Tainting the White Rose

chapter 3

Roses Pov

I walked back to the bathroom with a black t-shirt and and a grey tracksuit pants for the man.

"Should I answer the door?" I asked him cautiously.

"Yeah you can but if they ask for me say I'm not here and you don't now me", he said. I could see he was exhausted and in pain.

"You can sleep in the guest room if you want to", I said.

He laughed.

"Thank you, you're honestly too kind", he smiled looking at me, before walking toward the guest room.

I took a deep breath before walking toward the door.

"Hello", I said as I opened the door.

I was surprised to see the scary looking man from this morning in the bakery.

He nodded his head in response to my greeting.

"I was wondering if you had seen a man, his about my height with black hair and light grey eyes, he was hurt and so I'm here to take him to the hospital", he said calmly.

I bit my lip at the sound of his voice, it was like clear spring water being poured over me.

"No. I haven't seen anyone, but I'll keep an eye out", I said, surprised at how well I lied.

The man chuckled. I felt my fear escalating to a point far beyond what the man with the gun had done.

"Why are you lying Rosaria?" he asked chuckling again.

"I'm not, please leave I don't know what you want", I said my keeping surprisingly steady. I hoped the man in the room could hear me and quickly escape.

The man’s chuckling stopped. He looked at me with disappointment.

He pulled out a gun and pointed it at my head.

"Move out the way Rose", he said anger evident in his voice.

Fresh tears ran down my face as I froze in the door way. He pushed me out of the way grabbing my wrist as he walked toward the first room in the house. It was empty. He looked in my lounge, my kitchen, my T.V room, my room, my 3 guest room and their bathrooms, and finally came to the guest bathroom. He opened the door to see blood in the bath tub and the man's white t-shirt full of blood as well as his jeans laying on the floor. My medical kit was still open and there wear bloody tissues in the bin.

"So tell me, Rose, what happened here?" his voice was laced with anger and I started sobbing very loudly. I couldn't hold it in, my body was shaking with the lack of air.

The man let go if my wrist and I retreated away from him, holding my face in my hands, crying very loudly.

"Answer me Rose, before I put a bullet between your eyes".

I stared crying harder, choking on my sobs.

"Shut the f**k up Rosaria, before I gag you", he roared.

I started clutching my stomach, trying my hardest not to make a noise as I try to stand. But before I knew it I was fainting, falling back against the door as my eyes closed.