Sameeksha brought Renata to the living room in fresh clothes. She was fine after seeing that there were no injuries on Renata’s body. But what she couldn’t do was get Renata to stop crying. Renata didn’t tell her what happened that night. She just kept crying. Her heart shattered today and there was no cure for that. Sameeksha kept caressing and patting her back and Renata kept crying. All the girls were worried about Renata. They had never seen her like that and the condition she came in the house was more worrying. Hazel brought a glass of water for her and made her drink. “Please drink it. You need it,” said Hazel. “Please stop crying, Ren. We cannot see you like that.” Finally, Renata took the glass and sipped from it. Her eyes and her nose were running. Valentina gave her a box of tissues. “Please tell us what happened,” asked Ambrosia, sitting right in front of her on the table. Renata looked at her and gulped. She didn’t know how to tell the tale. She was assaulted not onl
Days were gloomy after that drama. Renata lost her joy and charm. She stopped talking to almost everyone. She would reply in simple yes and no and won’t talk without any reason. She didn’t say a word when Angela ripped into her for losing the Venturi campaign. Michelangelo just called up Angela and pulled his project. He said Renata was not suitable for him and hence Athanasius was not suitable for him. Angela was extremely angry at her. Because of her, the company lost Yoshiro’s and Michelangelo’s business. But Renata didn’t mind. She was almost dead inside. The way Michelangelo treated her, her will to be happy died. She didn’t know how to smile or laugh anymore. It was not like she cried every time, she even forgot how to cry. It was like someone pulled her soul out of her body and crushed it. She would go to her office and then come home but not speak to anyone. The girls were getting worried about her. She also had stopped eating. After much pestering from the girls, she would
“Ren! Ren!” the girls ran after the cars barefoot, but nothing was there to help Renata no one was there to help her. She was kidnapped from her own home and was now going to be sold in the auction ring. “Should we call the police?” asked Ambrosia. “How will police help us? They are unable to stop the auction ring. Mafia rules here. Only vigilantes can help us,” said Sameeksha. “No there is one more who can help us,” said Hazel. “Who?” asked the girls. “Michel! He protected her when she was attacked by the harassers. Maybe he will help her now too. We need to talk to him,” said Hazel. “What? He left her abandoned. Why would he help her?” asked Valentina. “Because he saved her. He has been saving her. It means he cares for her. If not love, at least he cares for her. We need to approach him and beg him to help us, help Ren,” said Hazel. “But how are we going to find him?” asked Valentina. “I know where he lives,” said Hazel. One of them ran upstairs and grabbed everyone’s walle
“What?” shouted Severino. He was shocked that Narciso would do such a thing. “Michel!” “What proof is there that it was Narciso? And that he is taking Renata to auction her?” snapped Michelangelo. “He told us. He told us everything,” pleaded Sameeksha. “Please, save her. Please!” “We have to help her, Michel!” said Severino. “No one can escape the auction ring,” barked Michelangelo. “You can help her. I am begging here, please save her,” begged Hazel. Michelangelo lowered himself to Hazel’s level, grabbed Hazel’s hair and made her look at him. He could see the worry and fear in her eyes. “Just this once! For you! Because you pleaded like a beggar. Remember that! I will buy her, and I will make her my slave, my Odal,” he chided. “What?” shouted everyone present there. “No! no! no! I didn’t mean that. Please! Please!” Hazel kept shouting but Michelangelo signalled Severino and his posse, and they moved out of his luxurious house. “Throw them out and never let any of those four gi
“I will kill him, I will kill him. How dare he hit me in front of everyone? Ow! Watch the face,” snapped Narciso at the doctor who was taking care of the stitches. “Calm down! I told you not to go after the girl. Are you deaf or simply a moron?” shouted Vicktor. “He hit me for that girl twice now, twice. And you want me to calm down?” barked Narciso. Vicktor shoved the doctor aside and grabbed the face of Narciso. “Never forget your place, kid. I can kill you in a heartbeat and no one will be wiser. It will look like an accident. Don’t ever snap at me. Is that understood?” warned Vicktor. “Yes, sir. Sorry sir,” apologised Narciso. He was more embarrassed as he was again scolded in front of the doctor. “Doc!” Vicktor signalled the doctor to do what he was doing. “Why did you go after her?” he asked Narciso. The doctor again started working on Narciso’s face. He had two cuts over his pretty face. His lips were swollen and had two black eyes. “I wanted to make her mine. She was goin
“What have we done? What have we done?” sobbed Hazel. “He was the only one who could have helped her. We didn’t know he would buy her and make her slave,” said Sameeksha, crying. “He said he loved her. What the hell happened to him?” asked Ambrosia. She was a silent crier. Tears were falling down her eyes, but she was not sobbing just sniffling occasionally. “Question is was he successful in saving her? Where is she? Is she alright? We all saw Narciso drugging her. What was in that?” asked Valentina. “Should we ask Severino? He was at least on our side,” said Ambrosia. “But what if Michel is with him? He won’t be able to pick up the call,” said Hazel. “It won’t hurt to try,” said Sameeksha. “Call him,” she ordered. Ambrosia took out her phone and dialled his number. The phone kept ringing, but he didn’t pick up. She called again and again he didn’t pick up. “Nothing!” Ambrosia shook her head in no, tears kept flowing down her face. “What are we going to do? You heard him, we a
Prestige was busy with some phone calls while the girls kept waiting. Their faces were dripping with worry and fear. They had no idea what was happening with Renata or what Prestige was even doing. Was she going to help them? Who was she talking to for this long? “Wait here! Let me inform my captain. He will let us what to do next,” informed Prestige and left her seat. All the girls kept waiting for Prestige to return. They kept biting their nails, sniffling, looking around but Prestige didn’t come back. “Where is she?” asked Ambrosia, fidgeting with her fingers. She was getting anxious to her limit. It was a long time since Prestige went away to talk to her captain and didn’t come back. “She must be explaining everything to her captain. We must wait for a few more minutes for her to come back,” said Valentina. “What else can we do? We will have to wait for her. Try calling Severino once again in the meantime,” said Sameeksha. Ambrosia again took out her phone and dialled Severin
So much happened while Renata was sleeping. She was kidnapped, sold, bought, her friends were threatened and arrested. She had no idea what was happening in the world while she slept peacefully. Now she was a slave, she was in Venturi Mansion. She was in the house of a person who hated her.It was around midday when she slightly opened her eyes. Her whole body was aching. Her head was ready to explode. She knew she hadn’t drunk yesterday, so why was she feeling a hangover? Her bed felt strange to her. It was slightly softer today. Even the sheets felt different. Was it because of a hangover?She tried opening her eyes but the sharp light from outside made her shut her eyes immediately. She rubbed her temple to ease the pain and tried opening her eyes again. A sharp pain stopped her from doing that. She then remembered how Michelangelo treated her. What was the point of waking up? She didn’t want to do anything, just lie down. She sighed and kept her eyes cl