Writing the Death

"Chapter 8" Blue tulips

"I thought you were hitting the sack, what keeps you awake?" He asks.

Aria stays quiet and heard the fuss from another side.

"Don't you hear what I say?" He said and her heart thumped out.

"Hannnn... I.... I was..... I was," she can't control her emotions and broke into tears.

"Hey girl," he let out so politely.

" Don't cry, just don't clean your face now," he said and she did.

" I am so scared, I am....," Aria said with a sob.

" I know you have to be," he said.

"Why are you making me scared what will you get?" She asks.

"I have no words, but let's call it a day, close your eyes and imagine me in your fantasies,"

"Oh, I mean nightmares," he said.

"If I say, close your eyes that means close your eyes, Ari, I don't want to see your eyes open for someone else," He said and cuts the call.

Aria glimpsed at her phone, and tightly squeeze her eyes to close.

She was not in a mood to sleep but she undertook.

" Good girl," that man whispered, his devilish smirk visible so handsomely on his hard face.

Aria wakes up the next morning and sees the unforeseen morning biding her time.

She was upset to look into her phone, but some duty calls will be waiting for her.

She presses the button and sees only one notification on her email.

She opens it and sees someone prefers to disseminate and talk about her story.

It was from the same email, and she guess that this is the same email from her editor.

" Ms. Benedict, we have seen your story, and this is entirely a masterpiece, we are looking for these kinds of stories, I am Kevin Elrod, and I wanted to meet you, you seem so devoted to your work," on and on and on, Aria reads the email, frown at everything written in this.

"What does that mean, I just signed it, and what is running off?" Aria asks herself.

And then she type and emailed.

" Hello, good day to you, I just signed the contract last night, and I think this is nothing to communicate on it, I will make you update whenever I update my story", She typed in, and send, but she got the reply instantly.

"There is, we are seeing your efforts and we wanted to connect with you so long ago, but you were withholding to sign the contract with us, but I wanted to give you this good news that your story is selected for publication, people are in love with your stories and they wanted to see it as a film, and you got the chance to bring your dreams true," He typed and she got irritated.

"Please, I don't want anything, take your contract back, and just forget about I am working on this platform, I just want to say bye, I am doing great, and not interested in stuff like that," she typed in and throw her phone on the bed.

She goes downstairs, Ben was waked and preparing breakfast for her. She walks to him and greets him with a marvelous smile.

" Good morning, where are you going?" Ben asks.

"Where should I go? My home right?" she said and smiles.

"But look what is burning here, you can't leave like this, sit I am coming grandma is outside having too much fun with her birds," Ben smiles, Aria watches out of the window to see Grandma.

"Oh, I see her, she looks happy", Aria said.

"Go get her mood over the moon, you know how she felt when she meet you," Ben said.

"Yeah right, I am on it," Aria blink her eye and walks out of the house.

"Hey grandma", she said and Grandma turns her wheelchair, she open her mouth surprising, Ben Grandma was paralyzed, she can't walk on her own, she is a beautiful chubby cheek generous old woman, she had wrinkles with freckles, she was around her seventies, her eyes were light blue and barely got open to see, she looks so charming, wearing a long floppy floral frock. She smiles and opens her arms for her.

"Oh, my child," she said and Aria gives her a beautiful cuddle.

" I thought you forget me, I don't see you for so long," grandma said.

" I was right there," Aria chuckles.

"Where?" She frowns.

" In your heart", Aria smiles and makes her smile too.

"Right, you are in my heart in my prayers all the time," Grandma says with a nod.

"I thought you forget me," Grandma looks sad.

"As the same, you are in my heart, how can I forget you, you are the fantastic person I have", Aria said.

"Oh, that's so sweet," Grandma brings her shiny eyes.

" Come let's get breakfast," Aria takes her in, they were sitting together, laughing and appreciating their beautiful eternity.

" You two look so beautiful with each other," Grandma said and makes Ben blush.

"Grandma do your breakfast," Ben said.

" Yeah, I am doing this, Aria listen to me, you are now a young woman, and you need to find someone, "

"Someone like Ben....," Grandma blinks.

"Aaaa.......," Aria has no words to say.

"Okay, I am done," Ben said and set off to leave.

" Your nurse is coming, I will be back early," Ben said and kissed Grandma's forehead.

"Come let me drop you," Ben insists.

"No... no Ben, I would be occupied, I have to get change and other things to do with, let me tell you later," Aria said.

Okay then? He smiles.

" Let me know when you get off," Ben instructed Aria and left for his job.

"He is so shy, he will never going to own it," Grandma smiles.

"What do you think about him?" Grandma asks and Aria turns her eyes down, suddenly the picture of Bryon cones in front of her eyes.

"I.... I don't know," Aria said, she sees Maria, Grandma's nurse entered the house.

"Hey, Maria," Aria changed the topic.

"Good Morning, Ms. Benedict, nice to see you," She greets her and Grandma.

"Grandma, I am getting late, I will catch you later, my coordinator is so bulky-minded, he's going to kill me, If I missed the time," Aria said and kissed her cheek.

Aria gives grandma medicines and leaves for her house, she doesn't change from the last day, she grabs the keys and her things, then gets to her house, and outside she saw a bouquet of blue tulips.

" Who brings those?" Aria smiles cause she loves Blue tulips, Aria was in love with those flowers.

Aria look around but find no one, she smells and it influences her so positively, she smiles while seeing them, but then her smile fades away, and she remembered who can send them.

Her phone rings and a tremble run down her spine.

That was him, whom she was running away.

She brings her phone to her ear and heard his dominating voice.

"Good morning, sugar bugar....," he said with a pleasant smile.

"How do you like it?" He asks.

" What do you mean?" She implores.

" I guess I deserve a pleasant good morning too?" He prevailed her to annoy.

" Say it?" He demands.

" Good morning," Aria says with difficulty.

"That's my good girl, Aren't they beautiful?" He asks.

" Hmmmm," she replied.

" Hmmmm," he copied her.

" Do you know what that means?" He asks.

"What?" She was dumbfounded.

" That flowers, tulips represent peace and tranquility," He said.

"You and peace", she mocks at him.

" Funny Nah? But true, today is the day of peace for you," He let out.

"And what with that tranquility?" She asks and curses of her abrupt concern.

"Yeah, I really want you to ask this, tranquility because everything is going to be silent, nobody is going to know what will be my next step, spur this is going to be quiet, and painful as well," he replied and makes her stiff.

"It's okay, don't be uptight, You will know this soon, go inside and adorn these flowers in a beautiful vase, are you getting me....," he asks.

" Yeah.... yeah....," she got out of her veins.

" Go now," he said and cuts the call.

Aria did as he said, he bring a vase, and decorates it.

They were looking beautiful, but frightening.

" What is going on?" She asks herself, but no one has the answer, that was strange, millions of questions tugging in her mind.

"Who is he?" " What does he want?" "What she had?" "Why she is keeping him?" "Why does he feels connected with him?" Something strange was going on, purely strange, Aria brush off her thoughts, and get ready for her job.

She gets to the garage, for her car, but there was nothing, she remembers last night's incident and the curse of her fate.

"Why did all this happen to me?" She asks by looking at the sky.

" I should take the bus again", She runs to the bus stop and take the bus to her hospital.

It was tiring to travel by bus, she was denouncing herself for not coming with Ben, he was credible and safe at the same time.

Bryon comes to pick Aria up but found the door was locked she had left for her work. He feels bad but then he makes his way to his job.

Aria was late again, she was embarrassed and today she was aware of coordinator mode, and what punishment she can get, but she is not ready for this.

She stepped into the ward, but doesn't see the coordinator there, she runs to the doctor's room, and. boooom....

Mr. Brooklyn was sitting with someone, Aria can't see another person cause he was turning his back on her, Mr. Brooklyn stood up to welcome her.

"What a pleasant day and my dear intern is late again,"

"Why don't you quit this job, this is not for you", Brooklyn looks harsh.

Aria was facing down and ready to endure him.

"Ms. Benedict, give me a good reason?" He asks.

" I..... I was.... I...," again she can't find words, and her tongue was stumbling.

" Brooklyn easy!" A handsome heavy voice comes to Aria's ears, but she found it a little similar. Aria was about to cry, she was holding her tears back as well her body was trembling.

He turns and Aria sees that face was familiar, The same hazel eyes, and muscular torso was in front of her, that alluring man again, which makes her fly in the air with his handsomeness.

"Hello, Ms. Benedict, remember me?" He asks.

" Ke... Kevin...," She let out while squinting her eyes.

" Your memory is quite good," he said.

"What are you talking about we met yesterday, how can I forget you?" She said.

" It's a good thing, my name is, Kevin Elrod," he said and she remembered that name. She frown and said.

"Kevin Elrod, my editor," she let out, and he nods with a smile.

" You must be joking, this can't be," Aria moves her head in no.

"I am not joking, dear Aria," He said and she got out of breath.

"You know each other?" Brooklyn said.

" Yes, we know each other, and she is the reason I came here," Kevin gives Aria a ravishing smile.

"And I thought my friend is here to see me, that's why you wanted to sit here not in my office," Brooklyn said.

" No, that's not like this, I hit the two", Kevin and Brooklyn were old friends, and he was the same person, who was mailing Aria to articulate her story.

"Look I found you, I am not an editor, I am the owner of that platform," Kevin said and her eyes went wide.

" What....? What is all going on?" Aria was so flustered.

" Nothing, life is allowing you to make your dreams come true", He said.

"I don't want my any dream to come true, I don't have any dream," she rolled her eyes off.

"What are you two talking about?" Brooklyn asks.

"Brooklyn, can I borrow you intern just for a moment," Kevin said.

" Yeah, sure," Brooklyn said and Kevin open the door for Aria.

"Don't worry trust me," he said and Aria takes her small steps out with him, she thought it was the only way to save herself from Brooklyn's rage.