung on the walls Books and files filled shelves behind a big oak desk that held a computer screen, phone, and small picture frame
Hearing laughter co from a hallway, she stayed where she was and waited with baited breath for them to appear
Body tense and feet ready to bolt at the first sign of danger, she felt the breath knocked fro woman that rounded the corner, followed closely by two of the eous men she had ever seen
“Oh!” The wo her “You iving her a quick hug before grabbing her hand and pulling her towards the two hulking men “Nathaniel, Tyler, this is Emily I told you about her earlier” She introduced the her down She was helpless to do anything so she just followed like a lost puppy
Sitting down across from her, Nathaniel and Tyler scrutinized her While she tried hard not to give in to the urge to squirazes, it was hard to hold their eyes, but she ed to, just barely She let out a breath when Keeley sat down beside her and squeezed her hand on the table “Alright, Miss Baxter, tell us what’s going on,” Tyler, she thought, said to her
Looking down and clearing her throat of the balled up e, she looked up and explained to them some of her problems “I have had a stalker since I was nineteen, and I don’t even kno I got one I’row I hadn’t met anyone nehen I found out Hell, it wasn’t until he took the liberty of defilinga brea
th, she continued while looking at a point between their shoulders so she didn’t have to see the pity in their eyes “It’s been over two years now He keeps findingThis is my last stand or I’m done I don’t knohat he wants from me, but I can’t take all the fear and stress any to eventually get his hands onbecause her voice finally broke, E down her face until Keeley handed her a Kleenex With a whispered “thanks”, she wiped her eyes and waited for ould happen next