chapter 3

Chapter 3

....STELLA...

I am in a state  of panic as I begin to run around the cemetery screaming Zoey’s name but she is nowhere to be seen, I spot my parents and Becky outside the cemetery and rush to them,

“what do you want, didn’t I make myself clear five years ago, you are no longer part of this fmily, now that the funeral is over, go back wherever you came from” Dad says, I look at mom hoping she would stand up for me but am left disappointed when she hangs her head low

“if you were smart enough, you should have had an abortion, I would have taken you back into the family but look at you now, you come to mom’s funeral with a child with no father “ I blink away tears knowing this isn’t the time to be emotional

“ where did you take my daughter?” I ask him, am convinced he did something to Zoey after hearing how bitter he is

“what the hell Stella!” mom asks

“my daughter just disappeared, she couldn’t have gone anywhere on her own. Now, tell me where she is” I demand getting more furious each passing second. A slap lands on my face causing me to fall to the ground

“you little hoe, after everything I did for you and you dare accuse me of kidnapping your little brat?”

“and by everything you mean what exactly? If I find out you did anything to my daughter, I will kill you myself”, has Benji and his family make their way out of the cemetery, I rush over to Daisy again

“Daisy, how did the man Zoey went with look like?” my hands are shaking as the fear in my heart gets worse

“he is tall like daddy and was wearing glasses” the little girl explained

 “what happened?” has much as I hate Benji, this isn’t time for that as I realize he is the only one who can help me

“my daughter, she was playing with Daisy, someone has kidnapped her Benji, I will die if anything happens to her” unable to compose myself, I begin to cry,

“Daisy, go to mom’s, I will pick you up” Benji says before grabbing my hand and leading me to his car

“where.. where are we going?” I ask him

“to the police station, don’t worry, am sure she is okay” I want to believe that, I pray that would be the case, I don’t know what I would do if anything happened to my little angel

“stop crying now Stella, everything will be okay” he tries to assure me

“you are a parent youself, tell me, would you be calm in this situation?” I ask, Benji is silent

“that’s what I thought” I say looking out the window as more tears flood my eyes. We get to the police station, however the officer refuses to make it a case as it is less than 24 hours since Zoey disappeared, am furious and frustrated but before I can give him a piece of my mind, Benji brings out a black card and shows it to him, the officer immediately faces the floor,

“am sorry, I will open the case right away” he says and excuses himself. I stare at the black card Benji has

“whats that?” I ask

“ the black card, its symbolizes power, only five people in newyork have it, you would be surprised to know the amount of power this has” he explains

“am sure if Ben was still around, he too would have one” I say

“its been five years Stella, when will you forgive me and move on?, I have tried to tell you many times I didn’t know it was you under that mask!” And am not buying this bullshit

“you basically stopped me from removing our masks because you knew I would known you were not my Ben”

“why would I sleep with my brother’s fiancé? I thought you knew me better than that Stella,” I too thought I knew him but that night changed everything. The officer comes back and explains that a search for Zoey was to ensure, he advises us to go home and stresses he would call if anything came up, he also urgers us to keep our phones on incase the kidnapper calls,

“I want to go with the search team, there is no way I can sit and wait” I dont know the state my baby is in and if she is okay, my mind wouldn’t be at easy until I found her

“am sorry ma’am but i can’t take you along, wait patiently and let us do our job. You will be the first to know if anything comes up”

“come on Stella, lets go, you look like you can use some rest, your daughter will be found soon”

“easy for you to say when yours is safe at home” I say with a deep sign.

“lets go” Benji holds my hand and leds me to his car outside

“take me to my parents house” I say, am still convinced Dad had something to do with this, maybe he was embarrassed that I attended the funeral, if it meant begging him for my daughter then I would gladly do that. when we get there, we found everyone gathered in the living room, mom is on her knees in front of dad crying while Becky watches from the couch sobbing quietly

“speak of the devil and she appears!” Dad exclaimes when he notices our presence. Though it hurts to see Mom being mistreated, I don’t say anything as I believe she deserves it, that’s karma for her.

“where did you take my daughter Dad?” I ask making him laugh

“you still think I know where your brat is?, get out of my house now!” he yells, he goes as far as calling two guards to escort us out, when am about to resists, Benji looks at me

“we should go” he says as he grabs my hand and takes me to his car

“take me to my hotel” I say with a deep sigh, as the car drives off, I lean my head on the window and fall asleep.

When I wake up, the car is in front a beautiful penthouse

“where are we? I thought i made it clear I want to go to the hotel” I say

“I know but Daisy wanted to spend some time with you, besides, we are a few mintues from the police station which would be easy in case we are needed” has we get inside the penthouse, am amazed, the internet didn’t lie, Benji was really a billionaire.

“make yourself comfortable, I need to pick up Daisy from mom’s, there is food in the kitchen, eat something” he says

“why are you being nice to me, you know I hate you” I ask, a grin appears on his face

“I guess am just a good person” he says and walks out. Has I make my way to the living room, i notice a red hair band on the floor, upon picking it up, I immediately recognize it, it’s the same hair band Zoey had on before she disappeared. My mind goes into panic mode, was Benji the kidnapper?...