"Father!" A soft angelic voice called from the outside of a house. "I'm off to school,bye!".
"Wait! did you have your breakfast?" A forty year old man asked as he came out of the house holding a pruning scissors in his hand.
"Yes Father, I told you not to trim the flowers, I will do it when I'm back from school, Oops! I'm late already, See yah!" The girl screamed and ran off to the road, the man seeing his daughter run off, sighed and went back inside the house.
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Seventeen this year, Ariene was already in her first year in the university studying business management. All her life right from when she was four,she had been grateful to her father. He had been the one taking care of her ever since his wife died of cancer,with only one regret in his life,he made every effort to train his daughter.
Having no business at hand and not knowing what to do in order to train his only child,Mr Gustavo resolved to working for an underworld drug Lord ~ Mr Qin ~who offered him job in the expense of a high pay, the man was notoriously known in the entire country for his evil deeds and crimes. Fallen into his hands by either mistake or one's own will,there was no escape no matter how hard one tries to.
Mr Gustavo knowing what he had gotten himself into tried as much as possible to hide his daughter from the eyes of the man. Many years he trained his daughter,bringing her up with all the love and care one could never imagine therefore making it impossible for her to even ask about her mother. His love towards his daughter was unconditional,showering her with things she always wanted,she grew up to be a very stunning beauty...~white milked skin,a big eyes with dark iris,slender body with a long dark brown hair stopping at her shoulders ~ she was undoubtedly a young model,her beauty made it hard for her Father to keep hiding her from the claws of evil men.
His fears became conspicuous the day the son of his master who was just a carbon copy of his Father mistakenly laid his eyes on his daughter,trying all he could to hide and protect her,they left the city to another so they could start anew.....But one thing he forgot was that no one can escape from the hands of the Qins.
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Entering back inside the house,he dropped the pruning scissors on the table and was about to enter the kitchen when his cell phone suddenly rang,he picked it up and frowned upon seeing the unknown caller,notwithstanding he picked it up not knowing that it was a call from the man who he was actually hiding from.
"Long time no words from you Gustavo" Upon hearing the voice of the man he dreaded the most,he began to sweat uncontrollably,with shaky hands he brought back the phone to his ears.
"M.....Mr Q...Q.....Q...i..n??" He shakily asked with an unstable voice.
"Yes! it is me. It's a good thing you still remember me,leaving the city to another in order to hide from me,you thought so! But you forgot that no one can hide from me....you made the biggest mistake of your life the day you decided to run from me."
Mr Gustavo shuddered even more in fear,he knew for certain that he was done for!, He knew Mr Qin Wouldn't let him go even if he left the country.
"Mr Qin...I...."
"There is nothing to say!" Mr Qin said cutting through his words. "There is no escape for you this time!" *tu. tu. tu.* The call was abruptly ended even before Mr Gustavo could say a word.
His legs became heavy and his mind became unstable after the call ended,Mr Gustavo tried to sit down when he suddenly heard a loud bang on his door,his heart skipped a bit as his hands began to tremble,he sat in one spot not wanting to make a sound until he heard the door open slightly. He jumped in fright and slowly approached the door with the pruning scissors in his hands,on getting to the door he was ready to ponce on whoever was at the door. His hands precipitously stopped midair upon seeing who it was.
"Ah!! Father! It's me..did i scare you? you look so tensed up!" his daughter said as she peeked inside the house,not seeing anyone there she looked at her father again,seeing her Father in that way made her exceptionally worried to the core,even without worrying about the fact that she too got scared,she was bent on knowing why her Father was in that state.
"Father please talk to me,did something happen? or did anyone call you or what" she kept asking until her father sighed and walked to the chair,he sat down and heaved a long sigh which confused the girl staring at him.
"Why are you suddenly back home" he finally said something after a long silence.
Though not what she was expecting to hear,she still answered him. " Father i left my assignment on my table,i came to pick it,why were you holding the pruning scissors also sweating and standing at the door,were you threatened?,tell me and I'll call the police!" She asked again staring at him.
"No! not at all,go pick your assignment and go back to school immediately" he said with a stern voice,he had no thought of involving his precious daughter.
"But Fa....."
"I said leave immediately!" he said raising his voice at her,she jumped in fright and ran upstairs,seconds later she came down and ran out of the house without saying a word again,it was obvious that she was upset,her Father never raised his voice at her so why now? the question kept ringing in her head as she ran out of the house with tear stained eyes.
