PRESENT"Hey dear, you've been staring at that mirror for as long as I can remember. Is anything the problem?" Mrs Whitney asked Jane."It's nothing Mrs Whitney, I'm just thinking that's all" Jane replied her, Mrs Whitney turns to look at her "Jane you are even crying," Mrs Whitney noted."I am?" Jane asked sounding surprised herself, she had been so immersed in her thought that she didn't even know she has been crying. "What's wrong? You look really sad" Mrs Whitney asked her. "Oh it's nothing, I'm just thinking about the past. You know it's not like I'm sad, I just wished some things didn't happen." Jane said feeling a bit relieved. "You don't have to think like that, at least some good things came out of it. Everything happens for a reason." Mrs Whitney said. "Yes I know, I have my son to show for it." Jane said. Yes she found out 2 months later, she was having a child by that monster. The incident wasn't such a waste after all , Jane thought. "But, I still can't find Cassie.
Jane got to work at exactly 1:59 pm, the club was just twenty minutes walk from the house.And she walks to work everyday except, at night when she closes. And early in the morning if she's going to work, that is if she's on the morning shift.She was really glad she didn't get to work late, she might hate her job but, she cherishes it a lot. She cant afford to be fired, she got into the changing room and changed her clothes.Which she hates because she has to wear skimpy clothes just to attract customers according to her boss Dante, and she has no choice but to comply.Jane got to work, she has tables to serve."Hey Jane, over here." Gloria shouted from the bar, gloria has been working in the bar for nearly four years now. She has been the only nice person to her here since she started working here two years ago.Every other person snubs her, and calls her fake because she refuses to hook up with guys and sleep with them. If only they know what happened to her but, she doesn't care.
Gloria has been waiting outside for the past twenty minutes, Jane isn't the type to waste time dressing up. It already 9:30pm, and they need to start going home right now.She can't afford to go home so late, she has a lot to do at home. Gloria waited for another five minutes, still no sign of Jane. She decided to go get her herself.Gloria came into the changing room to a very disturbing scene, Jane was already almost naked. Her clothes were already torn into pieces, and that son of a bitch was almost having his way.Jane was really struggling hard."Hey you son of a bitch, let her go." Gloria shouted, the man looked back and gave her a sarcastic smile."You better mind your business blonde, I want this girl and I'm going to have her. I've been wanting her for long but, she doesn't seems to understand sign language. So you better leave." he replied and continued with what he was doing.He was already kissing her all over the face and neck. Jane tried to move but, she couldn't she was
The bus ride to Gloria's house was a silent one, they were both immersed in their own thoughts. Gloria lives in town and she runs in between jobs, her mother died few years back leaving her to cater for two boys. She had to drop out of school so she could work, and pay the bills. That's why she had to do some despicable things so she and her siblings could survive, like sleep with Dante.And even some customers so she could keep the job at the club, she also works at a grocery store here in town. She needs all the money that she can get at this point, there are still some debt she still need to clear off.Like the one her useless father left her, and the medical bills from when her mom was sick, she had died of cancer. ' Ding ' the sound of the bus brought Gloria back to reality."Hey Jane we are here, let's go." Gloria said to Jane, Jane stood up and followed after herin about five minutes they arrived at Gloria's house, Gloria brought out her own spare key and opened the door."C
Jane woke up feeling pains all over her body, she had sustained some bruises yesterday from the struggle with that freak.She really needed to rest, there was no way she was going to work today. Or better still get another job, she thought to herself. She slowly opened her eyes, and studied her environment. This doesn't look like her room, she thought. And there was no Mrs Whitney, and Christopher in sight.Then she remembered she didn't go home yesterday, she slept over at Gloria's house. She got up from the bed, and found no one beside her. ' Gloria must be up ' she thought.She climbed down from the bed, picked up her phone. It was already past 9am."I really overslept," Jane said and quickly dashed to the bathroom to take a bath. She was done in less than five minutes, she came back into the room and her eyes traveled to a gown on the bed. She hadn't notice that before, gloria must have placed it there ' how thoughtful of her ' she thought to herself. She quickly dressed up, and
Jane got home with no one in sight."Mrs Whitney haven't returned?" she asked herself."Christopher mummy is back," she called out, still no response. She called again like two more times still no response, she thought to check with Juliet if Chris was with them. She had tried calling Mrs Whitney twice, to confirm if she dropped him there. Or if he was with her but, she wasn't picking up. She isn't the type that likes going to other people's house, even Zain had invited her over severally. She refused also, now she has no choice but to go over.She really needs to know where her son is she really misses him a lot.Jane walked over to Juliet's house, and knocked. After waiting for sometime that seems like two minutes, Juliet opened the door with her baby in her hands.She just put to bed few months ago, and she's on leave so its understandable why she's always home. "Hey Jane! Good morning, come in. It's a suprise to see you here this morning, I hardly see you around. If not for Chri
Rage filled Zain upon hearing what she said, though he was stunned that she had told him he felt a bit warm inside. She has never spoken to him for than a minute but, still the anger and rage he was feeling couldn't be suppressed, how dare that man try to touch her?"Was he crazy?" he finally asked trying not to sound as angry as he was, he couldn't help but be angry. And he's even more angry at himself because he wasn't there to look after her, he couldn't protect her."No, he seems perfectly fine to me." Jane replied, her reply jolted him back to reality."And he wasn't drunk?" Zain asked again."Not at all, he was in his right senses." Jane answered again."I'm sorry I wasn't there to help you," Zain said with sadness evident in his tone which left Jane dumbfounded. she didn't know what to say, why is he apologizing to her? Not like she had employed him as a bodyguard or something, why is he being like this? ' Jane thought in her head. "You should stop that job it's really dangero
Jane felt red all over, she wished the ground could just open up and swallow her right now. And what does she mean they were both adults? She hope she's not thinking anything in that head of hers? Jane thought to herself and quickly rushed to the door. She opened it, and was about to dash out when Zain stopped her."You are leaving?" Zain said almost wanting to cry. "Yes I have to, we were done talking anyways. I still have a lot to do at home, I will see you around bye." Jane said without even looking at him or Juliet. She's sure she said those words in less than thirty seconds, she just needs to get out of Zain's room immediately.She left the room to look for Chris, after all he was the main reason she came here. She got to the living room and saw him and John sleeping peacefully on the couch. She carefully carried him so as not to wake him or John up.They must have been exhausted from all the playing, she thought to herself She moved closer to the door, opened it and left. She s
Jane woke up the next morning feeling very weak, she opened her eyes and met four eyes looking directly into hers, she tried to sit up but Mrs Whitney stopped her"lay back on the bed child, you are still weak, do you feel hungry?" Mrs Whitney asked"yes very hungry" her voice sounding almost like a whisper"I will go get you some soup," she said and left for the kitchen"Mummy are you sick?" Chris asked worriedly"no baby I'm just a bit tired, I will be fine, don't worry about me" she replied and kissed him on the foreheadMrs Whitney came back with a bowl of soup and mashed rice, she ate quietly and felt better after eating"how do you feel now?" Mrs Whitney asked"better, but still a little weak" she replied"here take this, you are to take two pills" Mrs Whitney handed a pack of drugs"where did you get this from?" she inquired"Zain got it for you this morning, you were burning seriously, he was here early this morning on his way to work" she explained"speaking of Zain, did he b
Jane was stunned, she quickly refused "no I'm sorry miss but I can't take it, it's too much" "well, I insist, what's your name again?" Grace asked"I'm Jane" she replied"how old are you if I may ask?" "I'm 21 years old" "well just take it as a gift and you can't refuse, it's a limited edition diamond, I won't be wearing much anyways, so it's gonna be a waste don't you think?" Grace saidJane nodded"so please have it and do you have a dress for the party?" she inquired"Uhm I didn't think I would be attending so I didn't prepare any dress" Jane explained"of course you have to attend, you might not be involved but I'm sure your attention will be needed given your job in this house" Grace said"oh I see" "When you are done attending to my brother for the day, come around and I will pick you some dress to choose from, I have a lot I've not even worn at all and you still can't refuse" she chuckled "oh okay, thank you so much miss, I appreciate" "It's okay, you can go back now" J
That must be her boyfriend, Chris thought, well what was he expecting, that she would be single without any guy, but why did it make him feel so bad, he decided not to think much of it and just continued paintingJane got to the kitchen and finally let go of the breath she had been holding in, was he bipolar or something she thought, he had warm a few minutes ago all of a sudden he just became coldEstella came into the kitchen "Have you served the food?" "yes I did" she answered "hmm Estella" she called "yes, you need something?" "well I want to ask you a question" Jane said"Hope it's not gossip?" Estella asked sarcastically"no of course not" "well I thought you've joined the other girls, tell me what is it?" "I'm just worried about Mr Christopher," she said"what is it, did he say something to you?" "no hmm is he perhaps bipolar?" "on what's that?, speak the simple language that I understand girl" Estella sounded irritated "what I mean is does he have like two personalitie
"Mummy are you crying, did I say something wrong?" Christopher asked confusedJane didn't know what to say, she just hugged him"no baby, I'm not crying, I love you okay?" Jane whispered"I love you too mummy" Chris said back"come here Chris, allow your mother to go to work, your mummy needs to go to work so she can get money to buy you a lot of crayons so you can draw more" Mrs. Whitney has been observing the mother and son conversation, she felt extremely sad to see Jane so helpless so she had to come in for her"mummy is going to buy me lots of crayons?" Chris asked grinning"yes of course I will buy you as much as you want" Jane said and rose to her feet"you should get going now so you don't get there late" Mrs Whitney reminded herEven though she was reluctant to go, she didn't have a choice, she needed to work"Okay then I will get going, bye baby," Jane said"bye mummy" Chris happily saidShe muttered a thanks to Mrs Whitney and quickly ran out of the houseShe got to the man
Jane came outside the mansion gate looking very gloomy, she didn't expect him to be like that, she had heard he was cold and arrogant but he didn't seem like it when they were together last night, he was warm and nice to her, he even allowed her to sleep on his bedShe shook off the thought, maybe he was just in a bad mood, maybe he fought with his girlfriend, anyway it wasn't in her place to think about that, she was just here to work, she shouldn't try to get familiar with him and just do her job to avoid things like this happening again, she had just started she couldn't get fired just like that, she needed the money for her sonShe came to where Zain was and tried to smile as much as she could"thanks for coming to pick me up," she said"It's my pleasure every time" Zain said and opened the door for herShe got in and fastened her seat belt, Zain got in as well and drove offOn their way back home, there was silence in the car, Jane couldn't get her mind off her hot bad arrogant b
Jane went to the kitchen to grab her bag, she quickly looked for her phone, she had not laid her eyes on it since last night, she must have had a lot of missed calls, she thoughtShe brought out her phone and saw eleven missed calls, ten from Mrs Whitney and Zain while one was from Gloria, now that she thinks of Gloria, she does miss her and she should have called before now, she will do that when she's less busyShe was about to put her phone back in her bag when it rang, the phone vibrated in her hand and she checked the caller, it was ZainShe was reluctant to pick it up but she must have kept everyone worried about not returning home, so she picked"hello Zain good morning" she said"hey Jane, where are you, where have you been, we've been worried about you?" Zain bombarded her with questions"I'm fine and at work, I worked late into the night and I couldn't come back home, sorry for keeping you all worried, but I'm about to leave the mansion now, I will be home in a few hours" Ja
Christopher laid back on the bed immediately after she was out of his sight' what the hell is wrong with me? ' he thought to himself, why was he feeling so warm inside, he had never felt this way in years, it must be the joy of returning home, he thoughtJane made her way to the kitchen, her stomach was starting to hurt, and she felt like she was going to pass outLuckily for her, there was still some soup left, she checked the fridge for some bread and milk, she found some and took everything in a tray, she would have heated up the soup but she was too hungry for that and besides she didn't want to make any noise, she wouldn't like anyone walking in on her like thisShe made her way back to Chris's room, she just couldn't wait to get there and munch the whole thing into her stomachJane got back into the room and didn't find Chris there, she wondered where he must have gone, he must have decided that he didn't want to sleep in the same bed with her, she couldn't care less, she was j
Christopher couldn't help but study her face, she looked really calm and meek, plus she was beautiful too he couldn't help but stare, and that scent of God made him want to droolIt felt so comforting to be around her, he took the cloth away from her and, placed it on the dressing mirror, she must have dozed off cleaning the roomFor the first time in years, he felt his heart soften, he picked her up in a bridal style and placed her on the bed gently, he covered her with the duvetHe was too tired to even have a bath, he just pulled on his clothes and lay down on the bed but he made sure to keep a distance from herJane woke up feeling hungry and tired, she had a long day cleaning and arranging a lot, this job was much harder than she thought, working at the club wasn't even this bad, but the pay was way too much so she couldn't complainShe was lost in thought until she felt a hand on her left thigh, she instantly froze, she looked at the person behind her but couldn't recognize who
Chris found his way upstairs, he felt different kinds of emotions that night, the kind he had never felt in years, it was nice seeing everyone again but he just couldn't dare to feel or be happy He promised himself he would never try to be happy until he found that girl, only God knows where and who she is and he came home for that sole reason and he was not going anywhere until he did that, even if it took him his whole life to find her, he sure willChris noticed someone was behind him, he was forced to regain his composure, he didn't like anyone seeing him in this state, anytime he remembered what had happened he turned gloomy, sad and cold"excuse me Mr Chris" Estella was the one behind him" oh hi Estella it was you, Do you need anything?" Christopher asked her"no, I saw you heading towards here, I thought you might have trouble finding your room, so I decided to come to help you" Estella explained"oh but am sure I still remember my room they will be no need for that" Chris re