Chapter 1

The sound of shattering glass filled the room, a lady squatted down to pick the broken pieces of the glass.The sharp mouth of the glass pierced through her finger as blood immediately oozed out of the finger.

“Just look at what you did Annabel,you broke my favourite vase.You are just good for nothing like your useless mother”A lady who appears to be her aunt reprimanded from behind.

“Please don’t talk about my mother like that”Annabel pleaded heavenly at the verge of crying.

“Oh shut up,she is the reason for my brother’s death!”Her Aunt barks at her as Annabel gazes down.

“If only he didn’t marry that whore of a woman that gave birth to a worthless disgusting person like you he would have still been alive”Her Aunt added remarking rudely.

“My mother is not a whore”Annabel finally voices out, unable to hear any bad things about her mother.

“How dare you talk back at me Annabel!”she grabbed her by the wrist tightly,she pulled her up and landed her a tight slap.

Annabel couldn’t control the tears Streaming  out from her eye holes.She looked up at her Aunt with her teary eyes and squeezed her fists tightly fuming with rage.

“Don’t you ever call my mom a whore with your filthy mouth”She warns her while pointing her middle finger at her leaving her aunt stunned.

“How dare you raise your voice at me you ungrateful little twat”Her aunt hisses, giving her the dead glare.

“I don’t care,just don’t ever talk about my mother ever again!”She screams at the top of her voice.

“Annabel!”Her Aunt screamed,slapping her hard on the cheek.

Annabel lowered her head down with her hand on cheek caressing it to ease the burning sensation she felt.

She never believed she had it in her to talk back to her Aunt,this new attitude of hers happens to be the influence of her best friend Juliet who had always encouraged her to stand up for herself.

“I need you to leave my house this minute”Her aunt orders with a commanding tone.

“Where will I go from here?”Annabel cries out,She never believed her aunt will ever ask her to leave her house.

“I don’t care,leave!”Her Aunt yells disgusted by her presence.

After losing both of her parents due to a fatal accident that claimed both their life’s. Annabel had no other choice than to move in with her Aunt because she was the only family she had left. 

Living with her Aunt was hell, she treated her like trash and constantly taunts her and blamed her for the death of her brother.

The rain poured down violently at her as she was wandering aimlessly in the middle of the rain with uncontrollable tears dripping down from her eye holes. 

She got drenched in the rain but didn’t care.She  could feel strange glares from people but no one dared to ask her what the problem was. She stood in the middle of the road watching as people passed by.

The rain finally stopped but she was drenched and soaked, but this was the least of her problems. It was the middle of the night and she had nowhere to go, she continued to walk aimlessly on the street.

“Pretty lady!” Two men called out simultaneously. Annabel didn’t give them a response as she continued walking, they walked faster to meet up with her pace.

“Come  with us so you don’t get a cold,” one of them sheepishly suggested.

Annabel finally stopped walking to take a glimpse at them, she looked up to see two grown men with a strong Alcohol scent. No one needed to tell her that these men were drunk.

“I’m fine, you don’t need to do anything for me”Annabel refused their offer with fear laced in her tone. 

She walked faster to get rid of them but they followed her pace, she turned and threw her bag at them to give enough leverage to Run away from them. But Luck wasn’t on her side as she ran to a dead end.

“We are gonna take it easy with you” they both laughed out loud while walking towards her slowly.

“Somebody help me!” She yells but no one comes to her rescue. She fell to the ground and screamed again.

“Can you stop screaming, no one is going to come to your rescue” The man uttered with annoyance.

Annabel shiver watching them come closer,She wrapped her knee with her hand,Just as they were about to lay their hands on her a voice spoke from behind.

“What do you think you are doing!” A voice yells from behind, fear gripped them as soon as they heard that voice.

“We aren’t doing anything, we are just trying to help this lost girl find her way” one of them awkwardly lied.

The stranger's eyes wandered towards Annabel who was squatting down and shaking uncontrollably, then he gave the men a dead look. 

“We are just leaving” they awkwardly left. 

The guy was about to approach a shivering Annabel when someone held his shoulder from behind.

“There you are, Have been worried sick looking everywhere for you” Another stranger appeared on the scene, he didn’t get a response from him and his eyes wandered to where he was looking at 

“Who is she?” He curiously asks, staring at Annabel.

“I have no idea, I heard someone scream and that’s why I came here” The guy firmly answered “I think we should leave now, mom will be worried sick and have you fixed the car?”The guy that chased those men asked.

“Don’t you think we should help her?” He ignored his question.

“No, we shouldn’t get involved, Albert”He revealed the second guy's name.

“But Andrew, she seems really lost”The one who appears to be Albert revealed Annabel’s hero name.

“You don’t need to worry about me, Thank you for saving me” Annabel who finally spoke out.

“Are you sure about that?” Albert worriedly asked.

“She said she is fine, let’s get the hell out of here” Andrew coldly stated.

“Yes, I am fine,” Annabel assures Albert she was alright. 

They both decided to leave her. She didn’t get to see their faces neither did they also didn’t get a chance to see her face.

Annabel’s phone rang, the caller reads Juliet, Annabel hesitates before picking the call.

“Hello”she answers with a hoarse tone.

“Annabel I have been trying to reach out to you” Her friend Juliet's voice booms out from the speaker.

“I…am…fine” Annabel stammers trying to push the tears back in.

“Wait.. are you crying” Juliet curiously asks on hearing the tone of her voice.

“N…no” Annabel lied.

“Don’t lie to me Annabel I know when something is wrong with you” Juliet stated.

Annabel breathes out as she couldn’t hold the tears any longer, she cries out loud as Juliet tries to calm her down from the phone. She explains everything that transpired between her and her Aunt.

Everything will be okay, come over to my house” Juliet assures her.

Few minutes later, Annabel arrived at Juliet place. Juliet lives in the Trenches in a one bedroom that barely accommodates her. Annabel knocked on the door, the door came open revealing Juliet. Juliet immediately took her in.

Juliet told Annabel about a job offer she got and she knows that she would be perfect for the job.

 They both were discussing the job while having their dinner When Juliet all of a sudden warns her to stay away from the well known famous Torres brothers who happen to be the woman's sons.

“What do you mean by I should stay away from her sons?"Annabel curiously asked with confusion evident in her tone.

"That is because you don't have any business with them.They are narcissist idiots that have no respect for women. I heard that a lot of female servants lost their jobs because of them and how they treated them,"Juliet explains to her with a disgusted look.

"I will stay away”Annabel quickly agrees on hearing their history with women.

"You mustn't have anything to do with them,just focus on your work and what you came there to do okay"Juliet warns her.

“Okay Juliet” Annabel tells her with a warm smile.

***

Why did we stop here?" Annabel curiously asked.

"I only remember the house if I take this root,"Juliet replied,She took out her phone in search of the address.

"What are you looking for?" Annabel asks.

"Hush,I am trying to get the address,”She groaned.

"Okay then" Annabel mutters quietly.

"Finally got it”She announced, earning a smile from Annabel.

"Let us take this root,"She walked towards the direction with Annabel following her from behind.

A few minutes after trekking,Annabel and Juliet finally arrived at the place,Annabel's jaw dropped when she saw the beautiful mansion in front of her.

"Oh! My! God!”She squeaks with her mouth wide open.

"This is the house”Juliet tells her with a smile on her face.

"This isn't a house, this is heaven" Annabel exaggerated feeling amazed by the look of the house.

It is a big beautiful mansion, it is something Annabel has never seen before. The yard is sloped making it appear to be sitting on a hill, the outside decor is so beautiful and it is making Annabel imagine how beautiful the inside of the house will be.