The Gun In My Hand's

Chaptre 03. You Hurt Me!

Parker’s Palace, Waltham Forest (Greater London), UK - 10.17 am.

“Hey! Where are you going?!” I ignored the screaming question back there. With wide strides I continued walking without any intention of waiting for the noisy man. How come when I'm in this palace I can't even freely go to every sudat I like. Zach.

“Are you deaf?! I'm asking you. Answer my question if you have a mouth, Miss.” I stopped my fast-paced show. Did I hear wrong? Dia ‘tell me’? Just be right. I think everybody's gone crazy. Now this man dares to rule me.

I turned my body and stared intently at him. Who he is, I forgot. Ah yes, Leon. Stressful people who shoot innocent flower pots with a smile. The second lacking point I had gotten from him was that his sharp lips were very impolite.

“Pull your words.” I said it while touching his chest with my index finger. His face that showed dislike was clearly visible but did not diminish his good looks in the least.

“What are you doing?” He asked back. Suddenly his hand gripped my wrist firmly. It hurts so much, he's so rude to women. The next sentence that came out of his lips managed to make me dumbfounded.

“Stop, don't touch me like that.”

Oh, my God, who wants to touch him. After all, does she have some kind of fear with women. I didn't like him much when I did this. What is it ‘gay’? Zach is a jerk, he gave me this kind of trash to take care of me.

I held my hand firmly to get away from her. While holding my wrist that was already clutching her, I still stared sinisterly at her. He didn't even try to apologize and just stared pusher into my hand.

“I don't need you to be with me. Take care of your business, I will not go anywhere and will not trouble you.” After saying that I immediately turned around and left. There is no time to fight with a gay man. It'll make me lower than he is.

Shortly after, I stumbled. It's embarrassing and painful at once. Shit, heel broke my shoe. Leon who saw me like that quickly approached and held my ankle. He was seen checking for injuries to my leg.

I don't know where the mind doesn't like to appear and disturb my pride. I quickly shook off her hand that was holding my leg. My actions without thinking made me grimace even more in pain in my heart. Leon was surprised by what I did.

“Don't hold me, Goddamn it! Getaway. I'm fine.” I tried to stand on my own and take off my high heel shoes. And I foolishly threw a pair of shoes at the beautiful Zach flower garden. With bare feet I walked as usual ignoring the pain I felt. I went back into the main ministry to my room and asked a waiter to bring me a compress.

I lay myself on a soft bed. Thank goodness Leon didn't follow me. Shit, just wanting to maintain self-esteem, I let my legs blister. I don't want to ask for his help. He's a rude man to be my guard. I'm gonna have Zach replace it, maybe a better woman.

After telling the waiter who had compressed my legs out, suddenly my phone rang. Zach's? I ignored that call. But the annoying Zach is still annoying. I finally decided to answer.

“Hey, why so long?!” The loud voice of Zach asking on the other end made my ears hurt.

“Again why are you interrupting my break time? I just wanted to sleep, Zach.” Zach's strong breath sounded.

“You want to sleep at this hour? Are you sick or angry with me this time?” I rolled my eyeballs like Zach was gonna see it.

“No, I just want to. Never mind, if you want to bother me then—“

“Go to West mession. You'll find something interesting there. Leon will accompany you because there are no guards there. Yeah, maybe just a few waiters passing by.”

I was still silent with Zach's explanation. Ah, if my feet were still fine maybe I would now go there. Maybe later.

“Elisa, are you still there? Answer me, come on. Don't worry me. I'm not going home tonight so I need to know how you are. Leon called me earlier, he said you looked very bored.” Damn, my head got dizzy as he called out the name of the man. Basic of a complainant. I'm sure he did it to prevent me from telling me his treatment earlier.

“Maybe later, I just want a break now, Zach. I just finished eating and now I'm sleepy.”

“Really?”

“Yeah, stop. Bye.” After closing the one-sided call, I immediately threw my phone carelessly. I don't want to be bothered with Zach's excessive worries. Simply saying I've eaten and fine is enough. Yes, even if it's lying.

I just let myself lie in silence. After the hour hand showed me lunch time, I immediately called the waiter to bring me some food. I don't want to risk seeing Leon back. After enjoying my time of boredom I finally decided to close my eyes. I hope when I wake up my legs will improve.

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Five hours later...

I woke up from my sleep with a hungry stomach. When I tried to get out of bed, my legs still hurt a little but it wasn't as bad as it was this afternoon.  Before going down to the dinner table, I decided to cleanse my body. Dawdling in the bath up made me unconscious of having an hour of me soaking.

I decided to use only loose-fitting t-shirts and hot pants. No one will stop me from doing the things I love as long as I am alone in this old palace. Maybe tomorrow I'll whine to Zach to let me out.

Dinner alone would be boring. Sure enough, I came here to calm my broken heart. Zach who sucks suggests the wrong thing. But I have to admit, so far my mind has been diverted from Kyle because I was busy thinking about the annoying things that Parker Palace has to offer.

But what I got on the way to the dining table was different. Leon was playing his big finger on the phone. He sat quietly on one of the chairs at this dining table. As my footsteps came closer, he turned his gaze towards me. I sat in a chair a little far away from her. I don't care if he wants to eat at this dinner table. She was all she wanted, and she was shameless to eat at a table with me. 

When I started eating in silence, she did the same. Silence enveloped this dining room. There was only the sound of the waiter pacing back and forth in the kitchen back there. I quickly finished my meal because I didn't want to hang out with Leon.

As I was about to get off the dinner table, Leon suddenly said something that made me look back at him. “You want to try taking a walk to West mession?”

I stared cynically at him. He simply returned my gaze with his cold face. He doesn't even feel intimidated by me. Look at his eyes, men are men. From her eyes I even knew she was groping my body with her gaze.

“No, thank you. I want to rest.” I quickly walked towards the second floor where my room was. I don't want him to look at me like that. That's a disgusting look. Wait, isn't he gay? When I was at the top of the stairs, I turned around trying to look down. And my feelings are getting scared shitless. I saw Leon looking at me with the same look. I quickly ran to my room and closed the door so tightly that the slam sounded.

“Hey, what's wrong with you, Elisha? What happens, why is your breathing irregular like that?”

“Zach, are you sure you're not going home tonight? Please return. I'm so uncomfortable Leon being around me.” The silence at the other end caused me to panic even more until Zach's voice finally came back.

“He won't hurt you, Elisha. He just called me, he said you've gone into your room and rested. He also returned to the East. You can rest all you want. Relax, why are you so sweet?”

Hearing Zach's explanation made me a little calm. Leon has returned to the East. I unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

“El—“

“Alright, forgive me. I just miss you and have trouble sleeping. Promise me you'll be home tomorrow. Bye.”

I ended the call without asking Zach for an answer. Gradually my muscles relaxed and wanted a mattress. I lay down and thought of my ridiculous behavior. How could I be afraid of my own bodyguard? Idiotically.

I slowly closed my eyes to calm my nerves.

One hour.

Two hours.

Three hours.

I reopened my eyes. I immediately kicked the air behind my blanket. I was upset with myself not being able to fall asleep in peace. This is the result of sleeping too long. I decided to get up and check the clock. It's ten o'clock past. What can I do at this hour. No one else can accompany me. The waiter was even lying on his bed.

I opened my door and went downstairs defying my shoes. First I went to the kitchen to drink water. After I fastened my shoelaces tightly, I lurched from the kitchen towards the open hall of the interior of the menses. I plan to visit the Western Missions. At a time like this I can walk alone and do not bother to wake many people because of this act of mine.

The trip to the Western Missions does not take much time because the distance is I think the same as the Eastern Missions. I simply walked in the opposite direction from the place I visited this morning.

I got a story from the servants that the Western Missions are very beautiful. West Mension was once the residence of Zach's wife. I heard that only a few times were used for her to rest, but she has brought about a significant change. He turned the oldest part of this palace into the most shining building. Zach never let his guests touch the west.

Is correct. This Mension was much different from the other Missions. The flower garden that became a companion along the way made me like entering into the world of fairy tales. The sound of water ripples? Whereabouts? I continued down the road until I got to the very beautiful section of the Missions yard. Unfortunately, this Missions is very dark. From the waiter, I learned that this mension was only cleaned every day without a single servant wanting to sleep here.

I couldn't wake up the waiter to open this session so I was satisfied enough to turn to the back of the session. And the next thing I found was more stunning. The sound of water ripples that I heard earlier was the river that became the boundary of the backyard of the mension with the vineyard. From where I stood, I could clearly see that there was a tower whose lights were shining brightly. Looks like there's a guard over this vineyard.

The view at the far end of the road makes me tempted to look further. I foolishly tried to dip my shoes into the shallow river.

“Ah, shit ..” I swore so hard when I felt cold water touch my feet. Water soaked my shoes to the knees. I let my shoes get wet instead of scuffing my feet from river rocks that would hurt me if I took my shoes off. After being in the middle of the river, I heard a foreign sound from behind.

I quickly looked back. I could faintly see that there was a tall, motionless body and that figure had just entered into the river. My heart suddenly beats faster. It seems like he was also careful that I did not know of his whereabouts. It was seen when he stopped moving when he realized I was no longer walking.

My eyes widened when I saw the figure pull out a knife from behind his back. I could clearly see him turning his knife around like he was ready to stab. He walked slowly in the ripples of water hiding the sound of his footsteps.

Instantly I gained the strength to run in the darkness. The sound of my footsteps was unbearable as it broke through the water ripples so that the sound of the sparks grew louder. And I felt the figure behind me also getting closer. As I was about to touch the riverbank suddenly my backside shirt was attracted by the figure. Instantly my body flipped over and crashed onto the riverbank with my back position falling to the ground and my feet still in the water. While that figure had reached the river bank.

The next thing surprised me. He immediately strangled my neck violently and stabbed the knife right next to my face. I felt a little bit of my hair being cut off by the knife. I tried to breathe hard and tried to let go of the giggles on my neck. My tears are unbearable. With consciousness still present, I tried to speak.

“To .. long ... Release ... kan.” Instantly the strong chuckle on my neck came loose. I quickly scooped up a lot of air. I try to get up to sit down. I coughed uncontrollably along with tears that continued to flow nonstop.

“Elisa?” I heard the voice of that figure. He knew me.

“That's you?” I felt his hands shake touching my cheeks. She's terrified. While I still bow my head and regulate my breathing that is still not careless. I still can't be sure who did this cruel thing to me.

“Elisa, I'm sorry. It's me Leon. I thought it was—“ Back when I found out that the one who did that was Leon, I immediately brushed his hand on my face and with the remaining strength I slapped him. How could he hurt me so badly?

The bigger emotions I felt kept my tears flowing. I sobbed while hitting my chest which felt increasingly claustrophobic. My head became dizzy, I could not feel everything clearly. Silent. Darkened. Chilly. And instantly my body collapsed to the ground.

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