Nephrology is the study of clouds, cloud formation is a part of meteorology and her biggest passion. Alliance had been in love with clouds since she could remember, having a higher than average IQ was great in many areas but money was way more important, She had dropped out of school when she was fifteen, at that age she thought she knew all she needed to know, two days after she moved out she was disowned by her parents both Caribbean with stick rules, values and extremely disciplined.
Alliance worked her butt off doing different odd jobs to get her certificate in software analysis, it wasn't much but it was way cheaper than getting her Ph.D. in meteorology, her one true dream...at thirty she was thankful for the life she had been given, even if it wasn't perfect. She stared up at the clouds it was a habit she still had after all these years later, when her phone ringing drove her away from her daydreams, an unknown number was flashing on the screen, and she picked up nonchalantly.
"How are the clouds today, baby love" he said, and she immediately panicked and looked around the office, the space was very small but she was lucky it was lunchtime, and most of the people had left.
"What do you want? Are you watching me?!" She whispered into the phone.
"Look, you are going to go the dear Rachel and tell her you need to take a break, you will be back in a month or so..." he said, completely ignoring the question.
"No! You don't get to dictate when or how I do anything" she said. rage building but again.
"But I do, you will do as I say...you don't want to upset me, baby love" he said, almost way too calmly.
Alliance tried to think of what to say when she heard
Kenny's voice in the distance, this deranged psycho was close to Kenny and her mind flew into protective mode
"YOU listen to me, if you try to do anything to Kenny or London I swear to god!..." she wasn't even thinking anymore.
"Grab a bag for me, someone will pick you up at your house ...and pack heavy we will be gone for a while, you have 3 hours." and with that, he hanged up.
Obedience and respect for authority were Alliance's weakest traits, but the odds of things going her way were almost nonexistent, and with all the rage in her heart she ran to the bathroom, she needed to calm herself down, and her mind started raising what could she do to stop all of this? Who could she tell, Police?... She took a few minutes to freak out then she dialed Kenny, and then London who were both respectively at work, Kenny was alarmed at the sound of her panicked voice but overall he was fine and London just blabbed about work and her week obliviously.
Alliance walked to her manager's office, and let her know she needed a break, a vacation she called it, Rachel seemed Surprised by this, but did recognize Alliance was very much a workaholic. and Happily gave her free range to go, after failing up some paperwork. Two hours Later she was packing, and wondering how and why had she gotten into this situation. She was sure she had never crossed or seen him before. why had he made it his mission to consume her life, she wondered if this was karma for all the times she had been a bitch to others, when she didn't need to...
She set in her tiny living room watching old episodes of "the Chappelle`s show" she needed something to distract her, while she nervously awaited around. forty-five minutes in she got another call, and twenty minutes later she was on her way to the outskirts of the city, two hours later she was dropped in the middle of nowhere. Looked around in the darkness she was surrounded by wilderness when she saw a car in the distance.
Chapter 3
He picked her up in a black Rolls Royce Phantom VIII., while Alliance was very aware he must have been an extremely wealthy man, because it took a lot of resources and time to stalk a person for years, she didn't know how wealthy he was, what he did for a leaving, or even his real name!
She was glad she had packed the gun, with her in case of anything she wouldn't be unprepared like all the other times.
This time she would get her answers, she thought to herself as he got back in the car after placing the suitcase in the booth.
They both rode in silence, she didn't want to look at him, but she felt his eyes on her once in a while and his slow strokes on her tights, she wanted to fight it but it did make her feel at ease somewhat, they got to a small local airport, and as she set down in the private jet, her heart lipped, where was he taking her and why had she not eaten anything before leaving the apartment now she was starving and thirsty and more importantly she was tired.
She didn't want to go to sleep as the clouds passed her by, looking out the window at the small airbags in the night sky made her feel better and unconsciousness embraced her before she could fight it harder.
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The sound of wind and waves was loud enough but even in the distance, her body didn't want to move, she didn't want to separate herself from her sleep yet, but the warm hand caressing her face woke her up and she realized she was holding on to him. she quickly let him go and stretched away from him, she couldn't help the smile across her face when she saw the ocean, the modern mansion with a huge open space and a bed that felt like a wind, had her running and before she could stop herself the inner child in her sprinted down the wooden staircase, across the sand, and into the weaves and she laughed and screamed with joy, she felt the breeze and the warm of the water and for the first time in two years there was no more pain and sadness. she had been saving money for a while to go with Kenny and London to one of those fancy resorts in Cape Town, but never in a billion years had she imagine she would ever see the beauty of Belize.
