Chapter 6: Olima begging

Nathan dragged Olima outside of the mansion, and she sobbed and begged him, "Please sir, don't throw me out. I don't have anywhere to go to, Please Nathan."

Olima cried, and Nathan replied, "I'm sorry, small madam, but I cannot help you now. You have to leave this house."

Nathan was also worried as he didn't know what Olima had done.

He had seen her return home and run back speedily into the house, and now she was sobbing heavily, and Mrs. Gina ordered him to throw her outside.

Olima begged, "Please don't throw me out. This is my father's house. I don't have anywhere else to go to, please."

Nathan let go of Olima's hands and raked his short black hair in frustration.

He is a dark-skinned man and was of average height too.

Mrs. Gina stepped out of the mansion and questioned, "Nathan! Is that witch still outside there?"

Nathan stared at Olima in fret and pulled the gate open as he replied, "No, madam. I have sent her outside."

Nathan wasn't yet ready to lose his job; he opened the gate and told Olima to leave.

Mia stepped out too from the mansion and followed her mother as they walked out towards the gate.

Mrs. Gina asked, "Then who am I seeing there at the gate? That is still standing at the gate with you, Nathan. I said throw her outside now!"

Mrs. Gina stepped down from the mansion frontage and rushed out to the gate.

She met Olima and Nathan at the gate, and she used both her hands to push Olima outside the house gate completely and said, "Get out! And don't let me see you here again. Else I will kill you myself for daring to poison my daughter and me. Leave!"

Nathan frustratingly stood in silence and watched them.

Tears flooded out from Olima's eyes as she knelt and begged her stepmother, "Please ma, I don't have anywhere else to go. You cannot throw me out this night. It's late..."

Olima cried even though she knew the estate was heavily guarded with security men. She was still scared of the bad boys lurking around defiling her privacy.

Mrs. Gina asked, "Why didn't you think of the bad boys living around when you dared to poison my daughter and me, Nathan?" Mrs. Gina called.

Nathan immediately appeared by her side. "Yes, madam," Nathan said.

Mrs. Gina said, "Lock back this gate, and if I see her inside this compound again, I will arrest both of you and jail you for attempting to kill my daughter and me. Lock this gate now!"

Nathan immediately shut the gate closed on Olima, and she stood up and rushed to the gate, banging on it heavily. Screaming, "Nathan! Open this gate! Please! Don't lock me out! No!"

Olima sobbed as she banged heavily on the gate, but Nathan had already locked it from inside.

Mrs. Gina said, "Nonsense! Nathan, don't ever open this gate for her again or let her into this compound ever again! Is that understood?"

Nathan shakily replied, "Yes, madam!"

Nathan really needed his gatekeeper job to take care of his family and new wife at home. He couldn't risk losing his job even though he pitied Olima.

He had a pregnant wife at home with two kids and sighed as he walked back to the gatehouse while Mrs. Gina and Mia went back into the mansion.

Mia asked her mother, "Mom, what are we going to eat tonight?"

Mia knew that she was the one who had ruined the soup by adding too much salt to the delicious soup Olima had prepared.

She knew her mother wouldn't question her if what Olima had said was true, as her mother would always take her side and flog Olima mercilessly.

Mrs. Gina scolded, "Why did you spoil the soup? I know Olima didn't add too much salt to that soup. Do you know how much the soup ingredients cost in the market now?"

Mia frowned as she hadn't expected her mother to scold her.

Mrs. Gina said, "You will be the one cooking from today onwards as your punishment. Now follow me into the kitchen. You won't waste all the meat in that soup that Olima cooked. After you've finished removing all the meat from the soup pot, then you will wash it thoroughly and recook it tonight. Silly girl."

Mia frowned as she followed her mother back into the kitchen.

Upon entering the kitchen, Mrs. Gina was slightly nervous for throwing Olima outside as it was already 10 pm.

She knew that the estate security agent would question her the following day once they saw Olima outside by that hour and knew that she had thrown Olima out.

Mrs. Gina yelled, "Remove all the meat quickly!"

Mia shuddered in fear and started removing the cooked meat from the soup pot after washing her hands thoroughly before stepping into the kitchen with her mother.

Mrs. Gina stood aside, watching Mia take out all the meat carefully from the pot of soup until Mia was through. She rewashed the meat and started cooking the meat for dinner.

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Olima cried and banged on the gate of her late father's mansion heavily, but Nathan didn't pull the gate open for her.

She was still in her light blue gown, which she had been wearing since morning.

She shivered, feeling the cold night wind blowing on her smooth, soft, delicate skin, sending shivers down her spine.

Her eyes were filled with hot tears, and she thought to walk up to the estate gate to report her stepmother to the security men standing there.

Olima knew that even if she reported her stepmother to the estate security men, it wouldn't make her stepmother change her wicked attitude towards her. She wrapped her arms around her chest as she walked towards the estate gate.

She saw two men walking along the other side of the road and calling after her.

She stared at them and saw them crossing the road as one of them called her, "Hey pretty lady, what's up with you?"

Olima immediately ran away and took to her heels, even though she was barefoot. She ran as fast as her slim legs could carry her.

One of the two guys called out after her, "Wait, pretty! Where are you running off to?"

Olima didn't stop or turn back to stare at them as she ran faster towards the estate gate, even though it was still far ahead, and it was already late at night.

She continued running, and upon seeing a red car approaching her, she slowed down, thinking to beg the car driver to take her to the estate gate, believing the car owner lived inside the estate and might be a good samaritan.

Earlier, Justin Robert had gone to one of his favorite hangout places, a club in Lemonhill town, to socialize with hot young ladies, but none caught his attention.

He was annoyed for wasting time sitting handsomely and watching the strip-club ladies dancing seductively and swirling around the pole.

He stood up frustrated and left the club, only thinking about the pretty young lady he had seen in the afternoon and finally had the courage to approach her.

He had admired her for a long time, and he was determined to claim her and make sweet love to her. However, she had run away from him as if he were a beast.

Justin was usually a bad guy, but he obeyed his parents' requests and took over his father's real estate business, being their only child.

He had made friends with Jesse Andrew, his driver, treating him like an elder brother.

Stepping out from the strip-club, he ordered Jesse, "Let's go home. I'm just bored today."

Jesse knew that whenever Justin said he was bored, something was seriously troubling him.

Jesse asked, "What could be the problem, young master?"

Justin stopped, contemplating whether to tell Jesse the truth about what was troubling him and what his heart truly wanted at the moment.