Run But Don't Hide

Chapter V

                            JAMES

I had just finished up my first day at work, and I loved it even if Connor made me work longer than I should have. I sort of feel like he's being tough on me cause I'm new, but who knows

"Hey James, you're still here?" I hear the happy voice that's connected to Liam say

"Yeah, Connor gave me loads to do. Tell me if I wanted to earn my keep, then I'd get the but end for a while. " I laugh, closing my laptop.

"Well, I'll drive you home. I don't mind. Honestly, it's a little dangerous to get the train this late. " Liam smiles

"Liam, I couldn't ask you to go out of your way after just meeting you a day it'd be too much to ask." I exclaim

"Oh, will you stop? Trust me, I have no problem. Honestly, I love to drive around, " he laughs

I take a minute before replying, "Thank you Liam truly but I don't mind walking home." I go to put my laptop in my bag, but remember what's inside

After a bit of protest from Liam, I eventually let him drive me home as it was around 1am when we finished, and I didn't want to be stabbed walking home

This is how the next few weeks went Liam would drive me home if I stayed late since he was always here till 1am anyways when I asked him about it he said that he always had work to finish for Aaron I noticed that sometimes he'd slip up and call him Aaron not in a way I or another employee does but in a way that a partner would he spoke about him as if the sun shined out of every hole he had

"You're together, aren't you?" I ask, smiling

"W-what n-noooo," he stammers

"Liam, over the few weeks we have worked together, I've noticed how you two disappear around the same time, and every time you reappear its with a flustered face and a limp" I say cocking an eyebrow

Liam looks shocked as if the entire office heard when it was just us his face fell before looking back up with a smile

"Well we're not dating but we fuck a lot like I mean a lot, and also he's become very protective over me as If it's more than sex so I hope he does ask me out soon cause in falling James and I'm falling hard" he lets out as if he's been holding that in for years

Just as I go to say something, Aaron walks in

"Liam, I've got to discuss some..... company things with you I've set a reservation at L'Amour D'Martel. Please wait outside in an hour, and uhm, James head home. You've worked hard enough over these few weeks, so here's a gift from me and the team. " he smiles, handing me a bouquet of daffodils

Liam looks flustered than quickly responds " Oh yeah I forgot to bring them down sorry James but I kinda stalked your insta and found u draw a lot of daffodils so I thought you'd like em" he laughs

I give Liam a hug and thank Aaron for the gift. As I'm walking out of the building, I can't help but feel a stare that could melt even the strongest metal. When I turn around, I see a man. A big man

He was staring at me as if u had just stolen his watch or something, then I thought back to the bag that had been sitting in my apartment

"Oh shit is that his money? I mean, he looks dangerous, " I thought to myself as I looked at the man again,

He was at least 6'2 he had dark black or brown hair. I couldn't tell as it was late at night. What I could tell is that he was muscular he was wearing a suit that hugged his frame tightly, and his muscular body could easily squash me, so I held my flowers tighter and walked faster

Was he the guy stalking me? Could you even call feeling like someone is watching you from the own walls in your home stalking or just being paronid.

As I walk faster, so does my mind remembering all the weird feelings I got late at night walking home, and every night outside the building was a black sleek Mercedes at first I thought it was just me being crazy and that it was an employee but when I looked back the man was across the street going into what looked like a convenient store I let out a Gasp of relief .

Few, I was just being paronid even though the man was long gone. I could still feel those eyes glaring onto me, more like into my soul

When I finally got into my door, I locked it and then bolted it. I still feel like im just bring crazy but what do you expect when you've lived 19 years in fear

I placed the flowers in the kitchen beside the sink as I got a vase and put them inside with fresh water. Liam was right. I loved daffodils they were just so pure and innocent, they reminded me of what I could have been if my father wasn't a fuck up but that's in the past now and I'm in the present. It's time to start living in it.

I go about my nightly routine shower, teeth, movie, and bed. As I'm getting into bed, I feel that staring again as if he's looking right at me. I looked at my TV that I got installed in my room thinking that it could have a camera.

"I'll put tape on it tomorrow," I say to myself, drifting off to sleep

That's when I'm awoken by the sound of my fire alarm. I dash out of my bed and into the kitchen to get the fire extinguisher. As I get to the kitchen, I notice the smoke is coming from in there, I get into the kitchen looking at the cause of the fire.

It was the flowers.

They were light on fire. purposely.

After I calmed down and extinguished the fire, I looked at the cabinet beside the fridge.

There was a note being stuck up with a blade. A sharp one.

It read

"Next time a man other than me buys you flowers, it'll be the last thing he uses his Pachetic hands for my love"

I was scared so scared, who the fuck got into my house I ran to the door.

Shut and locked just as I had left it. I ran around all windows closed. When I got back to my bedroom I went for my phone that's when I noticed

Flowers.

Daffodils but ones that looked as perfect and pure as light itself I must have been in such a panic I didnt see them. My heart sank I ran to the closet and looked for the bag. Gone.

I felt as if the world was closing in on me I rang the police straight away. Whe they arrived they asked to see the damage straight away and thank god the only thing damaged was the flowers and well my mental health but physically the flowers. I showed them the note as well as the new flowers in my room

They said all they could do was station cops outside since the best idea of my mystery stalker was that he seemed not intent on harming me. They said that this stalker may have had to be someone that had access but the only one was Luke and he had been in England when we spoke last which was yesterday and than the police left.

They said. They said. They said.

That's all that played in my head not your safe or the police have your back just a lot of open ended they said.

             Word Count: 1386

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A/N

Hope yall enjoyed this chapter

I wonder who the man is (we all know its mister lover boy but James doesn't)

Sorry for any spelling mistakes I don't read through it before uploading which I should start doing but anyways

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