Caging My Heart

The sound of the copper alloyed keys rattling woke the the silence in the apartment. The metal casted door creaked almost inaudibly as it was slowly opened and this sound was followed by a clatter of the sole from leather boots touching the cold marble floor. Opening the door permitted the light from the corridor to come rushing inside the cold dark modenized apartment s entry hall.The entry hall had a tiny ebony table by the left side which had an Arabic vase on it.Lateral to the vase was jade platter with teal oigment finish housing silver keys and old bills . She forced one foot after the other to get inside. It was clear that her soul was drained like she had just watched her whole world collapse in front of her. The satin design handbag she was carrying hanged loosely on her thin hands with her veins protruding off the back of her skin yet not much force being exterted at all. Her white woolen sweater that showed her shoulders hung lightly over a petit physique..The blue dyed denim that she wore highlighted her gorgeous conformation, displaying hints of her thin thighs and undeniably picturesque curves. The door closed with the slightest press as she rested her entire frame against the door with her face to the door.A click followed as she locked the door and she placed her arm on the door and laid her head on her arm while still holding on to the keys. With that instant tears came rushing down face. Her lovely face was devoid of colour and her usually rosy lips were pale and cracked. Her beauty wasn't hindered at all despite the current appearance of her physiognomy. Her straight auburn hair with a chestnut finish incorporated to it was tired loosely almost lazily in a low lying pony tail. Strands managed to hang to the sides of her face. At this moment of vulnerability those warm streaks of salty water , followed successively as she cried her heart out. And after a few floods of tears her legs gave out and she collapsed to the door until she was sitting on her legs. As if in command more streams of tears left her brown caucasian shaped eyes.If there was ever a time the human was driven to sympathy, it would be at witnessing this display of genuine vulnerability . She balled her eyes immaculately. Who could blame her.She was living in a nightmare. Everyday of her life was like walking on broken glass while cascading at high speeds through hell. It is one thing to fight with your desire, another thing with your obsession but a completely different thing when you have with the things that are keeping you alive. Coming here was supposed to be a fresh start , away from her past, away from everything and away from the fighting. Life was a serendipity . She had a job that she felt was the cherry on the cream.Being the junior detective in a homicide department was perfect.Not that she enjoyed it when people died but her job was her epiphany.The pleasure of solving a case and putting a culprit behind bars brought her enormous reparation.Her boss ,Calvin Denzel kept complementing her devotion to her job more especially because he developed great restitution when she held a case as he knows she is very good at her job. After she got promoted ,she had managed to purchase herself a lavish flat she had been renting ,which awarded here the secrecy and independence that she much craved .The flat apartment had two bedrooms each with an ensuite bathroom. The bedroom had a modern vibe to it.The head board were made of dark leather that made the queen sized, low lying bed resemble a large lotus leaf.The flush carpeted floor have homey touch to the already ideal interior design of the room.The white muslin curtains added an even unique feel to the gray walls.Outside the large windows ,one could see the downtown surbubia,the cars navigated through the streets and through the plural skyscrapers.The room also had a white oak fitted in closet that went in perfect harmony to the formal aura of the room.As for the responsibilities ,she had absolutely minimal.She had no loans ,no mortgage and no outstanding bills.All her money could pay for her expenses and she would still be left with some more to save or even invest.In spite of all of this the greatest thing she hated was that she had someone in her life but she doesn't understand how to exactly describe their relationship.Nathan would always come to her place and he would insist on staying over but will eventually spend the whole night there.Not so long ago Nathan came to her apartment and he came holding chinese takeaway meal.Emily had just been given a case so she had had a neck burried in case files such that she missed meals. She had worked up until 11pm but still no where from cracking the case.The case involved the death of a female high school student.The student was petit.She had full locs of blonde hair and had cut her bangs just enough to expose her eyes.Her lips were full and pulp with a rich violet to reddish colour almost like a cherry blossom petals.Her skin had beautiful freckles like golden grains of sand.The freckles are unevenly distributed like they were splatted onto her face similar to how a master painter would splatter paint on a canvas to create thee effect of snow fall or even the countless galaxies in the stars.The deceased was reported to be an average student, academic performance allowed room for improvement but it doesn't not mean that she would fail to graduate.Her social life was active and even her friends were in contact with her and allerged to very supportive of her.Vicki had the ideal teenage life.However one thing did raise an eyebrow. She had just broke up with her boyfriend but it didn't seem like she was bothered by it according to her friends.She even started chatting with another boy from another school.Both the boys were quite attractive and they had a similar status in terms of how much money their parents made.The ex boyfriend ,Zain was a grade lower than the deceased .He had chestnut coloured hair which was obviously dyed, the dark roots still showed but that seemed to be intential.His asian looking eyes were a perfect blend of mystery and calmness.The lip shape showed that if he smiled he would have a rectangular shape which would make him quite the fanciable looker.He had piercings in one ear and the accessory of his choice was a miniature black cross connected to the circular part.He looked very stunning in uniform.A royal blue blazer and ocean blue pants made him stand out in any room.His voice was sweet and delicate almost like a girls voice. When he spoke in succession he sounded like he was a singing angel. all of his tones were high yet when he spoke he whispered so seductively.He was too beautiful and too smart to be with a girl like Vicki. It is quite obvious now that their relationship was just for perks.She was popular and he was rich.A power couple like that would command the school and every one would dance to their tune. They looked good together but the chemistry between them was vague and that was palpable .They just broke up..The reason being that Vicki was too demanding and that she was ever commanding..The other boy ,Rylee was the exact opposite of Zain..He was tall and very masculine.He dyed his permed short hair dirty white . He pierced both his ears.His accessories were all black jewels, from crosses to stars.His long slim fingers had a sizable amount of rings.This made his hands quite attractive to look at.The wrists were dressed in a dark brown leather bracelet and chains.When he came to the interview room ,he came dressed in his uniform. A gray blazer that resembled a denim cloth along with pitch black slacks and white sneakers.He looked like something that walked out of a teenage girl's day dreams.His voice was deep and almost like he had a been humming for a long time.Rylee sounded like he would be the model candidate to give a speech in a room full of people, every one would hang to every syllable of his words.He could make a propaganda and his audience would clap to his words.He could make hell sound like a utopia.His alluring charm was in scripted in every part of his being..It was apparent to see why Vicki has fallen for his boy.In spite of the ongoing scandal, neither of the boys seemed distressed about the loss of Vicki and that did come off as suspicious no matter how one looks at it.The post mortem reports did say that the victim had a drug over dose but it's the lack of remorse in these boys that made Emily oblivious to closing off the case .she could only do so much to keep the case open but she had to work fast but so far she was swimming in a pool of endless confusion.. Nathan stayed with her as she ate and they discussed the case.If you thought that Nathan was beautiful in the day ,he now looked like he belonged Inside DaVinci s portraits especially with the moonlight embracing his face. Seeing him looking so perfect made Emily even more uncomfortable.The rate of her heart beat was incredibly high and she thanked God that the lights are off because he can't see how vulnerable she looks.The only light coming in the room is from the moon through the window.She always gets nervous around Nathan but she hates to herself for feeling this way around him.And the worst comes when Nathan adopted the habit to make little jokes like that Emily is Mona Lisa and that he would steal the moon for her and conceal it until she becomes his .It killed her ego to think that the jokes that Nathan makes me more than her every day.Nathan tried to touch her face and she retracted.If she let him then he would feel the heat of her skin or even worse is she doesn't trust herself if what she would do once his hand touched her skin.She turned around , cuddled up and pretended to sleep..Nathan turned away ..She felt the warm tears run down her face.Here is the one person she loves mire than anything and this person wants to love her back but she is so adamant to let him love her.She cried silently as she knows that once again she has hurt Nathan by not wanting to get closer to him.He is trying in every way to make her comfortable but this is just making things worse.What is he lacking that he can change so that she could let him love her.He muttered the words "please stop shutting me out" and stood up to go to the balcony.She remained in the sofa and fell asleep to the sound of her own heart breaking and it's all her fault.In the morning he prepared breakfast and cleaned the whole apartment. The smell of cooked food woke her up .She opened her eyes to herself on the bed and it's quite clear that Nathan carried her hear.She stayed on the bed with her head on the pillow and drifted into a world of thoughts. Meeting Nathan was probably an inevitably. They worked in the same department at work . Nathan was a medium heightened man. He had the percent face. Skin so clear and soft like full cream milk. His visage structure was pointed towards the chin but fitted perfectly in ones hands almost like a heart shaped. He had high eyebrows ,bushy but not full,straight but with a gentle curve at the end.His tiny slim lips had a rosy colour not pink but reddish almost like he had kissed the rouge extract of from the petals of a safflower. His dark columnous bang fell over his temple just slightly enabling to steal a peak a his down turned eyes but managing to conceal his double eyelid. The hair parted at the beginning of his left eyebrow which made him look even more mysterious yet still lovely. His true beauty lied in the way he looks at her when she talked because his penetrating gaze was gave him an appearance of innocence..His voice is like dark chocolate,rich and seductive.When he talks it is like he is whispering into your soul and your heart can't help but to listen.The perfect allignment of his teeth defines the laws if logic..His face is the nonpareil example of irreproachable symmetry. Everyone at the department liked to work with him because along with his pulchritude was his impeccably high intelligence.The way he painted a picture of his ideas was like how a choir master conducts a song,everything in perfect harmony.Though they deny it, every worker at the department was a victim of his alluring nature. The department boss, Denzel, was no exception to this. He would constantly call Nathan to his office just to ask him what he was doing and if at all the other workers are bothering him. At times he would pull Nathan from a crowd of people gazing at his face, to his office.The admiration is sensational but at times and if done in habit because an unbearable annoying pain.So when Denzel pulls him aside, Nathan trully appreciates it and at times he doesn't mind talking to these people because he knows Denzel will come in any moment. Maybe Denzel feels the need to protect Nathan from the carnivorous eyes of the workers because they might delude his head with stupid conspiracies...Or maybe it's because Nathan is childish ...almost like his old partner and only best friend ,Tyler Greenford who transferred to another country. Though he seems to be getting close to Nathan , Tyler can never at any point be the topic of discussion. Denzel was adamant and skeptical of picking up a partner because he prefers to work alone and believed that it only slow him down. The previous boss prompted and propelled him night and day to accept Tyler as his partner.it is really annoying to keep hearing the same thing over and over again. In defiance of how reluctant he was he finally agreed to go on a case with Tyler .He has always been the inapprochable guy at the homicide department. Despite how childish Tyler was,one of his attributes was his unfeigned and seemingly genuine magnanimity which trully made a mark in Denzel s soul, one that will have an everlasting impact ..a voice called her name behind her.She turned around abruptly ,startled from her imagination .Her swollen eyes and redden eyelids struggled to pinpoint the source of the sound in the dark.She blinked twice and one third blink her mouth hang open as her chest started to rise up and down bfrantically.Her eyes protruded from her sockets,the soles of her boots scrapped the floor as she tried to back out but was blocked by the door. Her eyebrows arched as she was continuously trying to move backwards, a tear from her previous episode managed to escape and it trickled down her face..