The car drove into the compound and parked properly in the garage. The driver got down from the front of the car car and hurried to open the door for Diane and her sisters, Malvika and Natasha. The three sisters got down and retrieved their luggage from the boot of the car. Diane smiled at the driver. “Thanks,” she said.
The three sisters stood and stared at the magnificent house.
“Wow,” Sixteen years old Natasha, muttered. “This house is huge.” She clutched her bag tightly as she gazed admiringly at the beautiful house.
“Huge is an understatement,” Malvika, replied, shuffling her feet. For all her twenty years, she still looked like a dwarf. Not exactly a dwarf really. But she was short; even shorter than Natasha, which she hated.
“Hmm.” Diane turned to her sisters. “Well, let’s get inside now, shall we?” Following her lead, they approached the door and pressed the bell. It was opened by a middle aged woman, who was dressed in a white shirt tucked into a long black skirt. “Hello,” Diane greeted. “I’m Diane….Langston.” It felt weird calling her self a Langston.
“Oh, you are the boss' wife. Come inside.” They stepped inside and the woman closed the door behind them. “I’m Rachel, the cook. It’s nice to meet you. These two young ladies must be your sisters, right?”
Diane smiled. “That’s right. This is Malvika,” she said, touching Malvika's arm lightly. “This is the youngest, Natasha.”
The woman beamed. “You are all so pretty. Come with me. I’ll show you your rooms.” They followed and she led them upstairs. Natasha clutched her bag as she stared at everything around her in awe. Sure, they had lived in a wonderful house but it was nothing compared to this.
“Wow,” Malvika whispered. “Nicholas must be really rich, uhn?”
Rachel chuckled. “Yeah, he is rich," Rachel replied with an affirmative nod.
Natasha nodded slowly. "I heard he is a producer?" She says in a questioning tone.
“Yeah and he gets a whole lot of money from his movies.” Rachel stopped in front of a door. “Natasha, I think this room will suit you.”
Natasha nodded and pushed the door open. “Wow. It’s really beautiful.”
“Glad you like it. Malvika, when you take a turn, the first room on your right is yours,” Rachel informed them.
“Wait a minute, why is this house so huge by the way? They are so many rooms in this house. What for?” Malvika asked, ignoring the nudge Diane gave her.
“Well, for one, Mr. Nicholas is a really rich person. Also, once in a while, his cousins come over. You know, family stuff.”
“Ah,” Malvika said. “Okay.” She turned and follow the directions Rachel gave her.
“Mrs. Langston, come with me please. I’ll lead you to your bedroom.”
Diane followed her silently till they got to a room. Rachel pushed the door open. “This will be your room.”
“Er..will I be sharing a room with Nicholas?”
Rachel shook her head. “Sadly, Mr. Nicholas has ordered that he doesn’t want to see you anywhere near his room."
“I see.” She shrugged. “That’s totally fine by me.”
“Good.”
They walked into the room and Diane put her luggage in the bed.
“Do you need any help in unpacking?” Rachel asked.
“I might need. But first of all, can you tell me where Nicholas is? I’ll like to see him.”
“He is in his bedroom," Rachel replied.
“Oops. Is there any chance of me seeing him. I really need to see him.”
“When he comes down for dinner.”
“Okay. What time is dinner?”
“7 p.m.”
“Right. Please send someone up here to help me unpack.”
“Right away,”Rachel replied and walked away.
Diane closed the door and with a sigh, she flopped on her bed. “Gosh. I’m really married.” She raised her hand and stared at the ring on her finger. “This is so….aaargh!”
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The knock on the doorwoke Diane up from her sleep. She groaned. “Who’s there?”
“Ma’am…it’s dinner time.”
She groaned again. “I’ll be there in a while,” she replied. She turned on her bed and sighed. Just when she was enjoying the sleep. She had even forgotten to strip off her clothes before sleeping. She was quite sure that the people who were supposed to help her unpack came but left when they discovered that she had probably fallen asleep.
She rose from the bed and changed her dress into casual jeans and blouse. She packed her hair in a messy bun and walked out of the room.
On her way to the stairs,she saw Jenny also moving to the stairs. She was dressed in a mini skirt and crop top. She looked older than Malvika but a little bit younger than she was.
“Hey,” Diane greeted cheerfully.
Jenny refused to spare her a glance.
“I’m Diane. You must be Jenny.”
Silence.
“I saw you at the registry today. You came to witness the wedding,” Diane continued, hoping to strikes conversation. “You are very pretty,” she said,”and I hope we will become friends.”
Jenny rolled her eyes and jogged down the stairs. “Hey Nick!” She said to her brother who was standing below the stairs. “I had no idea you were around. Is Ashley here?”
“Yeah. She will be downstairs soon.”
Jenny grinned. “Good.” She turned. “Rachel, what’s for dinner?”
“Shrimp Noodle Salad With Peanut Sauce,” Rachel replied as she set the table.
“Good,” Jenny said, walking to the table and pulling out a chair to sit.
“Hi,” Diane greeted Nicholas, fiddling nervously with her fingers. “I was looking around for you.”
“Why?” he asked harshly.
“Well, your father said you have something for me.”
“Yeah. I’ll send it to your room after dinner.” Without waiting for a reply, he turned and walked to the dining table. Diane began to walk to the table.
“Woohoo!” Someone yelled.
Everyone turned their heads only to see Natasha on the handle of the stairs sliding down and grinning.
“Natasha!” Diane scolded when she finally jumped down. “That’s dangerous.”
“I told her,” Malvika said,descending the stairs. “But you know your sister.”
“What can I say? I love dangerous,” Natasha replied in a singing voice as she walked to the table and sat at the left side of Diane. Malvika sat at Diane’s right hand.
"Hey guys," a soft, tiny voice said. Everyone turned there heads to the stairs and saw Ashley climbing down the stairs gracefully. Diane took one look at her and bit her bottom lip. She is beautiful, Diane thought. Diane watched as Ashley walked gracefully; her blonde hair cascading down her shoulders; and she felt a deep sinking in her guts.
Nicholas’ lips stretched into a wide smile. “Hey sweetie.” He pulled out a chair for her.
She sat and kissed his lips. “Thanks baby.”
Malvika feigned a gag, making Ashley glare at her. Malvika returned her glare with an innocent stare.
“And who are you, if I may ask?” Ashley asked.
Natasha coughed. “Bitch alert,” she whispered, making Diane and Malvika giggle.
“And who are you?” Malvika threw back at Ashley, uncaringly.
“Nicholas’ girlfriend.”
“Cool. I’m Nicholas’ sister-in-law,” Malvika said.
“Er…actually, she’s my younger sister,” Diane offered with a smile. She darted a warning glance in Malvika's direction.
Malvika smiled at her innocently, then turned back to Ashley. “That makes me Nicholas’ sister-in-law, don’t you think?” She asked, directing her question to Ashley.
“Ah, so you are the wife,” Ashley said, nodding her head towards Diane. She gave an evil grin. “Welcome to hell.”
Natasha raised her brows. “This doesn’t look like hell to me," she joked.
Ashley frowned. “And you are?”
“Since we are doing the introductions, why don’t you guess?” Malvika asked before Natasha could reply.
“Hmm…she’s your sister,” Ashley stated.
“Correct. I’m Natasha.”
Nicholas cleared his throat. “Well, hmm, this is my sister, Jenny. And this is my girlfriend, Ashley.”
Malvika rolled her eyes. “She already said that. She couldn’t wait to flaunt the label at us.”
“Just what is your problem with me?” Ashley demanded, a frown creasing her forehead
“Nothing,” Malvika shrugs. “Everything about you just speaks.....”
“Malvika,” Diane called in a warning tone.
Malvika shrugs.
“Let’s eat now, shall we?” Nicholas said, opening his food.
Natasha glanced around at everyone on the table and shook her head. “This is going to be one hell of a house."
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Just as soon as she finished unpacking, there was a knock on the door. Diane stood up to open it. Rachel stood there holding a folder. “Rachel, what’s the matter?”“Mr. Nicholas asked me to give this to you.” Diane collected the file. “He said, his father said there will be a meeting in the company tomorrow morning and the shareholders want to meet you. He wants you to go through all the information in here.”“Okay. Thanks.” She closed the door and sat back on her bed, carefully opening the folder and bring out the files and papers in it. She scanned through it for a while, yawing intermittently. After some time, she returned the papers back to the file and dropped it on her bedside locker. Then, she relaxed into her bed and closed her eyes.Her eyes flew open at the knock on the door. She sat up. “Who is there?”“Malvika.”
Diane walked into the house, tired and hungry. Rachel hurried towards her. “Welcome Mrs. Langston,” she greeted. “What will you like to eat?"“Just send me a plate of noodles or something,” Diane replied off-handedly as she moves towards the stairs.“Sure ma’am.”She paused and turned to Rachel. “By the way, where are my sisters?” Diane asked.“Natasha is upstairs,” Rachel replied. “I think she said something about doing her assignment. Malvika is not around.”“I see. And Nicholas?”“He’s not around, also. He is not back from work.”Diane nodded and walked upstairs. She took a turn and bumped right into Jenny.“Watch your way!” Jenny snapped.Diane rubbed her fo
Diane sat on the couch, her legs crossed, her hands wrapped around a glass of wine and her eyes staring into nothingness. Tired of looking at nothing in particular, she reached out and took the magazine lying on the dining. She began to skim through it.It was around eleven in the midnight. Everyone had gone to sleep. Everyone meant Malvika, Natasha, Jenny and the maids. Nicholas and Ashley were not back from their date yet.Diane had slept around eight in the night, after dinner. She woke up two hours later, around ten p.m. She had rolled around on her bed, browsed on her phone, went through her social media pages- Facebook, Instagram, twitter- every single thing and she was still bored. She had left her phone on the bed and came downstairs, dressed in only her robe, to get a glass of wine.Then, she sat on the couch, currently going through a magazine.The door suddenly opened and Nicholas staggered in. Dian
CHAPTER 5Diane sat on the chair in the ward, tears streaming down her eyes. Her cheeks were puffy and wet and her eyes were red. She supported her chin with her palm and sobbed silently.Malvika sat on the bed. Tears rolled down her eye but she didn’t cry our loud neither did she sob. She just stared into space. Her hands were folded on her laps. The tears flowed freely but not a sound came out from her mouth.Natasha, on the other hand, was throwing a tantrum. She screamed loudly, tears rolling down her eyes. She pulled her hair, jumped and wailed loudly. She was breathing hard, yet she didn’t stop crying. She panted as she screamed, wailed and cried. She breathed hard. Balls of sweat rolled down from her face. Snot ran down her nose but she was too busy crying to even bother to wipe it off.Jayden held Natasha who just shrugged him off, pushed him violently and continued her mourning. Unsure of what to do, he walked towards Diane and took h
Diane raised her hand and struck him across his face. The impact of the slap made Nicholas whip his head to the other side. Ashley and Jenny jumped from their seats and hurried towards him.“Don’t you dare ask me where we are coming from?!” Diane yelled. She held his shirt and pulled him roughly. Malvika and Natasha tried to hold her and pull her back but she shoved them aside roughly. “You really want to know?! You really want to know where we are coming from?!” She yelled, tears rolling down her eyes.“Hey!” Ashley said, attempting to shove her. “Get away from him!”“Stay out of this!” Diane barked and Ashley flinched, steeping back in shock and fright.Nicholas held Diane’s wrist. “What is wrong with you?” he yelled.“Well, why you were having fun with Ashley, I was busy watching my fathe
Natasha hurried down the stairs, dressed in her school uniform and with her bag slanted across her shoulders. Her feet made loud noises on the floor as she practically flew down the stairs. On getting to the bottom of the stairs, she halted and stared around her curiously, her gaze landing on Ashley and Jenny who were on the couch. Natasha furrowed her eyebrows. 'Where is Jenny?’ she muttered to herself, moving towards the dining table. One of Nicholas’ maids, Mina, walked out of the kitchen holding a plate and a jug in her hand. As she headed towards Ashley, Natasha stopped her. “Hi Mina. Have you seen my sister this morning?” “Which one?” Mina asked. “Diane. I’ve checked her room and she isn’t there. I wonder where she might be.” “No, I haven’t seen her this morning.” Natasha nodded uneasily and moved to the dining table to sit. Her mind was really disturbed, making her unable to eat. She waited for a while.
Nicholas came out of the bathroom, a towel tied around his waist. He looked at Ashley’s sleeping figure on the bed, shook his head and smiled fondly. Careful not to make a noise or disturb her, he treaded slowly towards the dressing table and picked up his body cream. He spread out his palm and pressed out the cream.After rubbing cream all over his body, he hurriedly wore his jeans trousers and shirts. He picked up his hair cream from the table and pressed out the cream. He stared at it with a puzzled look on his face. It looked oddly strange. Then he, shrugged and rubbed it all over his hair.He pressed more into his hands and rubbed all over his hair. He was so engrossed in rubbing the cream all over his hair that he did not realize the transformation that was taking place on his head, neither did he bother to check the mirror.Once he was done, he tapped Ashley. “Hey babe.”Her eyes fluttered open. She closed them back
“Malvika!” Natasha yelled. “Nicholas has left the house. Now, we need to figure out what to do! Gosh!” She shouted in agitation, pacing around the room. She sat down and stood up again, unable to stay in a place.“Seriously, you guys should not have done this,” Diane said.“Just stop blaming us and help us think of a way out!” Natasha exclaimed.“You guys, calm down,” Malvika said in a calm tone, totally unbothered. “It’s not such a big deal. So, what if he finds out? Who cares? What can he do to us, anyway?”“You’ve forgotten that we are living under his roof; he can do absolutely anything to us. Besides, Mina is involved in this plan; she helped us get the spare key to Nicholas’ room and she was watching the door for us while we carried out the prank. We can’t let her lose her job.” Natasha replied, a panic-stricken look on her face.