ISABELLA

CHAPTER ONE My eyes drooped slowly as I laid, sprawled across the bed. My hands were limp against the books that  were on my bed, making me more uneasy in my sleep.  Suddenly, the bang tore through my ears, causing me to jump up, my heart in my mouth. I stood up  almost angrily, my legs proving to be weak due to the long time I had slept.  Who could it even be? I opened the door to reveal my best girl who was the worst at this moment. “Don’t tell me you slept on your books? God, why do I have a nerd for a best friend?” She questioned no  one in particular and I rolled my eyes at that. “Jane!” I shouted to stop her from going on about me, slightly shocked. She looked at me, giving me a  dead pout, and continued almost immediately, causing

CHAPTER THREEThe images of my older sister's corpse came flashing back, she died of blood insufficiency, after been gang-raped.My father, the one who got us into the mess we are, was once a very wealthy mafia boss, he achieved fame and wealth at a very young age before getting married to my mum.A year later they had my sister, after which I was born two years later, coincidentally we were both girlsand the mafia needed a male heir to continue. This plunged my father into depression as his associates mounted serious pressure on him. He wasn't ready to listen till threats came in, the mafia he ran was a collective one, there were two main share holders. When Santiago became greedy and wanted it all to himself since he felt my father had no heir, my dad was forced to turn him in to the police, he had been wanted for a long time, he served a sentence of six 

     I moved straight to my closet , stripped off my garments , changed into my shower robe , as I went under the shower to have a cold bath, I was going to grab a drink at the bar close to my house , i had never gone there except our freshman year,when we went for our departmental welcome party, I guess I needed somewhere to clear my head , I couldn't think of anywhere else, I wore my short peach gown and a black turtleneck top , I locked my door and headed straight to the bar , they usually close by 12pm , this was still 7 , entering the bar I noticed it was a bit scanty than usual , only about four tables were occupied, one with three men on suit ,seems as though there were discussing business, the other three were occupied by people whom I supposed would be couples .I made my way to the boot at the back, as soon as I settled in, the waitress approached me,"Please what can

While we were talking, we heard the booing of an helicopter outside the building , it sounded as though it was moving closer, I looked around , hoping to find an explanation. The guards seemed as confused as I was , I could hear people jumping down , their feet echoed as though they wore hefty boots .The guards left us and began going outside to check what the commotion was about , we heard shouts and two gunshot , we didn't know who died or who was killing whomThe door burst open and we saw two African American men on clothes which seemed like uniforms.The first made his way and began untying my mum, the second hesitated and began untying me too ."Who are you people, who sent you"" Ma'am I think , this not a time for questions , we are just following directives , and you're safe now "With that they led us to the helicopter outside , we flew to Lagos and at lagos we were taken to 

CHAPTER NINEIt's no news that charlotte seizes the least opportunity to seduce me , that would have worked if only she wasn't my secretary. I loved women , but I had my limits and an ounce of self control, the least I could do is having an affair with my staff , it took cheer hard work and discipline to bring my company to the heights it has attained, after it was willed to me by my father, the company was almost in shackles when I became CEO.Charlotte is an attractive,curvy lady , with all endowments in the right places , but she isu secretary and that is a strong barricade."Good morning,boss" she said smiling brightly"Morning, charlotte" I replied almost immediately, without looking at her . Walking past her I got into my office. After minutes of settling down to work , I heard a knock on the door , it must be charlotte."Yes , what is it? ""I'm sorry i have bad news boss""I don't have time for this , can you talk!""The emeralds just called t