A/N: Hey, lovely readers, I know I took a very long break due to personal reasons but I am trying to catch up. I know today's chapter is quite boring but I will try to work on it. Hope you enjoy it. Have a good day/night. Let me know your reviews.

[Word Count: 2330]

Ace Hoisington

David and I were having a conversation about how I met Laura and how I kidnapped her to save the one who stole the shipment. She saved him but, later he was dead by my father firing the bullet on his head. And later, how she recorded our father killing the patient. And, How I had no option but to ask her to marry me. We were discussing all of it until, I heard a sound of glass smashing, coming from upwards. David and I, both ran upwards. The door of my room was slightly open and the scream of Aunt Mary could be heard. David opened the door and I saw the stains of blood on the floor. I went inside and saw Aunt Mary screaming in pain as she was bleeding from her head. On the other side, I saw Laura holding the broken glass and the pieces of the glass were shattered on the floor with the blood stains. David and I immediately ran to Aunt Mary and saw creases her wound on the head. The small pieces of glass were stuck on her head. She was bleeding heavily. I took out my handkerchief from my pocket and pressed lightly on her head to stop the bleeding.

"What happened?" David questioned Laura rudely.

While Laura was still holding the glass in her hand, she seemed to be frightened as her hands started shivering.

"Take Aunt Mary to the hospital." I yelled.

"But brother! Ask her what happened?" David snaps rudely at Laura.

"Get out!" I snapped at David.

He left with Aunt Mary and I shut the door behind loudly.

As I slammed the door in anger, she got scared and the glass slipped out of her hand. The glass touched the floor and broke into pieces.

"Did you hit her?" I asked in a frustrated way.

"I said, I don't wanna eat the food..." She stutters panicking.

I stopped her while asking "Did you hit her?"

"She was forcing me to eat. I just...." She murmurs while explaining.

"Did you hit her?"

"I asked for the phone to contact my family but she said to eat first." She screams.

"I am asking, did you hit her, Laura?" I yelled.

"I did! I did hit her. I am sorry okay!" She yells while crying.

I walked towards her and grabbed her left arm forcefully.

"Just because she didn't give you the phone, you hit the glass on her head. Are you insane?" I yelled while shaking her left arm tightly.

"She was forcing me to eat." She snaps while trying to release her arm.

"So, does that give you the right to hit her?" I shouted.

"No, but it also doesn't give you the right to force me to marry you." She shouts back at me while releasing her arm forcefully.

"I gave you the option. If you don't wanna marry me then just accept your fate." I snapped back at her while grabbing her left arm rudely.

"I never forced you." I said while jerking her arm forcefully which led to her falling on the floor.

I turned as soon as she fell on the ground. I didn't look back and walked towards the door. I stopped as soon as I reached the door.

"If you do that again or you try to run away, I will make sure that you will be tied to this bed for the rest of your life." I didn't turn towards her and opened the door.

I saw Daniel, David, and Paston standing in front of the door.

"How is Aunt Mary?" I asked David.

"She is fine now. She is resting downstairs." David replied while glancing at Laura angrily.

"Is everything fine?" Paston asked.

I nodded reassuring them that everything was okay.

"Where were you?" I glanced at Daniel who was holding the food tray. "I told you to watch her."

"I got a call urgently and went to attend to it. I am sorry!" Daniel replies disappointingly.

"The food...for her." Daniel speaks in fear.

"Take it back, she will not have it." I slightly turned to glance at her.

"Also give her the mop, she will clean the mess she has created." She was still sitting on the floor, glancing downwards while listening to us.

"But, let her eat first." Daniel says.

"No need for it, She will be having a whole day fast," I spoke loudly to make her listen carefully. "She will not eat or drink anything." I looked at Daniel.

He took the tray away from his hand to the nearby table.

"No one will talk to her nor anyone will open the door for her. She will be locked in this room. She will sit here until she realizes her mistake." I said to everyone loud and clear.

Next Morning

"Brother?" I heard a voice while entering the main gate of my house.

I looked forward and saw my brother David waiting outside the house. I walked towards him.

"Should we walk?" He asked with a smile.

I nodded while we both started to walk.

"You didn't come home last night?" He asked while walking.

"I had some work." I replied.

"Are you done jogging?" I asked David, as he always goes for a jog early in the morning.

"Yeah! I woke up early today." He replies while walking.

"How come?" Pauses for a second while glancing at David. "Did you not sleep well." I chuckled.

"I couldn't sleep." He replies glancing back at me.

I stopped, "How come?" I asked.

He stopped after walking for a few steps and turned back, "Don't you think the punishment you gave to Laura is much wild?" He utters regretfully.

I looked down at the ground while clenching my fist slowly. I took a slow breath and moistened my lips as I felt a dry throat.

"Are you also regretting it?" He chuckles softly.

I stare at him furiously asking, "What do you mean by also?" Pauses for a second while taking a slow breath, "Are you also regretting? I asked surprisingly while walking close to him.

"Yesterday, when you left the house I talked with Aunt Mary." Exhales out a disappointing breath, "She told me everything that happened in the room."

"And, what exactly happened?" I asked curiously.

"You don't know what happened?" He asked surprisingly.

"Didn't Laura explain, what happened?" He seems anxious.

"No! What happened there? I saw a glass in her hand, I assumed she hit her." I was anxious to know what happened in that room.

He places both his hands inside the pocket while staring downwards regretfully.

"Aunt Mary said Laura didn't want to eat anything yesterday. She wanted a phone to talk with her parents. Aunt Mary told her to eat first and later she would give her the phone but she didn't agree with that. She was very persistent in talking with her parents first. Aunt Mary also said that she requested her many times to eat first. After so many requests she said she would just take the water. Later, she took the glass from the food tray and asked Aunt Mary to give her the phone. As, you didn't give Aunt Mary, any order to provide her the phone but to give her the food. Aunt Mary tried to pass the time by feeding her with her own hands. Aunt Mary took the first bite to feed her while Laura was trying to request the phone. Aunt Mary was forcing her to eat and Laura tried to remove the hands of Aunt Mary. And..." He stops while exhaling his last breath out.

"And, what?" I was eagerly waiting for him to finish the line.

"Later, due to Aunt Mary forcing Laura to eat the food while she resisted the food, by mistake, the glass broke on Aunt Mary's head. Aunt Mary said it was an accident and she was partially to blame as she was forcing her to eat." He slumps his head in disappointment.

"At first I also thought that she hit Aunt Mary because of you marrying her but later I realized she is a doctor. A good doctor doesn't harm anyone." He adds awkwardly creasing his hair.

"A doctor!" I scoff.

Half an hour later

After a walk with my brother, I went inside the house. I saw Aunt Mary in the kitchen working.

"Why aren't you resting?" I asked Aunt Mary.

She looks up at me, "I am fine, so I came back to work." She replied while doing her chores.

"How is the wound?" I asked glancing her head.

"I said, I am fine." She utters calmly.

"Did you shout at her because of me?" She asked staring at my room.

"I didn't know what happened and I just assumed the things." I replied looking at the door of my room which was locked.

"It was just an accident. You should apologize to her."

"I?"

"Yes, you!"

"I don't think I can!" Chuckles nervously.

"Why can't you?" She asks.

Aunt Mary has been working on our house for the past thirty years. Earlier she used to work for my mother but later her family died in a car accident. So, she came to our house to live with us. Later, due to work, my mother couldn't raise us properly so, Aunt Mary took care of us like a mother. We all respect her and listen to her as our mother. So, when I saw Laura holding the broken glass while Aunt Mary screaming in pain, I couldn't hold myself and blamed Laura. I know I was wrong but I can't apologise. It's just my thing where I can't apologize for anything.

"Here's the food, take it and feed her while apologizing." Aunt Mary gives the food tray to me.

I went upstairs to my room with the food tray in my hand. I knocked before unlocking the door and later I went inside.

I saw her lying down on the floor. She was sleeping on the floor. It was the same place where she fell yesterday when I jerked off her hand in anger. She hasn't moved from that place since yesterday.

I could see her eyes twitching while she rubbed them. When she opened her eyes, she suddenly got scared seeing me. She immediately got up from sleeping and sat down while letting her both heels touch her hips. She moistened her lips as she felt a dry throat. I walked close to her. I sat down beside her and gave her the food. She looks up at me and stares at me for a while. I moved the food tray near her so that she could eat it. Without even thinking or asking anything she took the food plate from the tray and started eating. She took the first bite following the second and then the third continuing it. She wasn't done chewing the first bite and she ate the second bite. Later, when she wasn't even done chewing the second bite she went for the third. She was eating very fast like she had been hungry since birth.

"I want more!" She asks while emptying the plate.

She took two minutes to complete the food. She was hungry as she was asking for more. I called Aunt Mary for more food. I gave the full plate of food to Laura. She started eating again. I was surprised to see her appetite. She was continuously eating.

"Eat slowly! You will choke out." I said panickily.

She didn't waste her time in replying rather she focussed on her food. She didn't even look up for once while eating.

"Today, we will get married." I uttered while she was eating.

As soon as she heard me, she stopped eating. She glances at me, "What about my parents?" She asks.

"As I promised after our marriage we will go to your house."

She smiles calmly while she starts eating again.

"Aunt Mary told me that what happened yesterday was an accident." I murmured awkwardly.

She stopped eating again as she heard me, "I will apologize to her later." She says while eating again.

"I said, she told me it was an accident." I replied curiously glancing at her.

"Okay!" She replies without even looking at me.

"You don't need to apologize." I looked away ignoring her.

"If I don't apologize, are you going to apologize?" She asks glaring at me rudely.

"I was wrong yesterday." I whispered in a low tone.

"I heard it." She scoffs sarcastically.

"Rather than apologizing to me, you could start with listening to others first." She taunts.

I did, what I had to do. I am not gonna apologize." I snapped back making eye contact with her.

I know I was wrong and I said that but If she doesn't want an apology I am not gonna give it. She is thick-skinned. She won't let her down.

"Did you just come here to give me food? If that's the case I am done eating. You can leave." She snaps back rudely while giving back the plate.

"Leave?" I scoff sarcastically, "This is my room, why should I leave." I snapped back.

She didn't reply to me rather then she lay down on the floor.

"I have something to talk about, get up," I said while saw her lying down.

"What is it? She stood up and sat while asking.

"Are you changing your mind about marrying me?" She asks curiously yet in an excited way.

"You wish!" I scoff.

"Then what?" She says disappointingly.

"When we go to your house we need a story."

"What story?" She asked.

"About how we met!"

"Tell them that you kidnapped me and now you are marrying me to hide your secrets." She taunts.

While we were talking I heard footsteps approaching near the door. I glanced at the door for a while. Later, the door opened and I saw my father standing there.

"I heard you are marrying and that too today." He yells.

To be continued...