I WILL RIP OFF YOUR FACE

Liana was in a bad mood and when she was like this, she went on a shopping spree. This was her therapy, it took her mind off stress to browse in high-end stores and shop till she dropped.

She picked up her phone and made a  conference call with her girls since she had no gig on her schedule. “ Get ready girls, we are going shopping”.

Liana was an only child born to a university professor in one of the leading universities in the country and her mother was an assistant manager in a leading insurance company.

Even though they were termed as middle class, Liana had caught on earlier in life to mingle with the rich in society and imitate them. This, coupled with her parent’s spoiling her turned her into an arrogant snob who expected the world to revolve around her.

She had always had her eyes set on Richard Wayne, the wealthiest bachelor in town, and did everything possible to catch his eye. One great advantage of this relationship was that money was never a problem for her and she could purchase anything, anytime she wanted to without breaking a nail because Richard provided for her every need.

Megan had just finalized taking stock of the packages that had arrived in the morning and was going through the pre-ordered list. Some clients preferred ordering straight from the catalog and having their packages delivered to their homes.

Liana sauntered into the store with her two friends in tow. The two ladies had their hands full of packages from the various stores that they had already visited but they were not complaining. Shopping with Liana meant getting freebies as they would not use a cent of their money to buy things.

She knew that there was a limited edition wristwatch that had just arrived that morning and she wanted it because there were only three of such in that season.

At that moment, Megan was the only attendant that was free and got up to serve the client only to see Liana.

“Good morning and how may I help you?” this was her workplace and she had to act professionally regardless of who it was.

“Well, look who's here”, Liana said as she sat on the couch.

“Do you know her?” one of her friends asked. She looked like a lap dog who wanted to please her mistress.

"Aah, she is just a nobody"

“You” Liana pointed a finger at her. “First of all get us some fresh orange juice. All this walking has gotten us parched” she said, a large sneer on her face.

Megan turned to one of the hostesses that were free and gave her the order. It was not part of her job description to get drinks for clients.

“I asked you to do it so why as you ordering someone else?” Liana always felt that Megan was an eyesore since she stuck on to Rich and refused to grant him a divorce.

“I am sorry Miss but I am here to help you with your order so feel free to go through our catalog and let me know if anything interests you.” She was trying to be as patient as she could, not wanting to ruin her job.

Liana lifted her nose in the air. “This thing doesn’t seem to know her place,” she told her friends. She then flipped the catalog to the page where the wristwatch was and pointed at it.

“Get me this and hurry up cause I don’t have all day”

Megan looked at the watch and shook her head. “I am sorry but this watch was pre-ordered and has already been packaged to be delivered to the buyer”.

“What kind of a stupid attendant are you? I want this watch and I want it now.” She said loudly, bringing attention to them.

“Please select something else as what you are asking for is impossible” Megan was losing her calm.

The hostess had already brought the glasses of juice and handed them to them. Standing up with the glass in hand, she poured the contents on Megan and before she could recover from the shock, a hard slap landed on her face.

“Do you need me to teach you your job, you useless piece of shit?” she screamed at Megan. She had been longing to slap her for a very long time and she now had a chance to vent her frustration.

“What is wrong with you? Why did you slap me?” Megan was holding her cheek as dregs of juice ran down her face.

The shop had come to a standstill with the other shoppers and attendants looking on. None of the attendants could step forth to help their co-worker cause they all knew that Liana was a famous model and nobody could mess with her.

“And I will slap you again if you don’t get me the wristwatch,” Liana said and with a huff went back to seat with her friends who were still in shock. They knew that Liana had a hot temper but that did not justify her snapping at the attendant who was only doing her job.

“Liana, that is too much, she is only doing her job,” one of them said.

“I don’t care. I get what I want so she had better know that”.

Megan snapped. She took a glass of water from a passing hostess and poured the contents on Liana who was too shocked to dodge.

“If you ever dare to lay a hand on me again, I will rip your face off,” she said menacingly, making Liana freeze.

She had never seen this side of Megan and thought that she was just a mousy woman who knew nothing but to cling to Richard.

“You….you just wait and see,” she said as she took out her phone.

"Babe, I need you right now." She sobbed into the phone

Rich who had just come from seating in the conference room felt a headache coming up. Liana knew that they were supposed to be seen less in public together until Megan agreed to grant him a divorce so what did she get herself into now?

"What is wrong? I am just coming from a meeting now so I will send one of my bodyguards."

Liana heard this and started wailing loudly, shocking everyone present.

" I am being bullied so I need you here right now" she yelled as she gave the address of the store and hung up.

"Let's see where your bravado will take you now" she looked up at Megan who had a sinking feeling.

If Liana had called Rich to her rescue then she was done for.