AUTHOR’S POV
“You did not have to slap her back though” Bryant mumbled to Francesca who immediately shot him a hard look.
“What the hell are you saying? She slapped you, of course I needed to do something back to her” Francesca replied.
“I mean we could just have left anyways.”
“No, you mean that you deserved to be slapped by her because you made the better decision choosing me” Francesca stated and Bryant sighed softly.
“That’s not what I meant. Fine, she deserved that slap” Bryant gave in.
“Exactly” Francesca mumbled.
She had loved the pains in Lisa’s eyes and loved seeing her break down in tears.
Francesca smirked, realising that she was the biggest loss Lisa ever had.
Just then, her phone rang. Francesca reached into her bag for the phone and pulled it out. It was a call from her big brother.
“Just a minute” she said to Bryant and picked up the call, walking a few steps away from Bryant.
“Hey Dave”
“Hey” her brother called back, his voice awfully low.
“What happened with you? You sound so down” Francesca noted.
“I lost my job” Her brother replied and Francesca gasped softly.
“Oh my! That’s bad. For what reason?”
“I have no idea, Francesca” he sounded close to being depressed.
“But you can get another one soon, right?” Francesca asked, not understanding why her brother was sounding like his entire life had come to an end because he lost his job.
“I could get another one but I am not sure how easy that would be. Firstly, I heard my being sacked is because it was ordered by some higher up. I don’t even recall offending anyone. I don’t know what I did wrong and you know what is worse?” He asked.
“What more happened?” Francesca questioned.
“Mum and dad also lost their jobs a few hours ago”
“Oh my god!” Francesca felt an instant headache now. She had just lost Lisa who was one of her biggest financial supports and now her entire family had mysteriously lost their jobs on the same very day.
“How in the world? This is definitely not a coincidence” she mumbled.
“Of course it isn’t but even mum and dad have no idea what they did wrong.” Dave replied and Francesca sighed.
“This is really bad, Dave. Really really bad” Francesca didn’t like what was going on, one tiny bit.
“I know. We are going to try getting new jobs and I really hope we get good ones”
“You definitely are going to get good ones” Francesca assured her brother optimistically.
“For now, we might be unable to send you some cash. You should probably tell Lisa about the situation, I am sure she would be more than willing to support you until we are back on our feet”
“I… Yes, I will tell her” Francesca lied and with a sigh, she ended the call.
“What’s wrong?” Bryant moved closer to her.
“Nothing much but I have to go home now. I don’t feel too good” she picked up her bag and without waiting for a response from Bryant, headed out of the room.
“That little bitch absolutely caught me at the wrong time!” She groaned before thinking about what her family could have done and how powerful whoever was behind it could be.
Her family all worked at different companies so for them to be sacked the same day, the person they had offended had connections with all three companies.
Francesca hoped things would not be too difficult for her and her family as she flagged a cab down and got into it.
The driver was a man who had a nose mask over his nose.
“Where to?” He questioned and Francesca was about to give her address when she felt her head spin lightly.
“I… I feel…” She could not complete her sentence before her eyes shut.
LUCIUS
“Wake her up” I ordered and one of my men emptied a bucket of cold water on the sleeping lady who was tied to an electric chair.
She was on the other side of the room, a thin door separating her from me. The door was left open and the veil there let me see her but she could not see me from her side.
She woke up with a jolt and fear appeared in her eyes as she looked around the place before her gaze settled on me.
“Who… Who are you?” She questioned.
“You don’t speak unless you are asked to” one of my men said to her.
“I said who the fuck are you guys!” She screamed and Bella, one of my best men (except she was a woman) stepped forward and slapped her hard across the face.
Tears immediately rolled down her cheeks.
“We are gentlemen here. We don’t touch women. We just have the women do it instead” I said and leaned forward on my chair.
Francesca was now whimpering and sobbing as she realized what type of chair she was strapped in.
“Is that how you slapped her after being a total bitch to her?” I asked and saw confusion appear on her face.
“She is confused. Clear things up, Bella” I ordered and Bella slapped Francesca’s other cheeks.
The slap got a loud cry from Francesca as she ugly cried. Worse than Lisa had cried when she slapped her earlier today but I was far from being satisfied.
Yes, I had someone watch over Lisa and report back to me.
“Did you slap her that hard? Or was it harder than that?” I asked the sobbing girl.
“Lisa?” She sobbed.
“Are you talking about Lisa?” She cried.
“What did Lisa do to you?” I asked plainly.
“She… Did nothing! I just hate her” she sobbed and I held back a groan.
If she was a guy, I would be slamming her head into a wall and watching all that blood run down her face until she lost her life.
Hell! I wasn’t killing!
I reminded myself sternly that I wasn’t going to kill, not even this bitch who had pissed me off this much.
“You should have stayed away if you hated her”
“I will stay away from her now. Please let me go” she sobbed.
“Too late”
“Please” she pleaded pathetically.
“Did you… Are you the one behind my family losing their jobs?”
“Oh, I see they haven’t called you to inform you they have been thrown out of their apartments. I might get even more pissed off and have them sent out of your grandparents rickety house too.”
She gasped, froze and then began struggling once more.
“Please! Please, I will stay away from her from now on. Spare me and let my family be, please.”
I was going to please myself by watching Bella deal with her but them I got a call. I reached for my pockets and pulled out the phone.
The call was from Lisa. I picked up the call instantly.
“Hey”
“Helloooo” she drawled, clearly tipsy.
Hell! Why was she drinking so much?
“Where are you?” I asked her.
“Almost home. Are you home too? I want to come over to your place” she let out a grin.
“I will be there” I ended the call and looked at Bella.
“Take care of her first and then dump her in front of her parent’s home. Let them spend their very last pennies of taking care of their ill-bred daughter”