A Kill List and A Second Chance

Chapter 1

                                                              A Kill List and a Second Chance

                     NOTE: TRIGGER WARNING!!

Chapter 1

                     I throw my keys down onto the table walk over to my couch and plop down onto it letting a big sigh out. “Damn it!” I yell sitting up. I grab my laptop off the coffee table and open it. I go onto the internet and search for jobs. I had just lost mine about 30 minutes ago. I was a server at dinner that I had for at least a year. I had dropped a mug of coffee on the floor on my way out of the kitchen because as I opened the door one of the other waitresses pushed the door back onto me hitting the mug. I was going to clean it up but she had ran to the boss ‘that happen to be there today’ and told him I spilt coffee on her on purpose. I was barely making it with my bills. If it wasn’t for this one customer that always asks for me and tips me pretty well I wouldn’t have a home.

          I came across the convenient store that is located 2 blocks down from me that is hiring. I apply for the stocker position and continue to look. I have to look for jobs nearby so I can walk to it because I can’t even afford a car. I might have 15 or 20 dollars left after the bills are payed at the end of month so I can by food with. I was able to bring food home from work if someone ordered something but had to take it back because something wasn’t to their liking. My manager would bag it up for me and put it in the fridge so I can take it home after my shift. He was nice but also a bit of a creep.

My phone goes off and I answer it. I start to talk and I do my best to keep a smile on my face to sound normal and not angry. After talking for a while I ended up getting an interview with the store down the road. I changed into something nice and locked up my apartment. I walk toward the store praying I would get the job. I see a few cars sitting out front and a few others getting gas. I come in and talk to the manager. We sit down and talk a little. I can tell he wasn’t in a good mood already. After all is said and done I step outside to get some air. He had told me he would come out in a little bit to give me an answer.

          I was about to light I cigarette but found my pack empty. I sighed and looked at my wallet. Empty. I wasn’t allowed to take the tips home today. That’s another story I don’t want to get into right now. I felt like someone was watching me and I look up looking around. Before I can finish looking the manager comes out.

“I’m sorry Miss but I don’t hirer bullies.” He tells me handing me my stuff back.

“What do you mean by that?” I asked getting upset.

“I’m sorry but you need to leave unless you are going to buy something.”

“I didn’t bully anyone? I don’t understand why you are denying me a job for something I don’t even know what you are talking about.” Tears start to fill my eyes and I turn and walk away back home.

Half way home I still feel like someone is watching me. I ignore it as all the feelings from this morning alone start trying to push themselves out all at once. I make it to my apartment and sit down on the small little concrete pad in front of my door. I didn’t want to go in right now, knowing that I would have to pack. I look at my phone realizing it’s just after noon now and I need to find a job quick. I search again for a job this time looking further out hoping I can just have something.

“Excuse me.” I hear jumping almost out of my skin. I look up and the sun was bright. I try to look at the man but the sun was in my way. I stand to look at him but I was still hard.

“Yes?” I say.

“Why are you not at the diner?”

“Excuse me? Who are you?”

“I’m sorry.” The man says walking under some shade. I walk over to him I see his face much better now. He chuckles at me a little as my face is in shock.

“I…I’m sorry Mr. Knight I didn’t mean to be rude. I didn’t see your face do to the sun.” I say slightly bowing.

“It’s quite alright. Now why aren’t you at the diner?” I look at the man kind of funny like.

“I was fired this morning.” I say looking down.

“I’m sorry. So I guess that means I need to find a new diner to eat at.”

“No sir. You can eat still eat their...”

“I only went their because of you.” Mr. Knight says cutting me off. I feel my face heat up. This man is a good looking man. I know he has power, money, and almost everything he’s ever wanted. He is very well known because I believe he’s a billionaire or something like that. I don’t like men that flaunt their money and status around. He knew how to make me feel embarrassed and shy but I did my best not to do anything to make him think I’m leading him on.

“Mr. Knight I’m flattered but I’m sure Mrs. Knight won’t like the idea of you telling me that.”

“There is no Mrs.” He says to me with a smile.

“Oh I’m sorry.”

“Don’t be. I’m sorry to intrude on your personal life but why were you at the gas station?”

“I had a job interview. That…didn’t work out. So now I’m looking for another place to live but first a new job.” He grabs his chin with his hand rubbing his stubble. He smiles a handsome smile while looking at me.

“I might have something for you.”

“No sir. I need to do this on…”

“Would you give me a chance?” I hang my head in defeat.

“Alright what do you have in mind?” I say with a smile looking back at him. My stomach growls as he’s about to speak. “I’m sorry I don’t…haven’t been able to eat yet.” I correct myself. He smiles.

“Come with me please. We can have lunch as we talk about your new job.” I breathe in and out ‘would you give me a chance?’ rang in my head, as I didn’t want to go with him. I really needed a job but with him being who he is I was worried. There was also some rumors about him that talks about the underworld, black market, and trafficking. I do my best not to listen to rumors but they are at the back of my mind. I was so lost in my mind that I didn’t even know that Mr. Knight had grabbed my hand and walked me to his car.

He opens the passenger door for me. I sit down as he closes the door behind me and walks over to the driver’s side door getting in. I put my seat belt on and look down at my lap fidgeting with my bracelets. I hear the car engine start he puts the car into gear and takes off.

I met Mr. Knight almost 2 years ago when I first moved here. I had bumped into him in the men’s clothing section in the mall. I was trying to hide from a group of guys that had been following me when I was trying to find the apartment that I was moving into but took the wrong turn. I found the mall not far thinking I would be safe in a public place. I was wrong. I hid the best I could turning and ducking around the clothes. I feel a hand and arm wrap around my waist that pulls my into the men’s changing room. He lets go of me after the door shuts. The man puts his finger to his lips telling me to be quiet.

After a while the man lets me out holding onto my hand. He had told me he would help me just in case the guys were still out there. We were going to pretend we are dating so that the men would leave me. I didn’t think it would work but he told me to trust him. He was able to get me out of that mess. He also took me home. We talked in his car on the way to my home. At that time I didn’t know his name or who he was until he handed me his card. I looked at it and told him thank you. I did some research on him. That blew my mind. I want to say about a month later is when I saw him at my first job as a cashier at a grocery store then at the diner.

“We’re here.” He says pulling me out of my head. He opens my door holding his hand out for me to grab.

“Thank you Mr. Knight.” I say not understanding how to react to his niceness. He nods his head to me. As we walk up to the entrance he tosses his keys to the valet man at the door. The man holds the door for us and leaves. Mr. Knight walks into the lobby taking me to an elevator. I start to get nervous as people would avoid this elevator that we are standing at. I didn’t say anything thinking it would be rude. We enter the elevator and his phone rings.

“Yes.” He shifts a little standing next to me. “Yes. I’ll talk to you later.” He puts his cell phone away into his jacket pocket.

I feel his hand on my shoulder and I look up at him. His brownish green eyes sparkle at me as he smiles which makes me smile and calm down a bit. The door dings making me look away from him. He steps out toward to room that has no one in it. The view was breath taking. I walk over to the windows and look out. You could see the town to the left busy as ever. To the right was a forest that spread as far as I could see.

“Beautiful.” I whisper looking at the forest.

“I know right?” I turn around looking at Mr. Knight and he’s smiling looking at me. I feel my face heat up. “Sit here and I’ll get us some food.” I walk over to the table and sit looking at the stuff that’s in front of me. That’s when I felt off. I’m wearing dark blue jeans with a black dress shirt. This is one of those places that you would wear a fancy dress at with fancy makeup. Mr. Knight sits down next to me unbuttoning his suit jacket.

“Now Myr are you good with computers?”

“Yes.” I tell him.

“Are you good at organizing?” I nod my head to him. “Can you follow orders without asking questions?”

“Yes sir.” I tell him watching him rub his stubble. A waiter comes over to us placing to glasses of water on the table.

“We’ll have 2 of the specials.” The waiter nods to Mr. Knight and leaves.

“Would you be willing to relocate as in live somewhere else?” When he said that I had to think about it I had lived in the place I’m in now for too long. I try to move every 6 months due to someone looking for me. Would I have to leave the city or state?

“Would I have to leave the city or state?” I ask him.

“Neither really. You would have to move just outside of the city.”

“So like the country? I don’t know I don’t have a car of my own. I would have no way to get to work or anywhere else.” Mr. Knight laughs and the waiter comes out with our food. A plate is placed in front of me and then him. The smell coming off of it made my stomach growl and my mouth water. It has been about 2 day’s sense I’ve eaten. The grilled chicken looks delicious with the seasoning on it. Mash potatoes with corn on the side of it are perfectly shaped and not touching.

“Do you like?” He asks me.

“Yes thank you.” I say picking up my fork. We both start eating not saying anything. I ate half of the corn and mash potatoes. Then I only ate half of the chicken. I thought that I would only eat enough that would fill me until tomorrow. I’ll have to get this bagged so I can take it home.

“Are you full?”

“Oh no I was going to bag it so I can…” I stopped and covered my mouth. I totally forgot for a second that I wasn’t at the diner. Mr. Knight made me forget he was here for the moment. Almost like we were best friends and he already knew about my problems. I look up at him still covering my mouth embarrassed. His eyes narrowed toward me in worry.

“Finish what you were going to say please.” His voice came out deep and sexy with authority behind it. I sallow and removed my hand looking down at the plate.

“I was going to bag it so I would have something to eat tomorrow.” I say feeling horrible about it. I didn’t need him to feel sorry for me. I didn’t mean for that to come out like that at all. I felt too comfortable with this man. It kind of scared me.

“When was the last time you ate?” I move my head away from him closing my eyes trying to keep the tears from escaping.

“2 days.” I say. I hear him breathe in and shift in his seat.

“What are your plans today?”

“I was going to clean the apartment and pack my things.” I sip on my water still not looking at him feeling his eyes on me almost drilling holes in me. I felt small. I wanted to go home now.

“Do you have much to pack?” I shake my head slightly to tell him no. “Well then I’ll take you home so you can pack and I’ll be back in an hour to pick you back up.” I look at him in shock.

“What do you mean?”

“You are working for me now. You started the moment you stepped into my car.” I held my breath looking at him.

“Please excuse me.” I say standing up. I look around and then at Mr. Knight. “Where’s the restroom?” He points to the left and I take off. I don’t know what came over me but I wanted to run. I caught myself and speed walked to the bathroom. I push open the door and walk in locking the door behind me. I walk to the sink and look at myself. “What did you get yourself into now Myr?” I tell myself. I splash a little of water on my face calming myself down. I need to tell him I’ll accept as long as he tells me more about this job. I step out of the restroom after feeling a bit better.

As I’m walking back to the table Mr. Knight is on the phone. When I sit down I look at my food. I know I needed to eat but my stomach has shrunk so much I couldn’t finish it, but I wanted to. I heard him put his phone back in his jacket pocket.

“Are you alright?” He asks. “Please finish your food.” I look at him as he takes another bite to eat. I reach for my fork nodding my head. We didn’t say anything else to each other while we ate. I have all these questions for him but I didn’t know what to say at the same time.

We finish eating and the waiter comes out collecting our dishes. He refills our water and leaves us. I feel Mr. Knight looking at me and I look at him. He places his elbows on the table placing his head on his knuckles. I watch him lean forward toward me. His eyes stare into me making my face heat up. His stubble on his face made him look very sophisticated. His skin is slightly darker than me like a light caramel.

“Is there anything you want to ask?” He says making me snap back to reality.

“Yes I have a few. What is the job title?”

“My personal secretary.” Okay I can handle that I think?

“When you said move, where would I be moving to?”

“I mainly work from home, so you will live with me at my place. Don’t worry you’ll have your own room and bathroom. You’ll have to share a kitchen with everyone, but I have maids that will do the cooking.” Okay now his money and power are showing a little. I was worried about the fact that I’ll be living with others. That is asking for trouble. “You also will be traveling with me to meetings and stuff like that.” Well that might help a bit. As long as no one knows me I guess that’ll help.

“What will I have to…” Before I could finish my phone rings. “One moment please.” I tell him getting up and walking toward the window away from him.

“Hello?”

“Hey honey bun. Where are you? You are late for your shift.”

“I was fired this morning. I have new job already so I’m taken care of.” I say glancing back at Mr. Knight. I see him sitting in the chair and drinking his water looking in front of him.

“What! What happened?” I rolled my eyes. The manager that reminds me of a creep is always bothering me about something.

“I don’t want to talk about it. I won’t be coming in anymore. I also will be moving. So please don’t come by anymore okay.” I tell him getting a little irritated with him.

“Now, now, honey I told you that I’ll do anything for you. You will move in with me. I’ll take care of you.”

“No Cliff I don’t want your help. Please just leave me alone.”

“I’m coming to get you after my shift. I told you I’ll take care of…” I hang up on him before he can finish. I started to get worried. He has done a few things to me that have gotten me scared of him but I’m sure I’ll be fine. His shift doesn’t end until 11 tonight. I should be gone by then. I walk back over to the table. I stand behind my chair and look at Mr. Knight.

“Mr. Knight…”

“Please call me Brian.” He tells me.

“Okay Brian. You have me as your secretary. Can you take me home now so I can start packing?” Brian wipes his mouth with a napkin and stands up.

“Let’s go.” He says walking me to the elevator. We make it outside waiting for his car.

“Don’t you need to pay?” I say leaning toward him so only he could hear me.

“I own this place. I pay a tab at the end of the month.” I step back a little shocked. I didn’t know what to say. I knew he was rich and owned a lot of buildings but I didn’t know of this place. We get into the car and he drives toward my house. I call my landlord and told her that I’ll be out in 2 hours. She understood and didn’t complain sense my lease was month to month and it ends tomorrow. We make it back to my place and I get out. Brian stands up and walks next to me.

“I’ll be back in about an hour. I have somewhere to go and I’ll come and help you if you’re not done.”

“Thank you.” I tell him. He gets back in the car giving me a smile as he drives away. I enter my apartment locking the door behind me. I grab the two boxes out of the closet and start grabbing my things. I pack my duffel bag with my clothes and put it next to the boxes in the living room. I look around the place one more time just in case. I make it to the last room the bathroom. I open the curtain and see my shampoo and conditioner still sitting on the side of the tub. I giggle at myself grabbing them. I walk in to the living room looking up and dropping them on the floor.

“W…what are y…you doing here?” I stutter looking at Cliff standing in my living room looking at my boxes. He looks at me with anger.

“I told you I would help you after my shift. Why don’t you listen?”

“I don’t have to listen to you. I’m not a toy for you to do whatever you want. Now I think it’s time for you to leave.” I say trying to gather courage.

“Look I’m taking you to my house where you can be safe. I’ll take care of you.”

“NO!” I yell at him as he walks toward me. “Leave me alone.” I say running to my room trying to shut it behind me but he pushes it open and I hit the floor. He pins my wrists down with his hands and straddles me.

“Look I didn’t want to do this the hard way but you are not giving me the choice.” He tells me looking into my eyes. He was able to pin my wrists together with one hand by holding onto my bracelets and the other hand covered his face. I didn’t know what to do so many flash backs of my past was flooding my mind right now. He pulls down on his face and sighs.

“Look Myr you need to remember you’re place. I’m going to take care of you now.” Cliff says leaning toward my face. I move my face away from his and it angered him. He back hands my face and I felt my lip split. The blood seeping out dripping down my chin he looks at me and his face went from anger to sorrow. He holds my chin and forces a kiss on me. I try to get him away from him but it pisses him off even more. He grabs my shirt and pulls it up over my face exposing my bra. I feel his hand caress my right breast roughly. “I TOLD YOU I WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU FOR NOW ON!” he yells pricing my breast with his nails. I scream trying to kick him off me but he is too strong for me. He sits on my hip leaning forward. “You will not get away from…” He starts to whisper to me but something stops him. I heard a crackling snap and I feel the weight lift off of me.