Esme"Miss Esme, I..I..I'm sorry, but can you please spare me," he pleaded with his hand shaking at the steering wheel."I have a family and my kids would have to be orphans if anything were to happen to me," he begged."I have a family too you know, when you came to the car lot, I already knew that you weren't from Todd, but I complied with you, without complaints, do you know why? because I'm pregnant with six fucking babies and I couldn't put them in danger, I've Rita with me as well and I chose to follow you, I wasn't stupid, I had them to live for," I retorted." Don't stress Esme, he isn't worth it," Rita said holding my hand in hers." You could have told me from the onset and whatever had brought you here, you Instead continued to lead me on, to the prey of those evil men, and do what, get me killed!" I yelled at his face, infuriated at the sudden turn of events." You weren't forced were you, your family wasn't put in danger were they?" I asked and he nodded with tears drool
Esme The scream of the man in the warehouse from the distance came into my hearing until a gunshot was heard. " Fuck, use a silent gun will you, I've got the woman I like back there," Todd's voice came from inside. I felt relieved, he wasn't the one shot, the soft wheezing of the bullet sounded again and I knew it was him who shot the gun . The screams from the men continued and stopped after a while, with Todd walking out and dragging a man by his collar. He smiled as though he could see inside the car as he dragged the body of the man closer. "No no no no no, this cannot be happening," I mumbled to myself, after noticing the frail body of a man in the distance cocking his gun to shoot at him. His words replayed in my head, his incessant warning not to get out of the car but there was no way I'd watch and let him be shot. " What are you doing Esme," Rita asked on seeing me open the car door. " I've no time to explain, I said hurriedly opening the car door into the hand of
Todd " Mr. Todd," the guard beside me called, pulling my attention to the buzz of the phone opposite me. " Let it be, it can't be anything urgent," I said and went back to reading the files of the company's new merger. The secretary had come in, still with the pen in her hand, she was unaware of the fact that she had been busted. " Good day sir," she greeted and I nodded in response. " Is there anything you'd like me or want me to do for you," she asked standing in front of me. I gave no reply to her words and Instead let her stand until I was ready to let her go. Let her punishment for intentionally betraying and being a spy on me come early. "If there's nothing I can do at the moment, how about I come back some time later," she said and turned to leave. " I didn't say you could leave, stay and stand, I'll let you know what I want," I said and she stood appalled, but dared not to say anything. Getting rid of her was my ultimate want but Esme's word came into remembrance. "
EsmeRita and I were discharged after a few tests, under the insistence of Todd." I'm fine, I'm fine, I don't have to go through any tests," I argued." It's not like you're being administered drugs or about to be Injected, just a full body checkup will do," he retorted." Why, it's not like I'm sick," I said back tugging his hand off mine." No one Esme, I mean no one cries all of a sudden." He said making me roll my eyes at him." You yelled at me remember," I retorted and he sat beside me, cooing me to have the test done.The tense doctor stared in surprise at this side of Todd, it had never happened, no one in the entirety of Italy could get a smile out of him.He was more known for his ruthlessness and his reputation as the biggest corporation in Italy.And here he was, exchanging words with a woman smiling as well." Have the test done and make sure nothing happens to her, if there's a single scratch on her body, you can trust to have your skin scrapped from your body." He sai
Esme I went into the bathroom to take a bath, sitting Inside the bathtub, I let my body relax and let the warmth of the water seep into my body. Rita and I had fallen into our respective rooms for the night's rest, the day had been long and we had a strenuous day ahead of us tomorrow. The next day I left home earlier than Rita the next day, Mr Van had called to inform me of the arrival of a client. I'd gotten to work in a rush and hours had passed but I was still with his client, not that I cared, my fee increased by the minute. " Mr Zanders," I called clasping my hands together. " You claim to not be involved in this accusation leveled against you right?" I asked and he nodded. " I need you to tell me the truth, I'm a lawyer and whether or not you committed the crime, I'm only left with the job of acquitting you," I urged. " If you don't tell me the truth, this could become tricky and could be used against us in court, I just need you to tell me the truth, my secretary will
Esme " Are you okay?" he asked as he got close enough, with his hand stroking my hair. " Ye..yes I am," I replied and he nodded, taking my hands to walk inside the court. " Mr Todd, what is your relationship with her? Sources have said that you both have been seen together in public many times. Is this just a lawyer-client relationship or there's more to it?" a male reporter asked. I turned to look at him, unsure of whether or not to give a response. However, his persistence was aimed at something else as he continued asking questions that were out of thought. " Are you both in a relationship, Esme Lost consciousness the last time she came to court, could it be abuse or pressure from Todd," another asked. Todd stopped in his tracks, while the elated reporter came running in expectancy of him answering her questions. He picked up the name tag on her chest, reading the name before saying. " Ashley Johnson, under the most basic human right, right to press, protection of mental h
Esme My phone rang and I walked to pick it up, to strings of unknown numbers. " Hi Esme," the voice said. " This is Zanders. I hope I'm not intruding," he said again. " No you aren't, I'll be there in a while," I said before hanging up. "Rita," I called when I was done dressing. Not too elaborate, I was wearing a jean, a big T-shirt, and a sneaker, it wasn't like I was there to make an impression it was infact the opposite, I needed him to back off from any sort of thought he was having about me. " Daamnn! Why'd you wear the same outfit as I am," Rita exclaimed on walking out of her room. I took a look at her outfit, and it had Indeed taken me by surprise. " Did you by chance stare at me while I was dressing up?” I asked raising my brows. " Pfft. I didn't even leave my room at all. You're the one who's been leaving," she retorted. " I only dressed this way because I was the third party and I couldn't dress too well," she defended herself. " Whatever," I replied and took the
Rita I'd thought I'd be able to keep up with hiding the hatred I had against the Zanders. From the moment I'd been assigned to go through his case file and source for the evidence to acquit him, the murderous intent of having him shot kept going in my mind. I thought I'd seen the last of him when the case was over until he asked Esme out for dinner, as much as I hated him, letting Esme go out with him alone was out of the question. I got home and submerged myself in the water. The gruesome memory of what had happened and what he had done kept replaying. ......................... " Mr. Zanders, please," I pleaded to no avail, my Father's already battered body was still being beaten so much that the flesh of his body scraped off with each lash of the belt. " I'll take the cane for him,please spare him! He's innocent!" I screamed again, attempting to free myself from the hand of the guards who wouldn't let me go. And he had breathed his last, the last strip of the belt had torn