Chapter 10: Just a Game

"No, no, this can't be happening," Dede whispered on her lips taking some steps back.

She turned to walk away but heard someone call out to her. There were two people she recognized from the people sitting together. One was the man she had seen on the television the first day she arrived in the country and the second was the lady she met at the restaurant who spoke to her harshly.

"Does Mr Jackson own this place too?" Dede thought, not sure what to do as she continued taking slow steps backwards.

"Hey, are you not supposed to bring the drinks here," came a lady's voice.

There were two men and four ladies. Bryson sat relaxed in his seat with his arms stretched on the backrest of the seat. Melissa sat next to him and the other gentleman sat opposite Bryson with the three ladies sharing a seat with him. Eva sat on his right side and Jolie and Christina sat together to his left

Dede paused in her steps, walked towards the group and with trembling hands, placed the tray of drinks on the