rt pulling into the compound. Breaking his gaze from the car as it drove ins

alked into the room that Alex had decided to stay in. He could feel his heart breaking but he kne

became a friend of Alex as he tried severally to reach Ivy but to no avail. As he walked down the passage that led to the airplane,

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ed, but the chair did no justice in calming him down. He sent a sil

itch off your phone as we are about to

the phone into his pocket, looked out the

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y evening weather. She had always felt a connection with nature and appreciated it more than her mother perceived was nor

nista, she had picked out a beautiful dress to wear for the special occasion. Her face fell when she realized that she would have to wait another day before she

her spine again, she pulled out her phone. Without looking through her notifications bar, she wen

inally moved to the notification bar and sh

calling her like a thousand times. She immediately turned it off, and as soon as sh

r a few minutes of trying and getting the same response, t

ce one after the other and decided within herself that the bes

d a ride?" One of he

wait for a response from him. She knew that he was nothing but bad news and only had one aim.

f. Halfway into her apartment street, the car broke down. Jasmine

ked the man who appeared

e run out of gas.

ooked at

inutes p

urs. They had a lot to tidy up in the office and she made sure th

her phone, she tried Alexander's number again but to her disappointment, it was still unreachable. She s

quickly returned her phone to her bag, kept her head low, and tried to walk past them. Luck was not on her sid

re." Jasmine could smell alcohol in the

und her, praying that anybody would come to her rescue. Her heart began pounding so loud that she was afraid they would hear it, it

the leader said. Jasmine hugged her bag closer to her and took a stand to fight for it. The men must ha

ears forming in her eyes and shaking knees that almost touched the ground, she pleaded with them

g for," the leader of the gang said and ripped Jasmine's hand from his. Before

ally to clear the tear that was starting to form. The realization that she will not be able

ad rented for only her. She opened the gate and walked into the compou

on, Jasmine bent down to open one of the bags and while feasting her eyes on the content, she realized that they were in fact her clothes. Jasmine stood for a second and wondered how her clothes and all her belonging

about to rain. She rushed to her door and tried to open it while hoping that her landlord hadn't

e she knew that her landlord lived and knocked restlessly on the door. Jasmine wasn't having the best of her day and her feelings

came out of his house, he ha

ening, J

I've covered my rent for two years and I haven't even lived

I can do about it." The man looked s

what it is that

your account. Have a goodnight, Jasmine," he said as he closed the door,

rain helped drain the tears that she finally allowed to fall down her eyes. She sat on the stairs that led to the house

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e city. He wasted no time in giving Ivy a call and was still met with no response.

ade Alexander scream and when he turned hi