~5~

Kaitlyn*

"Ma'am, can I use the toilet please?" I asked the police woman guarding my cell.

" Don't think you're getting food today.. get ready. Your punishment will be in 20 minutes. "

" Yes ma'am. "

" Follow me. " She opened the cell gate and I followed behind her slowly.

* * * * *

Wesley*

I opened my eyes to see Cassie stranded on my left arm as my phone couldn't stop buzzing.

Shit...

I quickly wore my boxers before scrolling on the answer button on the screen.

"Yes?"

"Sir, she's escaped!"

"What?"

"Kaitlyn Grey has escaped from prison sir.. "

What the hell?

I smashed the phone across the wall and it shattered into pieces.

How did she escape?

She was supposed to suffer for all her sins there..

How was that even possible?

Could this girl be a criminal?

"Wesley what happened? Your phone... It shattered. " Cassie who was already awake scrunched her brows and asked, holding the duvet closer to her chest.

"It's nothing. You have to leave now Cassie.."

"But Wesley.. I'm so exhausted and so sore.. aren't you going to even ask me if I would eat something first? "

" I said leave!"

She didn't move.

I ran my hand through my hair and dipped my hand in my pants pocket.

"Here's your payment." I threw a bundle of money on the bed.

She eyed the money before lifting her gaze to meet mine.

"I'm not accepting any money from you. I might be your slut but it's only because I love you.. whether you accept me or not, I won't take any money from you. I want you to know that I'm not after your money, it's you I want." She got off the bed and changed into her clothes.

" Call me when you need me." She said and walked out of the room, swinging her hips as she walked.

But that didn't affect me in anyway because all I'm thinking about is how Kaitlyn Grey could have possibly escaped. Only a high-class criminal could escape from jail and they wouldn't be able to, even if they tried.

So how could Kaitlyn Grey have escaped?

"Hello, Rodrigo meet me in my office now!"

"Sir which one?"

"I'm on my way to my enterprise in Los Angeles. The one in Bellagio. Be there in ten."

" Yes sir. "

Shit....

* * * * *

Kaitlyn*

" Where is Wesley Cooper you moron?!"

After escaping from the jail through the back window, I had disguised myself by changing into a man's clothes, I saw on a rope. Swishing a small cap on my head, I troded to a very famous club that were only meant for celebrities. On getting there, the place wasn't so crowdy and noisy like it normally does during the night, so I cajoled over to a bar attendant and attacked her with a knife, forcing her to speak up about Wesley Cooper's whereabouts.

"I said where is he? If you don't wanna die now,you'd better start talking."

"T.. there." She pointed to something on a nearby TV.

I turned to the screen and what I saw made more angrier than before. Wesley Cooper was emerging from his car as he cajoled into a mighty building.

Cooper's Enterprise.. Bellagio."

You're so dead, Wesley Cooper.

* * * * *

Wesley*

" Sir we'll do everything in our power to find her sir." The head of the police department assured me. I didn't really need his assurance because I trust my men to find her within an hour. He was seated opposite me along with Rodrigo as they both promised to Kaitlyn within the next one hour.

"Sir there's a commotion outside...a man.. I mean a girl.. insisted on seeing you or else she'll turn this building upside down. I didn't know how she got past security sir.." My secretary ran into my office panicking.

"She's here sir." Rodrigo turned to me and said.

" Let her in.. "

She nodded and ran off.

"Sir, we'll grab her from here and take her to her cell immediately. And we'll increase her punishment.." The policeman interjected but I held my hand out for him, shutting him up instantly.

"Let's here what she'll have to say.. shall we?"

The door barged open and as expected, Kaitlyn Grey barged in and rushed at me but Rodrigo pulled her in an instant.

"Let her go Rodrigo. Seems we'll have to double her punishment if she dare lay a finger on me."

" You bastard." She gritted her teeth.

" Well well well, look what we have here? Shall we talk in private then?" I signaled to Rodrigo and the policeman and they excused themselves out from my office.

As soon as the door shut behind them, Kaitlyn rushed at me and pushed me roughly against the wall.

I smirked. "We meet again. You know I have always wanted to meet you again. To see how bad you're suffering and devastated you are about your miserable life."

She didn't waste time before releasing a blow to my face then another and another.

Shit..her punches hurt...

"You bastard. How dare you? You have no idea what you've done! What have I done to deserve all of these.. what?! My mother..she was innocent but you still went ahead and burnt down her shop! The only thing she has ever since Dad died...how could you?!"

" I should be asking you that after you left a scar on my reputation!"

" Your reputation?" She gave out a painful chuckle. " Your damn reputation is more important than my life?! You ruined my life. Everything I struggled to build, the job I worked so hard to get, you ruined it all and now you're going to pay for it!" She punched me again causing me to land on the floor.

What have I gotten myself into?

She climbed on top of me and started delivering death blows to my face.

I managed to maneuver her and myself till I was the one on top. I wanted to do to her, all that she has been doing to me. I wanted to punch her so badly. I wanted to beat her to death. I wanted her to pay for humiliating me. I was so close to doing it when my sight caught a wound on her arm. She winched when my palm came in contact with it and when I turned to look her, she wasn't the tomboy that barged in here few minutes ago. The cap that she wore had fallen from her hair,exposing long wavy blond hair. Her eyes were showing tears that were held in with every bit of strength she could she could muster and her lips had a slight cut. I suddenly found myself staring into those sharp green captivating orbs again. I hadn't noctice how beautiful her eyes were but seeing it now, I could swear they were the most beautiful eyes I had ever seen in my life.

"You're um... you're..." Even my voice was betraying me.

" Get off me you bastard son of a bitch." She pushed me violently and I rolled off her.

"Isn't this what you wanted?! To see me in pain?! I'm sure you must be happy when you heard how much they tortured me." She got up and wore her cap.

" T..they kept on torturing me there...t..they flogged me every single day..then at the end of every flog, they'd cut me with a knife."

What?

They cut her with a knife?

" They didn't even let my family see me..and they didn't even give me food..or water.." she swallowed. She was lamenting like a kid that had been flogged severely for something she didn't do.

" Did they do all that to you?" I wanted to confirm if all she had been saying was true.

Her eyes flared up. " Didn't you order them to do so?! You're very lucky I've not eaten anything for the past six days, I would have broken all your bones by now."

I chuckled. She definitely looked cute when she was pouting. Examining her from head to toe, the clothes she was wearing were definitely men's again. Where the hell did she get men clothes from? The clothes were hiding all her endowments, not even sparing a glance of even her neck.

What town had she come from?

"Rodrigo!"

"Yes sir." Rodrigo walked in my office.

"Show Miss Grey her way out... And..."

"Wait." The signified by raising up her hand.

"Yes?"

"Tell me what I'll have to do. I can't go back to jail please..my mom and my sister...I need to go back to them please... I don't wanna go back there... they'll kill me..."

They won't because you're not going back there...

"Fine. You said you don't wanna go back to jail?"

"Yes I'd do anything.."

I smirked then furrowed a brow. " Anything?"

Her mood changed Immediately. "Not anything though but I'll do anything good you ask me to do... I.. I can't go back to jail."

"Hmm. I heard you took boxing classes before college?"

" You had me investigated. I knew it. You burnt down my mom's shop. Why did you do it?! You have no idea how heartbroken my mom was. You took away the only thing that made her happy.."

" None of these would happen if you didn't poke your nose in other people's business."

" You were harassing an old man.."

" An old man that didn't give two shits about you when you were locked in jail. Kaitlyn this life we live in, you're on your own. It's either you or your family. The others are fake. They don't care about you. They only care about what you've got."

" I'm not talking about that, I'm talking about my mom's shop.."

" I'll compensate for that." I said and looked away.

" You'll what?"

"You heard me right. I'll compensate for that."

Did I just repeat myself twice?

" And Louis and Michael?"

How did she find out?

Damn!

This girl's got brains!

Brains that she doesn't know how to use...

"He told you right? He doesn't love your best friend sincerely.."

"But you were the reason why they broke up.. you have no idea how heartbroken Louis--"

" Look Grey, I don't even know why I'm having this chitchat will someone like you.. I already told you that I'll compensate for your mother's shop nothing more." I drew out my chair and sat down. My hands roamed to my face and that when I realized how sore my face was.

" Did you really had to come here and show your skills by punching me so hard?"

" You left me with no choice."

" How did you break out from jail?"

" I didn't break out.. I--" she paused.

" If I tell you, you'll take me back and tell them to lock me up in a more smaller and sophisticated cell.."

" I won't." I said and opened a few files.

" You won't?"

" Yes. One one condition though.."

"Which is?"

"You're going to have to kill two birds with one stone."

" I don't understand..."

I tilted my smirking gaze to meet her scrunching face. " You really are so dumb.. aren't you?"

"I'm not! What do you mean by that?"

" I mean...that you can get me to compensate for your mom's shop and at the same time, change my mind about taking you back to jail."

" And the condition is?"

Seeing the smirk on my face, she scrunched her face even harder.

"You'd better not come up with something naughty or else... I'd rather go back to jail.." she gestured for the door.

" Wait." Her steps came to a halt.

Did I just ask someone to wait?

"Challenge me in the boxing ring."

Her face brightened up a little. " And what makes you think I'll do that?"

"To kill two birds with one stone."

" I won't. You're just looking for a way to humiliate me." She headed for the door but I quickly pulled her causing her body collided with mine.

At the collide of our bodies, I felt a spark jolt through my entire body.

"What?"

Didn't she feel the spark?

"You'll have to do it."

"Move aside.. I'm not agreeing to your stupid deal."

I moved aside. " You can go if you want Miss Grey, I pitied you by giving you a choice. You can go back to jail if you want. "

" I didn't ask for your pity Mr Cooper. I'll do it though, only because I have no choice.. So I won't go back to jail. "

"Good." I'll finally find a way to humiliate her in ways she wouldn't expect.

"How do I contact you?"

"I don't give out my personal contact but... I'll give you but after our deal, you'll have to delete it."

" Who said I'd be keeping it?" She turned to leave.

" Your wound...you should treat it."

"Thanks for your concern but my body can handle all these. I'm used to all of these."

" Very well then. Call me when you're ready."

* * * * * *

Kaitlyn*

I can't believe I actually broke out of jail and with an intention to make Wesley Cooper pay for everything he had made me go through but at the end I ended up agreeing to some stupid deal that I'll be sure to lose.

Who will be able to win against those muscles?

But either way, I won't be able to forgive him for making me go through all those tortures. And mom's shop too, even if he had agreed to compensate for it only if I agree to his stupid deal.

I knocked on the door of the apartment Michael had rented for us and the door swinged open exposing a sad Karen.

"Kaitlyn!" Her face brightened as she pulled me into her arms.

"Oh my god Kai!" Louis also pulled me into a hug. They were hurting my wounds but I just had to hug them. I had missed them the same way they missed me.

"My Kathy!" Mom's eyes were filled with tears as she embraced me.

"What did they do to you Kathy? Huh? Are you all right? They wouldn't let us see you. I've been so worried sick about you.. I thought something bad must have happened to you in there maybe that was why they were keeping you from me... " She said as she examined the clothes I wore.

" Nothing happened Mom. I'm fine." I didn't want to tell her what they did to me. I'm sure she'll freak out about it.

"These clothes.."

"I know they're not mine. I'll return them tomorrow."

"You need to eat something Kathy. You're so lean.. come on." She pulled me to a nearby chair and whirled off to the kitchen.

" Louis?"

" Yes Kai?"

"Are you alright?"

She sniffed. "Why won't I be? You're here with us now. We really thought we've lost you Kaitlyn.. "

" Michael.. "

" He's moved out. Michael moved out two days ago." She turned away as tears rolled down her eyes.

"Kaitlyn we tried stopping him but.." Karen explained. "He didn't listen. Louis couldn't stop crying over him.. she really loved him. "

" Maybe he didn't deserve her. He isn't worth it.. "

" I know.. " Louis sniffed again." But I really did loved Michael! I really did. And he left me... Just like that. Come to think of it Kai, how are we going to survive now? We don't even have much foodstuffs.. no money.. nothing. How are we going to pay our bills? Now that Michael's no longer here? "

" Don't worry Louis. We'll survive without him." I was thinking about the deal Wesley Cooper made me earlier. What of I really did win? Does it means that he'll compensate for all he did to us?

"Here Kaitlyn. I made you your favorite. " Mom gave me a brief smile as she placed the food on the table.

"Chicken noodles soup?" I asked with excitement. I really missed my favorite meal.

"Yes baby. "

" Oh my!" I quickly removed the lid and dived into my food.

"I really missed this!" I said as I tasted the food. I really missed this!

"Kaitlyn..."

"Yes Mom?"

"You haven't told us how you were released from jail.. " The food in my mouth hung halfway.

"Umm... The police told me to go home, they said Michael had been discharged from the hospital." I lied. I really didn't think now was the right time to tell them about Wesley Cooper and that he was behind all of our sufferings.

"Are you sure Kaitlyn?"

"Yes Mom. I'm sure."

" Finish your meal, I'll have to attend your wounds after you take a bath okay?"

" Yes Mom."

* * * * * *

" You didn't really expect me to just believe that stunt you pulled earlier?" Louis asked me as I was seated outside, enjoying the cool breeze of the night and the shimming of the stars. Mom had attended to my wounds as promised and I couldn't help but wince every time her hands came in contact with them.

Louis drew out a plastic chair and sat close to me.

"I know you wouldn't believe it Louis. You know me better than anyone else."

" So? "

" I ran out of jail. "

" You what?!"

" Could you please keep your voice down?"

" Oh my god Kai! That means the police must be searching for you by now. What if they really find you? We're so in deep trouble."

" They wouldn't. Because he promised me that they wouldn't come after me.. and that I'm free now.."

" Who promised you Kaitlyn? "

I didn't hear what Louis said so I continued." He said he's even going to compensate for everything he's done to us. He's going to compensate for mom's shop and I'm sure we'll start a new life once that happens.. "

" Kaitlyn who said all these to you? Who said he'll compensate for everything you've lost? Who? "

I heard her this time and there was no way I could lie to her. "Wesley Cooper."

* * * * *

After relating all that transpired between I and Wesley, Louis couldn't help but freak out. She was scolding me for agreeing to such a stupid deal when I knew very well that he was just toying with me.

"Kaitlyn you can't do it.. I won't allow you do it.."

"Louis listen... I know you really care about me a lot. And you don't want me to get hurt but I have to do this. I have to find a way for us to survive, I really have to. "

" Kaitlyn he dumped you in jail. He burnt down your mom's job, you lost your job because of him.. . He inflicted all these wounds on you... And yet you still agreed to his stupid deal about boxing? Kaitlyn he's going to box the life out of you! Don't be stupid. "

" I'm not stupid Louis. I know what I'm doing. Wesley Cooper can't hurt me in anyway... "

" He's a very powerful man Kai.. "

" Even so. I know his games. Don't for a second think I've forgotten about all what he did to us... I know how he intends to play his game... Just don't tell Mom or Karen about this... "

" Fine. But what do you know about his plans? Did he tell you? Did it shove it in your face? Kaitlyn you have no idea, the bigger mess you're in right now... You shouldn't have gone to him.. you have no idea what his plans are.. "

" Oh I sure do." I molded my fists." If he wants to play dirty... Then we'll just have to get dirty."

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Anna.