Chapter 2 2: Convincng Her
Aria POV
We don’t see the man walking past with a cart of oranges, probably some old man who sells at the side of the road but the car comes in contact with him fast.
Thud!! We hear the sound slam against the top of the car.
Selene screams and immediately stops the car. “What was that? What was that? What was that?” She repeats, our hearts pounding so loud we could hear each other.
“You hit him, we have to get him to the hospital” I pull open my car door.
The cool air hits me and the snow still drops softly around us, the dark body lays across the small layer of snow and as I take further steps closer, blood fills my vision.
“Is he?” Nicolas runs behind me to confirm what we all already know.
“Oh my gosh, he’s dead!!” Selene cries from behind me, tears stain her cheeks and her face turns red. I can already imagine the flair up she will have at home after this.
“We have to take him to the hospital!” I turn to them panting, I walk towards th embody and tune the man around trying to drag him to the car, “Come on help me!” I turn to the two
They stand, Selene swallows, tears still streaming down her face.
“We can’t do that Aria, they will accuse Selene of murder, she could go to jail” Nico immediately gets in front of her to defend her
“He might not even be dead, we can still save him” my fingers wrap around the old man’s wrist again but Nico drags my hand from the dead man’s body.
“We have to go, we can’t take him to the hospital Aria.”
“No, we can't leave him….We can’t!!” I try to argue, talk some sense into them, we can’t just leave a man here to die.
“Let’s go” Nico huffs, dragging me to the car. In shock he hands me the car keys to drive
I frown, “What? Why do I have to drive now?”
“Selene is too worked up to drive and plus if anyone were to find out about this, your Dad can easily bail you out” Nicholas tries to explain
He breathes heavily leaning down to my height, he cradled my head in his hood softly, his blue eyes on mine, “Your dad loves you Aria and he is powerful he will do anything for you… but Selene? She just a step-daughter” he tries to reason
I lick my top lip, He’s right, my father would get me out of any situation.. “And we can tell him the truth as well right?” I lift a brow at him
He nods quickly, ”Come on my love, we should go before someone sees us here alright?” He lifts a single brow at me
I snatch the keys from his hand with a of and we all pile into the car.
Nico stays at the back with Selene, holding on to her and rubbing her back in comfort as she cries till her entire body is red.
My fingers wrap around the steering wheels and my vision blurs for a second, I start the car,the flash cast a shadow on the body, blood dripping down the cement.
I look up and a dark figure in the shape of a man appears over the body, I blink, my heart trips but it disappears immediately after I blink.
“Did you guys see that?” I turn to them at the back
“What?…is someone out there?” Selene stutters
I shake my head, my vision shaky, I'm sure I'm just seeing things because of the panic. “It’s nothing, let's go” I smash the gas pedal and floor it.
“You can't tell anyone” Selene eyes widen when we reach the mansion
“What?” I turn to her, “We have to tell Dad!”
She turns to Nicolas, her eyes big and teary, “Nick, we have to convince her, we can't tell dad” she blinks, the tears already dripping down her eyes.
I bit the side of my lip and push the car door open, stepping into the cold air.
“Come on Aria, I'm sure nobody will even care about him, he sold oranges at the side of the road, it was bound to happen” Nick starts as he escorts Selene out of the car.
I breathe in, blinking once more, the memory of that shadow standing over that body crosses my mind. I turn to Nick, his eyes pleading. My heart lurch, I love him, I love him so much that I would do anything for him.
“Fine but if it comes to light, we have to tell Dad, alright?” I lift a brow at them
“Great” Nick breathes out a sigh of relief. He turns to Selene and wraps his arms around her. “I’ll get her to her bedroom, I'll meet you upstairs” be scoots closer to her.
They drag their feet towards the double mahogany doors, and I watch them go, my heart twisting in that same way it always does when I see them together.
“Get yourself together Aria, Nicolas is your fiance, yours” I tell myself as I stare down at the gold band on my ring finger and a small smile creeps on my face.
I look up at the door, a shadow, just the same as the shadow from the road appears, a blur of black and ash. I blink and it disappears again, almost like I didn't see anything.
