CHAPTER NINETEEN"Hey, senorita, you must be Ace's African beauty, he's been talking about the whole month " he smiled revealing his neatly arranged set of teeth , he is so handsome, almost as Ace, ... Did I just compare him to Ace?, Why?That was surprising, Ace talking about me to some random person, perhaps his friend , he never acted as though he saw me until there seemed to be a daring cause for us to talk."I'm Isabella, and yes I'm half African, who are you please?" I replied wiping my hand on the table napkin as I stood up ."Wow , it's my pleasure to finally meet you, you are ten times more beautiful than I imagined " he said drawing one of the chairs very close to mine.Feeling a little uncomfortable, I sat silently , wishing Ace would come down soon or someone else."Good morning sir " mary greeted , with a generous smile"Morning ma'am,how are you doing" they seemed aquainted with one another ."Good , you haven't come around in almost a month , hope you are good?""Yes ,
CHAPTER TWENTYCHRIS'S POVThat girl definitely got some good stuff on Ace, I've never seen him that way before, does he have feelings for her? Ace never feels anything; I need to unlock whatever mystery is surrounding his entanglement with her, a rational person won't pick someone he doesn't know to come stay in his apartment, I was going to help him discover he liked her, in doing so find out who she is and what is more special than her pretty looks.Well I'll start by inviting her to the office mid-year Gala, discreetly. Getting her number was not a problem, I was going to cajole Mary with one of my sweet stories, besides the old woman was always bored. She needs company, Isabella herself seemed very jovial.I needed to crash at the club tonight I thought loudly.I knew where I was going laspinos they had the best ladies, music, drinks. ISABELLA'S POVHe came back unusually quiet today, I wondered what must have gone wrong with the outing with Chris, he barely replied Mary's gree
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONEI knocked on Tom's door, luckily I heard RnB songs from his music box, a clear sign that someone most likely Tom was around. I heard the door knob turn."yeah? Oh hi, what's up ma'am" he looked so surprise to see me at his doorstep, I could totally understand, I didn't think I'll ever be at his door too, but ma'am? What has Ace told everyone, they accorded me with so much respect that was scary."well, I know you are so surprised to see me, I need your help please" I sighed" it's my job to help out ma he said with a smile ""I know, but it's a different kind of help this time around, there's a new movie I've been anticipating for about a year now, actually its the sequel to the famous TYLER PERRY'S SISTA'S, please I badly want to see the screening at National cinema, I need you to take me there tomorrow, Ace doesn't have to know""TYLER PERRY'S SISTA'S, Im anticipating it too!!"I didn't expect it to be that easy."yes, so we are on for tomorrow?""yes, but what if
CHAPTER ONEMy eyes drooped slowly as I laid, sprawled across the bed. My hands were limp against the books thatwere on my bed, making me more uneasy in my sleep.Suddenly, the bang tore through my ears, causing me to jump up, my heart in my mouth. I stood upalmost angrily, my legs proving to be weak due to the long time I had slept.Who could it even be? I opened the door to reveal my best girl who was the worst at this moment.“Don’t tell me you slept on your books? God, why do I have a nerd for a best friend?” She questioned noone in particular and I rolled my eyes at that.“Jane!” I shouted to stop her from going on about me, slightly shocked. She looked at me, giving me adead pout, and continued almost immediately, causing
CHAPTER TWOAt 7:55 pm, we took a shuttle down to Dave's party, he lived in a two-bedroom self apartment. Davewas one of those extremely rich kids on campus, whom everyone wanted to get hooked up with.Dave however was not your stereotypical rich bad boy. He was sweet and nice without an iota of pride,making him accessible to everyone and that explained why he was friends with Jane and me.I guess that was why his party was stacked up, with different calibers of people, I mean who would wantto miss a party hosted by Dave?We entered the party, there were red cups everywhere. The music was loud as usual and girls dottedeverywhere. Some grinding on boys, some kissing, some drinking.Suddenly, everyone’s focus shifted to us for a split second. I felt the least comfortable, I stole a glance atJane to see how she was faring and I wasn’t surprised to see that she was
CHAPTER THREEThe images of my older sister's corpse came flashing back, she died of blood insufficiency, after beengang-raped.My father, the one who got us into the mess we are, was once a very wealthy mafia boss, he achievedfame and wealth at a very young age before getting married to my mum.A year later they had my sister, after which I was born two years later, coincidentally we were both girlsand the mafia needed a male heir to continue.This plunged my father into depression as his associates mounted serious pressure on him. He wasn'tready to listen till threats came in, the mafia he ran was a collective one, there were two main shareholders.When Santiago became greedy and wanted it all to himself since he felt my father had no heir, my dadwas forced to turn him in to the police, he had been wanted for a long time, he served a sentence of six
CHAPTER FOUR“isa!, this like the third time am calling you, you can’t come to a party and be thinking aboutGod knows what? “ Jane said sounding annoyed"I need to go home jane ""you can't be serious,are you?,the party just started""I'm sorry ,I promise to be fine , just have fun darling" I said assuring her"Just be safe okay?""I will girl , bye"Too bad I couldn't see dave before leaving, well I would call him later.I ordered an uber ,which came in less than five minute,the ride was silent , as I tried not to thinkabout everything,it was just too much.As I alighted from the cab and made my way towards the door , I noticed a white envelope with ared seal , designed with a butterfly shaped metal . Who would drop a letter for me without anaddress?, " You cannot run forever"SANTIAGO.Looking around to find traces of a possible spy or danger , I qui
I moved straight to my closet , stripped off my garments , changed into my shower robe , as Iwent under the shower to have a cold bath, I was going to grab a drink at the bar close to myhouse , i had never gone there except our freshman year,when we went for our departmentalwelcome party, I guess I needed somewhere to clear my head , I couldn't think of anywhere else,I wore my short peach gown and a black turtleneck top , I locked my door and headed straight tothe bar , they usually close by 12pm , this was still 7 , entering the bar I noticed it was a bitscanty than usual , only about four tables were occupied, one with three men on suit ,seems as though there were discussing business, the other three were occupied by people whom I supposed would be couples .I made my way to the boot at the back, as soon as I settled in, the waitress approached me,"Please what can