Caleb drove back to school from a night party he attended off campus, speeding past Nancy, Diane and Maria. Catching a glimpse of them from his side mirror, he recognised Nancy, he had a fling with her, twice. He wondered what she was doing, standing and looking angry. Out of curiosity, he reversed his car, got out and approached her."Hey, what's going on?" He asked, grasping Nancy's waist, recognising Diane beside her, but couldn't see Maria's face. Maria heard a male voice and quickly covered her face with her hair, feeling embarrassed and didn't want to be seen. Nancy squealed, sounding flirty. "Caleb! It's been so long since I saw you. You just forgot about me. That's not fair!" She pouted her lips. Caleb smirked, enjoying the attention. "Sorry, Nancy. I've been really busy with school and stuff." "Oh, busy with your girlfriend, you mean?" She asked, with a raised eyebrow. "I already told not to worry about her. She's just there for the name, you're still my number one."
Maria's eyes widened as she heard Diane mention the secret. It's something she had been keeping for years and the only reason she was able to find out about it was because she eavesdropped on her conversation with Matilda. "You better not say anything Diane." Maria said, clenching her teeth. Diane laughed out loud. "Aw, are you scared of how he would look at you when he finds out? Or you're worried he won't trust you again?""Shut up!" Maria yelled, startling everyone. "The secret was a big deal to her and she didn't like how Diane was joking about it.""You shouldn't have taken our money and run. You knew it would take you a lot of months and hard work to pay back, that's why you ran away. You're a thief and a liar, you sly fox." Damson had never seen Maria that angry before and he wondered what secret Diane was talking about. She was breathing heavily, trying to control her anger and he knew this was the wrong time to ask about secrets. He decided to focus on why they were here i
"What do you mean by that? You also think I'm a failure, poor and miserable? Are you agreeing with everything they said? You don't believe I can pay the money?"Maria signed. "No, I believe you. I'm sorry, that came out wrong, but you're making a big deal out of this." "Caleb isn't someone you'd want to have around you, he's not someone you can trust or share your phone number with. He is a very terrible person." "I think you just have a problem with him. Maria said, shaking her head. "He paid my debt and if not for him, only God knows what Nancy and Diane would have done." "Let me be the judge of his character, if he's someone I can trust or not. He helped me and that's the least I can do so, please let's not argue, let's just forget about what just happened. We still have to go to my new place of work. Let's keep the mood light, please." Maria pleaded. Damson tried his best not to say anything again, he wasn't satisfied with how the conversation ended. Caleb is very cunning and
The man snarled as he tightened his hands around Maria's neck, he was enjoying the way she gasped and struggled to breathe. "You need to let her go." One of the men said to him. "She's the only one that can tell us where Damson is. "If you kill her we will lose and the boss already told us to make sure we come with his head." The man holding Maria's neck growled angrily. He didn't want to let go of her. The aim was to kill her for not answering his questions. Angrily, he threw her aside, making her crash into a set of mannequins. Maria held her neck, crying and gasping for breath, her body was shaking with fear. She thought she was going to die. "Where is Damson?" She thought to herself, looking around. She was worried because if these men should find him, they'll kill him on the spot. One of the men walked up to Maria, dragging her back to the middle of the room. "You need to answer our questions if you want to leave this place alive." He spoke to her gently but Maria knew it was
Damson groaned as he struggled to stand up, he was badly bruised. He tried to walk fast to the door to check for the car's plate number, but it was too late, they were already gone. He hit his fist on the wall in anger. He didn't get to catch the men who attacked him. Maria approached him carefully. She could see he was angry and didn't want to cause him more annoyance. "Are you okay?" She asked, trying to look at his face Damson gritted his teeth, ignored her and avoided eye contact. He didn't want to snap at her because he wasn't in the mood for questions. He was so mad at himself for not catching at least one of the men. He looked around for signs of Luis but he didn't see him. "You should go to a pharmacy and treat yourself. You have a cut on your lip." He said to Maria before he dragged himself out of the fashion store. "Where do you think you're going?" She asked, blocking his path. "You also need to go to the hospital, your face looks terrible." "I want to be alone for now
"Mum, who was that?" Sasha asked as looked up from her food. A part of her knew who it was already. "It was Damson. He came just like you said, I think he had something to talk to you about. He said it was important. Are you going to continue pushing him away? I've been hearing your phone ring a lot these past few weeks. I can't keep lying for you." "You can't continue to stay at home. You'd end up seeing him one way or the other. Now that everything has been solved and you don't have to marry that old man, you're free. Why are you still sad and avoiding your friends?""Let's not even talk about the way you've been dragging your feet around and staring at your phone. It's obvious you want to reach out to him. Stop fighting it." "Mum, you can't understand." Sasha said, sniffing. "I said really hurtful things to him and I'm scared of what he might say when we see, I just can't bring myself to face him. I shouldn't have said all those harsh words. I made a very big mistake." "It's fi
Damson sat in shock as he stared at his phone. A picture of Sasha tied to a chair, unconscious, stared back at him. "If you cooperate with us, she'd live" was bodly written under it. He read the message over and over again. He stood up immediately and rushed out of the hospital, quickly calling Luis to meet him at the Mansion. He was very disturbed. "Who are the people behind this? When was she kidnapped? Is this the work of Mr Baron or the men that attacked him at the fashion store?" He had so many unanswered questions. "Sasha has been kidnapped." Damson said to Luis as he walked into his father's study. "You were right, the men lurking around were up to no good." "They sent me a message and I have no idea what they're talking about. Why are they asking me to cooperate with them? Who are they? We need to find out who these people are and save Sasha." "I'm afraid that would be impossible, young master. We don't know exactly where these people are located and this obviously looks
"They have to help. If they don't Sasha would be in more danger and I can't let that happen. This can't be happening. Who do they think they are to not help?" Damson thought to himself, glaring at the men on the TV. "You have to help. It is an order from me. I am the boss and you listen to my instructions." He snarled, clenching his fist. "You can't deny me. I am your boss!" "You're not our boss!" The third in command yelled. Let me see the tattoo that shows you're one of us. The men both dragged their shirts down, a Raven with its wings spread out was drawn on their pale skin. Damson looked at Luis, who also dragged his shirt down to reveal his tattoo. Damson was surprised, he didn't know Luis was also fully involved in the Underworld. "You're not one of us, kid and at this point we doubt you'll ever be one of us. You have no right to order us around. You haven't even done the three months training and initiation to prove you can be one of us. You are nothing but an ordinary pers