Chapter Eight
Olivia walks with Damon to his car then he drives to his house.
"The things I do for you," Damon complains, tossing a blanket to her and a pillow. He rolls his eyes absolutely enraged. "And you can't even see my effort. You don't even show appreciation."
"I do—"
"Keep quiet, Ollie."
She imitates him, mouthing his words silently as he exits. It's midnight and Olivia is tired. She's dressed in shorts and a big polo. She just finished taking her bath, she proceeds to the bed about to sleep. Olivia is not disturbed by anything at the moment, she spreads her legs on the bed happy she has a roof over her head and a comfortable bed to sleep in.
A sudden knock deviates her attention. It's calm yet alerting; it's Damon, with a blanket and a tired look on.
"Okay," he says to her, "See I can't do this with you. You gotta sacrifice. You'll have to go to the couch."
"Nope."
"It's my room, Ollie. Be considerate, how can you even say that after I put you in this position?"
Ollie raises her upper body. "You're the gentleman. You don't expect me to go to that hard couch."
"Can you be considerate?" He goes to the bed. "Ollie,"
"No."
Damon calls dragging for his space, "Ollie," he drags the sheets and she does the same. "Don't be selfish," They keep dragging the sheets until the room's door opens abruptly. A whirling wind of shock dances in the air as the very unexpected guest, Damon's girlfriend, steps in.
A tightened knot holds Damon's heart which eerily beats like drums. Stephanie, a slim brunette with almond eyes stands, frozen. Words cannot explain how overwhelmed she is by surprise. She doesn't request for an explanation, she has one—right in front of her.
Stephanie bangs the door close obviously getting the wrong idea, before shutting the door her cheeks lit red in fury hot enough to light up a gas.
"Aaargh! Olivia! You better fix this!" Damon is more angry now. He speeds up steering to the door when he notices the door is locked. "Stephanie, it's not what you think. You!!! When my girlfriend gets mad she gets really mad." He faces her, infuriated.
"Da—" his name can't even form well in her mouth.
Damon yells, crying loudly. "We were planning on getting married."
She suddenly feels very guilty as the situation gets really dire. Damon keeps slamming the door for her to open but to no avail. He keeps hitting the door with his body with high hopes and a higher note of anguish.
"You cheater! You're a good for nothing liar!" His girlfriend, Stephanie screams on top of her lungs.
"Stephanie, I can explain!"
"You think you can break my heart? You haven't seen nothing! You hear me!?"
"Dear God." Damon laments. "When Stephanie gets angry, she gets real mad…" the place suddenly becomes hotter. The sound of the gas switch is heard and the buzzing sound of flames from the burner. "What the heck? Olivia!!"
Don't tell me..
Damon yells, "Stephanie! You haven't even heard me."
"I don't need to hear you."
"She's burning the house…" Olivia realizes. "Bitch!!" Olivia hits the door with her feet before matching it open. They go to the kitchen seeing how the fire is burning from the cooker to the curtains.
Everywhere is smokey and unbearable. Olivia coughs. She's trying to turn off the gas cooker but the flames have spread around. Damon clenches her polo from behind carrying her outside. Olivia's covering her nose and so is Damon.
When they make their way outside they release their breath, coughing out. Instead of Damon doing something about the fire, he sights Stephanie, running to meet her. She's so hot-headed and Damon's boiling in rage as he confronts her bellowing at her for her crazy act.
They exchange words while Olivia's running around alerting the neighbours. The neighbours call 911 also helping quench the fire. Damon is so sad, heart-broken that he's yelling with a hurtful throat from crying.
He's still trying to beg Stephanie but she's too strong headed she refuses to listen. Olivia stops for a moment staring at this view. She's never seen Damon so upset yet caring in her whole life. He usually gets upset by disrespect but it seems he's met his hot headed soulmate which seems to pose as a stronger opponent.
Olivia's heard stories about her. She's been told that Stephanie's usually nice but exactly the opposite when angry, but this action is not just a showcase of anger—this girlfriend of his needs help; psychiatric.
Fighter fighters come quickly covering the victims. Olivia's still coughing when out of nowhere, a palm covers her nose with a handkerchief muffling her noise.
She struggles but can't break free as the impact is too effective. This strange person gingerly helps her to a car as though consoling her from the accident; demurely abducting her.
Damon is too busy crying about his house and broken relationship to notice this.
Olivia's shoved into the car, her eyelids close slowly, her fingers reach for the window as though reaching for help but it's too late. Olivia has been kidnapped by strange men being taken to destination unknown.