The Pursuit of the Unknown

SHE IS FINALLY AWAKE!

ROSA POV

‘Fight with everything you have in you! Come on Rosa, you are not dying in the hands of these terrible people!’ she said to herself as she tried her best to fight the numerous men who seemed to be hungry for her life. A moment later, she got kicked in her stomach and the wind was knocked out of her. She gave up and fell to the floor, watching them rain down on her with violent hits to her fragile body. She closed her eyes, ‘I hope I wake up in paradise if this is the way I get to die.’ A short while later she passed out due to the pain she felt all over her body. ‘I am so sorry for not living up to your expectations father, I promise to do better in another life.’

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The next day came and she found herself lying in a big and comfortable bed, cloaked in a silk red robe and a familiar face hovering over her, “Rosa?” he called out gently, touching her face like the softest thing ever. “How are you feeling? Are you okay?”

“What is going on? Why am I here? “Rosa asked Luca in confusion and at that moment she felt a headache coming on, “My head hurts a lot, do you have any painkillers?” she said touching her forehead. Luca went to the cabinet and got out two pills for her and a glass of water. He sat next to her and gave them to her.

“Do you remember what happened?” Luca tentatively asked her, hoping that he wasn’t sparking horror in her mind, but as soon as he asked her, she recalled the incident that almost ended her life and just as Luca feared, dread came upon her. She started visibly shaking and teared up a little, “Listen to me Rosa, you are safe, I am right her – no one is going to hurt you for as long as I live, do you understand? I will do anything to protect you,” he reassures her, grabbing her face to make her look into his steady eyes. Rosa looked at him and felt safe.

“Where are they? Did you hand them over to the police?” at this, Luca looked at the cute girl on his bed and internally sighed at her innocence, how was he going to tell her that he brutally murdered every single one of them and left not a trace” completely avoiding the question, he took her in his arms.

“You don’t need to worry about them anymore, they are never going to hurt you again, I promise you okay?”  Rosa immediately felt safe and so the curiosity to know where they ended up dissipated almost as soon as it arrived. “Come, let’s get you dressed and go downstairs for some breakfast, sound good to you?” he continued, lifting her off the bed and heading towards the walk in closet. Rosa felt embarrassed at this gesture and asked that he put her down. Luca smiled down at her and told her, “I am not putting you down Rosa, you’re just going to have to get used to I, because I will be carrying you a lot starting from today.”

They got into the closet and picked out her pajamas, Rosa then immediately noticed that these were her clot, she opened the rest of the closet doors and found more of her clothes hanging there neatly, “What are my clothes doing in your close Luca? I don’t remember the part where I agreed to move in with you.”

“Well, I got it arranged that you move in with me, for your safety of course. Rosa, you just got attacked in the middle of the night and you were alone, what if they tried to come back and harm you again? I can’t have that happen to you again, please just let me take care of you okay?”

“I can take care of myself Luca, I was doing just fine in your absence. Alright?” Rosa could never accept being taken care of by a man, she was always taught to never depend on a man by her father – to always be independent. Luca watched her pick out her own clothes hand headed downstairs. “Where am I?”

“We are in my home silly, well our home now “Luca responded taking a seat opposite her and watched her settle down. A moment later the chef came down with mini platters for her, Rosa’s mouth watered at the sight of all this amazing food. “Make sure you finish up, you haven’t had anything to eat in the last four days.” Rosa stopped chewing in shock and asked Luca,

“I was out for four days?! No wonder I am so hungry.” With that, she ate to her heart's content and left the dining area completely stuffed. Luca followed behind her and told her it was time to take a shower,

“Rosa, I am running the shower for you, the water is warm enough for you – I think.” Luca called out to her. Meanwhile, Rosa is looking at her reflection in the mirror, she touches her face and gets a memory flash were one of the men punched her in the face, she winced at that but also wonders how after four days her face is not bruised up following what happened. Heading to the bathroom she took off her clothes and walked into the steamy shower.  As she let her hair down, Luca walked in and was stunned – he froze on the spot and stared at her. Rosa scampered around trying to cover herself, “What are you doing here?!”