Despised: Soon-To-Be-A-Billionaire's Dark Revenge

Chapter 45 THE GREAT ESCAPE

Tolu knocked on the door leading to the living room around noon.

'Help!' he called out. 'Joseph! Please help!'

We heard footsteps coming toward the door. I looked at Mr. Potter's legs sticking out of the toilet door with the rest of his body hidden behind the toilet door. I looked through the window; the long grasses swayed to the left and to the right as the wind wished, but no soul walked about in the compound. My heart ran wild, beating fast and loud, and my palms felt clammy and shook slightly.

'Hey?' Joseph barked from behind the door. 'What's going on in there?'

'It's Mr. Potter,' Tolu said. 'He has collapsed in the toilet; he is dying.'

'What?' Joseph said. 'Are you sure? Where is Paul?'

'Paul is with him in the toilet,' Tolu shouted. 'I think he is dying.'

'Paul!' Joseph called out. 'Paul!'

'Come quickly, please,' I said. 'He is dying.'

I looked at the gate once more before I tiptoed to the toilet's door. I skipped over Mr. Potter's chest and entered the toilet and squatted