''Ms. Ban...'' Barter said with a hoarse voice when he saw that the person that was walking into the house through the dark corridor was Lucy Ban. When he heard her footsteps and her voice calling out for her Uncle, Damien Ban, Barter paused on beating Laura up. Naturally, he would attack anyone that dared to trespass into Mr. Ban's inner chamber like that, but he heard the voice and it sounded very familiar, moreover, it was a lady's voice screaming, ''Uncle Ban...'' so there was no way that Barter could attack. Instead, he waited for the intruder to reveal herself. By now, Laura's face was already covered in blood and injuries. When Lucy walked up to Barter and he saw her he quickly stood in front of her, shielding her from seeing Laura's hopelessly beaten up body on the ground. Lucy was breathing heavily at this point, as she could see that someone was lying motionless on the ground, a woman for that matter. She became afraid. What had happened? Had Barter killed a woman bec
Barter cleaned Laura's wounds and gave her first aid treatment. He didn't take her into the inner room anymore but took her to a decent room that had a bed in it.She definitely needed some rest after receiving heavy beatings from Barter.Laura had to recuperate.Actually, she had not quite really snapped out of the daze, as she was semi-passed out. While Barter cleaned her up and treated her, she barely kept her eyes open, and Barter had to go as far as smacking her away when he wanted her attention. It was pretty tedious for both of them, but Barter succeeded, and now he had taken Laura into that other room and locked her inside.''If you need anything, there's a bell by your bedside, just ring it,'' Barter said.''And if I were you, I will try to ring it only when I need something done because if you abuse it, it will be removed, and then you will suffer negligence when you actually need it,'' Barter warned and left Laura in the room.This room was Laura's final bus stop.There
Lucy didn't go far away. She left Mr. Ban's house, but she was hovering around, waiting for him to wake up. Unfortunately for her, the sleeping substance that Laura had put in his whiskey was gravely potent. Mr. Ban didn't wake up until midnight, and there was no way she could wait in her luxury car on the streets, so she went back home. But, she was back early the next day. She had to get to the bottom of her findings, she had to get to the bottom of a lot of things. Mr. Ban's face was not looking good at all because of what he was forced to do to Laura.Laura had committed so many atrocities against Mr. Ban, Barter, and even the government, yet she refused to settle down and keep a low profile. She was still trying to escape. It pained Mr. Ban so much. Especially when he had to add salt to the injury and hit Laura several times across the cheeks when he heard that she drugged him.No wonder he could not stay put to finish a little task that he had in front of him. He just wanted
Mr. Ban was no longer as hot on the charts and as important a figure as he was in the recent past, so he could easily shift whatever appointment he was going to attend, in order for him to listen to Lucy. At Lucy's request, Mr. Ban went back inside the house, and into his study to have a brief meeting with Lucy.Lucy was wearing such a long face, that Mr. Ban secretly prayed that he was not in trouble.'How is your mother? Is she okay?'' Mr. Ban asked Lucy on their way back inside the house.Lucy nodded impatiently. Of course, if the problem was that her mother was not in good shape, she would not waste time entering his house to talk to him, as a matter of fact, he would have heard of such news without Lucy telling him anything, so Lucy dismissed his irrelevant question. Mr. Ban swallowed hard.Eventually, they got to the study, and both of them took a seat.''Uncle, did you have anything to do with the sacrilegious video of me and that former classmate of mine that made rounds on
When Lucy left with the salty attitude that she did, Mr. Ban's heart felt as if it was dividing in two. There was a sudden feeling that slowly crept into his mind, one that felt like he had felt it before. It was hate. Deep hate. But who was this deep hate directed at? Of course, it was the same old usual suspect and sworn enemy of Mr. Ban, Greg Chase. Mr. Ban could not even go after Lucy to ask her not to be upset because he knew that it would be of no use. The energy that oozed out of her at this point, made him a hundred percent sure that Lucy was not going to easily turn back to being his little princess of a niece. She had discovered too much about him, too much, too dirty much. While Lucy was stomping out of her Uncle's house angrily, Laura heard her footsteps and started to yell like a demented woman. ''Let me out! Who? Who's out there? Let me out this minute. Barter? Damien?'' Laura called. Lucy froze, but Barter was walking behind her, so he gently nudged her to go ahead
Mr. Ban's world was falling apart right before his eyes, and there was barely anything he could do about it. He was guilty. In which ever way he chose to look at it, he was at wit's end. It was as if he deserved everything that was happening to him. Lucy's little drama was the straw that broke the camel's back. Little Lucy! This same little Lucy that he was such a role model to. The handsome Damien Ban, when he was younger, could not afford to keep himself away from Lucy for too long, after all, she did not have a father, so he was her father, as far as she was concerned. This blow was too severe.She caught him with his hand directly in the cookie jar. Mr. Ban heaved a deep sigh after he had finished speaking with his sister, Margaret.''I told you she was going to find out sooner or later. All that drama you did by making that false video of her, has only given her a reason to fall back on if she dared to question herself about her decision concerning letting go of you...'' Mar
Greg had been seeing Lucy's calls, and the more she called, the more he shied away from answering her. He knew that she was calling to nag him about one thing or the other concerning his newly chosen path. ''Greg, this is not you. You don't have to be a gangsta like my uncle because of what he did to you five years ago,'' Lucy texted Greg after trying to speak to him several times, to no avail. Greg stared at the text message, in shock. What was Lucy talking about? Five years ago, what happened five years ago? Greg had not told her anything, so he wondered what she was talking about and why she was so confident to send him that sort of text.''I'm literally done with this Ban family, for crying out loud,'' Greg Chase said and tossed his phone away.What did she mean by what happened five years ago?Greg tried to make himself busy with other commitments, but it was difficult for him not to remember Lucy's annoying text. Now he was desperate to hear from her. He was desperate to fin
The waitress was bothering Lucy so much that when Lucy spotted Greg entering the diner, she could not hide her relief. Seeing the look on Lucy's face, the waitress turned to look in the direction that made Lucy breathe happily, and as soon as the waiter's eyes fell on Greg Chase, she scampered away immediately. Lucy was shocked to see this. Greg ignored the silly waitress and advanced toward Lucy directly, with a poker face. He only managed to flash a sly smile when he was very close to her. ''Lu...why are you bothering me like this?'' Lucy asked Greg as he sat opposite her, his expression disapproving of the fact that Lucy brought him out at this time, to this place. ''Why did she run away from you like that?'' Lucy asked, speaking of the waitress. ''Who?'' Greg asked Lucy back, pretending not to know what Lucy was talking about. Also, he did not imagine that he was so popular for the waitress to know him enough to run away the way she did. Lucy glanced at Greg meaning