"Bryson, which other girl are you bringing in this time?" Melissa thought as she descended the staircase. "Hello, Bryson is doing it again. Find out who the girl is," Melissa said on the phone and ended the call before exiting the building. Alex returned to the hospital and was directed to the ward where Dede had been kept. He pushed the door open and frowned immediately. "Who did this?" Alex asked the nurse who was with him. "She was being difficult. We strap her to the bed because we didn't want to sedate her," the nurse replied. "You should have used the sedative. Now she looks like a criminal," Alex said and stood by the bed. "What do you want from me?" Dede asked with a frown but even with her frown she looked pretty making Alex blink twice. "Nothing," Alex replied. "Left to me alone, I would have just given you the bundle of cash and left you but my boss wants to help you after hearing your story," he added and Dede's frown deepened. "My story?" Dede repeated. "Yes. I k
"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 leftDede paused in her steps, walked towards the group and with trembling hands, placed the tray of drinks on the
"Scream and you are dead," the man said pointing a gun at her. "Come in and have a sit. We are just going to chat like adults," the man said and used his gun to gesture for Dede to sit down. Dede sat on the sofa furthest away from the man. "I am here because you mess with the wrong person. You kissed someone's boyfriend," the man said and Dede frowned. She was the one who got abused if this man sitting in front of her was referring to what happened in the club, so, what is he talking about? "Where is your sense of humour? I was only making a joke," the man said and stood up. "I am here to do just one thing and that is to kill you," the man said nonchalantly "I'm gonna put a bullet in between your eyes and no one gonna know about it," the man said and tears filled her eyes. Dede had thought her country was the worse place to be and maybe coming to the state, she would have better opportunities and life would be more easier. Her decision was a result of her and Julia hearing peopl
The security men proceeded immediately towards the presidential suite to confirm what the receptionist had reported. Two men strode into the room and found someone lying face down in a pool of blood. The first person walked past the body and looked around. The second person checked the body after taking some pictures first. "Who was using this room?" he asked after checking the body. "A young lady," replied the receptionist who was standing at the entrance trembling. "Where is she?" the man asked. "I don't know," the receptionist replied. "No sign of forced entry and nothing was stolen. This is not a theft case. Looks like an attack," the other security man said. "I think we should inform Mr Adams ASAP and bring in the police," he continued. "This man lying here looks suspicious," the security man who checked the body said and flipped the body over. He removed the mask to reveal his face and took some pictures. The other security man called Mr Adams while his colleague continu
"Ma'am, sir had brought in another girl. This one looks like he picked her from the gutter," Mable reported with disdain. "Yes ma'am. I will keep you updated on everything that goes on here," Mable said and ended the call. She exited the room and returned to her duties as if nothing happened. Upstairs, Dede sat down quietly on her bed thinking of what to do with her life. She had come to make ends meet. Looking at how things were going, she realized she made a wrong decision by coming to the State. "Well, I am already here. I need to make this trip count," Dede said to herself and scanned her environment. In as much as she had met bad people, this man seemed very nice and something about him made Dede feel she could trust him. She recalled what happened at the club and a smile appeared on her face as her hands went to her lips recalling the kiss. She didn't know how long she had just been sitting on the bed recalling the kiss and smiling but a knock on her door startled her. The do
"Get ready, we are going for dinner at my family's house," Brian said and Julia squealed with excitement."I am so excited I will be meeting your family," Julia said, hugging Brian, and Brian marvelled at her excitement. He was only taking her to a dinner in his family house not to introduce her to his family. So what is she excited about was the question on Brian's mind. Plus, she would not be the first he had taken to such dinner and would not be the last but Brian allowed her to have her moment. After all, he loved touching her and he will keep it that way until he grows tired of her. Brian scanned Julia seductively when he pulled away from the hug."You know that jumping, dancing and hugging you did just now trigger something, right?" Brian said and moved closer to Julia who lowered her head shyly. "Come here," Brian said pulling Julia into his arms. For someone dressed for work, he moved Julia to the table and bent her over the table face down. He pressed her back keeping her d
Bryson kept an expressionless face and slowly parted his lips to reply to Mrs Rebecca's question after careful thought. "I have a new employee. An African. Is she the one you are referring to?" Bryson asked and scooped some food into his mouth. "An employee you say," Mrs Rebecca said shifting her gaze to her daughter briefly and back to Bryson's. "Yes," Bryson replied and wiped his mouth with the tissue. "So what is her work?" Mrs Rebecca asked. "An additional cook," Bryson replied. "You live alone. How many cooks do you want to have?" Melissa chipped in. "You do forget my employees take breaks. She is a backup and will double as a cleaner. So next time you want to make trouble, do a proper investigation," Bryson replied to Melissa with a wave of simmering anger. Mrs Rebecca narrowed her eyes at Melissa for making her look like a fool. Melissa knew better not to disclose her sources of information. "I am sorry. You kissed an African-looking girl at the club and it got me worri
Bryson exited the room and came face to face with Mable. He frowned wondering what she was doing in front of Dede's door."I am done preparing the room but I can't find ma'am anywhere" Mable said. "So why are you up here?" Bryson asked."I came here to let you know," Mable replied hoping Bryson would take her word for it. She was aware Melissa had left. The only reason she had come there was to spy for Melissa and unfortunately, she didn't move fast enough and she was caught. "Mable, I hate people snooping around. Be warned," Bryson said already suspecting Mable. "I am sorry, sir," Mable apologized bowing to Bryson who just walked away. Mable left the place. Through the keyhole, she saw Bryson carrying Dede in his arms to the bed. She went back to her room. And she grabbed her phone. "Ma'am, you left too early. Sir was in the low-life girl's room," Mable reported. "Yes, he carried her in his arms and kissed her," Mable said and she could tell Melissa was boiling on the other end