~~ The Next Morning ~~
Sophia woke up from her Dreamland when she heard a familiar voice screaming and yawned loudly.
"Wooh, who could be disturbing my sleep this early morning"
"I'm sure it's that little spoilt brat" she stated grumpily referring to Sophie as she lazily climbed down the bed.
"Dad, pls help me… Daaaaddd" she heard again. Sophie's voice sounds like she has been crying.
'Is she crying?' she thought.
"And why is she crying?" She mumbled and hissed as she made her way to the living room and then she remembered last night events. Her father's talk about one ruthless guy.
"Ooh, I can't remember his name again" she hitted her forehead repeatedly like someone who is trying to remember something.
'Or is he here' her eyes popped out at the thought of that as she took her steps slowly trying to peep to the living room.
"Dad pleaseeee" Sophie's voice faded away.
"Help me talk to him, mum. Dad pleaseeee"
And just then immediately Sophie was taken away by some men dressed in black, Sophia showed up in the living room.
"What's happening, dad?" She asked but her dad gave no reply and just ruffled his hair like a frustrated and confused being.
"How could you know what's happening when you slept like a log of wood when your little sister is being taken away" Mrs Johnson exclaimed like a wounded sheep.
"What??!!"
"You mean she's been taken away. By who??"
"You punk" Mrs Johnson seethed. "It'd have been better if you were the one taken away"
"Oh my daughter. My poor baby girl" the pained woman cried.
"Do you mean the punk you were talking about last night already came, huh??" Sophia faced her dad.
"When I was thinking you have a short time amnesia already" Martin's voice came from the direction of the kitchen as Sophia turned and saw him with a mug in his hand.
"Are you having tea or coffee" Sophia arched an eyebrow.
"Coffee" he raised the mug up to his lips and took a sip.
"You're having coffee when our sister us being taken away, huh??"
"What do you expect me to do when that's what Ice Pick want. He can't take me, I'm a guy and thanks goodness I'm one and he won't heed to your pleas too. He's not the kind to have mercy duh"
"Yeah. Ice Pick. That's the name I've been trying to remember since I woke up."
"It seems you're crazy. You can't remember his name when everyone does" Martins chuckled.
"But it seems he's making a mistake"
"What mistake are you talking about" Sophia arched an eyebrow.
"He knows Dad doesn't have a daughter. He knows it's daughter's tho I don't think he know the number of daughters and I also learnt he want his favourite daughter and that's you. He wants you but mistook Sophie as YOU" Martins explained.
"What!!?"
"I can't believe this. Why would he want me?"
"And that's why I said you should have be the one to wake up early" Mrs Johnson interrupted and just then Mr Johnson walked out of their midst.
"Or is by any means keeping you for later" Martins stated as he emptied his mug which made Mr Johnson halted.
"Did he by any chance recognize you as the girl he met yesterday and know you as my daughter" Mr Johnson looked at Sophia the first time that morning.
"Aaah, how am I supposed to know that, Dad?" Sophia shirked.
"But I'm sure he can't. He can't even think it's possible because I dressed casually yesterday not like a rich kid so he won't think twice or try to convince himself that I'mma be the one. Even if he has seen me before as your daughter, he might be thinking the yesterday girl is just some random market girl."
"But what if he knows you're the one. He's unpredictable"
"Let's just forget about this for now and talk about it later, huh"
"Happy birthday, daughter" Mr Johnson smiled.
"Happy birthday baby sister" Martins hugged her as she smiled sheepishly and stated a "Thanks".
"So you can think of wishing her a happy birthday when we all don't know the condition Sophie is in right now, huh" Mrs Johnson hissed and walked out of their midst.
"Or what if he decided to kill her, huh" she added as cold shivers runs through their spines.
*
Sophie was locked in an unkempt dark room as she hugged her legs and bowed her head in between her thighs and sobbed. And just then, a young lady which she presumed could be her age mate walked by and she called her back.
"Hey" she waved her hand through the iron bars.
"What?" The girl answered coldly.
"What's the time, please?"
"It's some minutes past 12. And why are you asking, huh?" The girl's voice sounded so harsh.
"Do you think this place is somewhere you can just come to and some random people or members of your family can come to take you out anyhow and anytime, huh" the girl laughed as Sophie only sighed heavily and bowed her head.
"I've been here since I was seven years old and that's nine years ago"
"Nine years ago?" Sophie wanted to exclaim but kept it cool as she noticed a figure was coming towards their direction as the girl left and walked away from Sophie. It then became clear to Sophie that it was one of the guys that came with Ice Pick to her house in the morning coming towards her.
The cold looking guy unlocked the bar padlock with a tiny key and opened it for Sophie to walked out as she got the message that she is to come out of the room.
"Follow me" he stated coldly and started walking away while Sophie followed behind like a diligent sheep obeying its shepherd.
They got to a beautiful room and the guy stopped which made Sophie halted on her tracks also.
"You wait here" she heard the guy's voice and also felt him leaving the room.
'So am I to stand here all alone doing nothing' she thought.
She felt another person's presence and looked up to get a glance and saw HIM. Her head snapped down to a bow immediately as her forehead, neck and palm suddenly sweaty and her breath itched.
'Is he here to pass his judgement? Am I going to get killed? Or is he here to send me back home. Ugh… That's not possible. It has never been in history that he send anyone back to their family alive except their dead bodies' Different thoughts ran through her mind as he took his seat in a high golden chair.
"Johnson thought I could be fooled but I'm ten thousand wiser. Bring her in" Ice Pick's voice made her leg shook and her heart beats rapidly in fear.
'Who could they be bringing in' she thought and raised her head to take a look.
"What!!!?"
Sophie stood dumbly as she watched one of Ice Pick boys dragged Sophia in who was as well dragging herself with the boy who was stronger than her stubbornly and grumbled cussed words which was inaudible to Sophie because of the way she was talking - like she got two eggs in her mouth."Huh…" Sophie gasped from where she stood. "Sophia" she called lowly."Ice Pick or whatever you might be picking, I believe that since you got what you want, you should let the other go, huh" Sophia scoffed as she rolled her eyes and watched Ice Pick whose expression was blank.No one in the room was unable to read what might be going through his mind which made Sophie's heartbeat races the more as she believed Ice Pick is gonna get Sophia punished for talking to him rudely.Silence… Then silence…Ice Pick's eyes glinted a little as he moved his eyes to Sophia's who was staring
Sophia grumpily took the broom and curb the cobwebs. She climbed the higher heights using a wooden stool she saw in one of the corner room and curbed the ceilings as well and ensured every nooks and crannies of the room are cob webs-free. She swept the room and later went to fetch water and packed every materials in the room out and mopped the floor after mixing some detergents with water. She sat for a while for the floor to dry so she'll pack the materials and set a bedroom for herself as she sighed lowly as a result of fatigue. She could only do that as she had did something more than that before when she was kidnapped when she was fifteen years old by one of her father's opponent who was trying to bring her father down during the period and she was made to weed out grasses with her hands. She really suffered for two weeks and had obviously learnt how to do house chores on her own as she didn't need maids in her father's house to clean her room for her unlike her siblings.
~ The Next Morning ~Sophia stretched out lazily in the bed. The morning sun is out already and was all shining in the room. She lazily opened her eyes."Huh" she gasped when she noticed the room was all empty, the girls were gone. Alas. They were pains in the ass.Urine was really pressing her bladder.She climbed down from the bed and walked towards the bathroom when she noticed the girls' belongings were not in the room. That'll be later - she mumbled as she opened the door to the bathroom.She came out seconds later and opened the other wardrobe in the room but couldn't find the girls' properties. Not even a socks.Her stomach grumbled as she hissed out loudly. A day away from home.*A bell rang across the camp after she finished dressing up.What's that for - she thought.She was wearing a black boyfriend top and a black baggy joggers. She topped it all up with a black sneaker. Sh
Sophia and Lila walked into his chambers following suite as the door closed behind them. He sat on his ambiguous chair and stared at them both, snapping his hands and immediately a young man lit up his cigarette."My number one rule in this place is no fighting and you…" He points at Lila."I'm very sure you're aware of this." She shivered in fear as Sophia looked at her, trying her best not to burst into laughter.'And I thought she's the tough one here.' She thought as she made a giggle inwardly."I'm so sorry, Ice pick but she started it…" She was saying when Sophia instantly turned to her in surprise with a smirk on her face."With all due respect Ice Pick or whatever you're being called, do you train liars here because it's obvious she's one" Sophia stated with her full confidence looking into his eyes.'What insolence?' Ice Pick's forehead creased to a frown.How dare her?How dare her look into his eyes that way?"James." He called."Yes boss." James rushed towards him immediat
The bell rang loudly in the camp as everyone in the camp woke up and prepared for their daily task and just like every one else, Sophia got ready in her new uniform which seemed dashing on her.Annie helped her pack her hair to a bun as Alice gave her a mini waist bag, telling her it'll look so good on her, matching the color with uniform."You look so hot, girlie." Annie smiled as Sophia only shrugged."It still feel like wearing a cloth from hell. It itches my body system." She hissed as Alice and Annie made a light laugh at her words."It still look good on you tho." Alice said as the trio marched out of the room. Alice and Annie almost used three minutes in smooching the f*cking hell out of their lips before moving with her to the hall.Oh wow. Sophia heaved out as she thought inwardly, looking around and actually no one looking odd unlike the day before that it was only her and a guy wearing just the regular dress and not some uniform looking like a prisoner.The environment seem
Sophia walked back to her dorm with a frown boldly plastered on her face as she talked angrily with every step she took."How could he? Does he think he is some kind of god to just order people around and make them always do his wish, huh?" She hissed angrily and loudly.And as she marched on and wasn't looking her way, she staggered on a block on the way and almost fell while some groups of girls walking around chuckled at her mockingly."Oh what a clumsy chick." She heard one of them laugh."I guess that's why Ice Pick hated her and welcomed her with such a heavy slap." Another one laughed as Sophia seethed inwardly and pointed her middle finger standing vertical at them."What?!" One of the girls' eyes went red in anger."Oh yeah, f*ck you and your a** b*tch." Sophia stated giving a daring look as she took a step closer to them.The second lady folded her palm in a fist and gritted her cheek violently."F*ck you." Sophia raised the finger again."What are you going to do about that
"Don't you even care if I'm naked, huh?" Sophia wanted to shout at him but remembering he's not just any person — he is her Master but she said the word anyway but slowly.Ice pick ignored her like she said nothing and walked in."How do you see the room?" He said at once and Sophia jerked."Oh my goodness, you scared me for a moment." Came the words as she held her hands on her chest."Only dirty minded jerks when someone speaks without their notice, you know. So are you one of them?" He asked with a smirk plastered at a corner of his lips."Tch, your problem." She rolled her eyes at him as Ice Pick's eyes almost popped out of their sockets."I'll let that pass for now," he started."So enjoy your day at the moments you still can and plan because tomorrow will be one hectic day for you." He finished and walked out of the room."What a jerk!" She cussed with a low voice as she watched him walk out of the room."Always feeling himself." She added and climbed down from the bed and hung
"Bathe me!" He blurted out as a gasp escaped my mouth and without saying any other words, he stood up and started walking towards the bathroom."What?! Are you okay at all?" I asked, not even caring if he was Ice Pick or not.He stopped halfway and turned his head in a swift with a frown clearly written on his face.‘Okay, that's not good and might make him angry. It's still early to earn a slap.’ Sophia thought as she twitched her lips."I'm sorry to say but that's gross, you know." She stated and turned to leave."This is part of your job." He said as she pressed her lips together and closed her eyes tightly dejectedly, her back still turned.What is his problem, huh?"Do you want me to start explaining what you are, huh? You're my slave, get it?" That word hit Sophia but she shrugged and made to leave the room, not knowing what reply to give to him."I'm not doing that." She said at once and turned the door knob when he spoke."Neglecting your post here is just like sending your fa
He kissed her forehead and was about to leave the room when his eyes caught something.He arched an eyebrow as he picked up the girly book from the floor and check through the current page opened, 'she misses them,' he thought.What could be the deal in missing someone and still write it down, huh?He never knows what it felt like so he just dropped the diary on the drawer and tiptoed out of the room to avoid waking Sophia up but he couldn't help it as she shifted in her sleep. Ice Pick put his lips together so as not to make a sound, and successfully walked away.But she noticed someone was in the bedroom.*A tired body, a lonely soul, a frustrated mind, a pained spirit - that was Sophia.It was Saturday and she felt terribly lazy and tired to do anything than to just lay on the bed. Still in the same position, she closed her eyes and reminisced on her just concluded dream.She was dressed in a red strapless gown, and had a perfect birthday party with her parents and siblings around
Ice Pick woke the next morning to see Sophia shadow boxing. She was training herself at the verandah.Hmm. He watched her with his hands folded behind his back and he said, "your moves are easily detected."Sophia jerked at the sudden hearing of his voice and turned to see him in his robe as usual."Good thing to see the handsome jerk as the first human in the morning. Scumbag!" She cussed under her breath and ignored him and continue throwing her punches in the air.Ice Pick smirked and put off his robe, leaving him with just his shorts and walked behind her, grabbed her elbow and positioned it well."You have to keep your legs apart." He instructed and she spread her legs positioning both her arms and legs ready to fight.He stood in front of her, bringing out his palms, "hit me," he said and she threw blows on his hard palms softly.Ice Pick scoffed as he immediately grabbed her hands"Seriously?" He arched his brows. "Is that how to throw blows, huh? Faster!" She threw blows faste
"Well…" the doctor continued, "when she was brought here, her lungs were badly affected by the cold. That's why she had a cardiatic arrest and had difficulty in breathing, it was a slim chance of her surviving, but we tried our best to keep her alive." He paused again and said."But on the other hand, she developed a hyper pneumonia…please, anything cold, abstain from it." He looked at me."Because the cold temperature exposed on you is not the right temperature for a human being." He sighed and faces Sophia's mother."So, please, ma'am, always keep her warm." He smiled while Mrs. Johnson nodded vigorously, smiling back at the doctor."But nevertheless, you are sound and okay. You will be discharged this evening." He smiled as every other person in the room also smiled.Thank goodness, it's not that critical. Just cold."So Sir…" He beckoned on Mr. Johnson. "Kindly follow me to my office and sign the discharge form.""Of course, sure." Mr. Johnson smiled as they both left the ward."G
Alice and Annie sat down at the cafeteria, ready to dig into their food when Tony walked up to them and took a seat at their table. "Hi, I'm Tony Sylvester." He smiled as he introduced himself while Alice and Annie looked at him with questioning faces. "Sorry to disturb you but have you heard from Sophia or seen her today?" Tony asked. "Are you the cute guy from the last meeting…The new guy?" Annie asked smiling while Alice squatted at her. "What? Is he cute? And to know that our Sophia is close to him makes everything more strange." Alice teased instead. "No not really," Tony said. "We're just friends, that's all." He shared a small laugh with Annie. "Oh, I see." The two ladies chorused and faced their meal when Alice took a sip of her juice and said; "No we haven't, and it's weird that she's not around. Since cellphones are restricted here, we have to wait till she arrives." "You both think she's okay?" He asked while Alice shrugged. "We don't really know Sophia that well b
~The next morning~Sophia's whole body was weak as she turned on the floor.No, it was soft. It's on the bed."How did I get here?" She murmured and yawned lazily as she remembered the last night.He probably carried her here after doing his worst.Yeah, Ice Pick did.‘But why?’ She wondered as a sob escaped her lips.Did he hate her that much to do that to her?Were her father's debts that huge to punish her this way?"Ha!…" She groaned as she made to sit up from the bed."Oh, Christ…" She hissed and rested her body back.It felt like a stone was hammered all around her body. Her bones sour.She had developed a fever and was sour all over, even her inner thighs as she gave up on leaving the bed and curled onto her blanket.Just then Ice Pick walked into the room.Hatred — that was all Sophia felt at the moment.She felt like seeing a knife at that very moment and stabbing him to death.The hatred in her eyes was clearly written that even a blind man could read it but Ice Pic
"It's time." She heard Ice Pick's voice from the living room."What time?!" Sophia asked, looking at him with confusion clearly written on her face but he ignored her instead and dragged her to the basement.What's happening? Sophia was scared with her mind filled with different thoughts.How did he suddenly change from being cool to being rough?"Wh…what…what do you think you're doing?" She stuttered as she reluctantly followed him.Reaching the basement, she saw all kinds of weapons — knives, gags, chains, ropes, and some tiny pin-like objects.‘What's he going to do with all these, huh?’ Sophia thought feeling scared.Could it be her training?‘A night training?’ She gasped and forcefully freed herself from his rough grip."What do you want? Is this the right time for training, huh?" She frowned but Ice Pick still kept mute and picked up the ropes.He moved to her again and held her hand and tied her hands up."Leave him alone!" She shouted as she struggled with him."Do you know t
"And what if I'm dating him, huh, b*tch?" Sophia shouted back and a loud gasp ran across the field.She loved the expression on their faces and was so happy with herself and let out a satisfied smile."You're only jealous because I only get to live under the same roof with him, huh. Then do your best in getting jealous or kill yourself instead." She added."Sophia!" Ice Pick called and without saying any other words, he walked away as James followed behind."What?! Could they really be dating. Oh my goodness." Murmurs ran through the trainees as Sophia swallowed the lump down her throat and walked away.At least, she was satisfied she gave them a talk for the day.‘But what if they started pestering you, huh?’ Her subconscious reminded her."Oh gosh, what have I done?" She sighed heavily as James turned and looked at her weirdly.*Immediately they got to his office, Ice Pick sighed and looking tired but then let out a warm smile reminiscing on the event that happened earlier.The day
The ride was silent as Sophia sat and obviously clueless about where they were driving to.‘Maybe to the cafeteria.’ She thought and brought her phone out of her mini waist bag.The car screeched to a stop making Sophia look through the window.Her guess was right. They were really going to the cafeteria.‘Perfect. A meal to start the day.’ She smiled and quickly opened the car door and stepped out."Bye!" She said with a smile as Ice Pick only looked at her weirdly.What? He arched his eyebrows at her but Sophia only shrugged and walked away."Wow!" Sophia breathed out immediately she was at the entrance of the Cafeteria and she inhaled deeply the sweet aroma of the dishes.Hmm. It should better be as it smells."Sophia?" She heard a familiar feminine voice call to her."Annie?" She turned her back to see them just coming and looking beautiful with their smiling face."Wow!" Alice exclaimed."You have a different uniform out of the multitude here, huh?""Yeah." Sophia shrugged as she
He smirked as he traced his wet finger on her face before planting a kiss on his lips.‘Whaatt??!! How dare he?’ Sophia screamed in her head as her eyes snapped open.Immediately their lips touched, she pushed him away and angrily slapped him."Are you crazy?!" She shouted at him and wiped her lips, clearly irritated and trying to get the kiss off her lips as Ice Pick stood embarrassed.Why did he do that?He clearly f***ed himself up, right?"You know what?" Sophia said, raising her left index finger at his face."I'm done. Do whatever you please." She walked out of the bathroom angrily not after throwing the sponge to his face and out of his room.She slammed the door behind her as Ice Pick stood embarrassed on why and what made him do that and confused on why she was angry because of a kiss."It's not like it's her first kiss." He shrugged and continued bathing.‘Or what if it's her first kiss?’ His eyes went wide open at the thought.His mother taught him how a first kiss is preci