ANDRÉ

The dinner turned out fantastic. Seeing my sweetheart after some time really lit my mood way more than I expected.

Currently, we are on our way to her house to drop her off. I feel her running her hands in circles on my legs.

I turn to her and she bites her lips seductively.

"We are in the car." I whisper and point forward.

"Shhhhh..." she sounds and closes the partition so the driver does not get to see anything. Still, I am not cool with him hearing us, plus I'm not a fan of PDAs and she knows that.

A kiss was okay but making out, knowing fully well that there is someone on the other end, that is not going to happen.

She lifts the skirt of her gown and sits on me. Then she reaches out to my belt.

"Don't." I stop her. I kiss her and gently take her off me then place her back on the car seat.

I drop the partition and clear my throat giving her a stern look.

The moment we get to her house, she opens the door and storm off. I like her but she can be overbearing sometimes. I guess I'll just leave her to cool off.

"To mine." I inform Eric.

"Yes, Sir." Different thoughts go through my head as we move until the car comes to a halt abruptly.

"Please, let me in. Please." A young lady, looking somewhat in her twenties pleads, she looks really disheveled , I am always careful around strangers but something about how she kept looking back with fright makes me open the door for her.

She quickly gets in and sighs. I didn't miss how she keeps looking back as if running from someone or something. Few seconds later, I hear a gunshot. This must be really serious.

...

"Thank you so much." She says after total silence.

"Who are you?" I ask her, wanting to know the stranger I just let into my car.

"Sophia." She says meekly.

"Please drop me here. Thanks for the help." She adds.

"Do you have anywhere to go? It's late already." I don't know why i suddenly feel concerned about her.

"No but I'll find a way." I couldn't help but laugh to this. "It's clearly not safe for you to be out there roaming about."

She shrugs to this and attempts to open the car. I hold her hand and give her a stern look. She recoils back to her seat.

"You know what? Just stay at my place tonight. Once it's morning, you can find your way."

"Okay." She quietly replies.

...

SOPHIA

"Rise and Shine." I hear someone say as the curtains were opened, the ray of light coming from outside was enough to blind me.

I squint my eyes and survey my environment, where am I? I thought. My eyes finally land on the voice speaking and the thoughts from yesterday start coming back and realization struck.

This is the person that helped me last night.

"I prepared breakfast. Well, more like made coffee and ordered pancakes." He scratches his head.

"Freshen up and join me downstairs, the stairs is by your left and the kitchen isn't difficult to locate from there." He adds.

I smile and thank him. He just shrugs and leaves. I notice a door just be my right and walk into it, the bathroom was aww-worthy.

Who exactly did I run into? The things in this bathroom scream money. I quickly have my bath and brush my teeth.

I notice some spare shorts and shirt by the drawer and put them on then head downstairs to have breakfast. The sweet scent of coffee hit my nose as I approach him.

"Hi." I say shyly.

"Hey, please sit and help yourself to some." He says and continues eating his food.

"Thanks."

"So, what's your name again?"

"Sophia Farley." I reply.

"Nice meeting you, Sophia. I'm André Dumont." He says back.

We continue eating in silence, the only thing you could hear  was the clinking of spoons on coffee mugs.

I drift into my own thoughts. Having successfully escaped from them, what plans do I have? Where do I go from here? How do I survive without being captured? Once more, fear consumes me.

"So, where do you intend to go from here?"

"Honestly, I have no idea."

"I have a proposition for you but first we need to get you new sets of clothes." He smirks and stands up.

"I'll be back in five." He voices out and disapears leaving me to my thoughts and fears.