42. DUPED
As soon as Ashley finished wearing a stylish blue gown that reached her thigh, revealing the beautiful skin of her thigh, a knock came on her door.
“Who is that? I am coming.” She said, looking at her face on her crystal mirror, she was wearing a bad girl style of makeup that screamed evil; everything about the makeup was deadly and black, from the red lipstick that looked like blood to the scary black outliner that almost reached her ears. She smacked her lips together and headed for the door the moment she opened the door. Dave rushed in panting, flaunting her car keys in her face.
“I-I found your car.” He said slowly catching his breath. She took the key from him. “Where did you find it?” She asked, staring at the key.
“I found a guy trying to ditch your car in the middle of the road; I took the car from him and got him arrested; he is in police custody.” He replied.
“Where did he get my car?” She questioned. “I had the cops torture him for an hour or two, he says, it was given to him by a girl; he doesn’t know her name, but Melody fits his description.” He spoke slowly as he took a sketch from his pocket and handed it to her. It was a not-so-accurate sketch of Melody.
“I knew it was her! That little brat.” Ashley said, gritting her teeth. He could feel the anger in her voice. “That’s not all; I found out that she had gone to Las Vegas with her lover.” He explained.C0ntent © 2024 (N/ô)velDrama.Org.
“Damn it!” Ashley yelled. “I shouldn’t have hired a girl like her in the first place; I knew she liked money, but I didn’t know it would be this extreme.” Ashley lamented, taking a deep breath as she tried to process what had happened, when an idea popped into her head. “She said she had a b-brother,” she said as the memory of the agreement she signed with Melody flashed through her mind.
“What does that have to do with the fact that she stole from you? Are you going to let it slide? Should I send some gangsters over there to go look for her?” he asked. Ashley just had a creepy smile on her face that was making him anxious.
“You don’t need to do all that. When she signed the contract, she committed her brother’s life to me. I took it under the condition that if she betrayed me or tried to dupe me, her brother would be mine, and she agreed without reading the terms. Isn’t she stupid?” she questioned.
“She is… Does this imply that you want to…” She cut in.
“I want to make her come back to me. By torturing her beloved brother, I will make his life a living hell so that she will come back to this city to beg for his life and pay off the debt she owes me.” Ashley exclaimed, laughing to herself. Dave shivered, seeing his queen in that state. He knew she meant every word she was saying, and just thinking about the nasty things she might do to Melody’s brother was giving him goosebumps, which he didn’t like.
“Oh, before I forget, I brought the list of bodyguards for you to choose from; Jake sent it to me.” He said, bringing out his phone.
“I hope you have refunded the clients’ money to them.” She asked. “Yes, queen, what else can I do? Melody fucked up big time.” Dave replied, handing her his phone. She took the phone from him and started going through the profiles of the bodyguards he had selected for her.
“Are you looking for a boyfriend for me?” She asked.
“What? No!” He bluntly refused.
“Then why are these guys so hot? Are you sure they are qualified cops?” She questioned.
“They are…” He replied. She gasped as her gaze landed on Xander’s profile; he was wearing an expensive suit with sunglasses in his eyes, looking hot and sexy. Just the sight of him aroused Ashley. Her brain literally exploded as she spotted his surname. “Oh, my god! He is…he is Melody’s brother.” She said it in surprise; her surprised look was immediately replaced with a smirk.
Xander noticed two powerful men in the room, one of whom he recognized as the man he had been speaking with at the club the day before, implying that he was the one who abducted him; this made his blood boil. They were both sitting on a huge couch with a lot of empty alcohol bottles in front of them. He was about to step into the room when two other police officers joined him, carrying rifles. The room reeked of alcohol and weed. Xander crinkled his nose as they all pointed their guns at the men.
“Freeze!!!” One of the cops shouted.
“Put your hands in the air!” Xander declared. The men were terrified the moment they saw Xander and the others. The man who had kidnapped Xander burst out laughing as he spotted Xander. He was still in his girly outfit, pretending to be a woman.
“You don’t want to shoot me, baby; you said you wanted to have a three sum, so I brought you to my apartment, where are your manners? Put down the gun now.” The man declared, waving his hand at Xander, but he only enraged Xander, who placed his hand on the trigger.
“Who are you calling, baby, huh? So, this is how you seduce and have sex with little girls without their permission?” Xander asked, pissed. The man flipped in fear as he realized that Xander sounded like a man.
“You are under arrest,” Xander said.
“You can’t arrest me; under what charges?” The man questioned as the other cops leaped forward, taking out their handcuffs in an attempt to handcuff the men.
“Put your hands in the air.” One of the cops ordered. The men rose to their feet and put their hands in the air. As the cops slowly walked around the couch, they stood and lowered their hands behind their backs, putting the handcuffs around their wrists.
“You can’t arrest me! I am not a criminal!” The man protested.
“Tell that to the judge, asshole!” Xander snapped. He took off his wig and tossed it to the floor. It was revealing his blonde hair that made the man open his mouth wide in awe.
“So…you are a man.” The man said stunned. “You are a cross-dresser.” He continued, blinking in disbelief.
“Take them out.” Xander stated, looking at the men with a lot of disgust in his eyes.