Chapter 4

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"𝐢 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭" 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 "𝐈𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐞 (𝐲/𝐧)" 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 "𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐞? 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲" 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑣𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑠 "𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨? 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩?" 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 "𝐰𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐣𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮? 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐦 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐲 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮" 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟 "𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐞 (𝐲/𝐧) 𝐢𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥" 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 "𝑺𝑻𝑼𝑷𝑰𝑭𝒀" 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑚𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑟 "𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐨𝐭 (𝐲/𝐥/𝐧)" 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑜𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑝 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑠𝑢𝑑𝑑𝑒𝑛 𝑎 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑤𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑝 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑧𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑟, "𝐰-𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐢 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫" 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑢𝑝 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑐𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑛𝑎𝑑 𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑡, 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛. "𝐢 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬, 𝐢 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐢 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐢 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞" 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑢𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑤𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔.
You woke up suddenly when you heard the sound of someone knocking at your door "come in" you said rubbing your eyes "mister graves" you said as he walked in. " why are you still here? Is everything all right?" He asked "yeah I'm fine, what are you still doing here anyway" you answered wiping a few tears that escaped as you were sleeping "I just had to get caught up with paperwork I didn't get done while we were out are you sure you are alright miss (y/l/n)" he replied sounding genuinely concerned "yeah I'm just tired I would need to get home now mister graves" you ran out of your office quickly trying to wipe away more tears without him noticing "please let me walk you home it's really late and we are in New York" his words took you back a bit as he caught up with you.



~sorry this part is short but I hope you enjoy :) ~

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