Chapter 55
Daniel sighed softly and sat on the couch in the sitting room looking as sad as ever. He was worried about what his mom said. As far as he is concerned, he knows deep down that her mom doesn’t make empty threats.
Just then ma’am Lois walked towards him and sat beside him.
“What’s wrong? I know that look on your face” ma’am Lois said looking as concerned as ever.
“It’s mom,” Daniel said
“Oh! She met Lisa already?” Ma’am Lois said.
“Yes, and her reaction was one of hell,” Daniel said and ma’am Lois smiled.
“Ma’am Lois? You’re like a mother to me and I know you’ll always tell me when I have gone wrong. Do you think bringing Lisa in and helping her was wrong?”! Daniel asked
“No, no dear, it wasn’t. You followed your heart and you knew helping her will make you happy too so, son you didn’t do the wrong thing” ma’am Lois said
“But mom,” Daniel said
“She’ll learn to accept Lisa if you tell her how much you love her. I know how much your mom loves you, she wouldn’t want to do anything to hurt your feelings. If she knows hurting Lisa is hurting you too, she wouldn’t do anything stupid” ma’am Lois said and Daniel nodded.
“How was her first day at work?” Ma’am Lois asked
“It was great, she’s made some friends already and I must say she’s a fast learner. The person I put in charge of her reported, that she learned everything so fast and even knew most of the things she thought her beforehand” Daniel said smiling at himself
“She’s a smart and intelligent girl, so I’m not surprised, ” ma’am Lois said.
“I’ll go take my bath and come downstairs for dinner. I don’t want to keep Lisa waiting” Daniel said and stood up before walking upstairs to his room.
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It was evening and Alfred had left the company so early Andrew thought he’s gone home but when Andrew got home, Alfred was nowhere to be found.
He thought maybe he had gone somewhere else. He went upstairs to his room, took his bath, and went to bed with an empty stomach as he was too tired to cook.
Alfred had fired every single maid in the house. Andrew sighed at the thoughts of everything that has happened lately. He missed Lisa so much that he wished she was here.
He had let his feelings for Lisa get the better of him. He remembered the day Alfred caught her and Lisa and he had lied to Alfred that Lisa had seduced her. The girl was just so innocent, too innocent.
He was the reason Alfred almost killed her. It was all his fault, if he hadn’t lied that day all these wouldn’t have happened in the start. He knows if Alfred ever finds out the real truth he’ll never forgive him, never.
Lisa too, he knows she’ll never forgive him for what he did and he’s sure she now hates him so much.
He sighed and closed his eyes and shortly he drifted to sleep.
Hours later he woke up when he heard a loud thud downstairs. He checked the time on his phone and saw it was midnight.
Alfred didn’t come home last night so what’s that noise coming from downstairs? he asked no one in particular as he stood up, wore his slippers, and went downstairs, and to his surprise, he met Alfred lying on the ground looking drunk and beaten. His clothes were filled with blood.
“Oh my goodness!! Alfred” Andrew called as he ran to him and then held him.
“What happened to you?” Andrew asked, looking as worried as ever. When he saw the condition Alfred was in his eyes became teary but he held himself back from crying. He felt so much pity for Alfred. For the past few days he had refused To eat anything, and now he’s looking so thin that people could barely recognize him.
“Lisa, I…wa.. not li…sa,” he said and with that, he lost consciousness.
“Alfred… Alfred, wake up please …” Andrew yelled as the tears he’d been holding for so long finally let go.
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Lisa had woken up in the middle of the night. She had a bad dream and she was unable to sleep because of that.
She sat on the bed with lots of thoughts running through her mind. She remembered the day her uncle had come into their house disguised, how he shot her mom and left her to die.
How he had beaten her and sold her out to a man who called her his slave and his property. He remembered how Alfred had mistreated her, beaten the hell out of her, and forced himself on her.
She remembered the day he took her virginity forcefully. She remembered how Andrew tried forcing himself on her too and then he lied to Alfred that she seduced him.
“They’re all liars, monsters,” Lisa thought as tears slipped down her cheeks.
She remembered how she had landed in a coma and when she was out she found out she was pregnant. She remembered how she escaped from the hospital and almost killed herself but was saved by Daniel.
Alfred, Andrew, and uncle Hector, they’re all monsters for what they did to me and I swear on my mom’s life I’ll make them all pay, Lisa yelled in tears forgetting the fact that it was midnight.
“They’ll all pay for everything no matter how long it takes” she cried out and suddenly Daniel ran inside the room.
“Lisa” he called out to Lisa who was in tears, he sat beside her and hugged her tightly.
” Shhh , calm down I’m here Lisa calm down, ” Daniel said as he kept patting her back.
“They will all pay, I’ll make them pay for everything ” she kept murmuring as tears slipped down her cheeks nonstop.
“They will pay for everything, ” she said and closed her eyes and just then she finally drifted to sleep.
Daniel helped her lay properly on the bed and covered her with the duvet. He pecked her forehead and walked out of the room, closing the door behind him.
TBC