CHAPTER 51

"I like what you did there. You are really brave standing your ground like that. I am really impressed." Scar was saying as we both walked home.

Since we stayed opposite each other  it was impossible to avoid him no matter how much I wanted to do just that.

He had been trying to have a conversation with me ever since we both left the station and I had made known my lack of interest to have said conversation with him.

Yet, he didn't take the hint to let me be or he just chose not to leave me alone and I was beginning to get really pissed off by this.

"I just hope the police do their job." I said more to myself than to him.

"Nothing is going to happen to you or your family. It doesn't matter what the police does or doesn't do." He asserted.

I stopped walking and he did too.

"You sound so sure of it." I muttered. I narrowed my eyes at him folded my hands.

"I am sure. Very sure."

I scoffed.

"Please I don't want to start up any rumors and I don't want people to start running away from me because they saw me with you." I Inhaled. "And it does matter that the police_ you know what just keep your distance."

"Since when did Mira start caring about what others thought about her?"

"Since she decided to. I don't know you and you don't know me. So let's keep our distance. Today means nothing. And please don't talk like you know me." After saying this I turned around and walked away.

  I noticed that he was still walking behind me even as I increased my pace so that he couldn't catch up with me. But I didn't bother about this. I had so many things on my mind to let trivialities take over.

I thought about him telling me, "when did Mira start caring about what people thought about her?" and I scoffed. 'He talked like he fucking knew anything about me!'

I walked ahead, greeting people and crossing roads even though my mind was no longer with me.

I was worried about my family even if I knew that Ken was just after me not them.  But he knew my weakness was my family and I did not put it past him, not to try to use them to get to me.

"Mira." Scar called pushing me off the road all of a sudden.

A car was horning furiously at me.

The man in the drivers sit looked out the window and laid curses on me. As if the curses he laid on me inside the car were not enough_ he still came out of his car to hurl more insults at me.

I watched him but said nothing. I was still being enveloped in Scars arms.

"You can't even watch were you are going! Small girl like you what do you know that you are thinking about! When you girls prefer to start knowing men at your early age instead of you to focus on your studies! All you people that want to commit suicide you won't do it alone but prefer to implicate someone else."

He hissed loudly finally getting back into his car.

"Should he not be grateful that he didn't hit me instead of shouting." I mumbled, getting out of Scars grip.

"You walked into his car." Scar scolded. The look on his face was indecipherable but there was anger in his eyes.

"Whatever." I replied pulling myself away from him. This time though I let him walk by my side_ just to keep me safe from harm. People would talk but they won't protect me.

At least he was protecting me.