CODENAME: SKYDOLL

11

2 days later...

I was in a vacuum, I didn't know what to feel or what to do. I couldn't open up to anyone until now, I couldn't cry, no one came to me and asked what I had. Even if they asked, I didn't have the courage to tell, a part of me was telling me to run away without looking back and leave that little girl alone in that dark room, but I couldn't. His cries were still in my ears because I was here to plant new flowers in his bleeding wounds. I didn't go to school, I was trying to make a plan in my head for 2 days, but everything stopped. The world had stopped, time had stopped, everything had stopped.

"Aria?" It was Rose's voice, I didn't even take my eyes off the sea. The melody must have told them what had happened, what she had to say didn't make much sense to me. He sat next to me. "Are you okay?" he said, putting his hand on my shoulder. They thought that I was upset because they didn't believe me and I was tired of trying to prove myself to them. It didn't matter to me what they thought or said. "Ours don't, we can be comfortable." The sound of the waves was relaxing for me. When I was little, I used to escape from the orphanage and go to watch the sea. The sound of the waves always relieved me. I thought that Bora's eyes would also comfort me, because every time I looked at her, I thought of the sea. In Mehmet's dungeon, I longed for the sea for years, his house had a sea view, but not being able to touch him and not being able to breathe in his scent would hurt me a lot. "Aren't you going to talk to me?" I looked at him as if I was just noticing him as he squeezed my shoulder lightly.

"What are you doing here?" I said in a low voice, my mouth dry from not having eaten for days. He grinned and hugged me.

"I'm sorry on behalf of all of us for not believing you, Arya, you... that bastard could have done more harm to Melody if it weren't for you." I took my eyes off him and looked at the sea again. I wanted him to pull me in, but Rose didn't seem to let him.

"How's the melody?" I said curiously, the last time I saw him he was in bad shape. As much as I couldn't warm to him, I was worried about him, and I didn't even bother to go to him because I knew they wouldn't let me near him.

"Fine, he wants to see you." I shook my head, knowing he was okay was enough for me.

"I'm glad you're okay, but I don't think I'll see you again. Take care." I got up and walked towards my car, just as I was about to open the door, Tan stopped me.

"Wait right there, yellow chick, I have strict orders from Bora. I have to take you to us." I let out a sigh of relief and looked at Tan blankly.

"I'm sorry Tan, but I have no intention of going back to that house. Look, I don't care if you believe me or not, what you think of me. I'm not offended or upset with anyone, my problem is with myself." Rose also came to us, I tried to push her lightly and open the door, but she wouldn't let me. I looked at her nervously. "Tan, I don't want to hurt you." Even though Tan took a step back, he did not leave the door. I looked at Rose, but she was grinning because she knew her brother wouldn't leave me. I twisted Tan's arm and unbalanced him and slowly dropped him to the ground, opened the car door and got in, then locked it immediately and started the car and hit the gas. I didn't know where to go or what to do, it was getting dark. I started driving towards the bridge with the first idea that came to my mind, I needed some more thought. I wanted to stay in Sapanca for 1 night and have a night of my own as if nothing had happened.

I wanted to spend a night as if I had a happy childhood, as if none of this had happened. I should have refueled the car, but it might be a little difficult to find a gas station there. I also needed to have a snack, because my head was spinning a lot, after I entered the gas station and filled the tank of the car, I parked in the parking lot ahead and proceeded to the market part. There was a coffee maker and salad bowls here, so I grabbed them and made my way to the cash register. I added some gum and paid the money. While I was about to get in the car, a hand prevented me from getting in again. It was probably Tan, I was tired so I didn't really care if they followed me. When I turned around angrily, we were nose to nose with Demir Arıkan, he was looking at me with a dirty smile. He had his men with him, and since we were a little behind the gas station, I didn't think anyone would see us here.

"I'm offended, blonde, you're going on vacation and you don't even bother to invite me. Fortunately, I heard you and came after you, but.. I have a better idea. What do you say we go to my chalet in Sapanca and spend a few nights there? Besides. I'm sure it will be the best night of your life." I laughed sarcastically and looked at the men behind me.

"What is it, are you afraid to go out with your men? Don't be afraid, I don't have time to hurt you, now get out of my way." leaning more towards me. Rather than angering him, my disapproval of him made him more amused.

"Remember? You loved hard, so I decided to be tough on you. Don't worry, I'll get you back home safe and sound after 2 days." I rolled my eyes and pushed him away, but he didn't move an inch, but rather came closer. There wasn't much distance between our lips. Being hungry and sick, I couldn't even find the strength to resist him, but I had to defend myself. I smiled and put my hand on his neck and swapped places with him and leaned him against the car, stunned that he didn't expect my action. I slammed his head into the car and kicked his man, he didn't have a gun. The men in the back tried to grab me by the arms, although I elbowed the first one hard in the stomach and punched him hard on the nose, but another man, who I couldn't understand from where, grabbed me and slapped me hard, pinning me where I was. Men were holding both of my arms, Demir groaned in pain and stood up from where he was leaning and faced me. I tasted blood in my mouth. "I take you very lightly, blondie, you manage to surprise me very easily every time. Where did you get these trainings from?" Supporting the men holding my arms, I kicked Demir hard under his chin, and at the same speed I slid the hard side of my shoe on the side of his head. I had managed to piss him off, but now what? Angrily, he lifted his head from where he had fallen and came over me and squeezing my throat hard, it seems that new ones would be added before the places where Pars had bruised. "You crossed the line little girl!" suddenly a loud gunshot went off, and before I knew what it was, I looked at the men holding me by my side. One was already on the ground, the other side of me had fallen with the sound of the second gunshot. Because they were holding my arms tightly, I fell to the ground with them. The men who came to Demir were trying to cover themselves with him and try to understand where the bullets came from, but before they could find it, they all got on the minibus they came with and gassed. When I freed my arms from the men next to me and stood up, I realized that two cars were approaching me, it didn't take me long to get to know the cars. It was Tan and Pars's cars, it seems they were the ones who killed Demir's men. There was the sound of running around in the back, most likely the men at the gas station had heard the gunshots. Pars lowered the window of his car and looked at me.

"We have to go, jump quickly!" Ignoring him, I got into my own car and started to drive quickly before the men arrived. Pars and Tan's cars were following me, but I had to dodge them. I rooted the gas all the way and looked at two of the side mirrors. They were right behind me, I had to dodge them somehow. Pars and Tan were making me choose to stop, but I did not stop. They had come to my side in the car and put me in the middle, their car was as fast as mine. When I approached the road that deviated from the side road, they also approached the side road, just as I was about to enter the side road, I pressed the brakes and turned to the other road and directed them to the other road. The cars behind me were honking their horns, but I didn't care much and continued to my destination at full speed. I was going to go to a quiet bungalow house in the nature I found on the internet. I was getting notifications on my phone one after another, I put the phone in airplane mode and went to the hotel shown in the location. Fortunately, they had empty rooms, I came unprepared, so I bought clothes from the nearest store and settled in my room. It was dark already, I did not think that Demir would follow me again. I knew I had pissed him off so much that I had haunted him out of some stupid greed, and now I didn't know how to get rid of it. Of course, I wasn't going to get Mehmet involved in this. After I changed my clothes and took a quick shower, I went to the terrace on the balcony of the house and sat on the sofa and stretched my feet. The stars were clearer and closer due to the low light of the city. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, thinking only of my happy moments tonight. For example, I thought of my first memory, Michele. My kindergarten friend in Italy. We would never be apart from each other, they would protect me and watch the sea for hours by escaping to the seaside together. He loved my hair very much, he used to lay me on his knees and caress them for hours. When Mehmet Kozan came to pick me up, he resisted so much that they wouldn't take me, but no one cared about us as children. Michele was a handsome boy, with black hair, masculine features, and green eyes and thick eyelashes, though not as dark as mine. Afterwards, I looked for him everywhere but I couldn't find any trace of him, if he were here now, he would stroke my hair again and rekindle the hopes in me. When we were little we used to tell each other that we would get married, Michele always told me that there would be a family and that she would never leave me alone. I wish we never broke up, I wish we could realize the dreams we had with our tiny minds and had an ordinary life. Maybe now we would be married, we would buy the house we always dreamed of in Italy and we would be hope for orphans. I wish life was this innocent, but it just didn't happen, Michele wasn't there, I wasn't thinking of getting married anyway. Maybe if we hadn't left that day, I wouldn't be here, neither Bora nor Mehmet nor Demir nor the others... none of them would have been in my life. I wouldn't be able to do it even if he showed up now and offered to marry me again, leaving everything behind. I had a lot of responsibilities on me and I couldn't leave those responsibilities behind me. Once, while we were watching the sea, the waves came up to us and we got wet from head to toe, as usual, we got a great scolding from our teacher. Michele's parents didn't want us to meet, they thought I was abusing her and forcing her to miss school, but they couldn't separate us. Michele had gone to another school once, she had scrambled the schools to get back and came back again. While he was stroking my hair, I thought of the lullaby he sang to me, we used to sing together, I always smiled and started humming the lullaby.