CLARA'S POV
I squinted my eyes trying to open them as a bright light shone into them and after a while of trying, I finally opened my eyes looking around in confusion. At first I thought I was already dead and probably in the Afterlife. “Young lady, can you hear me??” Someone asked. I looked up at her and saw her wearing clothes that I have only seen doctors wear and that was when I realized I was at the hospital. “I can hear you….why am I here and how did I get here??” “some young men brought you here unconscious.” She said. It was at that moment that memories started flowing through my head and I remembered everything including the stranger who saved me. “Can I go home now please??” “I am afraid you can't.” She said. “Why??” I asked in confusion. “Because from the tests carried out on you, we noticed you have two broken ribs, fresh and old bruises and also underweight.” She said. “But I feel fine.” “Where are your parents??” She asked. I knew that if I involved any of them, they would end up killing me and so I had no choice but to lie my way out of. “I am an orphan.” I said. “Oh dear..who were you staying with that did such horrible things to you??” She asked. “I was asked to get something by my foster parents when some boys attacked me.” I said. “I am sorry about that….but that doesn't explain the old bruises.”she said. “I am just extremely clumsy.” I said hoping she would believe my story and let me go. “If you say so dear but it is advisable to stay at least two days here before you leave so you can get proper treatment.” “Nooo I can't….I have to leave now or else my foster parents will get so worried they might involve the police.” I said. “hmmm if you say so…just sign some papers before you leave okay and if you don't feel good again, just come back.”she said. “Thank you so much…but ma what about the bills???” “It has been sorted out by the men who brought you here.” “Okay…thanks.” After signing the papers, I took to my heels as I ran back home but unfortunately I wasn't fast enough because I could hear some noises in the house indicating that they were already back home. Fear gripped me as I didn't know if I should knock on the door or sneak and enter into the house. It was a really difficult situation because both were going to get me into serious trouble. It took all the courage I had in me to walk to the door and knock. “Who is it??” My Father asked. “It is Clara.”I said as my voice shook in fear. He opened the door, looked at me from my head to my toes and asked me to come in. As soon as I entered I already saw my stepmother tapping her feet on the floor aggressively indicating she was mad at me. My father locked the door behind him and walked up to me and before I could say something, he slapped me so hard across my face that I could swear I saw stars. “So this is what you do when your mother and I leave the house??” He asked. “Mother??? Please I can never give birth to a useless thing like this.” She said. “I was at the hospital.” I said in tears. “Hospital?? Why were you at the hospital…oh you want to put us in trouble right??” “No….I passed out earlier and some people took me to the hospital…I just left there now.” “She is such a bloody liar mom…I know that she is coming from her boyfriend's house.” Julius said, smirking. “Of course…looking at her you will know she is very promiscuous but hiding under the pretense of being innocent.”my stepmother added. “Clara, you better tell us where you are coming from right now or I will teach you a bitter lesson you won't forget in a hurry.” My father said. “I am not lying to you because I have no reason to…if you want me to take you to the hospital right now I will do that.” I said still in tears. He was silent for a few seconds while staring at me. “Go inside and change your clothes then come and prepare dinner for us.” He said. I ran inside thanking the heavens that he didn't do anything to me but if it were to be my stepmother, I was sure to be on a stretcher heading to the hospital at the moment. After changing my dirty and bloody clothes, I went back into the kitchen and started preparing dinner for them. I later found out from Julia while I was cooking that she overheard my father saying that the reason why he didn't follow me to the hospital to confirm if what I was saying was the truth was because he didn't want them to ask him any questions in regards to the bruises on my body. I knew that his silence after I explained I was at the hospital was suspicious. I made dinner and served them and to my greatest surprise, I was asked to eat the leftovers and because of that, Julia pretended she wasn't hungry and left a lot of food on her plate just for me to have enough. She was the only one even at that young age who cared genuinely for me and I was grateful for that. Two days went by so fast and my routine in the house was the same thing but there was something that kept on popping up in my mind and that was the incident where I met the stranger who saved me. I didn't know what he looked like or who he was but I was glad I met him that fateful day and deep down I wished I could meet him again to thank him for saving my life. It was a weekend and during weekends, I was asked to wash everyone's clothes in the house and after I took the clothes, I went to the balcony of the house to wash them. I forgot the soap I was going to use and so I went inside and just when I was about to enter the living room, I overheard Julius and Jerry talking. “The amount of hatred I have for that bitch grows more everyday.” Jerry said. I immediately knew they were talking about me. “Same here bro…did you notice that for the past two days, nobody has done anything to her and no drama in the house??” Julius asked. “Yeah I noticed that too bro…do you think our parents are getting soft on her??” “If they do that, then we are going to be cast aside.” “Then what do you suggest we do??” Jerry asked. “Let us end this once and for all.” “What do you mean brother??” “It is time to kill her.”CLARA'S POVI stood there in shock listening to their conversation.“What do you mean kill her??? Like actual kill??” Jerry asked.“Of course or don't you want to get her out of the way??” Jerry asked.“Well I want to but killing her wasn't a part of the plan.”“Are you in on it or not??? If you aren't, just let me know and I will do everything myself.”“Okay, fine….what is your plan??” Jerry asked.“First we wait till when mom and dad leave the house and then we take her and throw her into the pool..she can't swim and so it will be easy as we watch her die and when mom and dad get back and ask what happened, we will tell them she jumped inside herself.” Julius said.“Well that is not a bad plan…but when are we going to do this?? Remember Julia is always spoiling our plans.”“Don't worry about Julia, I will take care of her and this is going to be done tomorrow.”As I was about to tiptoe my way back, I mistakenly hit something earning a gasp from me.“Who is there??” Julius asked.I g
ARSENIO’S POVI entered the car and was driven back home.I went straight to my mini bar in my living room and poured myself a glass of wine but as I remembered my package was still missing, I threw the glass as it shattered into pieces on the ground.“What was that noise Renio??” Irene, my housekeeper asked as he ran out in fear.“Nothing.” I said.She was the only one allowed to call me Renio as I have established a form of relationship with her over the years.Over the years, she has been the only one who could tolerate my excesses and even when she had every reason to leave, she didn't as she stayed back for me.She looked around and saw the pieces of shattered glass on the ground and she sighed deeply.“What is actually the problem dear??? Ever since you came back, you have been so unsettled and you get pissed off so easily.”“Things aren’t going so well for me at the moment…I regret coming back here!!!”“Don’t say that…it’s been five years since you visited and you are already h
CLARA’S POVI opened my eyes slowly as a bright ray of sunlight flashes through making me squint my eyes.The memories of what happened before I was knocked out came flooding into my head as I sat up with fear.“I see you are finally awake.”I looked by my side and saw the same person I was pleading with to spare my life.“Where am I?? What am I doing here??” I asked in fear.“I think the right question to ask is why you are still alive.” he said.“Do you plan on killing me??”“Well, it depends on how you answer my questions.”“But I have told you everything I know.” I said as tears dripped down my eyes.“Be quiet!!!!” he yelled in anger.The fact that I was in a total stranger’s house made me shiver in fear.“I am going to ask my questions and you better answer each and everyone of them truthfully or else I won’t hesitate to kill you…am I understood??” “Y..y..yes…s…sir.” I said stuttering.“Good…now my first question…what were you doing at the place we met you that too in the middle
CLARA'S POV(WARNING, MILD RATED CONTENT AHEAD)"Who the fuck are you and what are you doing at my boss's house??""I work here." I said in almost a whisper."Work??? Turn around!!!" He yelled.I slowly turned around."Wait, I know you...aren't you the girl in the Alley that my boss saved???" He asked.Immediately he said that, I remembered the person whom I hid behind when two boys harassed me at the Alley.I couldn't believe he was the same person who saved me and yet again for the second time."He asked me to work here." I said."Boss asked you to work here??" He asked as he suddenly started laughing."Yes he did.""It's either you are lying or something is not right." He said.I think the reason why he was confused was because I didn't see him last night when I was caught.It was two others including Arsenio."Do you have a problem with it Richard??" Arsenio asked as he walked in on us."No boss!!! I was just surprised." Richard said."You weren't around last night that is why you
CLARA’S POVI have asked myself severally what I would do in case I saw myself in danger or in a dangerous situation and the answer has been pending.Standing by the door of Arsenio’s room and watching him with another woman was the most dangerous thing that I had ever done and when he caught me, I did the first thing that came into my mind.I ran as fast as I could into my room and locked the door from within.I sat on the floor behind the door panting like one who just ran a marathon race.Suddenly, I heard the twisting of the doorknob.“Clara!!! Open the fucking door!!!!” Arsenio yelled.I stood up in fear as I didn’t know what to do about the whole situation.“I said open this fucking door or else I am going to bring it down!!!!” “If I open the door, you are going to kill me.” I said as I panicked.“Non ti sto prendendo per il culo Clara(I am not fucking with you Clara) open the damn door!!!!!”“What is going on Renio??” I heard madam Irene's voice from outside the door.“Tell Cl
ARSENIO'S POVAs soon as I showed Clara to her room, I went into mine and took a shower.Few minutes later, the door of my room opened and I was about to flip out on the person who entered my room without knocking when I saw the same Blondie I took from a club a few days ago."What the fuck are you doing here!!!! Who let you into my house!!!?" I yelled."Shhhh don't yell baby...I came here for you." She said as she removed her jacket.She was wearing red sexy lingerie and the sight of her made my dick twitch."I am here to take care of you baby and if you want me to leave, you can just say so."As much as I hated my privacy being invaded, I just couldn't say no to a good fuck.I pulled her in for a long and punishing kiss as I pushed her on the bed and went straight to business.She felt so good on my dick and just when I was about to hit my climax, I looked back and saw Clara staring at me looking so flushed."What the fuck are you doing there??!!!!!" I yelled in anger."Who is that
CLARA'S POV"Did you have a nice bath Clara??" Arsenio asked with a smirk on his face.I looked at the only means of escape I had which was the door but it was locked."Oh I locked the door sweetheart...just like you did a few days ago and also I sent Irene on an errand and there is no one to save your ass today." He said.I clutched the towel around my body so tight as I gulped in fear."H...h..ho...how....d...did...y..you..get in??" I asked, stuttering."You seem to be forgetting one thing Clara.""What is that???" I asked nervously."This is my house and I have the keys to each and every room here.""What are you going to do to me??" I asked."Oh sweetheart, why are you scared??? Did you do something wrong??"I knew he was messing with me and it would be unwise of me to be petty at the moment."Yes I did sir." I said as I bowed my head."Wow....meraviglioso( wonderful)." He said as he laughed."please, don't hurt me.....I know I wasn't supposed to see what I saw a few days ago and
CLARA'S POVHe had that same look my step siblings gave me…..that look of disgust when I told him I was a virgin.All I ever wanted was someone to accept me even if it's for just a little bit and although I was scared of Arsenio and probably had a little bit of hatred for him after I witnessed him kill someone, he still showed me mercy by not killing me.He gave me shelter and food and made me live better than the way I was living before.I could tell from the way he looked at me that he wanted me and knowing that he did, made me feel excited.I was wanted for the very first time in my life and I was not going to let that opportunity slip through my fingers.Even if it meant giving him everything he wanted, I was ready to do that.I stood up from the floor, cleaned my face and walked into his room.It seemed he just came out of the bathroom because of the towel wrapped around his waist and wet body.“I will call you back, Sergio.” he said as he dropped his phone.“What in the fuck's n