Chapter 85
He was on a phone call with someone. That voice she would recognize anywhere even in her dreams. It was him, Alfred Kings, her greatest nightmare. He was here.
Lisa swallowed hard and stepped back a bit. She felt so scared and prayed in her mind he should not turn around so he would not see her.
“Let’s go, Martha, ” Lisa said almost in a whisper as fear swept over her. The fear of returning to him as a slave. He knows how ruthless Alfred is, if he sees her he would take her with him no matter what. And nothing would stop him, not even Daniel.
“What’s wrong Lisa? I thought you wanted a quiet place to stay, ”Martha said as she noticed a change of behavior in Lisa.
“Let’s just go,” Lisa said, and just as she turned to leave she bumped into someone she was not expecting to see. Tessa.
“Oh, I knew I was gonna find you here since I saw Daniel. His little handbag was going to be here, ”Tessa said in a mocking tone.
“Oh, God!! Not now Tessa” Lisa thought silently
Lisa did nothing but stare at her. She didn’t want to say a word, because if she did say a word Alfred was going to know it was her. Lisa swallowed into nothing and was about to walk past her when Tessa held her hands and pulled her back.
“I wasn’t able to get back at you after you slapped me that day at the hospital but now I’m going to make sure you get twice what u did to me,” Tessa said and Lisa joined her lips together.
She turned to Martha who stood there staring at them both with no expression on her face. Just then Martha’s phone rang. She turned to Lisa.
“It’s okay, answer it” Lisa gave her the go-ahead and she nodded before leaving to answer the phone call.
“Excuse me, Tessa, please not now not here, ” Lisa said in a whisper and turned only to see Alfred was still on call.
She needed to get out of here before he ended that call.
“Oh my!! Look who’s scared!!” Tessa chuckled.
Lisa rolled her eyes and was about to walk past her but Tessa held her hands this time. He pushed her back and she almost fell, Almost.
“You’re gonna regret the day you came into Daniel’s life when I’m done with you,” Tessa said and raised her hands to hit her but Lisa was quick enough to hold her hands in the air.
She tried removing her hands from Lisa’s but damn it her grip was just too strong.
“Let my hands go,” Tessa struggled.
“I do not want trouble Tessa, please stay away from me,” Lisa said and pushed her hands making her lose balance and fall to the ground.
Lisa walked away from her immediately and ran out of the building.
She stood for some seconds, her eyes scrutinizing the area as she searched for Daniel’s car but it was nowhere to be found.
Seems like the driver had parked it somewhere, Lisa thought as she brushed her hair backward.
She needed to get out of this place as soon as she could before Alfred found out she was there. She wouldn’t want to call Daniel, he might be busy with his client.
She had told Daniel everything about her, how she had been taken in to be a slave, how she was abused, and how her mother was killed and all. But one thing she never revealed to him was the identity of the man who had bought her from her betrayal of an uncle.
She never told Daniel it was the almighty Alfred kings. She was not even planning on letting him know it is Alfred King who is the father of the child she was carrying too. Daniel or anyone shouldn’t find out about it. It would be safer that way, Lisa thought.
She then walked out of the compound. She took a deep breath as she looked around. She needed to go home now. She then checked her small bag and noticed she had little cash.
She then boarded a taxi and went home.
Meanwhile, Tessa is seen looking so angry. Lisa had pushed her to the ground, she was going to kill her when they crossed paths.
She groaned and stood up from the ground, cleaning her dress with her hands.
“Hey, where is she?” Martha asked as she walked toward Tessa. Lisa gave her a deadly glare.
“I said,” Where is she?” Martha said and held Tessa who was about to walk away from her.
“Oh shit!! Cut off that drama. Stop acting like you’re looking for her and go home, ”Tessa said and removed Martha’s hands from hers before walking away.
Alfred sighed softly as he couldn’t focus on his call. He’s been hearing noises and he had turned only to see some girls arguing. He had come here to get some peace and fresh air and now all these noises.
He was so damn sure they were fighting over a man. Shameless girls, he thought.
Just then the noise died down and he turned around only to see they had left. he gave out a breath of relief and sat tiredly on the couch that was close to him.
*****
After Alfred had left angrily, Daniel and Andrew sat together discussing business and some random stuff.
“I missed mine and Alfred’s friendship a lot. You know people thought we were once gay because of how close we were but then Alfred met that angel, Rhoda” Daniel paused and Andrew smiled
“Rhoda was an angel. I swear baby girl did not deserve to die” Daniel said
“Same here, ” Andrew said.
“You know what?” Daniel said and Andrew crooked his eyebrows.
“I just hope one day Alfred finds out the truth behind Rhoda’s death and the real killer,” Daniel said smiling and Andrew’s face turned sour.
“No truth can be hidden under the sun for long. It’s gonna be out one day and then finally, justice will be served. I’ll personally see to that” Daniel said and just then the thoughts of Lisa came into his head.
He has not seen her since he left her when they came. He had texted her twice but she didn’t reply to any of his texts. He just needed to go look for her.
“I’ll be on my way now Andrew, ” Daniel said and stood up, Andrew did the same.
“Nice seeing you, I’m hoping to see you again some other time,” Daniel said and they both hugged each other.
Daniel pulled away from the hug and smiled at him before walking away.
“I hope we never see you again ” Andrew murmured under his breath as he sat down.
TBC