A Love Forgotten

"Ari, stop. Please, stop talking, "Elijah pleaded, his hand gently restraining me. "Look at you. You're bleeding"

I couldn't contain myself. "Did you do this with Jeremiah? Did you scam my immey? Linden Group didn't fail to had management. It was because the Hall family controlled it, wasn't it?" I snapped Ehjah's eyes filled me with despair. They told me everything-my suspicions were right.

I knew it was true. My memory hadn't bed to me. I had seen him secretly meet with Jeremiah in a bar three years ago

I cried out in pain, falling to my knees on the dirty floor, Elijah rushed over, frantically wiping, my face.

"Ari, you're Weeding. How did you get hurt?A, please don't cry, take you to the doctor."

I saw blood on his hands. Wheir had the blood come from? I wiped my nose blankly, feeling warm blood on my bands.

I stared at Elijah, his eyes filled with panic. He grabbed my arm and pulled me up, his voice trembling, "Ari, I'm taking you to the doctor. You're leading"noveldrama

Suddenly, a crude voice sang out

"Hey, that girl has a nice body!" someone yelled, whistling as they advanced.

Through my blurry tears, I saw the tough-looking guys who had been catcalling me at the entrance of the alley earlier, now drawing close with grins on their faces. Elijah panicked. He scooped me up and started walling away.

"Don't leave! Come on. Let's all have some fun. Hey, don't keep her all to yourself, dude!" one of them shouted.

"Get lou!" Elijah yelled angrily, spitting our curses.

These tough looking guys, who were already a bit drunk, immediately surrounded us after Elijah's outburst

Elijah and I were trapped I in the center of a growing circle. In the dim light, their faces looked greasy and menacing

"Man, check out that body," one of them sneered.

"She's probably a bar girl, tight?" another chimed in.

"Those legs though.. Damn!"

"Can you imagine those legs wrapped around you?

Suddenly, a hand reached out and touched my leg, screamed.

I heard Elijah shout angrily, "Get lost! Do you have any idea who you're dealing with?"

He locked one of the guys hard, sending him flying backward.

The others hesitated for a moment, but then one of them yelled, "Get him!"

Then, someone lunged at us, and I saw a flash of metal heading straight for Elijah:

It was a knife. They had switchblades.

Elijah dodged quickly, but the guy with the knite grinned, waving it round "Leave the girl here, and we'll let you go.. for today." Then, he lunged again. This time aiming for Elijah's hand on met.

The sharp blade was pressed directly against my abdomen, and a cold chill ran through me as instinctively shut my eyes.

But instead of the pain I expected, I heard Elijah grunt. He'd taken the strike for me.

I stared in shock as he gripped the sharp switchblade. Blood slowly seeping through his fingers.

Those tough-looking guys were stunned. Then the drunk one yelled for them to drop the knife and turned to run.

Within seconds, they were all gone

Elijah slowly sank to his knees. It took me a moment to react. After a moment, I screamed, "Elijah!"

I ran to him. Elijah's face was twisted in pain. He showed me and said, "Don't worry about me, go back."

My mind went blank as I fell to the ground.

Seeing someone approaching, Elijah yelled, "Do! Now!"

In my panic, I saw the tattooed man approaching, looking confused. He quickened his pace and shouted, "Help! Mr. Linden is injured!"

Elijah screamed in pain, "Go! Don't let anyone see you

It was then that I finally understood

Iscrambled to my feet and can toward the side of the road.