3rd POV:SAME DAY:As Mrs King sat at the edge of her King sized bed, staring at her own necklace. A memory crossed her mind and she got up heading straight to Lydia's old room in a haste."Good morning Mrs King." She reverted her attention to the staircase where Jenny was slowly striding up the stairs, in a fresh pair of clothes. A deep blue jean along with a white t-shirt tucked in, to compliment her look was gold accessories and black heels. "Where have you been?" Mrs King questioned, strolling down the corridor headed to the room in her mind."I stayed back at the hotel. You seem to be on a mission, what's going on?" Mrs King smiled slyly but kept mute. Jenny followed her nonetheless, she was curious and wanted to help in any way."Hold on, Lomi." Mrs King announced her presence and Lomi was reluctantly packing out Lydia's belongings halted in her action turning around.Mrs King took slow elegant steps and sat at Lydia's old vanity. Jenny glanced at Lomi who kept her gaze on Mrs
3rd POV:"You have the right to remain silent, and any statement you make can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney, and if you cannot afford one, one will be provided for you." The officers proceeded to handcuff her while the reporters and people around gasped in shock."I'm right behind you, Miss Lydia. " Roseline shouted as the police officers led her into the back seat of the white and blue police car."Lydia, did you indeed commit the theft?""Is it true you robbed the King's household as compensation for Nathaniel King's maltreatment?"Lydia heard the reporter's question but she didn't care for it. Her mind was racing and her emotions were all over the place, she wanted to break down crying, scream in anger, shout at everyone and defend herself or simply murder someone.She knew it had to be no one other than the Kings who were responsible for this. They were the only ones who were coming after her."They won't just let be, would they?
NATHAN'S POV.I lazily dropped my bag on the couch, losing my tie and dropped the key to my apartment on the table. I yawned, opened the fridge and grabbed a chilled bottle of water.I was exhausted, all I wanted to do was to go to bed. It was currently 11pm and I had stayed in the office longer glancing through reports, I approved some ideas and threw out others. A young lady whose job was simply to assist assistants, making coffee, and basically being an errand girl, had approached me a few days ago.She looked scared as she spoke to me, but after taking a few breaths and wasting my time, she told me with confidence that she was not just an errand girl, she was good with drawing blueprints. She wanted to go into details but I stopped her telling her to send her original designs to my office. When I saw it, I was astonished that I was planning a position for her.I switched on the Television while whipping up something little to eat as I hadn't had anything to eat all day. I settled
NATHAN'S POV."Lydia, I apologize on behalf of…" She held her hand up stopping me. In a second, a black G-Wagon Mercedes-Benz pulled up in the parking lot next to where we stood. The man who had picked her up at the mall arrived wearing a black suit and dark shades and instantly got out of the car."Listen to me, Lydia, I can help with everything else with the law and publicly proving your innocence." She scoffed, staring at me with a look of annoyance."Thank you Mr King but I'm good." She spoke then without uttering another word, she ran into the arms of the man who stood there staring at us. He pulled her into a warm embrace, kissing her forehead and whispering words into her ears, the interaction hurt me deeply.He opened the passenger's seat for her and shut it after making sure she was comfortable. As he walked to the side of the car, his face was strikingly familiar but I didn't care about that. We stared at each other until he entered his side of the car and drove out of the p
LYDIA'S POV.THAT NIGHT:I stared at myself in the mirror with mixed feelings, on one hand I couldn't help but admire how stunning I looked in my simple red spaghetti strap gown even after a long night without rest and in the disgusting space. On the other hand, I was furious and saddened just by the thoughts of the Kings from Nathaniel to his mother. For a moment, the memory of Nathaniel's hurt look crossed my mind, after I had spoken out of anger but I didn't feel bad, he needed to hear how I truly felt. I wish I never met them.Now they want to embarrass me over diamond earrings, which my father got for me on one of the most miserable birthdays I had in my entire life over the last three years. I scoffed, shaking my head in disbelief, Mrs King always had something up her sleeve.Before five thirty this morning, Lorena's father, who happens to be one of the biggest lawyers in the country, owning an exquisite firm, was already at the station. They had no evidence, probably just the w
LYDIA'S POV.MID-NIGHT."What the hell was that?" Lorena asked loudly, I quickly shushed in case someone had broken into the mansion which would be quite surprising as the security around the house was tight."Girl what?" She giggled as I gestured for her to follow behind me. But she took quite yet fast steps down the stairs, I shook my head at her quickly grabbing anything probably harmful near my reach. I spotted a flower vase and grabbed it though it was a bit heavy plus the bouquet of flowers in it obstructs my view."Now, what is going on here?!" Lorena yelled with amusement in her tone as soon as we barged into the kitchen. I was bewildered at her bravery. I moved the flower vase to my left side in order to see the scene in front of me clearly, I scrunched up my face dropping the vase to the floor.My father was in a black robe looking at us in shock, as if we were the last people he would expect to see at this time of the night. Meanwhile, Patricia was in her pajamas and her ou
Lydia's POV:Lorena could see the sincerity in his voice and in his eyes, but her heart was hardened by the experiences Lydia had shared with her on the maltreatments she had encountered in the mansion."Don't just expect anything from this, and I owe you nothing." Lorena said after inputting her number into his cellphone. Nathaniel felt hopeful in that moment while Lorena simply planned to block his number afterwards."Thank you." He flashed a charming smile and exited out of the store. Lorena watched him leave with humor written all over her face."Just so good at using people. Not my girl ever again." She said to herself hissing and heading to the back of the store.End of the FLASHBACK: "Wow." I was quite shocked as she ran through the whole details of their encounter."Yeah, and an hour before his press conference I sent him a text message telling him to deal with his shit and let you be." She completed, waiting for my response. I couldn't help but laugh, finding it extremely f
LYDIA'S POV.MONDAY (TWO DAYS LATER)"Beep! Beep!" The alarm continued ringing and for what felt like the dozenth time just this morning, I switched it off. I cozed into my soft warm queen size bed in bliss, the sleep was good. I had no idea what today was nor did I care about any other thing.For what felt like another hour, I fell into a deep slumber and this time I was interrupted by the loud sound of my ringing tone. I groaned and without opening my eyes, I used my hands to search for the phone which I was certain was on the stand next to me. "Hello?" The thick sound of sleep was in my voice."Good morning Miss Lydia, please don't tell me you're still in bed." The voice of my assistant held an urgent need for me to not ascertain her assumption. "What's going on? Why are you calling me so early?" I croaked out and her next words had me falling off the bed."Ma'am, you do know it's Monday morning, and there's another emergency meeting with the board of directors. And the meeting s