Three days. It had been three days since Marco called her. No texts, no replies. Nothing. Luna lay in bed, hands spread to the other end , low-spirited and exhausted from tears. One of their maids knocked on the door.She ignored it the first time, thinking it was her mother disturbing again."Who is it?", She groaned finally."I'm sorry, Signorina. I wanted to ask if you were ready"She got up and yanked the door open."For what?!"The maid, Aribella, shrieked backwards, taken aback by the suddenness of it all."I'm sorry, Ari. What's up?""The family lunch you have scheduled for this afternoon. You guys are meeting with the Rodriguez family this afternoon "Luna rolled her eyes."I'm not ready""Oh.. okay Signorina. I'll let your father know", she bowed and started to walk away."What?! No! Wait up Ari "She half-ran to where Ari was."Tell them I'll be downstairs in half an hour""Okay Signorina "Luna went back to her room."Arghh! Do I have to go everywhere?!" But she knew she h

Luna woke up, her body aching from the harsh metal of the waiting room chair, the antiseptic smell of the hospital stinging her nostrils. The harsh fluorescent lights streamed into her eyes painfully. She blocked the light with her hands, rubbing her eyes vigorously. The busyness of the whole place made her dizzy and for the next few seconds, everything seemed blurry to her. She was bewildered, wondering where she was. But as soon as her eyes cleared, she remembered. She remembered everything.Fear had enveloped every inch of her body that day. She could still see her mother's blood on the ground, and the blood in her hand when she'd touched it to make sure it was real, like water, flowing freely from where she laid to the other end of the room. Benny lifted her, her hands flying around lifelessly, her father shouting at their gateman to open the gates. Her heart raced, her body shaking visibly all through the drive.Her father hadn't stayed the night of course so she knew Benny would

Benny walked in, Luna's clothes in his hand, packaged in one of the many designer bags they had at home. She'd been staying in an empty room since her mother's hospitalisation, refusing to go home.“Thank you Benny”She took the clothes from him, not wanting to make eye contact. But Benny held her shoulders and turned her to face him.“What is it? Look at your eyes, they're swollen”“I'm fine. I'm just a little bit worried about mum”Benny pulled her into a hug and she let her tears flow freely onto his shirt.“It's going to be okay”, he said, his hands on her head, soothing it smoothly. Just then Marcos walked in on them. He knocked on the open door.Luna lifted her head. “Marco”, she walked over to hug him as Benny let go.Marco looked at Benny, not hugging Luna back. Call him insecure or whatever, he didn't like what he saw.Benny, seeing it in his eyes and demeanour, decided to give them space.“I'll be at the car, Miss Luna”“Thank you, Benny”“Hey. How was…”“What was that abou

“Buongiorno! (Good morning) This is real estate 5, how can I help you today ma'am”“Am I speaking with Lorez?”“Luna?”“Hey Loressa. I need a favour from you”“What's up?”“I need you to find me a house, any house, in the outskirts of town”“A house? I don't know Luna, I don't think you guys could afford any of the houses here”Of course she wasn't supposed to be able to pay. She'd played the middle class girl at school.“Please … just find me something small. Maybe a little cottage”“Ok. I'll get back to you”Luna hung up and looked outside from her mum's hospital room. No sign of Benny anywhere. Her mother was to be discharged today and Benny had informed her that her father wanted them home first thing in the morning. “Over my dead body”, she had sweared inwardly. She'd made up her mind. She'd rather die than go back home.She paced up and down the ward, biting her fingers anxiously, waiting for Lorez to get back to her. Finally, she texted her the location of the place she'd foun

Sofia trembled all over as she sat on the dining table at her boss's mansion. Asher had taken them in to live in his secret mansion when he heard what happened. He still had to drug them to get there though because he just couldn't risk it.Sofia clutched her head, her fingers entwined in disarrayed strands of hair as she struggled to regain composure, trying to calm down but too knocked back by what had just happened. The fact that someone could actually want her life weakened her. Even worse, she had almost lost Varietta today. The tremors of fear continued to ripple through her and soon she couldn't help it. Asher stood in the dining room also making some rounds of phone calls. He paced up and down, his hands in his joggers.“Yes.”. “Yeah”. “Send anything they were able to salvage”He hung up the last one and turned to Sofia.“Hey, are you good?”How could she be good? Sofia continued to hug herself, rocking back and forth. She let herself slide off the chair, breathing in and o