The next day Maddie decided to pay her boyfriend Lucas a visit, to tell him the good news about her new job. His condo was just a few streets away so she walked, humming one of her favourite tunes on the way. Arriving at the gate of the 12-storey building apartment where Lucas's condo was situated, she paused to greet the gateman. She even offered him an apple pie from the basket she was holding, which contained a fresh batch of the apple pies she had just made before leaving the house. Lucas loved her homemade apple pie recipe so she had made them for him. It was the early hours of the evening. Lucas was a grade 3 teacher so he was usually home around that time of the day. It was slightly cold, a little below 50 degrees Fahrenheit so Maddie was wearing a coat and even had a scarf wrapped around her neck. Using the elevator, she reached the door of Lucas condo in no time. Opening the little box just by the door, Maddie typed in the combination code and opened the door. The first
His hands were rough on her body, as his mouth devoured her own mouth like a lion devouring his prey. There was nothing gentle or sweet about his kisses, only disgusting and nauseating. Maddie just lay helplessly under him. It wasn't like she had any strength in her to stop him. Even her screams only ended up coming out muffled. The tears wouldn't stop flowing freely out of her eyes and down her cheeks. "Please stop," she pleaded with him, but her voice was barely audible. She didn't know if he heard her pleas and she was certain that even if he had heard he he didn't care because the man didn't stop, instead what greeted her ears next was the sound of her dress being ripped to shreds. "Please stop… P… Pl… Please… God no! " With a gasp Maddie woke up. She sniffed, and then moved her palm to wipe the tears that had gathered in her eyes and then started rolling down her cheeks in her sleep. Tiny rays of the early morning sunlight were already seeping in through the slightly part
The sound of cutleries clinking against plates could be heard in the dining room as Maddie, Mathew and Audrey ate the hearty breakfast of spaghetti and meatballs, which Mathew had prepared. As they ate, Mathew's worried eyes would occasionally move to his sister. "Stop staring at me like that Matt!" Maddie warned Mathew when he did this a couple times. It was already getting on her nerves. Her eyes moved to glare at him as she spoke. He sighed, and then averted his gaze from her, a frown forming on his face. "You can't blame your kid brother for caring Maddie," Audrey intervened, offering Mathew a smile when he turned to look at her on hearing her words. He returned her smile with a full blown one. There was a certain light playing in his eyes as his gaze lingered on her for a while before he shyly looked away after she turned back to look at him and caught him staring. Maddie rolled her eyes at him while Audrey smiled in amusement. "Don't worry Matt, you can stare at me all you w
After breakfast, Maddie and Audrey had their movie marathon for the rest of Wednesday. Thursday was quite uneventful until the early hours of the evening. Maddie spent most of the day surfing the internet, stalking Jake Conat. She still couldn't believe she would be living in the same apartment with him starting the following week. Breathing the same air as a legend as him. Mathew too was indoors throughout the day, which was unlike him but Maddie was glad, at least he wasn't outdoors causing trouble like he used to. It was in the early hours of the evening that she got a call from an unknown caller. She hesitated but picked the call eventually. "I am Steve Wills, Mr Jake Conat's lawyer. Can we meet up so you can sign the employment contract? I will text you the address," the man on the other line was straight to the point and as soon as Maddie muttered an "Okay," he hung up. An hour later, Maddie was all set to go meet Jake's lawyer. He had sent her the address a few minutes afte
Maddie was confused but of course she had to keep her smile on as she kept her gaze on little Andrew. "We are going shopping?" she muttered, her tone questioning. Andrew didn't reply with words, he just gave her a full blown smile, sheer excitement dancing in his eyes. "Here," the butler's voice made Maddie avert her gaze from Andrew to him. His hand was stretching out a small envelope towards her. "Umm, what is this?" she asked, taking the envelope, unsealing it, and then slipping her mid-finger and index-finger into it. She took out a black card and the confusion playing on her face grew. "Mr Conat wants you to get new clothes," the butler offered her an explanation when she turned to look at him, her expression questioning. Maddie frowned, and then started to return the card into the envelope, stretching it out to him after sealing it back. "I don't need new clothes," she told the butler point-blankly. First it was buying her and her brother dinner and now he wanted get her
One look at the price tag and Maddie froze, literally. The butler hadn't exactly given her a say as to where they were going to be shopping but of course Maddie had an inkling before they got there that it would be one of those high end shopping malls and she had been damn right. Although she had changed her clothes before they had left her place to something less casual, Maddie still felt out of place at the very exquisite shopping mall they were at. Everything in the mall was so classy and expensive, ranging from the clothes to the shoes and then to the other accessories. And the people going in and out of the mall were too. Everyone except for her… "That would look great on you Miss Maddie. Go try it out," Andrew's excited voice rang out as he pointed at a red frilly strapless dress with a slit on one side. The dress was made of organza material. Maddie could tell because she had always had an interest in fashion and clothes, and having a friend like Audrey who was quite the fashio
The female attendant that had been waiting on Andrew Conat and Maddie was a brunette. Hearing Andrew's single word, she immediately made her way towards him, maintaining a safe distance and bowing slightly. "Get your boss here now!" Andrew told her and she immediately ran to do as he had ordered. Maddie was confused as she looked from Andrew to the butler who just kept a straight face not uttering a single word. What the hell was going on? she wondered. The female attendant returned soon after with an elderly man that was bald. "Is something the matter young Mister Conat?" the elderly man addressed Andrew. "Do you know how much I hate being bothered? I am sure you don't because if you did you wouldn't let these two annoying bunch come to the same space as me," Andrew muttered, his eyes were as cold as the tone with which he spoke. "An…" Maddie wanted to cut in but the butler reached out to hold her hand and when she turned to him he shook his head at her as if to tell her not to
As the car drove smoothly down the tarred road, Maddie turned her head to Andrew to receive a smile from him, compelling her to smile back. Something occurred to Maddie so she asked Andrew, "You didn't go to school today?" Thinking about it, he hadn't been at school on Monday morning either, which was the day they had met. Did he skip school a lot? She didn't like it. Andrew shook his head in negation as a response to her question, and then said, "It isn't a big deal as I am being homeschooled." "Oooh," was all Maddie could say. He was homeschooled? Why? She could think of a number of reasons why but then, was it even what the boy wanted? To be homeschooled? She didn't want to press on the topic but she couldn't quite help it as she was concerned. She was curious too but she was more concerned than curious. She couldn't help but think, if she was going to be a good nanny to the boy then she must get to really know him. "Do you like being homeschooled?" she asked Andrew and she did