Insatiable Love

The confrontation

Rebecca's POV

"Uncle Pete! Please, don't do this to uncle Pete", I was screaming for the man to stop but he ignored me as he advanced towards me.

The man wore a black mask and he had me tied to a chair. I was screaming at the top of my lungs but there was not a single soul who could hear me. I saw the man light a match stick and throwing it at the room in which the officers and uncle Pete were being treated.

He had set the room on fire before my eyes. I was horrified at the sight and screamed at the top of my lungs.

"Uncle Pete!!!!"

"Rebecca! uncle Pete is alright", said a familiar voice.

I opened my eyes to see Angela, who was clearly worried for me.

"Angela! is uncle Pete fine? did he get out fine from that fire?", I asked panicking.

"Rebecca, calm down. Take deep breaths, he and all the officers are fine", she held me by the shoulders and tried to calm my anxiety.

I threw myself in her arms and broke down, it was a dream! a dream that seemed so true.

"Angela! I cannot do this anymore, please, please help me!", I broke and cried to my heart's content.

Angela rubbed my back and hushed me trying to calm me.

"Tell me Rebecca, what's the matter", she asked in concern as I remained in her embrace.

I told her everything about the mysterious texts and how I was responsible for having involved uncle Pete in all this.

"I cannot sleep a wink since the day I've been receiving these messages. I've lost myself completely to fear", I said between the sobs.

"Rebecca don't you worry, I'm here and I will protect you. I won't let this person harm you anymore", she said reassuringly.

The following morning, I was ready to take food for uncle Pete when all of a sudden I bumped into the same mysteriously arrogant man. Aaron Miles.

"My lady, it must be fate that we keep bumping into each other", he said in a husky tone.

I didn't know how to react to this man. Last time I remember he saying something about meeting often here after.

"I don't understand", I said confused.

"What is it that you don't understand, my lady?", he said.

"Mr. Miles, I don't understand what you are doing here in this local hospital?", I asked

"Well, you see my uncle is the chief of police department and I am helping him with a few things for the investigation", said Aaron.

I looked at him but he refused to take the gaze off me. I tried to excuse myself but was stopped abruptly by him.

"Mr. Miles, you are in my way", I said trying to act normal.

"I wish to see you Rebecca, after all I've been waiting since a long time", he said with a smug smile while showing me the picture of me from the day I first received the message from Mr.private number. He was my stalker? all this time it was he who was watching me?

I tried to get away from him but failed miserably when he cornered me against the wall.

I could sense the tension in the air. That's when I knew that something was off since the beginning. I decided to push him away and run for my life. He fell on the floor and I decided to throw the table of surgical instruments at him.

I was running away from him and in the process ran in the wrong direction. I was away from the exit as he was in the way. While, I was running I could sense that the hospital was unusually silent and the hospital staff was absent.

How can this be happening?

I ran into the closest room and hid myself behind a rack. I was praying God to show some mercy on me. I don't want to die or worse get tortured for life by this man. I had my eyes shut when I felt him pass by the room. My breath hitched with tension as the beads of sweat rolled down the corner of my forehead. I had my hands shaking when all of a sudden my phone rang. The silence of the room broke as I answered the call, it was uncle Sam.

"Rebecca, you aunt and I have come to the hospital to see you please come down", said uncle Sam in an excited tone.

Why were they here? I thought but, more importantly, was I going to be okay?

I decided to go down to meet Uncle Sam and aunt Lily but, never did I know that doing so could have landed me in a situation I had never imagined...

"Rebecca, what took you so long?", asked aunt Lily as I walked down the stairs.

I was about to answer when I saw the monster standing right beside them. What were they doing with him? I was losing my mind. After a while I saw a doctor passing by, I eyed her expectantly as she proceeded towards uncle Pete's room.

"Hello Mr and Mrs Hoffman, Sir Pete is all fine now, you can meet him once he wakes up", said the doctor.

I waited patiently beside uncle Sam as I saw Aaron talk to the hospital staff who were unusually late today. Was all of the chase between us my imagination? He didn't seem to care about my presence, as if nothing had happened at all.

I waited outside the room as Mr and Mrs Hoffman met uncle Pete. Once they came out, I was told the ground shaking news of my life.

"Rebecca, I wish to have a talk with you", said aunt Lily.

"Sure, tell me", I said calmly.

"You see, we are an old couple and that we promised your mother to take good care of you and given that now you are of the age, we received a proposal from a potential suitor for you my girl", said Aunt Lily in a soft tone with a warm smile.

"And who is it?", I asked with nervousness evident in my voice.

"It's Aaron Miles", said my Aunt.