The surprise Visit
Mandy
“What do you mean by that?” I questioned staring at the new face I saw on Chris’s supposed seat.Property of Nô)(velDr(a)ma.Org.
“He called in sick and asked me to fill in,” she repeated, and I stood still for a while, thinking deeply as to what this meant, before walking into my office.
“Could he possibly be sick? Or was this some tantrum to get my attention,” I thought while I placed my bag on my desk. I brought out my phone, about to dial his number but stopped myself halfway.
“What if this was his idea? Maybe he’s trying to get you to worry about him,” my subconscious said, causing me to immediately put the phone away and walk to my seat.
“Whatever you’re getting about Chris, I’ll definitely win this game. For sure,” I muttered to myself and got back to work…
Maliah
I groaned on the bed, as I felt disturbed from my sleep. I turned to the other side of the bed, positioning my head probably on the pillow and shutting my eyes tightly, to keep up with the sleep flow when I felt a presence over me.
I doubted at first, but tiredly opened my eyes and there he was standing beside my face with a hard look on his face, causing me to jump up in fright.
“What the hell,” I yelled, my butt hitting the floor as I groaned, but he just stood still watching me as I struggled to help myself up.
“What the hell are you doing here?” I didn’t watch my words while I spilled out the question with aggression.
“Language,” he said, only moving further away from the bed, and sitting close to the dressing table.
“What were you doing standing close to me while I slept” I was raw because right now I thought of him as a creep. I mean the whole situation is creeping as fu*k
“Who’s Junior?”
“Pardon,” I said, hoping he repeated the question as a crease of sweat formed on my head. What does he plan on doing with Junior?
“Who’s Junior? you mentioned him in your sleep,” he said looking at me, particularly my chest, causing me to grab the duvet to cover myself immediately.
“Oh it’s my bear, it helps me sleep peacefully,” I blatantly lie, putting on a smiling face hoping to convince him.
“Should I get junior for you?”
“What? Why?” My heart shook hearing his words…
“So that you won’t have any trouble sleeping,” he voiced calmly, getting me confused…
“What’s going on? Was this care? Did he worry for me? What exactly was this?” I thought confusedly while staring at him, thinking deeply about what he actually meant.
“Why were you watching me sleep again?” I redirected the question, vividly looking at him, and trying to understand this man in front of me.
He cleared his throat, but before he could utter a word, he got interrupted by the noise we heard outside.
“Maliah,” I heard someone scream my name. This voice was familiar, and immediately I noticed Edward staring back at me, I felt chills run down my spine. His recent calm aura had become a sudden glaring one. The look on his face, held anger, one that was directed towards me.
“Please let me see her, take me instead and let me see her” I heard the voice again, and I immediately rushed out of the bed to the window, ignoring the fact I had only just my night rope on.
“Father?” My utterance was more a question with a perplexed look than a surprise. I mean what was he trying to achieve knocking at the enemy’s gate and yelling?
“Damn it, what was he doing to her? Why visit me when you caused it all?”
“He’s just so good at getting me into trouble and making the situation worse,” I cursed under my breath.
“Please don’t hurt him. Just send him away,” I turned around to plead on his behalf, only to realize that I was left alone in the room.
“Where did he go? Is he going to hurt him too?” I turned around, noticing the door was left ajar. And without a second thought, I ran out of it searching for the direction he went.
“Miss,”
“Hey, get back here. She’s trying to escape,”
“Someone stop her,” I ignored the chaos happening behind me, while I ran as fast as my leg could take me. I looked at the doors, as I ran through the corridor, hoping to find the distinct red door that led to his room.
I ran faster the moment the door was in sight, and just like that I busted into his dark room, which now had a red light around it. I bent my back, resting my hands on my knees for support while catching my breath. But the moment I lifted my head, I was taken aback by the scene in front of me.
“There’s a freaking girl chained on his bed. A girl is chained, naked on his bed,” I could hear the voice in my head screaming and repeating those words. I stumbled backward, as the girl looked over at me with a subtle smile.
“Where is he? Edward?” I questioned but she shook her head in disapproval…
“Okay,” I mumbled and turned around to leave when I bumped into him.
“Oh shoot,” I said silently…
“Maliah,” he called my name like a child who was about to be punished, as I held my head down, staring at my feet.
“Leave this place, all of you” he yelled, causing me to shake a bit. I was about to join his men too, but he pulled me aside, holding my wrist and pulling me behind me.
“I can’t move,” the girl on the bed said, and he glared hard at one of the guys whom he called Brandon.
He immediately walked over to the naked girl, unchained her, and threw a towel at her, before pulling her alongside him.
“What exactly are you wearing?” He looked at me from head to toe, and I did the same with him.
“Fu*k” I cursed realizing how short my rope was and how little it covered. I quickly turned around and I could feel his presence a little longer before he moved away. I felt embarrassed, but then I felt him place a short on my shoulders.
“Wear this?” He said simply and sat on the sofa pulling out a cigarette from the drawer beside it.
“No,” I said and threw the shirt on the floor. I could see the creases that formed on his head, regardless of how dark the room was, the little red light around was enough to see his face hard again.
“I’m leaving,”
“Only if you want to see your father dead,” I looked over at him, shocked, and as supposed I should beg for my father’s life right? I should stop in my tracks and save him if I could. But I wasn’t going to give in.
“I don’t care, I don’t want to know what you achieve from this, but go ahead and kill him. In fact, behead him, probably then we would get over with this and I can get away from this place,” I said to him, pains throbbing in my chest as I released those words.
“He caused me so much pain? Maybe a little more pain would make him realize what he has caused to his family.”
“I hope it hurts a lot, Dad. Just as he hurt Mom and me,” I mumbled and walked back to my assigned room sighing.
Mandy
The whole day had been restless and distracted, my thoughts went from Chris to Maliah’s mother’s conversation with me.
Even with her saying Maliah was fine and she lost her phone and was out of the house the moment I had called, I felt a little worried and found the whole situation weird. Maliah had a company to run, if she lost her phone she would be getting a new one immediately. The whole issue didn’t add up whatsoever and it made me weary.
I was still deep in my thoughts when the knock on the door brought me back to consciousness.
“Come in,” I said, my eyes on my laptop…
“Miss. You have a visitor,” she sounded somewhat excited revealing this.
“Okay?”
“Mr. and Mrs. Reigns are here to see you,” my eyeballs almost left my socket at that revelation.
“What? The rains are here? Why? Now? What’s happening?” I stood up from my seat, looking shocked while throwing questions at her.
“We have no idea what to miss. They had requested a presence with you and I told them I had to check in with you first,”
“What? Send them in. Bring them coffee too,” I instructed and fixed myself up, and sat back on my seat trying so hard to hold my excitement.
I mean the Reigns are like the richest family in the country if not in the world and what would they want from me? The thought alone excited me, as I looked over at the door which slowly opened.
“I just hope they want to work with us,”
“Welcome Mr. Reigns, welcome Mrs. Reigns,” I said and offered them the seat on the sofa while I sat at the other side.
“Thank you, so much dear, You’re so pretty,” Mrs. Reigns said and her voice was so beautiful and calm. She was beautiful and radiant and it made my heart flutter that she complimented me.
“I’m surprised by your visit and I would like to know how I can help you,” My nerves calmed down slowly, with a smile spread across my lips
“Well Mandy, this is more personal than business,”
“Yeah, we were hoping to talk to you about something delicate,” she added after her husband.
“Delicate?”
“Yeah, we want to make an offer. Well a kind proposal that could work for everyone,”
“Sorry, I’m lost. What are you driving at sir?”
“We are talking about the baby?” Mrs. Reigns said lowly, while I was taken aback.
“How did they know? And what does the baby have to do with them?” I thought…