Ryan groaned as he felt an irresistible urge to take a walk. He felt irritated with having to move into a new apartment, his frustration was mainly moving to an entirely different city. It's been weeks already and he was yet to get used to his new environment.
All his attempt to meet his sleepy neighbor again proved abortive increasing his frustration.
A smile crept to the corner of his lips as he remembered her sleepy face when she referred to him as 'grandmaster'. He had caught on the embarrassment on her face and the way she was not able to look at him.
The urge to take a walk came again , this time stronger pulling him on his feet. He sighed as he wore his sandals and headed out of the house , he followed submissively as the force pulled him along the lonely street that leads to the city's biggest shopping mall.
For some reason , the street was quiet and no one was walking or driving or standing outside. He stopped and looked around in time to see his sleepy neighbor coming out of a fruit shop. She had a bottle of soft drink in one hand and a bag of fruits on her other hand, she was heading home alone. Just as she started to walk down the lonely street, a car stopped right in front of her making her jump in fear.
He wanted to run toward their direction but his feet would not move, he struggled to free himself but the force holding him down was too strong. He was standing beside an old building , nobody would see him. He groaned in frustration.
"Be still" a small voice in his head commanded.
He relaxed his muscles immediately, watching keenly.
Dilly gasped as the left over soft drink poured on her white dress.
"Oh shit" she was clearly pissed . She flung the empty bottle in the waste bin close to her.
Why would someone drive so recklessly. She was beginning to lash out at the careless driver when Sophia Ruben got out of the car.
"What!" Dilly thought "was she trying to kill me?"
They glared at each other and Sophia smirked , her left palm landing heavily on Dilly's left cheek.
She looked at the Sophia in shock , the woman looked crazy. Her eyes burned with so much anger and rage that Dilly wondered if she was going to strike her dead at that instance.
She was too stunned to talk , she just held her cheek trying so hard not to cry.
Sophia slapped her again and again making Dilly lose her balance . She staggered backwards , her eyes seeing stars . Thankfully she was wearing her contact lenses because the slaps would have sent her glasses flying in the air.
"You bitch! Didn't I warn you to leave him alone?" Sophia yelled.
"I did , I've stopped seeing him" Dilly whispered. She tried so hard to stop the sob that was building up in her throat . She would not let this woman see her cry , she would not give her that satisfaction.
"Really?" Sophia laughed "then explain this"
She put her phone in Dilly 's face eyeing her with so much bitterness and rage written all over her.
Dilly gasped shaking her head in disbelief as she stared at a picture of herself and Hank hugging tightly. Hank had begged to see her one last time and they had concluded on meeting in an open space. She could not believe her eyes , Sophia had followed them?
"Are you stalking us now? Dilly laughed in an attempt to annoy the almighty Sophia.
Sophia ignored her question.
" He asked to see me, he called and begged to see me one last time...." she continued.
"Hank promised me he was not going to call or text you again , so how would he have asked to you… you liar" Sophia said with disdain.
Dilly's anger was beginning to take the best of her , this woman really thought she could just go about hitting people the way she pleases.
Ryan stood still, watching the drama unfold. It was amusing that they are actually arguing over a man? He laughed but not loud enough for them to hear.
Surprisingly, he felt upset that the older woman hit his sleepy neighbor across her face. That was so unfair.
"Dilly I bet the next time I come to warn you, I'm getting you locked up" Sophia spat, with that she turned to walk back to her car.
"You should be less worried about me Sophia, there are four more girls you need to beat up since that's what you're really good at" Dilly fired at her.
Ryan's mouth opened in surprise at Dilly's outburst. He was not expecting that. He might have to interfere before it gets messy. He wondered what type of a man would make two beautiful women go crazy at each other. He would like to see what this man looks like.
Sophia stopped in her track . Heat rose up to her face as she rushed back to Dilly and grabbed her by the throat.
"What did you just say?" Sophia's eyes were wide open. Dilly could see the raw hatred in them making her flinch a little.
"You heard me right. He has four or more other mistresses. You might as well beat them up too" she laughed in spite of herself.
Sophia was about to hit Dilly again but she stopped mid air all of a sudden. She moved backwards in great fear looking at something behind Dilly.
"Hey babe let's go home" Ryan grabbed Dilly's hand from behind and started to pull her away.
She snatched her arm from him scared that he would hurt her too just like Sophia did.
"Calm down" he whispered "I saw what happened."
"ohh" she flushed in embarrassment. She looked over at where Sophia stood wondering why she kept looking at Ryan with so much fear in her eyes. They watched her walk back to her car and drive away quietly.
Dilly looked up at Ryan suspiciously "what did you do to her? She suddenly became quiet after you came here"
He just shrugged . "You should say thank you instead I guess, I came here to save you".
Dilly sighed softly "Thank you, next time i can fight for myself"
"You are not coming home?" He called after her as she began walking in the opposite direction towards her best friend's house.
She ignored him and just kept walking. Her thought shifted back to the fear in Sophia's eyes after he appeared. He must have cast a spell on her. She shook the silly thought off her head.
They definitely know each other, that was the only reasonable explanation for what had happened.
Ryan watched as she walked into the dark ends of the lonely streets, He punched thin air as he let out a frustrated sigh.
"That was so close" the tiny voice in his head mocked.