CHAPTER 68LUCIANO“I pushed her away from me, do not ever in your miserable life call me that again, we parted years ago why are you here” I asked her. She knelt immediately in front of me and held onto my feet begging “Don please save me, a lot of people are after my life, a gang wants to kill me and you were the only person who came to my mind, you are the only person that can save me, please do not chase me out of here” she pleaded with tears in her eyes. “What did you do to make them chase after you?” I asked her “Well, well, umm truth is that my father borrowed some money from the dangerous men and due to my father wasn't able to settle the debt they killed him and now they are asking me, I have tried offering this money to them through my life savings but they said we've waited for far too long now it's your life or nothing, please Don't throw me out!! save me I do not want to die yet” she kept pleading and pleading.Elena took pity on her and held on to me “Baby do not throw
CHAPTER 69 ELENA I rushed back into the kitchen to find out where the sound came from and what was going on there. I got into the kitchen to hear the chef yell on top of his voice “How dare you slap me!!” he said angrily. The chief chef was so angry, I've never seen him get angry and lose his cool this much, who would not when this witch insulted him by slapping him? But I needed to control the situation so I immediately stood in between the chef and Lucy. I turned towards him and said, “Chef let me handle this, I apologise on her behalf”. I tried calming him down first so that things don't escalate. “And who the hell do you think you are to apologise on my behalf? I didn't beg you to do so bitch!!” she spat out and this riled me up. I turned to her angrily “Now I've been trying to act civil with you but it seems like you don't like civil and it is cool with me. What right do you have in this house to slap my mentor?” I said to her face while I walked to her dangerously. “I
CHAPTER 70ELENAThe view of Lucy's lips close to Luciano’s lips irked me, I felt like crying at the sight of that but I had always trained myself to be emotionally strong and handle matters generally. Somehow I loved what we had but on the other hand, I trained myself to be prepared for heartbreaking circumstances like this, it was too good to be true anyway. I slammed the door so that they would be aware that someone saw them and ran quickly to my room. There I cried my eyes out until I felt sleepy and shut my eyes.In my subconscious state I heard knocks on my door and that knock eventually woke me up. I stood up and went to the door. “Who is there?” I asked curious to know whoever it was. It could be Luciano and if it was her I wasn't going to open up the door. But then it was Gigi's voice that I heard from outside my door. “Are you alone?” I asked her. “Of course baby girl!! It's game night, remember?” she said excitedly. I didn't want to spoil the excitement so I needed to
CHAPTER 71ELENAI turned to discover that the strong hands that held onto me which prevented the fall belonged to Luciano. I couldn't believe my eyes, he was that last person I expected to see right now. How the hell do I say thank you to this man for preventing my fall? I thought to myself. “What if I don't?” I whispered to myself. “That's the best solution here. After all, I do not intend to speak to him. At least not yet”. I wiggled myself out of his grip and ran up the stairs. I was more careful this time to avoid another fall. I had a strong urge to look back and see the look on his face but I decided against it. It's better this way. I ran up straight to my room, I opened my hands and found my key which I used to open the door to the room. I went inside the room and tried to shut the door but something was preventing the door from closing. I tried pushing it again so it could close up but just then I looked down and saw someone's leg. I opened the door and saw Luciano stan
CHAPTER ONEI could not remember my life outside the four walls of the place I had been locked in for so long but I remember the look on my family’s face while I was being taken away, relief and happiness. That was the day I realized you only have yourself in this world, just you. Life within these walls was my own hell, a hell I had to burn through day and night. The stench of fear, was strong in the room, the barely there lights cast an eerie glow on the faces of the terrified girls huddled together. I had lost all sense of time within the confines of this place. At first, I had counted each passing day and night, but as they stretched into months, I abandoned the idea. The room was quiet, aside the usual sniffles and dry cough, the rest of the girls were lost in their own world, some sleeping while others stared off into space. Beyond the room, I could hear the boots and cheers of the men, they were probably drinking again, and I feared what would happen when they run out of alco
CHAPTER TWO Pain erupted from all over my body. My fingers shook as I gently probed the wound on my cheek, wincing at the searing pain that shot through me. I could feel the blood flowing out of it and it made me cry harder, on top of that, my side throbbed with a dull ache, and I feared they may have broken some ribs. They left me alone probably realizing if they continued hitting me, I could die. Moments passed before the door groaned open again, flooding the room with harsh, blinding light as more men entered. Their faces held no emotion, their eyes cold."Get up! all of you!" one of them barked, cocking his gun, eliciting screams from us.I cautiously rose to my feet, limping with each step, the chains on our feet clinking with every movement. The room felt even smaller as we were led toward the door like a group of helpless animals. We came to a stop in the middle of an open floor, in a single line like we had been trained to do any time we moved out together. I was still in pai
CHAPTER THREEAs I stood, my fingers continuously gripped the short ends of the dress I had been forced to wear, to pull it down but it kept riding back up my thighs. The dress clung uncomfortably to my body, pressing against my sides, making bouts of of pain erupt anytime I moved. The dress was a size too small that did nothing to hide the creases of my body. We were ordered to stand on a straight line again, during this time, Anna had found her way back to my side, she tried to apologize once but I ignored her, I was not in the mood for her chatter. I was still upset with her and I wanted to make sure she knew it.In the distance, the auctioneer's voice echoed, announcing and describing us like objects to be bought and sold, which in this instance, I admit we actually are. I tried to block out his vile words, focusing on the faces of my fellow captives. Some cried quietly, while others trembled in fear. I prayed for my soul, wherever it may end up tonight.From where I stood I was a
CHAPTER FOUR It has been a week since I began living and working in the mansion and I couldn’t help but notice the men in black with different sizes of guns strapped to their bodies, patrolling the outskirts of the mansion. At first I felt strange about having a bunch of armed men around me but I soon got used to them, even though I made conscious effort to avoid them. During my short time here, I'd grown close to the rest of the domestic staff, enjoying the normal human interactions I'd been denied for so long. The mansion buzzed with an strange energy that morning. I tried to ask Maria about it, but she brushed me off, telling me to focus on my work and when I tried to ask Alicia, she sneered at me in response. My curiosity peaked even more after that. "What's going on, Gigi? Everybody seems so busy today" I ask as we folded the clean laundry together. "You don't know?" She must have noticed from my expression that I was clueless, “Honestly Lena, I’m starting to think you real