(...) his clouded heart was
oddly dissonant with the sunny
candid autumn day. - Carson McCullers

ADUL

I felt the cool turquoise water cover my feet as I dipped them in. The reflection of the yellow hue from the sun disappeared with contact.

  "You know Genevieve the pools nice and cool it wouldn't hurt you to jump in." Irving sassed as she floated in the water. Her paddle like movements brushed away fallen petals and leaves from the fall winds.

"I can't be bothered Irving. You know what happened to Athena." Genevieve spoke, she sat underneath the shade tree at the table. Her black sunglasses covering her face as she flipped through a magazine.

"It was a lake. In the Botanical garden. This is a pool in a whole different area...besides Athena would want you to."

"Fuck off Irving. I'm not getting in." she growled as she continued to flip through the glossy pages of vogue.

"Grouchy pants. You need to get every bit of light you can get. You are whiter than the cream cheese I had this morning." Irving cackled earning a scowl from Genevieve.

I felt a warm presence beside me as a hand rested on mine. Her tan legs stretched out in front of her as she gently splashed the water.

"How was it?" She asked,her brown wide eyes searching my expression.

"Yeah How was it?!" Gladyce questioned

"It was interesting...I suppose." I bit my tongue not wanting to tell the full truth. The horror that I've witnessed was caught in my throat. Waiting to be revealed, but the security was uncertain.

"Please get closer to Taehyung...then convince him to let us go." Gladyce laughed earning a smile from Irving.

"Yeah, unlike Hannah...she was thinking about herself and getting back to that boyfriend of hers gosh what was his name?" Irving pondered

"John cook!" Cassidy screamed

"Ooh I loved Jungkook I miss him I'll be with him soon." Irving mocked dramatically putting both hands over her heart and pushing backwards in the water.

"She wrote about him in her diary... and when sir found it—" Marisol paused "let's just say he wasn't happy," she pouted then proceeded to let the cool blue water engulf her body.

"He wasn't happy because she didn't love him. She didn't want to be here,but no one truly does." Gladyce snickered as she lied back in her chair.

"Wherever she is hopefully she found Jungkook and she's happy." Marisol whispered making me shutter.

"You guys actually think she escaped this place? As in he let her go?" I questioned

"Sure... that's what we've all concluded." Marisol responded

"Yeah...If I had the chance to escape I would." Cassidy whispered bringing us all to silence.

"Lemonade, Dolls?" Darlas soft voice startled me as we all turned. She stood in her normal maid attire with a pitcher of pink lemonade and a plate in her other hand.

"Macaroons?" Genevieve gasped placing one in her mouth and smiling in delight.

Irving pulled her wet body out of the water and proceeded to reach for the colorful pastries.
"Gosh they really are good." She smiled as she handed me one.

I bit into the violet colored desert as I felt it dissolve in my mouth. I turned to Darla with wide eyes. "These are great!" I smiled "Cassidy try one." I suggested.

"No-No Cassidy is allergic to nuts like really bad," Gladyce spoke. "It makes her throat swell up terribly we discovered that when she had peanuts when we were six...right Cass?"

"Worst day of my fucking life!" She cackled, earning small grins from us all.

Taehyung

"How was the trip?" Jimin asked, He sat in the love seat across from me in the parlor.

"Fucking terrible, first I get a dire business disclosure and then some kid disrupts my doll and I."

"Hopefully you set him straight he's disrupting your money you make profit from your dolls."

"Surely I taught him a lesson... but not Adul she's more than just profit... she's special."

"I see... may I inquire about the dire business disclosure?" He questioned, raising a brow.

The drink in front of me left me feeling nonchalant. Suddenly, I did not view Jimin as a competitor but simply a friend.

"Consider this, I traveled miles to visit Namjoon because he stated it had involved our business ties and then he explained he wanted to disengage business with me." I scoffed tilting my head back to allow the strong alcoholic drink to numb my senses.

"Namjoon.. is that who you went to visit?" He asked as his expression appeared nervous.

"Yes, how come Jimin?"

"Nothing it's just Namjoon and I recently made a big business deal and I was not aware he had ties with you."

The alcohol burned my throat as I sat down the empty glass. Looking up I made direct eye contact with the man in front of me.

"I had a lot of money invested in the deal. Tell me why Jimin...why would you find yourself getting into the sex industry?"

"Come on, after asking a dear friend of mine several times to combine our expertise and being denied. I thought it was the time for me to pull my own strings...and like you say Taehyung—it's just business."

I questioned weather the alcohol brought the burning fire to my veins or rather my own emotions. I quickly clutched my fist as I stared at him in disbelief.

"Jimin,I think you should leave." I suggested as he gently shrugged his shoulders and took one more gulp of his drink.

"It was always a pleasure visiting you." He smiled as he proceeded to push himself off the love seat and walked towards the door.

"Nice to see you doll." I heard him speak, I did not turn from my position on the sofa to see who he greeted until the loud slam of the door informed me he was gone.

"Taehyung, what's wrong?"

Her soft voice whispered as I turned to see her. Her brown hair was braided down to her shoulders as her body was wrapped in a white towel. She walked towards me as I quickly placed my hands on her waist pulling her into my embrace.

The touch of her skin brought a cool release to my being. The sudden feeling of frustration melted away from my core.I breathed in deeply savoring her presence.

"Can we please lie down together?" I questioned my eyes begging her to say yes.

"W-what?"

"I won't try anything I promise" I released her waist as my hands went up in defense."I just want to hold you."

"Sure," she agreed.

I walked her to my bedroom as I glanced at the white duvet that covered the California King. With her wrist in my hand I sat down as she crawled beside me. Her body fitting perfectly into my own.

"What happened?" I heard her speak as I gently pressed my lips to the top of her head. Her small body engulfed in my hold.

"Some people have done me very wrong. Now they have to pay." I spoke

"Please no," she silently whispered.

I smirked knowing she would never get a say.

"It's already done."

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