Toxic Encounter

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e greets me as I drive through it. The city lig

my house because I know that there was n

the presence of their family members anymore and decide to move out of t

f my career and how I had been able to establish a name for myself, they never really quite un

s come out on top. Needless to say that I had out an insurmountable pressure on me to always match up to him and my father did not help the situation. If Conrad managed to Ace a test the

and never pressured me. To her as long I did well enough in sch

lled with childish resentment and as a result my br

I moved up ahead and I venture forward and pass it

art of the town and it was more than perfect t

ucky in it. I don't know what it was but for some

lly think that I and my date have a connection but then for

o ever the person is I always get the feeling of deja Vu…like I've met

eally arrive at answer, hence I have decided to do a

t. I double check by pulling on the door handle twice and once s

was reading the days paper in all

first moved in, I had made it something akin to a ritual for me to

e papers again I see. Did

nt before his eyes light up in recognition. "Ah Jamarcus my boy…you are back fro

ght time

ess I must have let time get away from me. I am so ti

ave now before it gets any da

ekend is unfortunately held up in a traffic jam. So for the next few hours… I am unfortunately stuck

rry about that.

is shoulders. Now go up and freshen up. I'm sure that you must be equally as tired as I am. Don't

ompletely sold on leaving h

esigned sigh and ent

t in front of the hallway of my apartm

The lock gives way without me even twisting the key signifying that it must have not locked p

e apartment handy man later tom

raise a hand to my neck loosen the tie

omes into frame. Everything appears as I had left it but as I stare it lon

ooked out of place. I step inside and quietly shut the door behind me. Re

. It was small inconspicuous and very portable, if it was not for the oe

exactly little to no funds my budget wasn't exactly the best and I had settled for a cheap house on the other side of town. It definitely had not been t

had able to escape to safety downstairs but then I overheard the conversa

me by pushing her out the door but unfortunately, I was not quite as lucky, there was a loud bang which caused the burning pole to fall on my back. I had to be in the hospital for months on end because of the extent of my injuries. Due to the loud

t with a small sigh,my arms eagle spread

shock as I was not one to easily show emotions. I had one rule when it came to work, I could be a

the woman that I had encountered earlier, it had taken a lot from

r bravery. Not to mention the fact that I was quite grateful to her because without that I would

y side and press the switch next to my bed to turn off the lights. In the darkness sleep