I DISOWN YOU

"What!" Ashara turned to face him. But Shawl did not look at her at all and just get down from the car. Never in Ashara's life has she stayed out this late, talk of even going to a night club, she sit in the car and did not want to go out. Her face turns ugly knowing Shawl is taking her to a night club, her heart fills with anger as she stare at the place. Shawl looks back to see that Ashara is still inside the car and looked pissed, he turns back to meet her.

"Aren't you here to impress me?" He said as he open the door to where Ashara was sitting in the car.

"How did he know that?" She thinks surprised.

"Your father said you will do whatever I want to make me marry you" he adds grinning wickedly.

"Dad said that to him!" Ashara could not believe father could stoop so low.

"So come with me" Shawl drag her out of the car and pull her with him into the club, left with no other option Ashara follows him reluctantly. The place was buzzing with so much noise and the smell of smoke and alcohol feels the air. 

She instantly feel nauseated and use her hand to cover her nose to endure the smell. They walked into the place where almost all the girls there seems naked dancing like their lives depends on it. Shawl hold Ashara's hand pulling her through the crowd as they climb the stairs by the side to a private room. Ashara sigh deeply when they leave the noisy area, but the moment she sees those in the private room as Shawl opens the door, her heart skips several beats.

There are four guys in the room with expensive wines on the table, two of them are smoking seriously, they  look like some cultist or gangs with different dangerous tattoos on their bodies. Ashara feels disgusted and really fearful. Shawl pull her in since she don't want to enter the room.

"Hey Shawl" the guys greet Shawl and he went to sit beside them.  Ashara just stand fearfully looking at them. 

"Is Shawl a cultist?" She think looking sternly at him. 

"Ashes" Shawl notioned Ashara to come to him. She swallow her saliva nervously and quietly move towards him, Shawl pat the space beside him for her to sit and she slowly sit down and curl up like a scared cat.

"Where did you get this beauty?" one of the guys in the room ask.

"She is here to impress me" Shawl replies and pour one of the wines on the table into two glasses.

"Here" Shawl hand Ashara one glass and takes the other. She quickly shake her head in no.

"I..I don't drink" she reject it stuttering, the guys laugh mockingly at her but she don't care. Looking at the wine, she knows they have high percentage of alcohol.

"Is he trying to get me drunk and have his way with me?" Ashara thinks looking angry.

"Am surprised you are here" one of the guys said.

"I thought you will not come as usual" he adds.

"Since I promise to come. I always fulfill my promise" Shawl said proudly and sip his wine.

"You even come with a chick" another one said smiling, looking at Ashara like a hawk that see it's prey. Ashara stare at the fool badly for calling her a chick.

"Did I look like an animal to this one?" She hissed softly.

"You have not impress me you know" Shawl suddenly turns to Ashara, his face inch away from hers. Ashara instantly pull back from him,  Shawl smirk with Ashara's attitude and sip the wine again, she wanted to leave quickly, because not only one of the guys in the room is staring at her body lustfully but all of them.

"It's seems the chick does not interest you" the guy who call Ashara chick says.

"You can give her to me" he lick his lips lustfully staring at her. Ashara's heart start pounding, she looked to Shawl but he just keep sipping the wine.

"You can have her" Shawl reply nonchalantly.

"What!" Ashara let out and stare at Shawl in shock. 

"What is it?" He ask unbothered. The guy instantly stand up from his seat and come towards Ashara. She immediately stand to protest.

"Shawl" Ashara let out unknowingly.

"Don't bother, if Shawl let go of something, he cannot have it again. Just come to me" the guy said as he keep coming towards her. Ashara step back slowly looking so scared, the other guys are just smiling having fun with everything.

Shawl did not even seems worried or bothered at all. With the lustful look on the guy's face, Ashara knows he might do something bad to her, so she continues to move back. Seeing her moving back, the guy stretch his hand to pull Ashara to himself but she quickly grab one of the bottles of wine on the table. 

"Don't come near me" she warned the guy with a stern face. Shawl looked up to Ashara surprised.

"Hey!" Shawl call to her. 

"This is just a joke, calm down" Shawl stand up coming towards Ashara to stop her.

"If you come any near. Am going to use the bottle on you" she tells Shawl looking really serious. Shawl probably thought Ashara was just scaring them, so he kept coming towards her. Ashara thought Shawl will not come near her because she is actually scaring them but seeing Shawl keep coming towards her and will not stop. Ashara don't know why, but she throws the bottle towards Shawl out of fear.

The bottle hit Shawl and shatter on the floor. She look shocked and run for the door immediately, she quickly take off the shoes and run as fast as she could not looking back, she quickly flat down the first taxi to take her to the house, the moment she get out of the place, because that was the first thing that comes to her mind. Home!

She don't even think of what her father will say or what will happen to her after, but just want to run back home. She gave the silver purse to the taxi driver as a payment since she has nothing with her and the purse is what she was still holding unto tightly when she runaway, even though she don't know how much the purse worth. She quickly run inside the house the moment the taxi dropped her. As she enters the house, she met with her father's scorching gaze.

"What did you do to Mr. Wanton's son?" Her father shouts at her. Ashara wonders how her father quickly gets to know

"Maybe Shawl already calls him" She thinks looking so scared shivering with her father's shout. Before, she wouldn't be afraid but now she believes she has done something wrong.

"If you will not impress him to marry you, you could have just told me. Now you cause him damage" Ashara's father charge at her and give her a resounding slap. She did not even bother about the slap but she is scared that something terribly happen to Shawl and he might sue her since she throw the wine bottle at him.

"I know you will bring misfortune to this family one day. But I don't know it will be in this way" her father start beating her seriously. Ashara's mother just stand with gloomy face looking as her father beats her.

"Before you destroy this family, I disown you" her father instantly went into her room looking really furious. He brought out her only luggage and throw it at her.

"You bastard!" Her father said furiously and push her out.

"You are not allowed in this house anymore" he keep shouting as he ask the security to throw her out and lock the gate. Ashara looked at her mother hoping that her mother will say something but she was just crying as Ashara's father push her out and she did not do or say anything. Ashara feels so shattered as she stand at the gate with heavy tears falling from her face.

She looked at the big building of their house behind her as she sit down on the floor crying seriously, not knowing where to go or where to sleep that night. She felt that she is all alone in the whole wide world with the night breeze blowing into her skin since she only wears the harlot gown from before. She cried and just take her luggage wondering around.

Now Ashara is back to country F after four years facing the same Shawl. Shawl stare confusingly at her face.

"Ash.." he try to say.

"Shantel White" Ashara corrects sharply.

"Boss, did you know Miss Shantel" Brayon, Shawl's assistant ask looking confused too. Shawl just look like a moron staring at Ashara, she so much loved the look on Shawl's face seeing her after four years. Ashara put on her sunglasses and turn to Rick.

"Where is the car?" She ignore Shawl who is still standing shocked.

"Over there ma'am" Rick replies. Ashara turns towards the Rolls Royce already waiting for them, Rick follows quickly.

Shawl and his assistant just stares stupidly as Ashara and Rick left in the car.