INTRODUCTION.Hi.I'm Monalisa Hopkins and I just caught my best friend sleeping with my Dad.I feel betrayed by my best friend.For choosing to stay back in Utah because of her affair with my Dad, despite our plans to move to Vegas for College.Also, I'm so disappointed in my father for having an affair with my friend.So the next day, without a word to anyone, I packed my bags and left.I was going to the bustling city of Vegas to start school and look forward to my future.As for my friend and my father...I had their numbers on block.Chapter 1: Arriving in Las VegasMonalisa POV.The sun was high in the middle of the sky when our bus passed the kilometer marker on the express road, which said: Las Vegas, 10 meters ahead.In the far distance, I could see the twenty-five-foot-tall iconic signboard, saying: WELCOME To FABULOUS LAS VEGAS, Nevada.I checked my wrist watch. It was 2:05 in the afternoon.The summer breeze rushed into the bus from the windows as I looked out at the vege
Maya POV.Hot water ran down my body as I placed my hands on the tiled wall.I was taking a shower to wash away the sand and soil that was glued to my body from this night's ordeal.We had just gotten home around 11:30 p.m. after writing a statement at the police station.Mr. Jonah hadn't said much to me after the incident. He had hugged and comforted me, sticking close by as I answered the police questions.From his own statements, he was the one who called the police to the warehouse.I didn't know the full story, but I was going to ask once I was done getting the dust and grit off my body.I was careful not to put my head under the shower spray due to the injury on my scalp.I'd thought she'd cracked my skull, but from the look of it. It was a superficial injury, nothing major. I finished cleaning up and stepped out of the shower, wrapping a towel around me.Walking out into the corridor, I headed for the living room.For some reason, Mona wasn't home at the moment.I saw him talk
Maya POV.The moon hung high in the sky when I ran out of the warehouse.I quickly realized that we were on a farmland in the middle of nowhere.Wasting no time, I charged into the rows of corn plantation that spanned the entire expanse of land.I ran as fast as my legs could carry me, running forward with no idea where I was going.Behind me, I heard her coming with the same momentum, jumping over the rows and ridges as she hunted me down.Damn.She was agile, fast, and relentless for someone who had picked law as a career.I kept running, dashing in different directions. The smell of fresh corn permeated the air and filled my nostrils, the blades of the grass slashed across my skin, cutting me.She had taken off my jacket before securing me to the chair and now the cold night air sipped into me, making me shiver and tremble as I ranNot really paying attention to the ground, my feet hooked around something and I tripped over, falling to the ground.Pain coursed through my body, but
Maya POV.I gazed up at her, too stunned to speak.My throat felt dry and my heart was beating so hard, my chest rising and falling as I realized why she had brought me here.Panic crawled up my skin."What are you planning to do with me?" I managed to ask."Isn't it obvious?" She arched a brow."Are you going to kill me just like you killed Ms. Larisa?" I inquired, even though I already knew the answer.She smiled, "Why, are you scared to die?" Then her face crumpled with anger, "You should have considered the consequences before fucking my man."Whoa!She was now pretending to be the victim."How's he your man?" I demanded, "How did you even send me a text through his phone?""He suddenly called me up for a drink this afternoon, he was so upset but wouldn't tell me why," she smirked, "He drank himself to a stupor and passed out on the table, a call kept coming in, but he wasn't picking up. So I checked the caller ID and saw it was you. I used his fingerprint to unlock his phone, sen
Maya POV."Wakey Wakey."I heard a voice in my subconscious before water splashed my face, rousing me from the darkness that had consumed me.Slowly, I opened my eyes and saw a figure standing before a bright light.My vision was still blurry, so I had to blink several times for it to clear up.As my gaze grew sharp, I began to notice my surroundings.I was in an old warehouse in God knows where, strapped to a chair, with a bright light just a few meters away. A lady, dressed in a black raincoat, stood in front of me with a bucket in her hand.Oh, so that's where the water came from.My eyes traveled up her body, from the black boots on her feet, up to the leather pants she wore, and higher, above her raincoat, up to her face.Green eyes stared back at me with a healthy mass of blond hair that was pulled tight into a ponytail.That fragrance of roses and jasmine lingered in the atmosphere around us.I blinked up at her, surprised to see her."Ms. Jordan," I began, "Why are you doing t
Maya POV.It was 8:15 when I got to Memory Grove Park.I chartered a cab directly from the neighborhood bus stop and it took only thirty minutes for me to get here.The place was as I knew it would be, dark, lonely, and deserted at this time of the night, save for the few light lamps dotting the building structure and the walking trails.What was Mr. Jonah doing here at this time of the night?I knew he was heartbroken, but was he so emotional to come lounge here alone at night?A strong wind blew around, making the trees dance in the wind. The leaves fluttering and whispering untold sounds, casting shadows everywhere.Feeling an eerie chill run up my spine, I rubbed my forearms and pulled the sleeves of my jacket further down.For God's sake, where was he?I couldn't see him, or anyone else for that matter.Also, I didn't see any cars parked in the lot as I walked in here. It made me feel more suspicious about the whole place.I remembered him grabbing his car keys and leaving in hi