SHADOW

"Hey Man,... thought you forgot about me,"

The lady scurried away with her blouse in her hands as Jake slapped her on her naked butt cheek. She turned around and licked her lips. Before she stepped out, she took a quick glance at Eugene, their eyes met, and she left.

Eugene sat down on the other side of the sofa with a grin on his face. "You will never change, will you? God, I wish you got a girl who would tame that little bad boy of yours."

"Well, you wish, and what are you calling little? Do you know how crazy it makes them? They would die for this bad boy any day anytime."

"Tsk, show off," Eugene said with a smirk. He placed his cigar on the glass plate that had been placed on the round glass table lying in the center of the room. There were three bottles of wine as well placed in an ice chest.

He straightened himself on the sofa making himself comfortable. He looked so composed and calm with his legs crossed. His aura at that moment was screaming dangerous. Silence lingered for a while and Jake stared at Eugene attentively waiting patiently for him to speak. The aura in the room seemed to have shifted as well. There was tension in the air.

"We have a problem. Collin...."

Jake didn't look surprised. As if knowing where this was heading, Jake pushed forward and poured two glasses of wine handing one to Eugene. 

"You know this was bound to happen; well, I know I did. Even if it wasn't Collin, Lord Tobias was sure to bring you hell sooner or later." Jake stated in a matter-of-fact tone and leaned back onto the sofa sipping his wine.

"One thing though, I didn't think Collin had the guts. Daddy's boy is grown now huh?" He said in a tease with a smirk.

"We need to stop him," Eugene said with a serious tone. He slightly crouched down with his fingers joined and legs uncrossed "He is messing around with Rose, and I can't watch that happen. I didn't pay close attention to him before because I still saw him as a brother but not anymore. He had no right to mess with Rose, definitely not Rose. Another thing, Lucia came to the school today."

"Wait what!!! You mean Lucie? Lucia Snow?" Jake asked with a raised brow obviously taken aback.

"Yh, her. We've got no time to waste."

"Alright, then what's the plan?"....

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"I know you are still on the line Collin, answer me, who is Lucia Snow?"

"You are right. My absence had something to do with the person on the road, but we are not having this conversation on the phone Rose. I will come see you, I will answer your questions then."

"How do I know you are not going to vanish again. You did vanish before, when I asked you about this same thing that day. You know what, if you are not going to tell me, I'm not going to ask anymore. I will find out myself." I hung up the call.

I couldn't take it anymore. I didn't like that I was angry at him, but I also couldn't put away this warning feeling within me that he was hiding something from me. A lot had happened in just these few weeks since he arrived, and I started to feel like there was more to come.

I went to take a cold shower. I was sure to take a while. I needed to clear my head. 

Standing under the shower, I raised my head allowing the cold water to hit my face. I was deep in thought.

"Who is Lucia? Is my assumption right about she being the person on the road? Why did Colin have to miss classes just because of that. If Lucia was the person on the road, then what's her relationship with Collin? Why would anyone bow down to Collin?" My mind was in jumbles.

I opened my eyes with shock on my face in realization "who is Collin?" I realized I knew nothing about him other than the fact that his surname was Brown. There was nothing at all I knew about him.

It was unlike me to just be friends with anyone. Yes, I was bullied and laughed at, and yes people didn't like me but was that really an excuse to let my guard down on someone I knew nothing about.

I got out of the shower with a towel wrapped around me. I didn't bother to dry my hair I just allowed it to drip down.

(Squeak) I stopped moving and held my breath. I was on high alert. There, I saw a shadow move with the corner of my eye.

"Who is there?"...