Unimaginable Things

"Please! I'm sorry.. I'm sorry.." Norah clutched his hand when he walked back to the sitting area, to Gabby.

"Please, I'm sorry. I hate you for what you did, I saw the knife and I can't control myself. Please understand, I regret it." She wailed.

Norah was repulsed but hugged him hard, to prevent him from killing her friend and to soften him with her naked body.

She cursed her idiocity to failed the only chance in killing this man. She swore she would kill him with her own hands someday.

The man pushed her away, "Get away from me right now. Do you consider my threats just a bluff?"

Norah released her embrace and she stared straight at his eyes, "I believe you now. I won't do something stupid like that again. I believe you, sir."

"Don't sir me. It's Daniel."

He looked at her with disgust and motioned his hand to follow him. He opened a door to a spacious bathroom, "Wash yourself."

"B-but what about Gabby? I don't want to leave her alone." Norah started to panic.

"I won't do anything to her. My revenge is to your brother."

When he saw the disbelief in her eyes, he added, "Or do you prefer me to watch you here?"

Her face reddened but she nodded. At least by him being here would keep Gabby safe. She walked into the shower cubicle and started to wash her body. Daniel, whether it was his real name or not, leaned on the wall and typed something on his phone.

She had to make sure Gabby was released first before she thought about how to make Daniel pay.

***

Noah sat down with a sigh on the brown leather armchair in his employer's office. Xander eyed him from across the room while his hand flipping the papers on his table.

Xander detected his uneasiness, "What is it, Noah?"

"It's my sister. She said she will call me today and I had promised to pick her up from the dorm. This is my tenth call and she hasn't picking up."

Noah knew his sister hated his constant need to protect her. She was guarded everywhere she goes and after he forced Norah to study at a school with dormitory, he could finally found peace.

From the moment he became a brother, and that chubby little fingers clutched his with her toothless smile, something bloomed inside his chest. It was his love to the little baby who he called munchkin.

"Have you tried to call the school?"

"You're right." Noah muttered something like being an idiot.

When he found the phone number he punched the green button, it ring for a moment then a woman answered it. Noah provided his sister's name and her room number.

"Norah, D212 room? She had left the other day." The woman said.

"What? Please check again, she told me to leave today."

"Yep, I'm sure. She is the blond-haired girl with blue eyes, right? It was my shift when she came to signed the key out. Is there any problem?"

Noah started to panic, "W-what time was it?"

When the staff said it was about 1 p.m, Noah sprang up from his seat. It was when he called his sister and said she was still packing. Noah was so angry that Norah tricked him, but his worry was greater.

What if it was not a game? What if something really happened to his litte sister?

"Do you know with whom or by what she leave the school?"

"Hmm. Look, I couldn't show you the CCTV footage because of the rules. Have you made sure to her friend's family? Because she left with her friend, Gabriella."

"What? With Gabby? Ok then, I'll try to call her family. Do you have their phone numbers?"

When Noah called Gabby's home phone number, her mother picked it up and said in confused voice that Gabby asked for permission to stay at Norah's place for two days.

All hell broke lose after that, the panicked mother called for police after she couldn't reach Gabby's phone. The interrogation was made within the school area and with Xander's influence, they managed to get the CCTV footages.

"It is the same plate number as mine but that man sure as hell is not working for me." Xander cursed.

Noah watched in shock, "Is it really happening? My sister was kidnapped two days ago and I'm here just living my normal life?"

"We will find her, Noah. I promise."

***

Clara finished her new novel in one and half day, the main character of the story finally had a happy ending with the man she loved. If only real world was that easy, then everyone could be with the one they loved.

She sighed, not that she wanted to think about love but why no one came to her room today except Gemma?

As if by miracle, Gemma walked inside her room with worried face.

"Here's your tea time, miss Clara."

Clara was a spoiled prisoner, she even got to enjoy snacks time. The tiered cake stand filled with mouth-watering muffins and cupcakes, there was a hot teapot and a glass too.

Sometimes, Gemma would join her because Clara wanted her companion and she couldn't finished all of it by herself. But today, she felt something was wrong by looking at Gemma's face.

"What happened, Gemma?"

"N-nothing miss. Please enjoy." She started to leave the room.

"Please tell me, Gemma. Am I not your friend? If you have problems, you can talk to me."

Gemma hesitated a bit before she turned to face Clara, "It is Noah's sister, miss."

"Is she here? Norah?" Clara couldn't contain her happiness. She straighten her yellow dress, "They are downstairs? You should tell me sooner, Gemma."

"No, miss.. Norah is missing and probably being kidnapped."

It took a long time for Clara to process her words. Then she ran past Gemma, ignoring her shouts, she didn't know she had the ability to descend the stairs that fast. But in two minutes, she had opened Xander's office door.

She found Noah there.

Knelt on the floor with fisted hand punching the floor. His knuckles were bleeding.

"Noah! Stop it!" Clara yelled and stopping him.

Noah tried to pull his hands back, but when Clara hugged him, he stopped his struggles.

"We'll find her, Noah. She will be alright, we'll find your sister."

Noah clutched this woman's warm body to him, the woman he loved in his arms, but his heart and mind thinking about someone more important than anyone else in the world.

His little sister. Norah.

Clara shushed him like a mother to a child, his broad shoulders shook and tears streaming down his face.

"I couldn't imagine about what they would to her.. Clara, what unimaginable things they will do to her.."

Clara just hugged him, no comfort words she could say because she too was kidnapped, what should she say?

Hoping that Norah's kidnapper would treat her like Xander did? The good or the bad one?

Xander found them both knelt on the floor hugging each other and something unpleasant stirred inside him. But he shook his head, the person he consider as his own brother was in misery.

"Noah, I've found the culprit."

They both turned to look at Xander.

He growled, "Daniel fucking Rodriguez."

*** End of Chapter 28 ***