Chapter 5- LIFE GOES ON WITHOUT YOU
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After two years
The two years on the island gave Amaiah new strength. The pain she had been feeling suddenly disappeared. The dizziness and pain she had felt before were miraculously gone. She felt like her old self again, she's inside her healthy body again. She also didn't know how science could explain what had happened to her.
At times, she thought of him too. But thinking that he was happier without her made her angry. She was angry with the people who cheated on her. She remembered her first days on the island, there was never a time when she didn't cry. But, her training as an assassin made her forget him.
She went through a difficult time in their training. "Sagrados" was the name of their group. All the members were skilled spies and assassins. Claime is one of the squad leaders in the group Amaiah belongs to. She studied close combats, ballistics, stealth combat. She practice the art of seduction. Because of her beautiful body shape and beautiful face, she became skilled. She became an expert in using guns and other weapons.
And because of the training, she became strong and brave. The former crying girl had forgotten how to cry. A merciless assassin, no mercy is allowed.
She also learned that their group is an enemy of the government. They eliminate corrupt officials, drug syndicates and other plagues in society. They are enemy of the state but only enemies to those who commit crime like influential people who cannot be overthrown. They maintain balance in the economy by eliminating bad individuals. Claime also told her that their organization has business establishments in various parts of their country.
She got up from the bed and stood in front of the mirror in the living room of her room. She used to be fair, now she has become more brunette. But her colleagues on the island said that her color now suits her better. The once modest Amaiah is now acting cool. She is completely different from the old Amaiah.
" You are Serena, Amaiah is dead. Don't mention her name again !" she whispered to herself. Has she really forgotten her past? Is two years enough for her to forget?
She was a little surprised when someone suddenly knocked on her room.
" Come on, you're late again!" It was Claime who disturbed her amidst her reckoning. A smiling face appeared in front of her now. One of her hands was leaning on the slightly ajar door and the other hand was on her waist. She was wearing a white shirt and faded jeans. Her beautiful body was so beautiful. How could this man infront of him be so hot?
For two years, he never missed picking her up. They entered the training ground together. Claime was the reason why he became so good, he is a great teacher.
" Don't we have any training right now?" he reminded the man.
" I know, I was going to invite you to a place you would like. You've been here for two years but you haven't been to the most beautiful cave on this island.
" Really? There's a cave here? Why did you just say that now?"
" We were busy before, especially since you've been practicing day and night!" he said.
That's true because he really wants to learn and he didn't fail because he was one of the best members of their organization. One of the most dangerous.
" S-okay, leave first? "I'll just change!" he said. He wore a pair of black leggings and a white sleeveless shirt. He paired it with white sneakers.
All their belongings and food on the island were given by "Sagrados".
The path they took to the cave that Claime was talking about was narrow and grassy. It took them an hour and a half to reach that place. He didn't really think that there were such beautiful falls in the middle of the island, he couldn't believe what he was seeing, before entering the cave they had to swim under the falls and enter the mouth of the cave.
Under the falls there was a very beautiful cave hidden. He was stunned when he saw how beautiful and wide its courtyard was. There were different types of colorful stones, and some were luminous.
He sat on the large rock on the side. He noticed a type of plant growing inside that cave. He approached those plants and examined them close. He picked a leaf and smelled it. The smell of that leaf was very familiar. It was like he had smelled it before, he just couldn't remember what it was.
He was about to smell the leaf again but something suddenly stopped his hand.
" If I were you, I won't do that again." he said seriously to her.
" B-B However, our organization sells this plant, it is used by medical practitioners but only for sick people during their operation.To made them numb."
He didn't know but his muscles seemed to be shaking.
" Some people use this to drug someone, making them believe that they are severely ill. You know, when you are angry with someone and you want them to slowly disappear."
She instantly embraced him.
" Claime...." he sobbed.
" I have only seen you cry once. Please don't cry, Amaiah..."
" Amaiah? You mean, you know?"
" Yeah, you can't hide from me Serena. I have known your whole personality since then and I know how it hurts to love----" he couldn't continue because he had covered the man's mouth.
" Claime, sorry if I didn't tell you what my real name was before. I was scared and I didn't want to hear about him anymore. I buried my past already."
" I'm s-sorry, Serena. I-if...s-if I tell you that I want you...will you give me a chance to prove it?"
He grabbed her hand and squeezed it gently.
"You know, I'm not ready, Claime. My heart is closed. I was betrayed once and I won't ever let it happen to me again. I'm tired and scared to try again. How will I ever trust again, you say, Claime."
But it didn't seem like Claime heard it. He vowed and kissed her passionately. His lips were parted for a while so she could taste his fragrant mouth. In an instant she was drowned away with his kiss. His lips were so soft, his mouth was warm and she could instantly hear him gasping.
" S-stop it, Claime...." she barely pushed the man away. She saw his surprise and it didn't take long for him to realize what he was doing. what it did.
She lowered her head. She was ashamed of herself because she let the man kiss her. Maybe he would think she liked his kiss. Isn't that right? Is he really attracted to her.
" You're such a seductress, Serena. But, I-I want to like you. When I first saw you, I already knew it. I-I hope you open your heart again, let me show you that I'm different, I'm different from.." She didn't continue because he had already signaled for her to stop.
" I hope I could still love again someday, Claime." was all she said before going back into the water.
They bathed for a while and when they were tired, they decided to go back to their house. Each of them had their own small hut inside their camp. Even though it was made of bamboo, it was still very cool and comfortable.
She was sitting on the wooden steps of her hut. Time flies so fast. Every second will become a minute. Every minute will become an hour, a day, a month and a year. And someday, she will instantly forget Liam. Hopefully, the day will come when she won't even remember her husband's name. The pain just keeps coming back and she doesn't know why she keeps remembering everything even though she's trying to erase everything about them.
" Damn...That slut!" she cursed when she remembered the tea Nathalie gave her. The smell of that plant was the same as the tea she made her drink before. Is that why her illness suddenly disappeared because something was poisoning her? Is that why she felt like she was going to die before because that was the effect of that plant? But will the doctor lie about her illness? It was on her MRI result.
Is it time for her to go back to her past?
Is she really ready to go back and get hurt again? Is she ready to see Liam and Nathalie happy in each other's company?
"Hey, Serena..You still haven't answered pogi?" his friend Fleray teased him. He was also an assassin and a member of La Sagradas. He stood up and approached the woman.
This was the first friend he had made on the island besides Claime.
"What can I say, I'm not flirting and besides, I have no intention of flirting with anyone."
"You too, your uterus is about to expire. What's wrong with Claime? All the women here want to marry her. I'm included in those women!" he said.
"Change me, Fleray! In all my life experiences, men are the last priority."
"Hey, that's probably why you're dark because you don't have a s*x life. They say, s*x three times a day makes your skin whiter!"
He laughed at what he said. Fleray was really talkative. He didn't know how he became an assassin.
" Wait girl, people are gathering at the port oh! Let's go, let's see whoever is that maybe it's my destiny!"
He pulled her hand and ran towards the speed boat port.
It's like this on the island, when a new arrival comes, no one can get through to them.
" Oh, I thought...boylet...it's just a vavae. It turns out that he's the son of " Leon ", one of the high-ranking people in the organization.
" She's beautiful and still very young." he said.
" Oh, yes . Millet was only twenty. When he was on break at the college he was attending, he stayed here. His type was fafa Claime." he said,
He looked at her from head to toe. The woman was social and very sexy. She was dressed differently compared to those who lived on the island. She was only wearing shorts and you could see her white thighs that were very smooth to look at. Her breasts were also healthy and stood out very much from the blouse she was wearing, her navel was visible. Her hair was long and blonde, she looked like a woman.
He looked at her skin. She was smooth but had become a brunette since she lived on the island.
"Hey, you got hurt because she liked fafa Claime, right?" Fleray hooked her on the side.
" Stop it and maybe someone else will hear you and suddenly believe you."
" You're still in denial...."
When he looked at the woman again, she had already gotten off the boat. He frowned he saw her run along the beach and quickly approached and hugged the man walking towards her.
He saw Millet kiss Claime on the lips. He just touched her lips, he remembered the soft lips of Claime when she kissed him.
"Claime, I miss you so much!" he said, seeming to enjoy while hugging the young man's plump chest.
" C-let's go, Fleray....Let's cook." he said to her.
His friend followed behind him silently.
Why would he be affected by that scene? Claime was a young man and Millet was a young woman, there was nothing wrong with the two liking each other.
P-but on the other side of his heart, something seemed to be aching. He decided to just ignore that new feeling.
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