Drugged at the gathering

Chapter 3

I was already for the gathering when Jeremiah arrived in his sleek black car and decided to wait in front of Alexandra’s house. I slowly walked out of the house, dreading the time I would have to spend with him and as I entered his car, I could not help but have a nagging feeling that something was wrong, but I just pushed it to the back of my mind.

I wanted to dress a little bit causal, so I decided to put on a black corset top and a blue denim skirt and I packed my full brunette hair up in a half ponytail.

“Hey Liza” Jeremiah greeted me as I entered his car and I just nodded at him, trying to avoid his gaze. I was really happy that Jeremiah did not try to make conversation, unless I would have lost my temper on him.

The host gathering wanted it to be posh, so the gathering was held at a posh five-star hotel uptown owned by one of the most prestigious families in the world, the Blaqk family. It was a hotel and partially a meeting joints where friends could meet up and hotel rooms were available too.

We both got out of the car and a valet went ahead to pack Jerimiah’s car for him.

We entered the room that was booked beforehand and the first person I noticed was Lisa. I was not shocked this time, everything suddenly made sense to me. Lisa always managed to make herself a third wheel between me and Jerimiah and I thought she was just being her annoying self, if only I knew that they were both plotting behind my back.

“Liza how are you”, Jerimiah’s friends that were in the room greeted me as I walked in with him and one of his female friends, Klara, even stood up to give me a hug.

“Come sit down”, the host of the occasion said.

Jerimiah went ahead to sit down near Lisa and I just sighed inwardly, it was not the first time he had done this and I had never suspected him, but after what I saw.

His friends looked at each other awkwardly and I instantly knew that they were all aware of his affair with Lisa.

“ So how are the wedding preparations going?”, His friend Smart asked and I cursed him inwardly, how dare he ask me that question when he knew that his friend was cheating on me.

“Great” I answered, hoping that no one else would ask me any more questions.

“So why have we not started preparing the bachelorette party Liza, you have not even chosen your maid of honour”, Klara said, and I could only smile awkwardly. I was definitely going to cancel the wedding for sure.

With forced cheerfulness, I joined their conversation, I talked and even laughed.

“ Lisa, some orange juice”, Jeremiah offered with a warm smile, and I had to collect it to appear normal. I started questioning my choices, why did I have to act like I did not see anything, I really wanted to break up with him, but something in me wanted to give him a grand humiliation even more than the one I felt when I found him in Lisa’s hands. I would not break up with him until the wedding day. I would play the video of him with Lisa in front of all the wedding guests. I would like to see his disgusting face then.

As I drank the orange juice, I suspected nothing, until I started feeling dizzy and hot all over.

I looked at Jerimiah and Lisa with the realisation on my face and they smirked, they were not even hiding it anymore, everything was a set-up.

“I have to go,” I said, suddenly standing up. I left the room and made my way to the nearest restroom, wondering what their plan was. Why did they have to drug me?

I entered the restroom and splashed water on my face hoping for it to clear my head a little. When I saw that nothing was working, I dipped my finger into my mouth, hoping to vomit whatever they made me ingest.

“Don’t bother yourself, nothing you do will work” Lisa said as she came in along with the smirking Jerimimiah.

“What did you do, what did you guys drug me with?” I questioned hysterically.

“We know that you know about our affair, Mikah. We saw the CCTV footage of you leaving Jerry’s house, so we put two and two together”, Lisa said as she smugly crossed her arms while Jerimiah hugged her from behind. She turned around and they suddenly started making out and I could only stare incredulously.

“OK, so what? I know about your affair. Why did you drug me? What will that make you achieve”, I said, while shaking my head to clear my eyes.

“Well, Eliza dear, we figured that if you witnessed me and Jerry baby cheating, you must also have heard our plan.” She said while rapping her hands around her air.

“Well, since that plan cannot work anymore since your dumb ass found out. We decided to do what we should have done a long time ago, but Jerry is just too softhearted. What we made you take in, is an aphrodisiac, a very potent one that just arrived in the black market, and there is only one antidote for this, sex. Your body will first of all overheat then shut down, and that is if you don't get the antidote in time. But don’t worry my dear cousin, I won't let you die. I have prepared a lot of men to satisfy you. And then they will take a bunch of nude pictures of you and videos of you guys having sex. And you will have no choice but to willingly sign those papers” she said, with a mischievous smile on her face, while Jerimiah looked slightly guilty.

“How could you guys think of something so evil? How dare, Lisa, the only reason you are even rich, is because my parents died. Before that, you and your family were so wretched that you could lick my shoe just to gain my favour”, I told her as I held her shirt, but she pushed me away.

“That was the old times, okay lizzy,. Let's go now, the male prostitutes are waiting for you” she said as she took hold of my hand and dragged me out of the restroom. I knew that she was taking me to my doom. I had to escape unless I would be ruined and left with nothing.

‘This is against the law, Lisa. I will file a complaint against you”, I told her while trying to set myself free, but I had become too weak.

“Jerry’s uncle has an important position in the police force, dear Lizzy”. She laughed.

I felt a strong feeling of despair crawl over me, but I knew that I could not let them win, so I summoned up every bit of strength left inside me and bit Lisa’s hand, causing her to shout in pain and reel back. I took that as an opportunity and slipped from her hands.

I used all the strength left in me and ran towards the elevator.

Catch her!” She screamed to Jeremiah and soon enough he was chasing after me, luckily for me, the elevator was open when I got there, so I entered and quickly pressed the button to shut it. I pushed the button that would take me to the highest floor. That way I would have more time as I knew that they were still after me.

Once the elevator opened, I stumbled out as the drug started having full effects and sweat started to fall down my forehead due to the unnatural heat I was feeling around my body. I was thirsty and I needed water and a man. I was sure that I would jump on the first man I saw without restraint. That was how badly the drug had taken effect.

I stumbled down the hallway in hopes of finding a suitable hiding spot.

“There she is” I heard from the other end of the hallway and sure enough it was Lisa. Fortunately for me, I ran across one of the room doors that was left slightly open and I immediately slipped into the room and instantly shut the door and leaned back against it, trying to calm my self. I could hear Lisa shouting and banging the door from outside for me to open the door, but I was not idiot, so I ignored her desperate shout.

“Come on Lisa, let's go, there is no way she will open that door,” Jeremiah said.

“Then let us call the hotel security, they will surely help us,” she said, making me feel scared once again. What if the security opened the door for them? Then I would surely be doomed.

“We cannot do that, Lisa. This floor is an exclusive floor, even the hotel security cannot open the room doors. Let us just go for now, there is really nothing we can do”, he said.

“You got lucky this time bitch, but the next time I get hold of you” She warned before I heard her strutting away.

I did not have the time to relax as the drug had not completely taken effect. I really needed a man, but I had to look for another way to get the poison out as I could not go to the hospital, Lisa and Jeremiah must have been waiting for me outside to ambush me.

I thought of a solution, I could slow down the effect of the poison with ice. So I opened the fridge and, sure enough, there was a bag of ice cubes in there. I grabbed it and ran to the bathroom.

I filled the bathtub with water before I poured all the ice cubes in and then I entered the bathtub. I instantly felt relieved when I went in, but that did not last for long and it was as if the ice had turned hot too, and then I looked at the door when I heard a sudden noise.

It was a fine specimen of a man. He looked to be in the same condition as me, just slightly better. He had a very handsome chiselled face and his striking blue eyes just like an iceberg made it impossible for me to look away. He had on a fine-tailored suit, with his tie loose. I looked down and I could already imagine myself running my hands down his abs.

“Who are you” he said.