Chapter 14 | Scared

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I smile listening to the little girl who grins excitedly as she tells me how her week went, "that's nice to hear that you enjoyed your day Irene" she gives me a shy smile nodding, this is 18 years old Irene who is Max's sister and whenever she get...

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I smile listening to the little girl who grins excitedly as she tells me how her week went, "that's nice to hear that you enjoyed your day Irene" she gives me a shy smile nodding, this is 18 years old Irene who is Max's sister and whenever she gets a day off in school she comes with her brother.

Knowing Irene has no parents and that she is suffering from deadly disease, I always keep my work aside to give her company whenever she comes because Max have told me numerous time that she loves talking to me and I am more than glad to make her feel happy.

A groan leaves her lips when her story was cut off by my office phone ringing. "Don't take the call! I am talking to you!" She shakes her head with a pout and I chuckle at her cuteness but do as said.

But again the phone rings "let me take this one?" With a pout she nods, for some reason I have a soft corner for her, I don't know if it is only pity that she will leave this world in less than 6 months or it is because she makes me feel like a big brother.

With a sigh she nods but grabs a pen from my desk to play with it.

"Yes?" My eyebrows furrow up when I hear the speaker breathing heavily but not saying a word but after a pause the person speaks "Sir, Can you please to come our floor? Ms Ziah Omen is not feeling well" she stutters so much that I only understood few words but when Ziah's name reaches my ear, my whole body react.

"What happened?" I quickly stand up straightening my coat but cut the call when she hisses but does not answer.

The girl in front of my gets startle by my abrupt action "please stay here or go to your brother okay? I'll come back in few" I rush out ignoring her questions and the stares of the employees.

My heart thumps against my chest as I wait for the elevator to open, I just want to see Ziah's face now, the way that women's voice trembled tells me that something is wrong.

I shouldn't have let Ziah alone, knowing that we are engaged that creep wouldn't be quiet, I should have thought about it before.

Cursing on myself, I rush towards their floor only to see people surrounded near her desk while they are gasping and whispering things to their neighbour.

"Sir?" A gasp leaves a women's lips when she sees me and quickly proceeds to push others away so they give me space to walk.

And when I reach her desk, my eyes widens seeing a rat lying on ground but the scene looks so disgusting that I want to gag at the smell and the blood and some parts on the other side of the ground which churns my stomach in disgust.

"Where is Ziah?" When I do not see the girl my eyes are searching for I quickly ask the older women who is trembling herself.

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