CHAPTER 6: WHO ARE YOU??

Finally we stopped, we've been driving for the past 3 hours, I knew this because I could see the time on the driver's board, but it seems to me like we've been on the road for... like forever! I was getting restless.

I could someone just kidnap another against her own wish?? what right do they have to do that?? Do they know they're violating my basic rights?? of course they know, who doesn't?

I kept looking at the two men sitting at my both sides, they were both terrifying. Were they scared that I would jump out of a moving car? is that why they had their two men sitting at the both windows?? They must be kidding me! there's no way a girl like me could do something like that, wouldn't it require special skills to do that? But then, I would have done that if I had the skills.

Now, we're in front of this massive gate, heavily guards by armed bodyguards and I knew that ones we go through that gate, there was no way I could ever escape from here. 'Oh holy mother!'

I'm supposed to be at work today, today was supposed to be my first day at work, I knew very well that if I don't show up today at that laundry shop, I'm likely to loose that job reservation, oh! Why does it have to be today?! Infact, why does it ever have to be?? haven't I had enough misfortune?? Is it just me or does every other person get this measure of misfortune? I seriously doubt that, I think no one is as unfortunate as I am.

"Santos! What are you waiting for??! Open the damn gate!" Leo yelled at one of the guards through the window. And just then, the gate slid open. wow! that's one hell of a gate! Never seen this kind before.

As the gate got completely opened, we drove right in, but then our car slowed down just a little past the gate.

"It seems to me that you're getting a little tacky with your job, we may have to relieve you of it soon" Leo threatened a guard I believe to be Santos.

"I'm sorry about that boss, didn't reali..." "keep using that word, until you would be truly sorry, you know what I mean, now get your sorry self out of my face!" this Santos guy just got chewed out, even if he may appear unhurt... unaffected rather, I could see the battle going on in his eyes, he was fighting to look okay, reading people was one thing I know how to do, and also love to do.

Our continued into the... wait a minute, I was expecting a mansion or a house per say, but there was none, I mean, it was a long narrow road beautifully decorated with flowers by the sides, I've never seen something like this before, what kind of street had a gate?? It was beautiful though.

We drove for about 2 minutes or so and then, there was a house; my jaw dropped.

The word house is an understatement, this was actually a mansion, so breathtaking! the white and gold painting was classic, it was dope. It had a fountain in front of it, everything about this mansion was just perfect.

Surely, whoever owns this house must be an important personality to reckon with in the society, I mean, this house screamed money!

For a moment, I forgot all about my situation and was drowned in the admiration of this mezmarising work of art, I even forgot that I had seatmates too, not until I tried to look out through the window but then ended up bumping into a hard shoulder.

"Oh sorry! I didn't see you the... I mean, did remember that you were sti..." I swallowed the rest of the sentence because of the look I got from him, he stared at me murderously like he wanted to snuff the life out of me.

Well, I don't know if he got provoked by what I did or that's just the way his face was, because I can't remember his face being anything other than a stoic grumpy one, but if it was the latter, then he got to work on it, a face like that could make a baby convulse and make an adult tremble.

"Learn to sit quiet" he sounded, yeah right, I couldn't tell if he was giving me an advice or he was warning me, whichever one it is, it came out terrifyingly.

We finally came to a halt as where appeared to be a garage and then out we came. Every other guard stayed back with their already residing colleagues, only I and Leo went into the mansion, he actually led me inside.

We were greeted by a few house servants as we walked, but none of us responded to their greetings, Leo didn't respond because I believe it wasn't in his nature to respond to greetings, while me on the other hand didn't respond because... I wasn't sure how or what to reply, as a hostage, what do you reply when you're being greeted by your 'host'??

We began to walk up some fleet of stairs, Leo was holding me by my right arm, so I was forced to match his pace and it was really rocky for me, sometimes I skip two stairs at a time and hopped on the next and the fact that I wasn't comfortable in my pumps made it worse.

Soon we were off the stairs and I was relieved, then we began to walk down a hallway and then we stopped in front of a door and he said, "you better behave" without sparing me a glance, then he turned down the door knob and opened the door and we both got in.

It was a mini sitting room, it seems to be a private one, I lack the right adjective to describe it, you can blame that on my poor educational background, but just know that it was beyond beautiful.

"Sit" he ordered and I did. Even though I was sitting on a sofa, I sat as though I was sitting on a stool, with my two legs together and my hands in between my tights and with my trunk upright, I looked awkward, I felt awkward.

Then the next thing, he walked out of the door and left. Okay, I know he hasn't been such a great company but leaving me all by myself in this exotic but mysterious sitting room made me nervous, what was I supposed to do here all by myself??!

Then without thinking, I got up from the sofa and started heading for the door.

"Going somewhere??" a familiar baritone voice spoke behind me and I froze, I knew very well who the owner of the voice was, I didn't need to be told.

I still didn't move, dunno why, so, he had me brought to his house? what was this all about??

I finally turned to him and behold, there was my mystic king staring at me; in flesh and blood. No matter how many times I see him, I can never get over the fact that he creeped out of my dreams, to what? haunt me??

"If you've had your fill, then you may want to have your seat back" he said with two hands in his pockets. I furrowed my brows in confusion, what was he talking about?? Then it struck me, 'oh you blasted man!'

He was referring to me staring at him, he must have thought that I was accessing him or checking him out, oh how lame! Did he seriously think that I am in the right state of mind to do something like this?? Of course I am too terrified to think about doing something like that, not even like I would have, on a normal day.

I finally walked back to my seat, but I didn't sit, I took there looking down on his shoes, I wasn't literally looking at his shoes, it's just that, it's safer than looking into his eyes.

"Why did you bring me here??" I blurted out, that shouldn't be the first question, it should be what he wants with me.

"Are you sure that's the first thing you want to Know?? How about, 'who are you?' hmm?" he said, referring to the question I had asked him back then in that dark warehouse.

"I'm not interested in knowing who you are, I just want to go home" I said, now that was a lie, a fat one, I desperately want to know who he is, but I'm not about to admit that to him, am I?"

"You're lying, and you know it. I hate lies, you may need to remember that in the future." 'Future?? Who's talking about the future here?!' I hated how this little conversation was turning out, this man is messing with my head!

"Fine! Who are you??"