Dandelion

Chapter 4

                                                                                 Getting Tangled.

I was shocked by the messages I was reading and truly I thought that there existed nothing that could shock me after all the things that I went through today.

It seems that Miss Zein has been under some threatening messages and pressuring talk from an unknown number who had left many texts on her phone. All caring disturbing words of death and blood, even detailed descriptions of her in certain places. Was this guy stalking her? Is this some creepy fan who is obsessed with her or did he really meant all these disturbing words of him being the one who she will see before her last breath? 

Just by reading those texts, I couldn't help but feel uncomfortable and creeped out.  However, surely she must have felt way worse. How am I supposed to deal with this? Had Zein told anyone else about this? Her boyfriend should know, right? God, this definitely is troublesome. I left the phone back at the commode and stepped out of the bed, feeling the need to search around the room in case if I was being watched. The thought only made me uncomfortable enough to want to crawl under the blankets and be safe under the darkness of them.

I made sure the curtains were well pulled and the window was closed then I proceeded to look in search of any possible cameras put around the room. Why would that unknown person describe her sleeping in bed, if he had never seen her? He definitely must have had some access in the room. From what Elia mentioned no one knows why Zein had gone to those stairs and how she had slipped. What if she had not slipped but someone had pushed her? Should I get out of this place? I debated over myself as my search ended up in nothing yet the feeling of uneasiness had been born within me to stay.

Those messages were from some weeks ago so maybe she took care of him and that must be why he was mad at her and was trying to harm her. Should I just reply to that text? As I thought about it I found myself already back on the bed with the device in my hands, typing on the keyboard a simple ' What do you want from me?' before pressing send only to wait over the phone for some minutes aimlessly, as there was no reply.

"I seriously can't believe my luck. I get to be in the body of a rich and famous person after I get unfairly murdered only to find out that someone is after killing me once again? What are the chances? God do you have something against me? Let's just talk about it if you have, I will apologize for whatever it was just please don't joke with me like this. It's not funny!" I ended up speaking out loud to the ceiling, following the old habit of mine that apparently had followed me even in my next life. The ceiling never used to respond to my rants though and neither did now.

I raffled my hair in frustration as I stood up and started pacing back and forth in an attempt to find my solution. Anything that could be useful to me for the moment. Should I report this to Elia or Zein's boyfriend? God, I don't even know what was that guy's name cause the manager kept calling him Sir. Maybe I can find his contact name on her phone though. I hope she has put some endearment alongside his ID.

I search through her contact list carefully yet I found nothing that could have possibly seem like his contact. All the names were so formal. Even Elia's was put as Mr. Manager. That sure sounded way more formal than he seemed to behave with Zein so far. Since the contact list didn't seem to be of any help, I went back to the texts looking for some endearing or flirty messages between lovers. Since that guy was her boyfriend they surely must text one another often and I was not disappointed with that thought of mine as I soon found some texts that seem too sweet to be exchanged just between anyone.

I typed a message and send it to the boyfriend whose name seems to be Tian. After telling him that I needed him to come over I stepped out of my bedroom carefully, feeling still unsafe and uneasy in this apartment that is supposed to be mine. I tried to make my steps as light as possible as I walked around as if someone would be there and my silence could potentially get him off guard yet I was the one that jumped and screamed out of startlement as the bell suddenly rang, literally freezing my blood out of fear.

That's it. Calmness won't be an option for me for a long time. I can already see it. Being alive again does not seem fun right now, cause the most powerful and constant emotion I have been feeling since I opened my eyes is fear. And for someone that never had anything to be fearful of, this emotion sure is becoming too heavy and overwhelming for me. I felt my knees getting weak and the energy of my body left me at a quick pace, making me feel exhausted by the fact that I was just standing there.

However, the doorbell rang again, and somehow my mind focused on the fact that I had to go see who it was. Could it possibly be Tian? Did Zein's boyfriend live somewhere near here? Cause surely there was no way he would have arrived so soon on that doorstep except if he was somewhere around this building.

Maybe he had stayed around in worry of my condition or so was the reassuring thought I told myself to make me actually start walking towards that door and ignore the fear that was screaming inside me to run away as fast as I could. I took a deep breath as I reached behind the door and leaned to see through the whole, hoping to see the face of Zein's boyfriend even though I was not accustomed to him or anyone that much. Anyone who cares for her and wants to protect her would be good enough.

Yet what I saw was just a black hat covering someone's face and that surely wasn't motivational at all for me to actually open that door. I just stood silent there for a bit and then rushed to the kitchen, messing the shelves while in search of a knife which after I took in my hold, I hid securely behind my back.

My hands felt a bit cold as I held the object tight and attempted to return back to the door which I suddenly heard it being open after someone seemed to have placed the password to enter. For a moment I felt a wave of relief, as I thought that no one but someone close to her as much as her boyfriend would be one to know of her house password but as the man stepped inside and closed the door behind him, I could see that his figure was not one of her boyfriends. And as he took off his hat and faced me, I realized that it surely was not him.

"Why weren't you opening up? You text me to come over then you leave me waiting." The unknown man said with a smile and a face that seemed quite happy of seeing me or better to say, quite happy of seeing Zein.

"I-I texted you?" I questioned as I took a step back, still feeling unable to trust my life around this unknown man. 

"I guess you missed our night adventures huh? My baby." He replied as he approached drastically, trapping me in his arms as I was unable to push him off because I didn't want to betray the fact that I was holding a huge kitchen knife behind my back.

I stayed stiffly in his embrace as he caressed my cheek and to my utmost shock and surprise leaned to my neck and started kissing me.

"T-Tian?" I uttered the name of the contact to which I texted and which I had read all those lovely text messages between him and Zein. Messages which I  assumed she would have been exchanging with her boyfriend but as the guy whispered against my skin, I realized that I was wrong.

"Yes, my queen, say my name."

Just how many freaking lovers has this woman been keeping to herself?!