Mr. Lawrence moved closer to Rose, his eyes gleaming with danger. “You know what? I have heard enough of your useless talks. You are going to go to Doubas tomorrow and you are going to start work as our accountant's manager. I will be monitoring your progress from time to time.”Mr. Lawrence turned back to leave angrily with the satisfaction that he had made his wishes known but then stopped as if something had clicked into his brain.“Oh, and let this be the last time we discuss this. I need you prepared for work in a dress that I will have my stylist send to you. You see, I have ambitions, very serious ambitions and I can’t afford to have these kinds of controversies in my home ruin those ambitions.”“You don’t want to know what I will do if you dare bring up these useless issues again,” Mr. Lawrence warned.Rose’s expression hardened with a deadly tightening of annoyance as she heard those words. The fact that Mr. Lawrence wanted her to dress the exact way he wanted made her much m
Mr. Lawrence opened the door and saw that it was one of his messengers. “Sir, you have someone from—erm, the registry waiting to visit you. He says that they have been trying to contact you for a while but you haven’t been responding to their emails or calls.”Mr. Lawrence had actually seen some of the emails from the marriage registry that suggested that some issues wouldn’t permit his marriage with Rose to go through but he shrugged it off as something that can be settled with some money being put in the right pockets.Rose eavesdropped at what the messenger said and it dawned on her that it was probably the marriage registry coming to tell Mr. Lawrence that his marriage to her wasn’t going to be legal. That was a reason for Rose to breathe a sigh of relief, especially after the last few intense minutes.“Tell whoever the hell it is to give me a few more minutes,” Mr. Lawrence said, his teeth gritted with anger.The messenger used the corner of his eye to inspect what was going on i
Rose fired up with strength exerted into her limbs and gave the messenger a big hit to his jaw. She made sure that the hit was so hard that she wouldn't have to do it twice.“What?! What the hell,” the messenger screamed, his hands grasping his jaw in a deadly grip of pain as he crumpled almost falling to the ground in an instant. Rose, even though she was the one who attacked, felt the pain deeply in her knuckles as she balled her fists to suppress the pain.“What did you do that for?” The messenger asked, still grasping his jaw as a pint of blood was pooling out of it.Rose stretched her neck towards the messenger’s face as if accessing the extent of the damage she had done. “Well, that should do.”“What? What do you mean?” the messenger asked, his face contorted with confusion.“That should be enough to prove that I overpowered you,” Rose uttered. “When he comes back you can tell him that we both got into a tussle but I was very violent and ended up sending you to the ground befor
There was no response from the inside of the room. Rose darted back and forth as a silent fear was creeping into her mind. Brody better responds quickly - it took her a lot of risk to retrace her steps and visit him.“Brody! Brody!” She whispered again.Brody gasped in fear as he heard the whisper of his name.“Who is in there?” He asked, his heart racing fast.“Hey, it's me, Rose. Open up the window.”Brody leaped toward the window and opened it. He found Rose, her face looked like a mess as she was soaked in tension.“Come on, come on. I came down here to see if you would want to come with me. I am about to escape this hotel suite - this is your chance to say goodbye to this place if you want to come with me.”“What? Are you serious? Are you are really going to take me with you?” Brody asked, his voice tinged with excitement. He found it sweet that Rose cared enough to take him with her.“Yes, of course. I told you that I would come back for you, didn't I?” Rose said. “If I don't ta
Rose ignored the lady’s counsel again, her hands still trying out the buttons on the elevator.She was doomed. If she turned back, someone would definitely recognize her. She could feel that more people were already on the floor and the risk of her being discovered was getting higher. The veil she used to cover her head wouldn't be able to save her. Everyone knew Brody also - there was no way out!But, BOOM!The elevator sprang open, its shaft humming with a thrum of machinery.“Come on, get in,” she whispered to Brody.Rose and Brody got into the elevator. Rose’s eyes were closed as she tried to cope with the pressure. One more move and the elevator would lead them to the subway which was going to be their escape route.Rose hoped that they were not seen by the woman. She assumed that she must have been one of the hotel staff.But she was wrong.The hotel staff sprung up in a shout. “Raise the alarm, call the securities, there is a kidnapping situation.”Other staff members went up t
With a burst of tension, Mr. Lawrence picked up his landline. “Alert the security. Including those on all the floors to get their weapons ready. We have a kidnapping situation now and an intruder is about to escape through elevator 9. Her name is Rose Billing, 5’7 blonde hair, freckles across her face.”“She has a black veil on her head,” The hotel agent whispered so that Mr. Lawrence could also add that to his description.”“—and she had a black veil on her head while leaving through elevator 9,” Mr. Lawrence added. “I need her captured alive and Brody rescued with immediate effect.”The agents quickly slipped into the shadows, their movement with a deadly aim of accuracy, their eyes scanning the area with a deadly glint of accuracy, and their guns gripped tightly as they got to the elevator. Mr. Lawrence followed the agents as he positioned themselves in their midst with a shotgun in his hand. The agents got to the door and pressed the buttons there was no movement.“Damn it!” age
“Shush!” Rose whispered, connecting her finger to her lips. “Don't say that. Nothing would happen to me. I know that you are still hurt because of what happened to your mother and you think that it might happen again but that is why we are doing this. I want to protect you from the trauma of the past and keep you safe where you wouldn't have to experience such horrible things, okay?”Brody lowered his head at the hearing of Rose’s words. He wished that he could find it easy to believe her but something inside of him wouldn't stop pumping fear into his heart.Suddenly there was a slight sound from outside the elevator cabin.“Did you hear that?” Brody asked, his heart quickening with a thrum of fear. Rose scanned the surroundings of the elevator cabin. She could tell that the noise was from outside the elevator. “Shush!” she hushed Brody, putting her palm to his mouth slightly.Rose’s whole senses were heightened as she searched for the sound again and her heartbeat started to go bac
“Yes, you are right.” Rose let out a bleak smile, her face still contorted with worry. “But what influence does he have? How could he possibly help us? He is just an errand boy from what I heard when I visited the event where he was humiliated with some others.”“Well, not anymore,” Rose responded.“Get me my bag over there, will you?” Rose asked and Brody got the bag.While she was gasping for breath, she picked up her phone and dialed Alan’s number.The hits to the elevator wall were coming harder and faster. Alan had to come through for them even though Rose couldn't possibly fathom how he was going to do it. She just had a blind belief that if she could reach out to Alan, something would be done.She picked up her phone and dialed Alan’s number. Rose’s breath was caught inside her throat as she wondered if Alan was even going to pick up her call in the first place.Was it not even stupid to call him?She recalled how their conversation went at the hospital a few weeks ago. How sh