Emily's groaned at the chirpy sound of birds, coming from outside the window. She opened her eyes, looked at her surrounding, her eyes widened when she saw unfamiliar white ceiling. She shot up and groaned when a pain shot in her back,

"Ahhh! What the-", she laid back again,

Where am I?

The door opened, Emily sighed in relief when Debra came inside with tray in her hands, with Oscar behind her,

She smiled,
"How are you?"

"D-Debra?", Emily whispered in a weak tone,

"Yes", She came to her, placed tray on the side table, and sat beside her on the bed,

"Where I am? What happened to me?", Emily asked,

"Don't worry, you are in my home. You fainted from low blood pressure So, Oscar brought you here. You are in his room"

Her eyes caught his, who was leaning on the window already watching her. she looked away and tried to get up,
"I am so sorry, I troubled you alot. I don't know how it happened. I-I should go no-"

Debra stopped her and gently pushed her down,
"Its fine. You can stay here."

"But it is not my house... We didn't even talk about rent apartment?", Emily said worriedly,

Debra shook her head,
"Ah! We will discuss things later, for now do some rest and drink this soup and don't forget to eat these medicine."

Emily smiled,

She got up,
"I am in the kitchen, if you need anything then tell me"

Emily nodded,

Debra turned to Oscar who was frowning, disturbed,
lost in thought while staring her,
"Come on, Oscar"

"I am coming. You go", he replied.
She glanced at Emily first then at Oscar with a playful smile, who rolled his eyes,
"Sure", with that she left and closed the door behind her,

Emily was trying to sit up, Oscar quickly came to her and helped her, he placed pillows behind her,

"Thank you", she whispered, he handed her the bowl of soup and sat beside her,

"Oscar?"

"Yes?"

"I want to see the apartment"

"You can but later. You are not well now"

"Please, take me there. I can't just stay here. I am not comfortable. You Know it's your room... So I just... I mean please", she raved a hand in her messy hair, realising, how tangled her hair became.

He sighed,
"Okay. I will but first you have to finish everything in this tray or she will scold you like a Mother if she see unfinish food." He joked,

She chuckled, and finished her food and ate her medicines,

She felt much better after the soup.

She got up. She whimpered when a pain tingled in her spine.

He frowned,
"What happened with your back?"

"It's hurting a bit but I am fine", She pulled her hoodie closer,

He nodded, not satisfied with her answer and took her to the apartment carefully,

"It is a studio apartment",He said unlocked the door. Emily's mouth hung opened when she entered,

"Holy Moly, this is beautiful!!!!", Emily exclaimed,

He entered after her,
"We renovated it and already furnished it for the new tenant, so they don't have to go for the tiring procedure."

"Wow that's so generous of you guys", she praised,

She went towards the bedroom area.
She hissed as she leaned to look out of the window.

He came and stood besides her watching out,
"Who are you?", He asked with a serious face, which never suited his personality, joyous one.

She looked at him disturbed,
"W-What do you mean?"

He turned to her fully,
"I know you are not Academy"

She stared him for few seconds then burst in to laughing,
"Oh! Sorry. Yeah my name is not Academy" she took a deep breath to control her laughter, before continue,
"My name is Sapphire Broo-"

"It is not Sapphire either.", His tone was clipped,

Her laughter died,

"Your moving out story is also a lie. So now tell me the truth or I will call the polic-"

Her eyes widened,
"No! Please don't! Please I mean I will tell you each and everything. I will leave your house too but please don't call the police!"

He nodded,
"Go ahead."

Her shoulder dropped, she told him everything about her, about Emily Grace Whiteley. Now he knew why her back was paining because she fell from first story in a dust bin and the edge of metal-bin hit her back.

He listened to her intensly and when she finished, he whispered shocked,
"You are Don's wife and you are saying that you ran away and standing here in my house! Are you fucking serious!"

"I am not his wife yet", she corrected him

"Yeah yeah whatever", he grumbled.

"I only need a place to live, Oscar", she whispered, he looked at her, she quickly added,
"I will pay. Trust me. If you don't want me to stay here then it's also fine But please don't tell this to anyone."

He sighed,
"You can stay."

Her eyes shot up at him,
"Really?"

"What is your next plan?", He asked,

"Nothing Just Starting my new life here. I don't want King to ever find me. I can't even imagine what he is going to do with me if he find me...", She said shivering at the mention of his name.
" For now I want a Job.", She added,

"What kind of Job?"

"I don't know... I want a low-key job."

"I can help you"

"How?", She frowned,

"I am a science teacher in our town school. Our school's head is my good friend. I can talk to him about you if you want."

"But I don't want to reveal my real identity"

"Don't worry I will handle that."

She smiled,
"Can I ask you something?"

He hummed came back to his old self,
"Yep."

"How you know that I am not Sapphire?"

"Remember the day we met?. You forgot your document bag in the plane. Your name written on it. That's how I know"

She made an o face, mentally noting down to wipe the name from the bag.

"Why are you helping me?"

He was looking around, humming,
"Huh?"

He looked at her,

"I ask why are you helping me?. Making me stay here. Helping me with the job and all. Are you not afraid of King?"

"Who doesn't" His eyes gleamed with unreadable emotions, as he continued,
"But something in you make me do all the risky things."

She cleared her throat, flushed,

"Shit!"
He cursed under his breath when realized what he just said,
"I don't mean it. I mean I know I am why I am doing this. What I am doing! Am I speaking to much. You Know what? Leave it! Ma is waiting for me downstairs. You should take a rest. Don't worry about the luggage. I already dropped them here when you knocked out. It is besides the table..." And he rumbled on in one breath,

She laughed,
"It's fine... You mean that you want to help me as a friend right?"

He sighed in relief,
"Maybe", he murmured but quickly said,"Yeah. As a friend. Oh can I ask you one thing?"

"Yeah?"

"Can we be friends?"

Her smiled dropped when she remembered, Tyler.

But she shook that thought away,
He is not Tyler...

She chuckled,
"Why not!"

He showed his perfect smile,

They heard Debra's voice calling him,
"Trouble is calling me! Bye"

He turned and about to closed the door,when Emily stopped him,
"Oscar!?"

"Yes", he stopped,

"Thanks", she said smiling,

He winked and left.

She giggled...

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King was sitting with James, Armie and Zac in his office drinking liquor. James was watching King making rings of fog in the air from his smoking, lost deep in thoughts. Since the day Emily left, King became wild. The dark bags around his eyes indicating his lack of sleep. He was living on smoke and alcohol. His long beard and hair showed his lack of hygiene. He became more ruthless day by day. His gun was doing half of his work. People around him feared to go near him even for the work. One mistake, one shot in the head.

King's man informed him that Emily could be in one of the two places, France or Portugal.

"What if she is in Portugal? Peter's Grand Father lives in there. She can go there. Possiblities.", Armie suggested.

"I don't think so?", James said,

"Why?"

"I know, Emily used many people in her escape but she never troubles her friends. Especially her friend's family."

King was silently listening their conversation.

"Then there left France. France where she knows no one. A foreign country.Never went there. I don't think Emily is brave enough to go all alone there. Hard chances." What about the updates?", Zac asked,

"We contact our alliances in both countries. They will soon call us.",Armie responded,

"In Portugal, she can be in Lisbon, Porto, Braga and in France, she can be in Cannes, Marseille, Lyon, Paris... Who knows", Armie shrugged while watching World Map.

What is your favorite place?

Paris

Why Paris?

I never went to Paris. It is the city of Love... And who doesn't love Eiffel tower!

Paris

It is the city of Love!

Who doesn't love Eiffel tower!

King's mind kept repeating her words,

"Paris. There she is", King whispered,

"What?", James asked,

"She is in Paris", he answered getting up, and went to the window,

"How do you know?", Armie asked,

King gave his brother a hard look which instantly shut him up.

He called his Man in the office,
"Robert, send search team to Paris for Emily, I want you to keep an eye on her there. I don't want any threat near her. Make sure she doesn't get to know about us. Now leave.", King ordered, James frowned,
when he left, James objected,
"King, why didn't you send our men to bring her back?"

King went to the balcony looking outside at the flower field, admiring the view,
"Let her stay there for a while. She needs time."

"But-"

"James, I pushed her a little too much. Let her enjoy her little freedom. Now we know where she is. She is safe and sound, That's what matters..."

King left the room leaving them surprised by his decision....

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