The sun shone through the open windows of Demi's room, she stretched and got off the bed. She looked at the time, it was past ten. She had never slept in so late for the past twenty years. It seemed her body was coming to peace, like her wishes are finally coming true. Just the day before she had gotten the location of one of her rapist, one by one, she swore she was going to get them all.
She went downstairs for her breakfast which was already prepared before the workers left, as she always wanted. She never wanted to meet anyone in the house, so she could keep it just the way Royce had always wanted, even if they never got a house till he died.
After eating she took her bath and dressed up in her bikini, then covered up with a light robe. She left the house and headed for her private beach.
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Sebastian left the house very early, mostly because he wasn't settled. He had not been able to get any sleep since the moment he met Demi, there was something about her that called him to her, the look in her eyes was like someone asking for help, someone suffering but hiding under a facade. He canceled all his appointments and took a plane to the outskirts of the city. The only place where he knew he could relax and most importantly, think. He couldn't possibly be thinking so much about the woman who put his last family in prison just because of some property which isn't even hers.
He got to the home where he mostly volunteered as a support person, an orphanage home where he spent most of his days as he grew up with his father. His father was a children caretaker, so most times he was always there.
He greeted the receptionist and went in to say hi to the children, especially the ones at Hall D, he knew a girl there and seeing Demi the previous day made him felt he was looking at the girl.
After playing and greeting the children, he went to Hall D last, where he saw her knitting carefully, her attention was on whatever she was doing and not on the rest of the kids coming to greet him.
After he was done with the children, he went towards her and sat, she still didn't look up from whatever she was doing until he spoke. "Is that for me?"
Kayla smiled at him and his heart warmed. She was already different from the first time she got to the orphanage home. "Not yours, I'll do yours when I'm done with this."
"So who is this for?" Sebastian looked at the different colors of wool she was using. "It looks like a shirt."
Kayla blushed. "I'm making it for Jason, he said he liked my work."
"Is he your boyfriend?" Her cheeks went more red and she turned her face from him.
"Idonthaveaboyfriend." She spoke really fast making Sebastian laugh.
Sebastian patted her. "It's okay, you can have a boyfriend and make nice shirts for him, as long as you're happy."
Kayla smiled deeply, her green eyes glowed. Sebastian stared past her, this was what he wanted to see in those eyes, hers and Demi's, not the sad scared eyes he saw the evening before. He realized he had been thinking about Demi again, then he got up.
"I'll see you next week, Kay."
Kayla waved bye at him and continued with her knitting.
Sebastian left the orphanage home and got in his rented car, he had decided to stay in an hotel instead of just leaving. The next day was a weekend anyways so he decided to relax more, maybe his head was going to be cleared by the time he was finally going to leave.
He was on his way to the hotel when his phone rang. It was his uncle, Samuel. He decided to park in front of the owned beach to answer his call. His uncle had called to ask why he wasn't at work since he came by, Sebastian answered him and soon the call ended.
He started his car to drive on when his eyes caught a lady at the beach, she was walking into the water, going further. The first thing his head told him was that.
She was going to kill herself.
He hurriedly went out of his car and rushed into the private beach, at the moment he didn't give a d*mn if the owner would sue him.
"Hey!" He yelled but the lady didn't hear, or maybe she didn't answer. He ran towards her as he saw she was still going in. Her legs were going deeper and the water were already past her waist.
He swam in and took the lady out of the water, resisting all her screams and punches.
"What is your problem?" She growled at him, her eyes glaring daggers. "What the hell are you doing here? How dare you touch me? Do you realize what you just did? Who the fuck gave you the permission to put your stinking hands on me?"
Sebastian just stared at her as she spoke, he didn't realize until the moment they got out of the waters that she was the same woman in his head since the previous day. Demi Silver.
"You can't talk or explain yourself? Maybe you'll be able to do that to the police." She was exasperated, especially at herself. She would never ask for any explanations in cases like this but she couldn't explain what Samuel Perry's nephew is making her do. She got a feeling like that the night before, she couldn't take control of situations which she could normally handle anytime he was around.
"I'm sorry, I really am." Sebastian finally found his voice. "I thought you were going to kill yourself."
Demi was stunned, then she bursted out laughing, unable to control herself. "Why would I do that?" It was the first time in years that she'd had a good laugh, nothing had ever amused her in years.
Sebastian frowned. Was this the same Demi everyone spoke about? Was she the same one laughing about his mortifying situation?
"Demi?"
At the mention of her name, Demi remembered what they were dealing with and the laugh disappeared. "I'm not going to kill myself, okay? You can leave now."
"I'm so sorry." Sebastian bowed slightly and turned to leave. He didn't want to leave, he wanted to stay and talk to her. He wanted to know why she's hiding under a powerful woman's image.
"Wait." Demi called and he immediately stopped on his tracks.
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Happy New Years everyone!!!

How's the holidays at your place? It's boring here LOL, thank goodness for my phone.

Next chapter coming soon! I want to be serious with my life.

Gamma, xo.