Ella looked at Blake for the second time, trying so hard to decipher if he actually listened to what he just uttered.“Lucas? Does the heir know who Lucas is?” Ella asked and broke into a loud round of laughter. Emily was not left out of the shock. She looked at Lucas intently, trying so hard to understand what was going on at the moment.“I’m sure the heir made a mistake. I mean, no one knows Lucas. Can’t you take a look at him?” Ella asked as she rolled her eyes at Lucas who remained silent. Blake took in a deep breath and folded his hands to his chest, staring deeply into Ella’s eyes and trying to withhold showing off the disgust in his eyes.“You must apologize to Mr Lucas right now”, Blake divulged and immediately, the atmosphere turned dead silent. Ella blinked her eyes severally as she looked at Blake again. She pinched herself severally to be sure that she wasn’t just having a dream. However, when minutes passed and the glare on Blake’s face were still intact, it dawned on

Emily took in a deep breath as she hanged the last cloth on the cloth line. She couldn’t figure out why she had to be the one taking care of the chores when the maids were around. “You are no different from the maids, you should work like them!” Her step mother had said to her earlier that day. A burden of sorrow plagued her heart, but there didn’t seem to be anything she could do. She had to do as they said, especially because her father barely listened to her. “I have more clothes for you to take care of”, Claire said from her window, causing Emily to stop in her tracks. Emily turned towards the direction of the voice and let out a small hiss.“Claire! I have an assignment to do. I mean, you should have brought out the entire clothes you had together with the others”, Emily said in a soft tone, still trying to sound polite even if she was at the verge of blowing out of anger. Emily walked back into the house and met the massive frown on her step mothers face.“Claire told me th

“Lick her feet”, Lucas ordered, with a small smirk plastered on his face. He was so glad that he finally had the opportunity to do this to a family who thought that they were on top of the world. “What?” Claire yelped as her world sank beneath her. Even in her widest dreams and imaginations, she never thought that a day would come when she would be ordered to lick the feet of her step sister whom she detested with all her might. Emily was so shocked that she couldn’t move an inch from where she was. She was looking at Lucas who was beneath the face mask while trying so hard to ascertain what he was up to. “No…she don’t have to lick my feet”, Emily pleaded, hoping that he would look at her and take note of her opinion. It wasn’t actually as though she cared so much about what happened between Claire and her mother. They had tormented her so much all these years and this came in to be a perfect punishment for the both of them. However, the thoughts of Claire doing that to her made

“Next thing on the list?” Emily asked, beginning to get uncomfortable with the entire drama since she didn’t really understand his motive. She had no idea that the person beneath the mask was her only good friend, Lucas. And that he was only trying to make her feel better after being tormented by the people she called her family. “Yes, dear Emily. I came here greatly prepared. Didn’t I, Blake?” Lucas asked and turned to look at Blake who had been quietly sitting down there for a couple of minutes. “Yes, young master”, Blake replied and Lucas nodded. “Now, you are going to prepare a very great meal for Emily. The best thing you have ever prepared in your lives”, Lucas dropped. Everyone froze in shock. Emily fluttered her eyes continuously, trying to ascertain if she was in a dream or if she really heard what he just said. “What?” She muttered and he nodded in affirmation. “Alright sir. We have a chef and we would make that possible”, Emily’s step mother said and forced a big smi

The atmosphere was windy, tall trees bent in the direction of the wind. Lucas was walking on the street, he'd just gotten back from the library and was returning back to his hostel when he saw a group of young men laughing and smoking right in front of the hostel– for crying out loud, this was school premises. Where was the security when one needed them the most?Lucas seethed with anger as he inched closer to them. The men ignored him till he came to sight, standing right in front of them. "This is a school dormitory and it's absolutely wrong to smoke here," he said with a clenched fist.In this world, he was fast coming to terms with the fact that people abused any little chance at power that they got. The men stopped what they were doing, turned the volume of the song and faced him, they paused like they were under some sorta magical spell before they bursted into laughter.Lucas wasn't finding any of this funny. Maybe they were amongst the elite no good kids, that acted recklessly