CHRISTIAN VICIOUS’ VOLKOV.
‘I was four years old, I think.”
‘I fell in love with him because he was the first guy to show me love.”
Her words were so distant I thought I was having a nightmare and she was trying to keep me awake.
I am not having a nightmare though.
I am not completely sure how we ended up in this situation but here we are.
Here we are after she disobeyed orders, walked.
out of this place, followed me and shot me in the neck.
Being alive doesn’t surprise me at the moment.
Like I said, I’ve given in when it comes to death only for it to leave me behind in this wretched
world.
What surprises me this morning?
All of her on me. Too close for my liking. Too in my face to push her off.
Pain stings my body from all the joints. Russia feels like a distant nightmare by now.
Why?
Christian Volkov hasn’t stepped into the house
since I saw him last at the airport.
Since he kissed Millie on the forehead, smiled,
ordered his men to get me home and hopped in a black vehicle, disappearing.
The only signs I have that he is alive and well is…
“You can’t keep doing this. I know it’s your job but this is getting out of hand. You’ve barely had time to rest for weeks”, Juana complains feeding Millie her bottle of milk.
I wipe the hair from my daughter’s forehead.
As long as my baby is safe, everything else is
okay.
“I’ll rest later. I’m fine, Juana. Really, I’m fine.”
“Being pale and stitching men twenty four seven does not look fine to me. You are pale and thin and the idiot doesn’t seem to care while he runs
his businesses God knows where.”
“Juana-” I start to warn her.
Caught between headlights, not sure whether to run or stay still, my throat runs dry.
The woman bent over the desk wiggles trying to make out who Christian is referring to as ‘Little Nurse’
Like an enigma, a force to reckon with, a man who couldn’t care less if anyone walked in and saw the whole situation, Christian stands up from
his seat
He takes his little precious time buttoning his jacker
But when he turns around?
I’m almost whooshed out of breath.
Fiery golden eyes graze me inch by inch.
His entire body towers over me even though the distance between us is too big of a chasm to make me affected.
Run Alexia.
Run.
Run.
Run