chapter 140
Maggie was about to stop a cab when Olivia stopped her. She couldn’t understand why she was doing this when she’d never wanted to ride her motorcycle. She was afraid that the veil of death was troubling her because of a man, something she didn’t think she could handle, staying with a suicidal woman.
-Why do you want to ride my bike today?
-what? me? no, never, but what I want to ask you again is to go, I’ll take care of finding a cab to take me back to my flat, I’ll have to tell you I got here on my own Maggie.
-Yes, and need I point out that this was before her famous goodbye, Olivia? -I have no idea what you’re up to, but I’m going to foil your plans. You want a cab to drop you off in the middle of nowhere and make you disappear? The man’s not worth it, Oli, and I’m going back with you whether you like it or not.
-But what about your bike? What are you going to do with it?
-I’ll come and get it later, but as for now, we’re both going home.
She complied, and it didn’t take Maggie long to find a cab that left them in front of Olivia’s building. Olivia was walking briskly as if she were running away from someone, and Maggie didn’t like this at all, but she intended to talk to her when she got to her apartment.
I hope that man’s rotting in prison by now,” said her right-hand neighbor, who was unfortunately in the corridor.
Olivia pouted to let her know she didn’t understand, and the old lady thought she was going mad again, considering her age. The police hadn’t found him anywhere, so she didn’t understand.
-Yes, ma’am, he’s in prison right now, but since Olivia is such a sweet little sheep, she decided not to press charges against him and he’ll be out in just a few minutes.
The old lady clapped her hand on her chest as if outraged, but Olivia had no idea what Maggie was telling this granny. She was old and you had to pay attention to her age.
-I don’t feel safe in this building anymore, and neither do you.
-I don’t think you’re really afraid of a psychopath, because the first thing everyone feared for you was the stairs, since there’s no elevator, but since you’ve decided to stay, that means you’re not afraid of anything,” Olivia told her and went straight into her apartment.
The look on the old lady’s face had changed completely and Maggie really wanted to laugh. She’d thought the lady had come to visit someone, but if she lived there, then she’d have to be really brave, with so many stairs to climb, and she could have returned an apartment on the second floor. She entered the apartment and didn’t see Olivia in the living room, she rushed into the kitchen and saw her frozen with tears running down her cheeks. She felt bad for her and even worse because there was nothing she could do to help.
-Olivia why does it hurt so much when in this case you could have hated him?
-I’ve tried Maggie, I’ve spent nights trying to find anything that would make me hate him, my head accepts that I’m trying but… but…
-But your heart doesn’t want to, does it?
She looked Maggie straight in the eye but didn’t answer. After all, she didn’t know why her heart didn’t want her to hate this unbearable man who had never stopped haunting her. Maggie drew him into her arms and gave him a hug. When she calmed down a little, she took her back into the living room and sat her down, pouring her a glass of water.
-This will do you good.ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .
-Do you think he’s come out of there by now?
Maggie understood that even if she didn’t want to confess, she was worried about Damon, and she wasn’t against that because she’d seen that Damon was worried about her too, but it was time for these two to admit what was going on in their respective hearts and finally stop suffering.
-I know I went too far in having him arrested and I’m really sorry Oli . he didn’t deserve that treatment at all after the sleepless nights I spent at your door to find out how you were but I didn’t think anything of it under the circumstances, it was the pressure of worry and to answer your question, yes he must not be there now.
She wasn’t sure whether this answer satisfied her or not, but after all, she didn’t need to think about him, since James had reminded her that she was just one more on his hit list.