Trapped With The Devil

Section 18

Selena laid her body on the sofa and heaved a sigh of relief. He was finally able to return to his apartment. It was like coming back to life, like being freed from a golden cage that kept every movement in check.

While staring at the ceiling, Selena pensively. All this is indeed too suspicious, because Eros really does not act any— or not yet—entahlah. But.foolishly, Selena does not want to get involved again with the complicated love that is intertwined between the brothers. He will rebuild his career and focus on himself. Selena has no intention of getting married, at least in the near future. He was used to living in solitude.

Selena raised her hand as the lights on the ceiling panned directly into her eyes. At that time he realized, that on his ring finger there was still a ring embedded.

***

"What will it take until you come here?"

Mistress William glanced at Eros who was standing behind him and stuffed both of his hands into his pants pocket. Without realizing it Eros has grown into a grown man. His shoulders are wide and wide. His height might even be on par with Alex by now. He missed it a lot even though Eros was his own flesh and blood.

"Why did you bring Selena home?" ask Mrs William without further ado. "Mom heard you also went to the Maldives with her."

"I told you not to interfere in my business, ma'am." Eros turned his head with a flat expression. "After all, in the end no one will really care about me."

Lady William smiled bitterly. "Why are you talking like that, son?"

"Indeed, that's the reality" Eros said as he sat back in the chair. "At the end of the day, the second child will always be dumped."

Eros' words were so heartbreaking to Lady William. Property and all luxuries in fact do not guarantee for one's happiness. Being born as a second child seems to have its own burdens for Eros. Although he and Alex were born to different mothers, they are still siblings because they have the same father. Alex was born with all the advantages that make anyone amazed when he saw it. And Eros grew up getting people's attention by being a bad boy, because he knew he couldn't outshine Alex.

"Don't say it like that" said Mrs William after a while. Sick look. "If you're still around, I'm sure she'll be sad when she hears it."

"Sad?" Eros smiled miris. "I'm sorry I didn't say that to Dad."

"DANCE..."

"Everyone always tells me that they love me..." Eros interrupted quickly. "...but in the end they always leave me."

"Mom never left you."

Eros shakes. "From the beginning, it was just Mom's back that I always found. I'm always busy taking care of you and Alex."

"Why don't you believe that we all love you so much?" Mistress William stood up from her seat with teary eyes.

"How can I believe it?" Eros looked up, glancing at the mother who had given birth to him emotionlessly. "While you never showed it to me."

A tear dropped as Eros passed through Lady William's body and closed the door hard. There is no word if it repeats time, because everything will never go back in the past.

***

Selena sighs. He paced at the door of his room repeatedly. Its bad. He forgot that his phone was still in Eros' hands. All the important contacts are on that phone, too bad to buy a new one.

"It's good, you've forgotten the most important thing." Selena hit him on the head repeatedly, though it had no effect whatsoever on the performance of his head. He was even more panicked, too confused to think about how to bring his phone back. He did not want to meet Eros or even just hear the man's voice.

"ah! Should I go see Sam?"

Despite not knowing the man's whereabouts, Selena still grabbed her little bag and left. Even if he had to wait all day in front of his apartment, he would not mind.

***

"There's something I want to talk about" Eros said as Leo just received his call. He left the office at lunchtime and drove alone. "Hn. We meet in a normal place."

Tut's.

Calls closed. Eros sighed softly. He glanced at the phone with a plain, dark red case located next to his steering chair. It's not his, of course.

The phone sounded. A message appears on the screen as 'Sam', the man who has been in constant contact with Selena since the woman lived in her home. Then Selena's phone rang for longer because the man appeared to make the call. Naturally, for a few days, Eros did not activate the woman's phone.

Stupid guy. He seems to care about Selena.

"Sih, troublesome." Eros tried to grab the phone with one hand. But when he again straightened his eyes on the road ahead, a car overtakes at high speed. Eros quickly turns the steering wheel, avoiding friction. But it happened too quickly, his body and head were violently bumped and everything went dark.

Is this what is called..death?

***

"Why stop, sir?"

"It looks like there was an accident."

Selena pulled down the windshield and popped her head out. Some people seemed to be crowding and traffic suddenly jammed. But he has not seen any police or ambulances there.

"Miss will wait? Looks like it's gonna be a little long."

Selena did not listen to the taxi driver's words, her eyes narrowed as she saw the body of the damaged car hit the guardrail. Even more surprised when his attention turned to the car plate that was still intact.

Selena shut her mouth.

No way!

"Miss?" the driver asked in astonishment as Selena quickly opened the door from running towards the crowd. "Miss! Where are you going?"

The scream was ignored.

Selena split the crowd and found a man covered in blood on the back of an unknown man.

Knees limp.

"Eros.." - He let an unknown man raise his head.

"You know him, Miss?"

Selena gnashing. Everyone simultaneously looked at him with curious expressions. Don't those people know Eros?

Selena gulped, then nodded quickly. "I'm his friend." Though he said that he was not a friend of Eros some time ago.

"Thank God, this master is still breathing," said the person sighing in relief. "I called the police and the ambulance. Maybe you can call his family."

"I can't—"

"The moon is coming!"

Selena's speech came to a halt as the sound of the ambulance interrupted. The medics immediately evacuated Eros and provided first aid for him.

"My advice, you better come, Miss." The man then handed something to Selena. "Oh yeah, I also found this phone."

That's cellphone!

Selena glanced at Eros body lying helplessly as medics put her in the car. Something seemed to sparkle between his fingers drenched in blood. That ring...

...apparently she still wears it.