Pablo sipped his drink as he watched Lisa climb up the stairs, she'd been docile ever since he hit her yesterday. Though he didn't miss the deadly glances she sent him occasionally.He grimaced at the name of the casino 'Sculpted'. It was an undercover casino, a hotel to novices. Perfect for secret games. Pablo turned to look around. He winced as pain surged through his head, he fingered the stupid bandage that was placed around his head. Yesterday, he'd bled so much that he passed out.He was sitting at the bar which was quite deserted, everyone was at the dancefloor. It was still 11.30pm. The reason he'd come here was because of this nasty client of theirs: Nathan Corbels. Pablo adjusted his glasses and fake moustache. He'd deliberately avoided the gambling tables, didn't want anyone to recognize him here. Vic was probably still boiling. Pablo smirked. Bloody fool!He took up his phone to check out the message from Braddock.'The police are on the highway, they're searching each
"Common dear, come along to the park with us?" Mrs Brooklyn muttered knocking on Nina's bathroom door. She'd locked herself in her room since she arrived yesterday. Even refusing to have dinner. She'd ran into the bathroom when they forced the door open a while ago. "Do you want to be all alone? It's gonna be fun Nina. Common". A boy shrieked waving a banner up in the air. The Annual Holly Festival was going to begin in the next few hours. It was to take place in the town's Park. Mrs Brooklyn wanted Nina to participate so she'll make some friends. She's too quiet. "Alright" Nina said weakly. "I've got to dress first ok? I'll meet you in the garage in fifteen minutes"Mrs Brooklyn sighed and walked out of the room tugging her over excited son along to give Nina some privacy. She'd found Nina in the hospital three months ago. Someone had found her unconscious somewhere and brought her to the hospital. She met the girl abandoned with nowhere to go. Mrs Brooklyn sighed sadly. Maybe fat
Lisa got to the third floor and walked through the hallway, checking the room labels for 103 when she felt a hand on her butt. She turned and slapped the guy!"How dare you!" She gritted venting all her frustrations out. The dark haired guy slammed her back into the wall! He growled and held her neck."Who do you think you are?" His gruff voice yelled.Lisa tried to grab his hands off but his grip became tighter on her neck. "I'm gonna teach you some lessons. Sorry bitch!"She felt the air in her her lungs squeezing out, her hands and feet were getting weaker, she was suffocating. "P..Please" she gasped for air. He held her back and slammed her back against the wall. She fell to the floor instantly. Lisa got up and massaged her neck where he held her. It hurt like hellThe guy crouched in front of her. "Where were we?" He asked slyly.He smiled and yanked her her up, dragging her to the end of the hallway. Lisa saw the room label was 110, the last room in the hall. Probably where
"I don't want another confrontat.." Pablo answered. "Step out of the car!" Vic ordered. Pablo ran his hands through his hair in frustration, he looked at Jayden. "Can you take the valley? We have to get outta here fast""Eh? Boss!" "It's a slope filled with thornbush! The car will tumble over" Jayden gasped. "Do we have a choice?" Pablo gave him a deadly look.He looked out to see Vic still ranting on. "I'm giving you three seconds to step out. Else!""Fire when I give the order" Pablo whispered to his men and opened the door. Vic laughed immediately the door opened, he moved back to lean against his car."Why did you kill Rico?" He asked coldly. "Rico?" Pablo asked trying to stall the question.Vic bounced up and gave his men a nod. Pablo gasped as he saw them point thier weapons in his direction and open fire.He ducked in time to miss the first bullet, he threw himself to the floor as another bullet went past his ear, grazing his left cheek.Pablo scrambled back into the car
Lisa turned away to face the door. What had she done? Her heart was palpitating wildly now, she'd just murdered someone. Her hands were trembling. Jayden whimpered when he tried to get up. "Shit!" he cursed.Lisa caught sight of blood! The wound was bleeding and had stained his blue t shirt. She heard sounds of feet running up the stairs in the distance. They'd probably heard the gunshot, she panicked, about two men were coming towards them."Barker!" A loud voice growled in front of the door. He tried to open the doorknob, it was locked.Jayden stiffened and cleared his throat. "Sir.."He staggered to the door and poked his head out, hiding his bloodied arm. "What the hell was that about? We heard the shots""Yes sir. This bitch here was being stubborn! I had to show her who's boss" Jayden growled in response."Are you okay?" The man asked again. "Should we come teach her some lesson?"Lisa's eyes grew wide. She held her breath as she waited for the answer. "I can take care of
Lisa walked to the wardrobe, she opened it and gasped! She ran her hands through the clothes, it was filled with clothes suitable for strippers. She backed off as realization hit her! They probably want to use her as a sex slave!As anxieties flooded her, Lisa willed herself to be calm. Her eyes caught a small compartment in the wardrobe. She moved closer and opened it, she froze!A metallic pistol was sitting in there! She took it up and examined the pistol. She'd never seen or held one all her life. She wondered who kept it there, they'd probably forgotten it. Perhaps she could use it as a means of escape. A loud bang suddenly sounded on the door. Lisa flinched! The banging increased. "Why did you lock the door?" A man yelled.Lisa quickly hid the pistol. She closed the wardrobe and hurried to the door to open it, a heavy slap landed on her face instantly! She fell to the floor. The man pounced on her, yanking her up by her hair!She held his hands, his grip on her hair was tight
"On your knees" he ordered. What?"You heard me right"A call came in on Forster's phone immediately. "Jayden" he breathed."She isn't Leolia?" Pause"Alright" Forster put the phone down.Lisa got up and handed the box to him, "Here it is. Can I have the money?" Forster grabbed the box, checked the contents out and smiled in satisfaction. "This is good" he grinned. He opened the cabinet and handed her a suitcase.Lisa opened it and gasped, the money didn't take up to half of the suitcase."How much is this?" she asked. "Seventy thousand dollars"."B..But it's supposed to be a hundred" she said. "I don't have it. You can leave!" He snapped."What? Sir Pablo would kill me" she trembled. "Sir pay me the money!" Lisa said in a louder voice Lisa moved back under his intense gaze. She knew his type, she'd worked with one three days ago, she just had to be firm.Forster laughed and walked to the cabinet. He poured out a drink and walked back to Lisa. "Who do you think you are?" He l
Rage flashed through his face. He hit her on her face, the force of the slap sent her staggering back against some bar stools. She yelped when her back hit a stool.Lisa held her face on the floor, tears streaming down her face. His hands were probably made of steel, her face hurt. He crouched beside her and yanked her by the hair. "Any other thing to say?"Lisa winced, he was pulling jer hair so bad that she felt her scalp would peel."Don't you bloody dare!" she heard a deep voice behind her..Vic laughed as he sent a punch across Pablo's face. The cunning devil dodged on time, his heart beating rapidly. He'd actually challenged Vic to a fight. And they were some distance away from the table where everyone was watching them.Pablo wasn't so fast to escape the next punch, blood spilled from his mouth. He moved back and sent a kick to Vic who dodged it expertly. Vic grabbed him by the leg and pushed him back. Pablo got up quickly, another blow landed on his belly. A heavy thud smac
Memories of all that happened today flashed back to Alice's head.She passed the 1st round of the Oriental Catering Contest and on her way home, she bumped into that man that gave her wild goose-bumps.Nathan Reyes.Astonishingly handsome and charismatic -only when he didn't open his mouth. One of the dancers said he was a well-known business man.Alice sat up.How come she's never heard of him?She head to her table and turned on her monitor, typing his name on the browser. His pictures popped up at once.Scrolling through, she found out that not only was Nathan stinking rich, he was the grandson of a past Governor of Haiui- Greg Reyes, his father- Martin Reyes, was the President of the prominent food packaging company- Cheese&LiT Co and his mother, Lina Reyes was the best surgeon in the state.Charismatic family.There was no mention of a sibling of Nathan’s- that meant she had upset the heir to the Reyes Legacy.Even if Alice hadn’t heard of the Reyes family, she knew Cheese&LiT a
presence. “You have no right to do that! I made a simple mistake and I apologized, what else do you want?”“I do not need anything from a spoilt idiotic brat like you.” He fired back at her.Alice was red in the neck. “Who the hell do you think you are to call me an idiot? The governor's son? Even the President's son has more good manners than you do!”Nathan frowned. “You don't seem to know who I am.”“And who the fuck are you?” She shook her fists at him. “I've never heard of your name here in Haiui, aren't you just a spoilt brat that returned from abroad and got handed all the family properties on a platter of gold?”His gaze darkened, but his voice was still non chalant. “Why do I feel like you're one of those stalker ladies that have been dying to grace my bed?”“Yuck!” Alice grimaced in disgust. “I'd rather eat poop than waste my time with a man as arrogant and condescending as you are!”That statement clearly hit Nathan’s nerve cause he stood up abruptly, veins popping out on h
“I’m sorry I have no idea what you’re talking about.”“You have an idea, you freak!” Alice grabbed his collar. “You are the cause of everything that’s happened to me and my family, you fraudster!”He held her hands, “I’m beginning to feel embarrassed, Miss, Let go of me!” His thick voice resounded.Alice flinched visibly and everywhere around them became silent.“I said, let go of me!” He repeated icily.A shiver ran down her spine as she stared through the sunglasses into his eyes, leaving goosebumps in their wake.Her fingers subconsciously grabbed his collar harder.“No, you’re gonna pay for all what you did,” She insisted. “You absconded with my parent’s money only to return and flaunt it around. Everyone needs to know what cheat and fraudster you are!” Alice screamed.“What?” He gritted so angrily that she felt the waves of anger through his collar, but she didn’t care, he needs to suffer pain and humiliation.Alice turned to face the crowd. “Someone call the police! This man is
Wayne barged into the house with Mark right behind him, both of them panting heavily. "Where the hell is Mathew?" Wayne grabbed the bodyguard's collar.The guard's face was riddled with shock and confusion. "He should still be in the house, I never allowed him to leave!""What?" Wayne faced Mark in shock. What if that video had been wrong? But he had a feeling deep in his mind that he wasn't wrong.They all rushed towards the stairs, making their way straight to Mathew's room."Mathew? Are you in?" Mark hurriedly banged the door.Wayne paused to check the lock. It had been locked from outside. Signalling no one was in."No. No. No. Shit!" He swore in anger.If his mind was working perfectly, Wallock has Mathew in custody and was probably waiting for the right time to threaten him.Mark managed to break the door open, rushing in to check everywhere.No Mathew.Wayne caught a letter on the bed. It was from Mathew himself."Dear son, I'm sorry to relay this to you this way. Not especial
When Alice returned to the restaurant, customers were already teeming in, most of them asking for her mother, she managed to give them the best reply she could and after instructing the Juliet and Marie on what to do, she left for work.She prayed the Principal won't be around like yesterday, she was 2 hours late already and she wasn't in the mood to receive any tongue lashing this morning.As it happened, Mrs Sanders was right at the gate when she arrived, she beckoned Alice to her office with a stiff face.“Miss Ruiz, what time is it by your watch right now?”“I'm sorry I'm late again, my mum-”“What the hell does your watch say?” Mrs Sanders asked again, a little louder this time.“10 o’ clock.” Alice gritted.“When are you supposed to resume?” “8 o clock.”“Seriously, do you expect the parents to wait for you to resume before dropping their kids? Is this what I pay you for?”Alice kept mute.“Miss Ruiz, I'm talking to you, aren't I?”Alice sighed, she was still shaken from the or
His words sent shivers down Alice's spine, but she was determined not to show fear in his presence. “You have no right to do that! I made a simple mistake and I apologized, what else do you want?”“I do not need anything from a spoilt idiotic brat like you.” He fired back at her.Alice was red in the neck. “Who the hell do you think you are to call me an idiot? The governor's son? Even the President's son has more good manners than you do!”Nathan frowned. “You don't seem to know who I am.”“And who the fuck are you?” She shook her fists at him. “I've never heard of your name here in Haiui, aren't you just a spoilt brat that returned from abroad and got handed all the family properties on a platter of gold?”His gaze darkened, but his voice was still non chalant. “Why do I feel like you're one of those stalker ladies that have been dying to grace my bed?”“Yuck!” Alice grimaced in disgust. “I'd rather eat poop than waste my time with a man as arrogant and condescending as you are!”Th
Alice kneaded the dough thoroughly, adding some butter and re-kneading.Her fingers felt stiff but she continued anyway, they’d run out of supplies for the evening sales so she had to.The thought of abandoning everything flashed through her mind, but the fact that her mum was still lying in a hospital made her continue working vigorously.The heat from the oven sizzled her skin and made her realize that the oven was ready, as she began piling the dough in, Juliet came in.Alice looked up at her. “How’s it going over there?”“Fine.” Juliet sighed, looking her from up to down. “You can go have some rest, Miss. I’ll look after the oven.”“No, Thanks. Julie. I have to make sure everything comes out well.”“You look like you could pass out any minute from now, you’ve been working since morning, please-”“I have to work. My Mum is in the hospital.”Juliet went to put on an apron. “That’s more reason why you should have some rest. Come on, we don’t have much customers at this time, you can
The next morning while she was cleaning hastily so she doesn't have to be late for work again, Juliet suddenly rushed out of her mother's office.“Miss Alice.” She panicked. “Your mum, she fell and-”“What?” A lump formed in Alice's throat, with her heart thumping she dropped the mop and rushed to the office. Her mother was lying on the floor, seemingly lifeless.Cold fear came over her.“Mum?” Alice shook her with trembling hands. “Can you hear me? Mum?” She checked her pulse and thankfully, Mum was still breathing. “Go prepare a cab for the hospital while I bring her out.” She instructed Julie.Julie nodded and left.“Mum? Can you hear me?” Alice asked again.She burst into tears when her mother's lashes fluttered a little.Her mother was still alive!As she carried her mother over her back, she discovered in shock how much weight her mother had lost. Alice cried harder when she realized that her mum might really be sick and hiding it from her.She couldn't afford to lose her Mum.
“It's fine dear, nature has a way of gifting us something else for whatever we lose.” Mum patted her hair fondly.Alice wiped her tears to stare at her mother’s face, “You aren't surprised, why?”“I kind of figured it out when you returned home early and looking downcast yesterday.”“Mum.” The tears flowed harder. “I'm sorry for letting you down.”“You didn't let me down, love. Audition or no audition, win or lose, you’re still my precious daughter that I cherish so much.”Alice kept sobbing until she began to feel sleepy, she pulled her Mum into an embrace and whispered. “I love you, Mum and I would do anything to make you happy.”As she went to bed that night, she made a decision to never give up, no matter what came her way.The next day, Alice woke up late and ended up getting to work late, but she was relieved to find out that the Principal was not yet in school.She went about her normal activities of taking care of other people's children, feeding them, cleaning their poop, hel